William Russell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1884-04-12
Day of Death
1929-02-18 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Acting
(1928)
The Midnight Taxi
as Joseph Brant
(1928)
Woman Wise
as Ne'er-Do-Well
(1928)
State Street Sadie
as The Bat
(1928)
The Head of the Family
as The Plumber
(1927)
Brass Knuckles
as "Brass Knuckles" Lamont
(1927)
The Girl from Chicago
as Big Steve Drummond
(1927)
The Desired Woman
as Captain Maxwell
(1926)
The Blue Eagle
as Big Tim Ryan
(1926)
The Still Alarm
as Richard Fay
(1925)
Big Pal
as Dan Williams
(1924)
The Beloved Brute
as David Hinges
(1923)
Anna Christie
as Matt Burke
(1923)
Boston Blackie
as Boston Blackie
(1922)
Mixed Faces
as Judge J. Woodworth Granger
(1922)
The Crusader
as Peter Brent
(1922)
A Self-Made Man
as Jack Spurlock
(1922)
The Great Night
as Larry Gilmore
(1921)
The Lady from Longacre
as Lord Anthony Conway
(1921)
The Cheater Reformed
as Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
(1920)
Singing River
as Long Rush
(1920)
The Challenge of the Law
as Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
(1920)
The Iron Rider
as Larry Lannigan
(1919)
Sacred Silence
as Capt. James Craig
(1919)
Six Feet Four
as Buck Thornton
(1919)
Brass Buttons
as Kingdon Hollister
(1919)
A Sporting Chance
as John Stonehouse
(1919)
(1919)
Where the West Begins
as Cliff Redfern
(1919)
The Lincoln Highwayman
as Jimmy Clunder
(1918)
Hearts or Diamonds?
as Larry Hanrahan
(1918)
Up Romance Road
as Gregory Thorne
(1917)
Shackles of Truth
as Gerard Hale
(1917)
(1917)
The Masked Heart
as Philip Greycourt
(1917)
Snap Judgment
as James Page
(1916)
The Bruiser
as 'Big Bill' Brawley
(1916)
The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
as Robert Langdon
(1915)
Dora Thorne
as Ronald
(1915)
The Dancing Girl
as John Christion
(1915)
The Diamond from the Sky
as Blair Stanley
(1915)
Garden of Lies
as Dennis Mallory
(1914)
The Power of the Press
as Turner Morgan
(1914)
The Straight Road
as Bill Hubbell
(1914)
His Fireman's Conscience
as The Railroad Fireman
(1914)
Under the Gaslight
as Ray Trafford
(1913)
Robin Hood
as Robin Hood
(1913)
Moths
as Prince Zouroff
(1913)
Carmen
as Escamillo, the Toreador
(1913)
Little Dorrit
as Arthur Clennam
(1913)
The Marble Heart
as Editor
(1913)
The Caged Bird
as The Farmer
(1913)
Tannhäuser
as Wolfram
(1913)
King Rene’s Daughter
as Pierre, Captain of the Guards
(1913)
While Baby Slept
as The Husband
(1913)
(1913)
Peggy's Invitation
as Henry Farland, a Young Banker
(1912)
Undine
as Spirit of the Brook
(1912)
Jess
as Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
(1912)
Lucile
as Duc de Luvois
(1912)
Under Two Flags
as The Colonel
(1912)
Rejuvenation
as The Lighthouse Keeper
(1912)
East Lynne
as Francis Levison
(1912)
(1912)
Jilted
as The Suitor
(1912)
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
as Don Rodrigo
(1912)
Flying to Fortune
as The Doctor
(1912)
The Cry of the Children
as The factory owner
(1912)
The Repeater
as The Political Reformer
(1912)
The Forest Rose
as Captain Maywood
(1912)
Star of Bethlehem
as King Herod
(1912)
Pa's Medicine
as Willie's Father
(1912)
The Girl of the Grove
as The Doctor
(1912)
The Portrait of Lady Anne
as Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
(1912)
For Sale -- A Life
as The Card Player
(1912)
Put Yourself in His Place
as Squire Raby
(1912)
(1912)
The Wrecked Taxi
as The Husband
(1912)
The Little Girl Next Door
as The Other Father
(1912)
For the Mikado
as The Russian Traitor
(1912)
The Silent Witness
as The Young Husband
(1912)
The Little Shut-in
as Manly Feet
(1912)
Into the Desert
as The American Girl's Fiancé
(1912)
A Niagara Honeymoon
as The Groom
(1911)
David Copperfield
as Ham Peggotty (in part two)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
Get Rich Quick
as Bunco artist
(1911)
The Lady from the Sea
as Alfred, the Sailor
(1911)
(1911)
Young Lochinvar
as Young Lochinvar
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1910)
Under Western Skies
as A Marriage Witness
Crew
(1918)
Hearts or Diamonds?
Producer