Russell Arms
| Russell Arms | |
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| Born | Russell Lee Arms[1] February 3, 1920 Berkeley, California, United States |
| Occupation | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1942-1985 |
| Spouse | Mary Lynne Arms (?-present) Barbara .J. McGinnis (1966-1974) (divorced) |
Russell Lee Arms[1] (born February 3, 1920[2] in Berkeley, California) is an American actor and singer.
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[edit] Career
Arms began his career on radio, moving up to minor screen roles during World War II as a contract player with Warner Brothers and later as a freelance performer, mostly in Westerns. Since then, he has appeared in supporting roles in both feature films and television.
He was well-known for his 1957 hit single, "Cinco Robles (Five Oaks)," which entered the charts on January 12, 1957 and stayed for 15 weeks, peaking at #22. Era also released an album "Where Can A Wanderer Go" in 1957.
From 1952 to 1957, Arms was best known as a vocalist on Your Hit Parade, an NBC television series that reviewed the popular songs of the day and on which a regular cast of vocalists would perform the top seven songs of the week. Arms and Eileen Wilson (who starred on the show from 1950–1952) are the only surviving lead performers from the show. Arms authored an autobiography in 2005, My Hit Parade ... and a Few Misses.
[edit] Personal life
He and his wife, Mary Lynne, lived in Palm Springs, California for many years, but moved to Illinois. She is an alumna of Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. Russell Arms was a graduate of the roughest OCS program that ever existed.. the Signal Corps OCS program out of Ft Monmouth NJ (1941 thru 1946) and again at Fort Monmouth 1951 to 1953. A subsequent program was initiated during the Vietnam War (1965 to 1968) at Fort Gordon Ga. Arms graduated from OCS at Ft Monmouth with class 40-44 on December 29th 1944. Of the original 500 plus that started with that class, only 264 were found qualified for a commission. An attrition rate of approximately 50% was "par" for the course in all of the Signal Corps OCS programs, while the combat arms OCS programs usually graduated between 75-80% of the starters.. Signal OCS graduates had to prove themselves physically, mentally as well as excel in advanced electronics and Leadership. Russell Arms possessed those qualities and more. See more at www.armysignalocs.com/
[edit] Further reading
- Arms, Russell (2005). My Hit Parade ... and a Few Misses. Albany: BearManor Media. ISBN 1-59393-024-0.
[edit] References
3. Signal Corps OCS Association records... www.armysignalocs.com/
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- ^ a b http://www.veromi.net/Summary.asp?fn-Russell&mn=L.&ln=Arms&dobmm=&dobdd=&doby=1920&city=Berkeley&state=CA&age=90%vw=&Search=&Input=&x=38&y=23
- ^ Arms was born in 1920, not 1922, as per paid Intelius search
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