Russell Thorson
ActingAlso Known As
Russell Thorsen
Biography
Delos Russell Thorson (October 14, 1906 – July 6, 1982) was an American actor, perhaps best known for his co-starring role as Det. Lt. Otto Lindstrom in ABC's 1959-1962 hit crime drama, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor.
Movies
(30 total)
Hang 'em High
as Maddow
Run Silent, Run Deep
as Submarine Crewman (uncredited)
Walking Tall
as Ferrin Meaks
I Want to Live!
as San Quentin Sgt.
The Stalking Moon
as Ned
36 Hours
as Gen. Allison
It Happened at the World's Fair
as Sheriff Garland (uncredited)
Zero Hour!
as Vancouver Flight Dispatcher
Two on a Guillotine
as Mr. Carmichael (uncredited)
Please Murder Me
as The Judge
The Learning Tree
as Judge Cavanaugh
Easy Living
as Hunk Edwards
Good Day for a Hanging
as Harry Landers
Double Dynamite
as Internal Revenue Service Tailman
Night Slaves
as Dr. Sanders
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
as Prof. Philip Osborne
When Hell Broke Loose
as Col. Crandall
Gunfighters of Abilene
as Wilkinson
Gun Fever
as Thomas Rand
TV Shows
(54 total)
Bonanza
as George Owens
Bonanza
as Simon
Mission: Impossible
as Chief Danby
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Dr. Rhody
Perry Mason
as Farrell Moorefield
The Untouchables
as Ferguson (uncredited)
The Rockford Files
as Arthur Kenner
Gunsmoke
as Bowers
Gunsmoke
as Pa Willis
Gunsmoke
as Mace
The Streets of San Francisco
as Freddie Olburn
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Sheriff Geary
The Odd Couple
as Herman
The Odd Couple
as Mr. Coswell
The Invaders
as Sheriff
Rawhide
as Mayor Thurman Osgood
Rawhide
as Mort Billings
Adam-12
as John Evans
Maverick
as Marshal Walt Hardie
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Col. Sykes