Russell Nype was an American actor. He appeared in films such as Love Story alongside Ryan O'Neal and Tommy Lee Jones, and Can't Stop The Music. On Broadway, Nype performed in the replacement cast of Hello, Dolly! in 1970 with Ethel Merman. He also starred in Morning's At Seven in 1981 and Wake Up, Darling in 1956. In the mid-1950s, he starred alongside Janet Blair in One Touch Of Venus.