page_title: Russell Gleason
section_title: Filmography
hierarchical_section_title: Russell Gleason / Filmography
caption_attribution_description: English: Lobby card for the 1939 film The Covered Trailer.. Pictured are Mary Beth Hughes and Russell Gleason.)
context_page_description: Russell Gleason was an American actor who began his career at the very beginning of the talking film era. Born into an acting family, one of his earliest roles was in the 1930 classic film, All Quiet on the Western Front.
  While still in the middle of a successful acting career, Gleason joined the U.S. Army in late 1943, during World War II. While awaiting deployment to Europe in December 1945 in New York City, Gleason fell to his death from a hotel window. He was the son of actors Lucille and James Gleason.
context_section_description: (Per AFI database)
caption: Gleason and Mary Beth Hughes in the 1939 film. The Covered Trailer
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