Russ Columbo(1908-1934)

Russ Columbo was born on 14 January 1908 in Camden, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Raging Bull (1980), Magic in the Moonlight (2014) and Wake Up and Dream (1934). He died on 2 September 1934 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Wake Up and Dream
6.7
- Paul Scotti
- 1934
Moulin Rouge
6.4
- Russ Columbo
- 1934
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
6.4
- Clark Brian
- 1933
That Goes Double
6.1
Short
- Russ Columbo
- 1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
5.7
Short
- 1933
Hell Bound
6.5
- Singer
- 1931
The Texan
6.4
- Singing Cowboy at Campfire (uncredited)
- 1930
Dynamite
6.8
- Singing Mexican Prisoner (uncredited)
- 1929
Street Girl
6.2
- Violinist - Gus Arnheim and His Ambassaors (uncredited)
- 1929
Wonder of Women
5.5
- (uncredited)
- 1929
Wolf Song
6.5
- Ambrosio Guiterrez
- 1929
Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra
6.1
Short
- Violin player (uncredited)
- 1928

Trivia
After Russ Columbo's death, his girlfriend, actress Carole Lombard, and his friends got together and staged an elaborate subterfuge (similar to the plot of the recent film "Good Bye, Lenin!") to keep Columbo's mother from finding out that her son had died, since they thought the news would kill her. The secret campaign, which included making and sending her false reports of what he was supposedly doing and what was happening to him career-wise, continued until Lombard's own early death in 1942.