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Mark Russell (other)
Mark Russell (1932−2023) was an American political satirist and comedian. Mark Russell may also refer to: * Mark Russell (actor) (born 1933), Scottish-American film and television actor * Mark Russell (Australian footballer) (born 1962), Australian footballer for Sydney * Mark Russell (comics) (born 1971), American comics writer * Mark Russell (composer) (born 1960), British composer * Mark Russell (cricketer) (born 1970), English cricketer * Mark Russell (charity director) (born 1974), Northern Irish evangelist and charity executive * Mark Russell (footballer, born 1996) Mark Russell (born 22 March 1926) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder for NIFL Championship side Portadown. He also regularly plays at left back/left wing back. He began his career with Greenock Morton and ma ..., Scottish footballer * Mark Russell (hurler), Irish hurler * Mark Francis Russell (born 1960), British businessman and public servant, CEO of the Shareh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Russell
Mark Russell (born August 23, 1932) is an American political satirist and comedian. He is best known for his series of semimonthly comedy specials on PBS television between 1975 and 2004. His routines were a mix of political stand-up humor covering current events and musical parodies in which he accompanied himself on his trademark American flag-themed piano. Early life Mark Russell was born Joseph Marcus Ruslander and grew up in Buffalo, New York, where he graduated from Canisius High School. After high school, his family briefly moved to Florida, then to Washington, D.C., where he enrolled at George Washington University, but stayed for only a month before joining the Marines. Career Beginning in the early 1960s, he was a regular entertainer at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. and did his first PBS show in 1975. From 1979 to 1984, he was a correspondent on the NBC reality TV show ''Real People''. He also made brief appearances on all six episodes of the short lived Starl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Russell (actor)
Mark Russell (born 12 November 1933) is a Scottish-American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Detective Percy Saperstein in the American crime drama television series ''Kojak''. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, in which Russell was then raised in Brooklyn, New York, later moving to California. He began his career in 1959, where he first appeared in the western television series ''Bonanza''. Russell guest-starred in numerous television programs including '' The Fugitive'', '' 12 O'Clock High'', ''The Time Tunnel'', ''Batman'', ''Hogan's Heroes'', ''Adam-12'', '' Mission: Impossible'', ''Land of the Giants'', '' Ironside'', ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', ''Emergency!'', ''Quincy, M.E.'', ''The Odd Couple'' and ''Mannix''. Russell was originally a stand-in for actor Telly Savalas, who played the main role of Lieutenant Theo Kojak. His character, Detective Percy Saperstein, was then created, in which he won the role. He also appeared on films such as ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Russell (Australian Footballer)
Mark Russell (born 18 January 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Sydney in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * Living people 1962 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sydney Swans players North Ballarat Football Club players People educated at Geelong College {{AFL-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Russell (comics)
Mark Russell (born 1971) is an American author, cartoonist, and comic book writer. Books Russell is the author of ''God Is Disappointed in You'' (Top Shelf Productions, 2013), a modern re-telling of the Bible (with cartoons by New Yorker cartoonist Shannon Wheeler) as well as a follow up book about non-canonical Christian and Jewish texts called ''Apocrypha Now'' (Top Shelf Productions/IDW, 2016). Comics In 2015, Russell made his debut in comics with his critically acclaimed reboot of the 1973–74 comic '' Prez'' (Issues 1–6, DC Comics), drawn by Ben Caldwell, in which a teenager is elected and serves as President of the United States. Following Prez, Russell was hired to write ''The Flintstones'' comic book series for DC Comics, drawn by Steve Pugh. ''The Flintstones'' was nominated for two Eisner Awards, including Best Limited Series and Best Humor Publication, as well as being nominated for a Harvey Award for Book of the Year. In 2018, DC Comics published Russe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Russell (composer)
Mark Russell (born 23 May 1960) is a British composer whose works include music for the television series ''Cold Feet'', '' Murder City'', '' The Bill'', '' The Worst Witch'', '' Inspector George Gently'' and '' Kingdom''. He presented ''Mixing It'' with Robert Sandall on BBC Radio 3 from 1990 to 2007, when the programme ended. His score for ''Cold Feet'' was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Original Television Music in 1999, though lost to Ben Bartlett's score to ''Walking with Dinosaurs ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' is a 1999 six-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Tim Haines and produced by the BBC Science Unit the Discovery Channel and BBC Worldwide, in association with TV Asahi, ProSieben and France 3. Envi ...''. In 2012 his score for the BBC series ''Leonardo'' was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the Best Television Soundtrack category. His score for the ''Best Of Men'', the BBC2 biopic of Ludwig Guttmann the founder of the Paralympics star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
