Acting · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA · Born April 12, 1884
From Wikipedia William Russell (April 12, 1884 – February 18, 1929), born William Francis Lerche, was an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He appeared in over two hundred silent era motion pictures between 1910 and 1929, directing five of them in 1916 and producing two through his own production company in 1918 and 1925. Russell began his screen career in New York with the Biograph Company, where he worked for nine months before signing with the Thanhouser Company. He was also part of the company of players for the American Film Manufacturing Company and their Flying "A" Studios in Santa Barbara. In 1917, he and actress Charlotte Burton were married. They divorced in 1921. He and actress Helen Ferguson were married on June 21, 1925, at the Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church, after a six-year romance. William Russell died at age 44 from pneumonia at Hollywood Hospital in Los Angeles.
TVSpearhead
1978
as Mr Dickson B.F.S.
TVHarriet's Back in Town
1972
as Tom Preston
St. Ives
1955
as St. Ives
MovieGirls Gone Wild
1929
as Dan Brown
MovieThe Midnight Taxi
1928
as Joseph Brant
MovieState Street Sadie
1928
as The Bat
The Danger Patrol
1928
as Sgt. John Daley
MovieThe Head of the Family
1928
as The Plumber
MovieWoman Wise
1928
as Ne'er-Do-Well
MovieBrass Knuckles
1927
as "Brass Knuckles" Lamont
MovieThe Girl from Chicago
1927
as Big Steve Drummond
MovieThe Desired Woman
1927
as Captain Maxwell
MovieWings of the Storm
1926
as Bill Martin
MovieThe Blue Eagle
1926
as Big Tim Ryan
MovieThe Still Alarm
1926
as Richard Fay
MovieBig Pal
1925
as Dan Williams
My Neighbor's Wife
1925
as Eric von Greed, film director
MovieThe Way of a Girl
1925
as Brand
MovieOn Thin Ice
1925
as Dapper Crawford
MovieThe Beloved Brute
1924
as David Hinges
MovieAnna Christie
1923
as Matt Burke
MovieTimes Have Changed
1923
as Mark O'Rell
MovieAlias the Night Wind
1923
as Bing Howard
MovieBoston Blackie
1923
as Boston Blackie
MovieThe Great Night
1922
as Larry Gilmore
MovieMixed Faces
1922
as Judge J. Woodworth Granger
MovieThe Crusader
1922
as Peter Brent
MovieA Self-Made Man
1922
as Jack Spurlock
The Men of Zanzibar
1922
as Hugh Hemingway
MovieThe Roof Tree
1921
as Ken Thornton
MovieThe Lady from Longacre
1921
as Lord Anthony Conway
MovieThe Cheater Reformed
1921
as Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
MovieThe Iron Rider
1920
as Larry Lannigan
MovieSinging River
1920
as Long Rush
MovieThe Challenge of the Law
1920
as Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
The Man Who Dared
1920
as Big Jim Kane
MovieTwins of Suffering Creek
1920
as Bill Lark
MovieLeave It to Me
1920
as Dick Derrickson
The Valley of Tomorrow
1920
as Dabney Morgan
MovieShod with Fire
1920
as Bruce Bayard
MovieThe Lincoln Highwayman
1919
as Jimmy Clunder
MovieEastward Ho!
1919
as Buck Lindsay
MovieSacred Silence
1919
as Capt. James Craig
MovieSix Feet Four
1919
as Buck Thornton
MovieThis Hero Stuff
1919
as Captain November Jones
MovieA Sporting Chance
1919
as John Stonehouse
MovieSome Liar
1919
as Robert Winchester McTabb
MovieBrass Buttons
1919
as Kingdon Hollister
MovieWhere the West Begins
1919
as Cliff Redfern
MovieWhen a Man Rides Alone
1919
as William Sykes
MovieAll the World to Nothing
1918
as Richard Chester
MovieHobbs in a Hurry
1918
as J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.
MovieUp Romance Road
1918
as Gregory Thorne
MovieHearts or Diamonds?
1918
as Larry Hanrahan
MovieSnap Judgment
1917
as James Page
MovieThe Sea Master
1917
as Bull Dorgan
MovieSands of Sacrifice
1917
as Big Bill Darcey
MoviePride and the Man
1917
as Jack Hastings
MovieThe Masked Heart
1917
as Philip Greycourt
MovieShackles of Truth
1917
as Gerard Hale
MovieA Rough Shod Fighter
1917
as Frank Carlisle
MovieThe Torch Bearer
1916
as John Huntley-Knox Sr. / John Huntley-Knox Jr.
The Man Who Would Not Die
1916
as Clyde Kingsley - Ward Kingsley
MovieSoul Mates
1916
as Lowell Sherman
MovieThe Bruiser
1916
as 'Big Bill' Brawley
MovieThe Smugglers of Santa Cruz
1916
as Robert Langdon
MovieDora Thorne
1915
as Ronald
MovieGarden of Lies
1915
as Dennis Mallory
MovieThe Diamond from the Sky
1915
as Blair Stanley
MovieThe Dancing Girl
1915
as John Christion
MovieUnder the Gaslight
1914
as Ray Trafford
MovieThe Straight Road
1914
as Bill Hubbell
MovieThe Power of the Press
1914
as Turner Morgan
His Fireman's Conscience
1914
as The Railroad Fireman
Peggy's Invitation
1913
as Henry Farland, a Young Banker
MovieLittle Brother
1913
as The Lover
MovieRobin Hood
1913
as Robin Hood
MovieMoths
1913
as Prince Zouroff
Little Dorrit
1913
as Arthur Clennam
MovieTannhäuser
1913
as Wolfram
MovieKing Rene’s Daughter
1913
as Pierre, Captain of the Guards
While Baby Slept
1913
as The Husband
The Caged Bird
1913
as The Farmer
MovieCarmen
1913
as Escamillo, the Toreador
MovieThe Marble Heart
1913
as Editor
For Her Boy's Sake
1913
MovieStar of Bethlehem
1912
as King Herod
The Repeater
1912
as The Political Reformer
MovieThe Forest Rose
1912
as Captain Maywood
MoviePetticoat Camp
1912
MovieLucile
1912
as Duc de Luvois
MovieThe Little Girl Next Door
1912
as The Other Father
MoviePut Yourself in His Place
1912
as Squire Raby
For the Mikado
1912
as The Russian Traitor
MovieUndine
1912
as Spirit of the Brook
The Wrecked Taxi
1912
as The Husband
MovieThe Portrait of Lady Anne
1912
as Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
Pa's Medicine
1912
as Willie's Father
MovieUnder Two Flags
1912
as The Colonel
MovieThe Ring of a Spanish Grandee
1912
as Don Rodrigo
MovieJess
1912
as Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
MovieThe Little Shut-in
1912
as Manly Feet
MovieJilted
1912
as The Suitor
MovieThe Saleslady
1912
as The Bumpkin
MovieThe Cry of the Children
1912
as The factory owner
MovieRejuvenation
1912
as The Lighthouse Keeper
Into the Desert
1912
as The American Girl's Fiancé
MovieThe Girl of the Grove
1912
as The Doctor
For Sale -- A Life
1912
as The Card Player
MovieFlying to Fortune
1912
as The Doctor
The Silent Witness
1912
as The Young Husband
The Trouble Maker
1912
as The Husband
MovieEast Lynne
1912
as Francis Levison
A Niagara Honeymoon
1912
as The Groom
MovieThe Lady from the Sea
1911
as Alfred, the Sailor
The Last of the Mohicans
1911
as Duncan
Their Burglar
1911
MovieDavid Copperfield
1911
as Ham Peggotty (in part two)
MovieYoung Lochinvar
1911
as Young Lochinvar
MovieA Doll's House
1911
Lorna Doone
1911
The Stepmother
1911
MovieGet Rich Quick
1911
as Bunco artist
MovieThe Colonel and the King
1911
The Railroad Builder
1911
His Younger Brother
1911
MovieThe Pasha's Daughter
1911
Looking Forward
1910
Under Western Skies
1910
as A Marriage Witness
