Acting
85
Man
12 Apr 1884
18 Feb 1929 (44)
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
William Russell
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.
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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1928 | The Midnight Taxi | Joseph Brant |
1928 | The Head of the Family | The Plumber |
1928 | State Street Sadie | The Bat |
1928 | Woman Wise | Ne'er-Do-Well |
1927 | The Desired Woman | Captain Maxwell |
1927 | Brass Knuckles | "Brass Knuckles" Lamont |
1927 | The Girl from Chicago | Big Steve Drummond |
1926 | The Blue Eagle | Big Tim Ryan |
1925 | Big Pal | Dan Williams |
1924 | The Beloved Brute | David Hinges |
1923 | Anna Christie | Matt Burke |
1923 | Boston Blackie | Boston Blackie |
1922 | Mixed Faces | Judge J. Woodworth Granger |
1922 | The Crusader | Peter Brent |
1922 | A Self-Made Man | Jack Spurlock |
1921 | The Cheater Reformed | Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall |
1920 | The Iron Rider | Larry Lannigan |
1920 | The Challenge of the Law | Captain Bruce Cavanaugh |
1919 | A Sporting Chance | John Stonehouse |
1919 | Six Feet Four | Buck Thornton |
1919 | Sacred Silence | Capt. James Craig |
1919 | The Lincoln Highwayman | Jimmy Clunder |
1919 | Eastward Ho! | |
1919 | Where the West Begins | Cliff Redfern |
1919 | Brass Buttons | Kingdon Hollister |
1918 | Up Romance Road | Gregory Thorne |
1918 | Hearts or Diamonds? | Larry Hanrahan |
1917 | The Masked Heart | Philip Greycourt |
1917 | A Rough Shod Fighter | |
1916 | The Smugglers of Santa Cruz | Robert Langdon |
1916 | The Bruiser | 'Big Bill' Brawley |
1915 | Dora Thorne | Ronald |
1915 | The Diamond from the Sky | Blair Stanley |
1915 | Garden of Lies | Dennis Mallory |
1914 | His Fireman's Conscience | The Railroad Fireman |
1914 | The Power of the Press | Turner Morgan |
1914 | Under the Gaslight | Ray Trafford |
1913 | Tannhäuser | Wolfram |
1913 | King Rene’s Daughter | Pierre, Captain of the Guards |
1913 | Carmen | Escamillo, the Toreador |
1913 | The Marble Heart | Editor |
1913 | For Her Boy's Sake | |
1913 | While Baby Slept | The Husband |
1913 | The Caged Bird | The Farmer |
1913 | Peggy's Invitation | Henry Farland, a Young Banker |
1913 | Moths | Prince Zouroff |
1913 | Little Dorrit | Arthur Clennam |
1913 | Robin Hood | Robin Hood |
1912 | The Cry of the Children | The factory owner |
1912 | The Portrait of Lady Anne | Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor |
1912 | The Little Girl Next Door | The Other Father |
1912 | Star of Bethlehem | King Herod |
1912 | Petticoat Camp | |
1912 | The Girl of the Grove | The Doctor |
1912 | Flying to Fortune | The Doctor |
1912 | The Little Shut-in | Manly Feet |
1912 | A Niagara Honeymoon | The Groom |
1912 | For Sale -- A Life | The Card Player |
1912 | Jess | Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer |
1912 | Jilted | The Suitor |
1912 | The Ring of a Spanish Grandee | Don Rodrigo |
1912 | Pa's Medicine | Willie's Father |
1912 | Put Yourself in His Place | Squire Raby |
1912 | The Repeater | The Political Reformer |
1912 | Undine | Spirit of the Brook |
1912 | Lucile | Duc de Luvois |
1912 | The Forest Rose | Captain Maywood |
1912 | Into the Desert | The American Girl's Fiancé |
1912 | Rejuvenation | The Lighthouse Keeper |
1912 | The Saleslady | |
1912 | East Lynne | Francis Levison |
1912 | Under Two Flags | The Colonel |
1911 | The Pasha's Daughter | |
1911 | Get Rich Quick | Bunco artist |
1911 | A Doll's House | |
1911 | Lorna Doone | |
1911 | The Railroad Builder | |
1911 | His Younger Brother | |
1911 | The Stepmother | |
1911 | Their Burglar | |
1911 | Young Lochinvar | Young Lochinvar |
1911 | David Copperfield | Ham Peggotty (in part two) |
1911 | The Lady from the Sea | Alfred, the Sailor |
1910 | Under Western Skies | A Marriage Witness |
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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1918 | Hearts or Diamonds? | Producer |