Byron Russell

Byron Russell (1884 – 1963) was an Irish character actor, best known for is performance as Quintal in the 1935 film Mutiny on the Bounty.

Biography

Born in Ireland in 1884, Russell's first film appearance was in the 1920 American silent film The World and His Wife. He appeared in eleven films prior to the outbreak of World War II, often playing authority figures. After the war, Russell turned his attention to television work, appearing in numerous roles, predominantly in televised plays, between 1949 and 1960.

Russell also appeared on the Broadway stage from 1913 until 1959, notably in the 1929 revival of Eugene O'Neill's Glencairn series of plays.

Russell died in 1963 in New York City.

Filmography

References

1884 births

1963 deaths

People from Clonmel

Irish male silent film actors

Irish male film actors

Irish male stage actors

Irish male television actors

Irish expatriate male actors in the United States

20th-century Irish male actors

Actors from County Tipperary