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| Character Statistics | |
| Gender: | Male |
| Lives In: | Waverly Place |
| Relationships | |
| Wife: | Rose Russo |
| Children: | Jerry Russo (older son) Megan Russo (daughter) Kelbo Russo (youngest son) Theresa Russo (daughter-in-law) |
| Production Info | |
| Portrayed by: | Brendan Bradley |
| First Appearance: | Rock Around the Clock |
| Last Appearance: | Rock Around the Clock |
Hank Russo (also referred to as Duke Russo) was the husband of Rose, the father of Jerry, Megan and Kelbo, the paternal grandfather of Justin, Alex and Max, and Theresa Russo's father-in-law. He appears in "Rock Around the Clock," where the Russos travel back to the year 1957 to warn Hank about Lenny Hune's plan on buying the building which would cause him to evict them in the present day, 2011.
Appearance
In 1957, Hank is a young Italian-American man of average height. His brown hair is worn in a pompadour style (befitting of his time period), and his cheeks are relatively round. Hank is dressed in 1950s waiter attire, complete with a white shirt, white apron, black bowtie, and soda jerker hat with a red stripe at the top. He is tall and thin. It's unknown what he looks like in the present day.
Trivia
- His daughter-in-law, Theresa, called him Hank in the episode "Rock Around the Clock," but his name is said to be Duke in "Hugh's Not Normous" by the talking family tree. This was likely an error, as the line is small and easy to forget, a retcon, or he went by two different names.
- Max stated he pulls jelly beans out of his ear in the future, and Theresa states that in the future he actually eats them.
- It is unclear if Hank is still living in the present day. If he is, he would likely be in about his late seventies or early eighties, assuming that he was in his twenties in 1957, which he would need to be an adult to own his own business. Nobody mentions whether he is still alive or not in the episode.
- In "Make It Happen," Jerry reveals his father worked as a rodeo clown.