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- Birth nameWilliam Russell McCown
- Born William Russell McCown, Russ McCown is best known as the horror movie show host Sir Cecil Creape, appearing on WSM Channel 4 in Nashville, Tennessee from 1971 to 1973. His character was portrayed as a hunchbacked, buck-toothed Winston Churchill-like voiced monster host, who presented the movie and would act out skits during commercial breaks. His show was revived during the years 1983-1985 during the first year of the cable channel known as The Nashville Network (TNN). His show was appropriately called "The Phantom of the Opry". McCown was inducted into the Horror Host Hall of Fame posthumously in 2015.- IMDb Mini Biography By: MarxNutz
- SpouseJeanne Muriel Sells(? - January 3, 1994) (his death, 2 children)
- ChildrenKris BallBarbara Gauthier
- ParentsCharles Russell McCownElizabeth Laurine Harwell
- RelativesSamuel Cowper McCown(Grandparent)
- According to the Loving Umatics website, Sir Cecil's scripts were written by Pat Sajak.
- In 2015, Russ McCown - "Sir Cecil Creape" of "Creature Feature", was inducted into "The Official Horror Host Hall of Fame".
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