William Russell
Acting • Born 1884-04-12 – Died 1929-02-18
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.
Filmography
118 credits
Flying to Fortune
Movie • 1912
The Doctor
The Girl of the Grove
Movie • 1912
The Doctor
The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
Movie • 1916
Robert Langdon
The Beloved Brute
Movie • 1924
David Hinges
A Rough Shod Fighter
Movie • 1917
Frank Carlisle
Under Western Skies
Movie • 1910
A Marriage Witness
The Railroad Builder
Movie • 1911
Lorna Doone
Movie • 1911
His Younger Brother
Movie • 1911
The Stepmother
Movie • 1911
Their Burglar
Movie • 1911
For Sale -- A Life
Movie • 1912
The Card Player
The Little Shut-in
Movie • 1912
Manly Feet
Jilted
Movie • 1912
The Suitor
Jess
Movie • 1912
Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
A Niagara Honeymoon
Movie • 1912
The Groom
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
Movie • 1912
Don Rodrigo
Pa's Medicine
Movie • 1912
Willie's Father
Put Yourself in His Place
Movie • 1912
Squire Raby
Undine
Movie • 1912
Spirit of the Brook
The Forest Rose
Movie • 1912
Captain Maywood
For Her Boy's Sake
Movie • 1913
Lucile
Movie • 1912
Duc de Luvois
The Repeater
Movie • 1912
The Political Reformer
While Baby Slept
Movie • 1913
The Husband
The Caged Bird
Movie • 1913
The Farmer
Peggy's Invitation
Movie • 1913
Henry Farland, a Young Banker
His Fireman's Conscience
Movie • 1914
The Railroad Fireman
The Power of the Press
Movie • 1914
Turner Morgan
Under the Gaslight
Movie • 1914
Ray Trafford
Dora Thorne
Movie • 1915
Ronald
Anna Christie
Movie • 1923
Matt Burke
Sacred Silence
Movie • 1919
Capt. James Craig
The Blue Eagle
Movie • 1926
Big Tim Ryan
The Desired Woman
Movie • 1927
Captain Maxwell
Boston Blackie
Movie • 1923
Boston Blackie
The Head of the Family
Movie • 1928
The Plumber
Mixed Faces
Movie • 1922
Judge J. Woodworth Granger
The Crusader
Movie • 1922
Peter Brent
The Diamond from the Sky
Movie • 1915
Blair Stanley
Into the Desert
Movie • 1912
The American Girl's Fiancé
Rejuvenation
Movie • 1912
The Lighthouse Keeper
The Saleslady
Movie • 1912
The Bumpkin
Six Feet Four
Movie • 1919
Buck Thornton
The Portrait of Lady Anne
Movie • 1912
Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
The Cheater Reformed
Movie • 1921
Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
The Iron Rider
Movie • 1920
Larry Lannigan
The Challenge of the Law
Movie • 1920
Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
The Lincoln Highwayman
Movie • 1919
Jimmy Clunder
Eastward Ho!
Movie • 1919
Buck Lindsay
Brass Knuckles
Movie • 1927
"Brass Knuckles" Lamont
The Cry of the Children
Movie • 1912
The factory owner
Tannhäuser
Movie • 1913
Wolfram
Little Dorrit
Movie • 1913
Arthur Clennam
Moths
Movie • 1913
Prince Zouroff
King Rene’s Daughter
Movie • 1913
Pierre, Captain of the Guards
State Street Sadie
Movie • 1928
The Bat
The Midnight Taxi
Movie • 1928
Joseph Brant
A Sporting Chance
Movie • 1919
John Stonehouse
Carmen
Movie • 1913
Escamillo, the Toreador
The Marble Heart
Movie • 1913
Editor
The Little Girl Next Door
Movie • 1912
The Other Father
Petticoat Camp
Movie • 1912
Star of Bethlehem
Movie • 1912
King Herod
Get Rich Quick
Movie • 1911
Bunco artist
The Pasha's Daughter
Movie • 1911
The Girl from Chicago
Movie • 1927
Big Steve Drummond
East Lynne
Movie • 1912
Francis Levison
Where the West Begins
Movie • 1919
Cliff Redfern
Brass Buttons
Movie • 1919
Kingdon Hollister
The Masked Heart
Movie • 1917
Philip Greycourt
Big Pal
Movie • 1925
Dan Williams
Under Two Flags
Movie • 1912
The Colonel
Woman Wise
Movie • 1928
Ne'er-Do-Well
Young Lochinvar
Movie • 1911
Young Lochinvar
David Copperfield
Movie • 1911
Ham Peggotty (in part two)
Up Romance Road
Movie • 1918
Gregory Thorne
A Self-Made Man
Movie • 1922
Jack Spurlock
A Doll's House
Movie • 1911
Hearts or Diamonds?
Movie • 1918
Larry Hanrahan
The Bruiser
Movie • 1916
'Big Bill' Brawley
The Lady from the Sea
Movie • 1911
Alfred, the Sailor
Robin Hood
Movie • 1913
Robin Hood
Garden of Lies
Movie • 1915
Dennis Mallory
The Straight Road
Movie • 1914
Bill Hubbell
The Wrecked Taxi
Movie • 1912
The Husband
The Silent Witness
Movie • 1912
The Young Husband
Singing River
Movie • 1920
Long Rush
The Lady from Longacre
Movie • 1921
Lord Anthony Conway
Snap Judgment
Movie • 1917
James Page
Shackles of Truth
Movie • 1917
Gerard Hale
The Still Alarm
Movie • 1926
Richard Fay
For the Mikado
Movie • 1912
The Russian Traitor
The Dancing Girl
Movie • 1915
John Christion
The Colonel and the King
Movie • 1911
The Great Night
Movie • 1922
Larry Gilmore
This Hero Stuff
Movie • 1919
Captain November Jones
All the World to Nothing
Movie • 1918
Richard Chester
Hobbs in a Hurry
Movie • 1918
J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.
Twins of Suffering Creek
Movie • 1920
Bill Lark
The Man Who Would Not Die
Movie • 1916
Clyde Kingsley - Ward Kingsley
Soul Mates
Movie • 1916
Lowell Sherman
Times Have Changed
Movie • 1923
Mark O'Rell
On Thin Ice
Movie • 1925
Dapper Crawford
Shod with Fire
Movie • 1920
Bruce Bayard
Leave It to Me
Movie • 1920
Dick Derrickson
When a Man Rides Alone
Movie • 1919
William Sykes
The Roof Tree
Movie • 1921
Ken Thornton
Some Liar
Movie • 1919
Robert Winchester McTabb
Girls Gone Wild
Movie • 1929
Dan Brown
Alias the Night Wind
Movie • 1923
Bing Howard
The Way of a Girl
Movie • 1925
Brand
The Last of the Mohicans
Movie • 1911
The Trouble Maker
Movie • 1912
The Husband
The Man Who Dared
Movie • 1920
Big Jim Kane
Wings of the Storm
Movie • 1926
Bill Martin
The Valley of Tomorrow
Movie • 1920
Dabney Morgan
Spearhead
TV • 1978
Mr Dickson B.F.S.