Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 2, 1942
Place of Birth
Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known As
- Hank Wilson
- Russell Bridges
Leon Russell
Biography
Leon Russell, born Claude Russell Bridges, was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling pop music records during his 60-year career. His genres included pop, country, rock, folk, gospel, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, folk rock, blues rock, surf, standards, and Tulsa Sound.
Known For - Movies
The Concert for Bangladesh
as Self
Son of Dracula
as The Count Downes
The T.A.M.I. Show
as Self - Pianist in House Band (uncredited)
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
as Radio Preacher
Learning to Live Together: The Return of Mad Dogs & Englishmen
as Self
Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen
as Himself
Willie Nelson & Leon Russel - Partners In Music
The Union
as Self
A Poem Is a Naked Person
as Self
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
as Self
