Russell Waters (born June 10, 1908 - 1982) was a Scottish film actor.

Stocky sandy-haired Scottish actor Russell Waters generally found himself in mild mannered roles. In the manner of Dave O'Brien, star of Hollywood's Pete Smith Specialities, Waters achieved instant audience recognition as the leading man in Richard Massingham's amusing instructional short subjects, among them Tell Me If It Hurts (1936), And So Work (1937), The Daily Round (1947) and What a Life! (1948).

In feature films, Waters played such secondary roles as Craggs in The Blue Lagoon (1949), Mr. West in Happiest Days of Your Life and "Wings" Cameron in The Wooden Horse (both in 1950). Russell Waters remained in films until 1974, when he was briefly seen as the Harbourmaster in The Wicker Man

Russell Waters began his acting career in the 1930s and soon found himself cast in various film roles at the start of what promised to be a bright future as an actor. Unfortunately, WWII radically changed his prospects; conscripted into the army for the duration and wounded at some point around mid to late 1944 which saw him invalided back to England. Shortly after his return home he met a young war widow Barbara; they married and produced four children: 'John Waters III' Angela Stephen Fiona,Fizz Waters The Waters family lived in a rented top floor 2 bedroom flat in Anlaby Road, Teddington, Middlesex close to the Thames TV studios. Russell's career was capricious to say the least, an obviously talented actor, underated and often overlooked probably due to the vagaries of time and circumstance brought about by the events of WWII.