Russell Hayden
| Russell "Lucky" Hayden | |
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Lobby card for the film Seven Were Saved (1947) with Russell Hayden, Catherine Craig, and Richard Denning
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| Born |
Hayden Michael Lucid June 12, 1912 Chico, Butte County California, U.S. |
| Died | June 9, 1981 (aged 68) Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Chatsworth, California |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1937-1963 |
| Spouse(s) |
Jan Clayton (1938–1943) (divorced) Lillian Porter (1946-1981) (his death) |
| Children | Sandra Hayden (1940–1956) |
Russell "Lucky" Hayden (June 12, 1912, in Chico, California – June 9, 1981, in Palm Springs, California) was an American film and television actor.
He was born as Hayden Michael "Pate" Lucid, son of Francis J. Lucid and the former Minnie Harvey. He later took the name Russell Hayden to honor a friend, cameraman Russell Harlan.
Hayden worked behind the scenes in films in jobs such as sound recorder, film cutter, and assistant cameraman before he became an actor in the mid-1930s. At the beginning of his acting career, he mainly starred in Westerns and was voted one of the Top Ten cowboy stars.
Hayden's screen debut was in Hills of Old Wyoming (1937), a Hopalong Cassidy film. In 27 films, he played Lucky Jenkins, one of a trio of heroes in the Cassidy westerns starring William Boyd, then co-starred with Charles Starrett in other westerns. In 1947, he played both the main hero and villain in the film Trail of the Mounties.
In 1950, Hayden appeared as "Marshal #1" in several episodes of the live-broadcast and short-lived ABC series The Marshal of Gunsight Pass.
In the 1952–1953 season, Hayden teamed with Jackie Coogan, a former child actor in the 39-episode syndicated series Cowboy G-Men.
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