Background
Russell, Bruce Alexander was born on August 4, 1903 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Alexander and Flora Estelle (Saunders) Russell.
Russell, Bruce Alexander was born on August 4, 1903 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Alexander and Flora Estelle (Saunders) Russell.
Graduate Los Angeles Polytechnic High School, 1921. Graduate of University of California at Los Angeles, 1926.
After studying at the Southern branch of the University of California, where he worked for the Cub Californian, he was hired for the Los Angeles Times as a sports cartoonist in 1927. He also drew a nationally syndicated cartoon, Rollo Rollingstone, during the early 1930s. In 1934 he became the lead cartoonist for the Times, a position he held until his death of a heart attack.
His winning cartoon, entitled "Time to Bridge that Gulch," shows an American eagle and a Russian bear facing each other over a gulch filled with "irresponsible statements" and "deepening suspicions."
His papers are held at University of California, Los Los Angeles
Member President Eisenhowers Cartoonists Committee. Member Los Angeles Ephebian Society, National Cartoonists Society, American Association of.
Married Mary Anne Morrissey, August 16, 1931. Children: Anne Frances, Mary Ann and Bruce Alexander, Junior.
