Russ 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.