Russell Hardie

Biography

Russell Hardie was an American film actor, best known for his roles as Gen. Stark in "Fail Safe" and Dwight Hawkins in "The Whistle at Eaton Falls". Born in either Griffins Mills, New York, or Buffalo, New York, Hardie pursued a non-traditional education path, studying shorthand and stenography before transitioning into acting. He began selling vacuum cleaners after his first theatrical stint with a stock theater company failed.