Nipsey Russell

Actor 1948–2001 (53 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Highest Rated

Match Game

1973 · as Self

7.8

100 Centre Street

2001 · as Wallace Roy

7.7

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · as Self

7.5

Known For

Film

The Wiz

Tinman

Film

Wildcats

Ben Edwards

Film

Posse

Snopes

Film

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)

Film

Spin City

Nipsey Russell

Film

Car 54, Where Are You?

Police Captain Dave Anderson

Film

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Film

The Love Boat

Dan Manhoney

Filmography

Acting (27)

Movies (9)

Car 54, Where Are You?

1994

as Police Captain Dave Anderson

Posse

as Snopes

Wildcats

as Ben Edwards

Dream One

as Mr. Rip / Benjamin

The Wiz

as Tinman

Fame

as Vinny

Wiz on Down the Road

1978

as Tinman

5.0

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

The Strolling '20s

1966

as Self

Television (18)

100 Centre Street

as Wallace Roy

Spin City

as Nipsey Russell

Your Number's Up

as Host

$weepstake$

The Love Boat

as Dan Manhoney

Police Woman

as Charlie Witt

The Dean Martin Comedy World

1974

as Host

Match Game

1973

as Self

7.8

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self

Barefoot in the Park

as Honey Robinson

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

The Dean Martin Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

as Self

7.0

The Red Skelton Show

1951

as Self /Officer Nipsey Ralston

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self