Charles Russell, who was born on March 31, 1918, in New York City, was a movie and radio actor who appeared in 17 films between 1943 and 1949. Russell made his debut in an uncredited part as a ball player in Ladies' Day (1943) at RKO and had his first credited role in his second film, RKO's Bombardier (1943), a World War II propaganda film. Signed...
He played Johnny Dollar on CBS Radio from 1949 to 1950 until Edmond O'Brien replaced him to become the second actor to portray the insurance investigator.
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Played title role in the popular old time radio show, "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar", in the late 1940's.