Personal Info
Birth date
1908-02-15 (117 Years)
Day of death
1992-12-22
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
Russell Dixon Janney
William Janney
Biography
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Filmography
Cimarron
5.586
Overview:
When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.The Right of Way
5.2
Overview:
Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the same time that his brother-in-law absconds with funds belonging to one of Steele's clients. In search of the thief, Steele is attacked and left for dead. He is rescued by a kindly couple, but suffers from amnesia. He starts life afresh and is happy, until the return of his memory sends him back to resolve his old involvements.The Girl Said No
5.5
Overview:
A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plots dozens of extreme measures to win her over, and finally goes so far as to drag her from the altar, bound and gagged.A Successful Calamity
5.2
Overview:
Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy and Eddie. To test his family's mettle, Henry pretends to have gone broke. Just as he suspected they would, his children rally to their father's side and change their ways: Peggy forsakes the fortune hunter George Struthers for the nice young man she's really in love with, the polo coach Larry Rivers, while Eddie applies for a demanding job and performs admirably. Only Sweetie seems to desert Henry.Two Seconds
6.262
Overview:
A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in flashback, we witness a sleazy dancehall girl (Vivienne Osborne) dupe a high rise riveter (Edward G. Robinson) into marriage so she can live off of him. But when he loses his job and his marbles, she ends up supporting him with money from her side man--and misses no opportunity to rub it in his face that she's now supporting him in his emasculated state. As the animosity grows and things get more and more unbearable, he is eventually driven to desperate measures.A Successful Failure
2.5
Overview:
Ellery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares about is how much money he makes, and all that his boss at the newspaper sees is that Cushing is getting too old to keep up with his work. So his loyal co-worker Phil decides to see what he can do to help everyone see what his friend has to offer.The Pay-Off
5
Overview:
A thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug's gang boss hears of the robbery, he gives them back their money and takes them under his wing. The thug, resentful of the couple, plans to organize a mutiny against the gang's boss, but when he is killed in a botched robbery, the police focus their attention on the young couple.Bonnie Scotland
6.6
Overview:
Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in the Scottish army and are posted to India.The Dawn Patrol
6.704
Overview:
World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons about sending subordinates to their deaths.King of the Wild Horses
NYR
Overview:
Columbia's King of the Wild Horses is a remake of the silent Hal Roach western feature of the same name -- and with the same "star," Rex the Wonder Horse, in the lead. Most of the story involves the romantic triangle between rogue stallion Rex, the gorgeous mare Lady, and villainous black steed Marquis.Sweepstake Annie
3.7
Overview:
A young woman who works in the movie business buys a sweepstakes ticket that turns out to be a winner. Her stroke of luck changes her life around--and not necessarily for the better.Mexicali Rose
5.2
Overview:
The owner of a border town gambling saloon falls in love with a promiscuous young girl. When she has an affair with another, he tosses her out of town. She gets revenge by marrying his younger brother.Under-Cover Man
4.5
Overview:
When his father is murdered, erstwhile conman Nick Darrow asks the cops if he can go undercover to find the killers, and maybe even stop a crime ring that has been plaguing the police. The sister of another innocent victim joins him as they infiltrate the syndicate. Any wrong move could lead to instant death.The Mouthpiece
5.9
Overview:
A prosecutor quits his job and becomes a defense attorney when he finds out that a man he got convicted and executed was actually innocent.Secret of the Blue Room
5.696
Overview:
According to a legend, the mansion's "blue room" is cursed -- everyone who has ever spent the night in that room has met with an untimely end. The three suitors of the heroine wager that each can survive a night in the forbidding blue room.The Crime of the Century
6.3
Overview:
Driven to desperation by his young and extravagant wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has arranged a perfect crime; now he begs the police to lock him up before he can commit it.Clipped Wings
3.5
Overview:
Mickey Lofton, young half-brother of famed war-aviator Jerry, fails in his attempt to enter the Canadian Air Corps, because of his fear of thunderstorms developed by an incident in his boyhood days. Jerry, now a Captain in the U.S. Department of Justice, is given an assignment to capture some border oil smugglers. Through his friendship with Raoul McGuire, one of the suspects, Jerry is accepted as a member of the gang. Mickey is in love with Raoul's sister, Molly. Gang leader Moran shoots and wounds Raoul, and is himself shot down by Jerry. Mickey flies Molly and her wounded brother to a hospital. Jerry takes off in another plane to guard Mickey's craft from a pursuing airplane, and crashes his plane into the gangster's plane but parachutes to safety.Hopalong Cassidy Returns
6.3
Overview:
A crusading newspaper editor recruits his old friend Hoppy to take the job of Marshall in a town rife with vice and murder directed at helpless miners.As the Earth Turns
5.3
Overview:
Love happens between the son of Polish immigrants settled in Maine and the daughter of a neighboring farm family.Sutter's Gold
NYR
Overview:
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.The World Changes
4.8
Overview:
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr., who ages from a youth to an elderly grandfather.The Great Hotel Murder
5.75
Overview:
Crime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a murder by poisoning at a medical convention.Acting
1937Clipped Wings as Mickey Lofton
1936Hopalong Cassidy Returns as Buddy Cassidy
1936Sutter's Gold as John Sutter Jr.
1935Bonnie Scotland as Allan Douglas
1935Born to Gamble as Fred Mathews
1935Without Children as David Sonny Cole Jr.
1935The Great Hotel Murder as Harry Prentice
1935Sweepstake Annie as Arthur Foster
1934A Successful Failure as Robert Cushing
1934A Modern Hero as Young Pierre Croy
1934As the Earth Turns as Ollie
1933Should Ladies Behave as Geoffrey Cole
1933The World Changes as Orin Nordholm III
1933King of the Wild Horses as Two Feathers
1933Secret of the Blue Room as Thomas Brandt
1933Terror Aboard as Edward Wilson
1933The Crime of the Century as James Brandt
1933The Iron Master as David Stillman
1932Under-Cover Man as Jimmie Madigan
1932A Successful Calamity as Eddie Wilton
1932Crooner as Pat - Band Member
1932Two Seconds as College Boy at Execution
1932The Mouthpiece as John 'Johnny' Morris
1931Girls Demand Excitement as Freddie
1931Cimarron as Man Phoning Ambulance (uncredited)
1930The Right of Way as Billy Wantage
1930The Pay-Off as Tommy
1930Shooting Straight as Tommy Powell
1930The Dawn Patrol as Gordon 'Donny' Scott
1930Young Desire as Bobby Spencer
1930Those Who Dance as Tim Brady
1930The Girl Said No as Jimmie Ward
1929Mexicali Rose as Bob Manning
1929Salute as Midshipman Paul Randall
1929Coquette as Jimmy Besant