Russell Arms (born February 3, 1920,^[1]Berkeley, California) is an American actor and singer.

[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 country music hit single, "Cinco Robles," which entered the charts on January 12, 1957 and stayed for 15 weeks, peaking at #22.

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.

[edit] Further reading

• Arms, Russell (2005). My Hit Parade ... and a Few Misses. Albany: BearManor Media. ISBN 1-59393-024-0. 

[edit] References

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1. ^ Arms was born in 1920, not 1922, as per paid Intelius search

[edit] External links

• Russell Arms at the Internet Movie Database
• Russell Arms at Allmovie

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