Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 12, 1884
Place of Birth:
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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William Russell
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | The Head of the Family | The Plumber |
| 1928 | The Midnight Taxi | Joseph Brant |
| 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 |
| 1926 | The Still Alarm | Richard Fay |
| 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 |
| 1922 | The Great Night | Larry Gilmore |
| 1921 | The Cheater Reformed | Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall |
| 1921 | The Lady from Longacre | Lord Anthony Conway |
| 1920 | The Iron Rider | Larry Lannigan |
| 1920 | The Challenge of the Law | Captain Bruce Cavanaugh |
| 1920 | Singing River | Long Rush |
| 1920 | Twins of Suffering Creek | Bill Lark |
| 1919 | Sacred Silence | Capt. James Craig |
| 1919 | Six Feet Four | Buck Thornton |
| 1919 | The Lincoln Highwayman | Jimmy Clunder |
| 1919 | Eastward Ho! | |
| 1919 | A Sporting Chance | John Stonehouse |
| 1919 | Where the West Begins | Cliff Redfern |
| 1919 | Brass Buttons | Kingdon Hollister |
| 1919 | This Hero Stuff | Captain November Jones |
| 1918 | Up Romance Road | Gregory Thorne |
| 1918 | Hearts or Diamonds? | Larry Hanrahan |
| 1918 | All the World to Nothing | Richard Chester |
| 1918 | Hobbs in a Hurry | J. Warren Hobbs, Jr. |
| 1917 | A Rough Shod Fighter | |
| 1917 | The Masked Heart | Philip Greycourt |
| 1917 | Snap Judgment | James Page |
| 1917 | Shackles of Truth | Gerard Hale |
| 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 |
| 1915 | The Dancing Girl | John Christion |
| 1914 | His Fireman's Conscience | The Railroad Fireman |
| 1914 | The Power of the Press | Turner Morgan |
| 1914 | Under the Gaslight | Ray Trafford |
| 1914 | The Straight Road | Bill Hubbell |
| 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 | King Rene’s Daughter | Pierre, Captain of the Guards |
| 1913 | Moths | Prince Zouroff |
| 1913 | Tannhäuser | Wolfram |
| 1913 | Little Dorrit | Arthur Clennam |
| 1913 | Carmen | Escamillo, the Toreador |
| 1913 | The Marble Heart | Editor |
| 1913 | Robin Hood | Robin Hood |
| 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 | The Portrait of Lady Anne | Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor |
| 1912 | The Cry of the Children | The factory owner |
| 1912 | The Little Girl Next Door | The Other Father |
| 1912 | Star of Bethlehem | King Herod |
| 1912 | Petticoat Camp | |
| 1912 | East Lynne | Francis Levison |
| 1912 | Under Two Flags | The Colonel |
| 1912 | The Wrecked Taxi | The Husband |
| 1912 | The Silent Witness | The Young Husband |
| 1912 | For the Mikado | The Russian Traitor |
| 1911 | Lorna Doone | |
| 1911 | The Railroad Builder | |
| 1911 | His Younger Brother | |
| 1911 | The Stepmother | |
| 1911 | Their Burglar | |
| 1911 | Get Rich Quick | Bunco artist |
| 1911 | The Pasha's Daughter | |
| 1911 | Young Lochinvar | Young Lochinvar |
| 1911 | David Copperfield | Ham Peggotty (in part two) |
| 1911 | A Doll's House | |
| 1911 | The Lady from the Sea | Alfred, the Sailor |
| 1911 | The Colonel and the King | |
| 1910 | Under Western Skies | A Marriage Witness |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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