
William Russell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 12, 1884
- Died
- February 18, 1929 (aged 44)
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography

Girls Gone Wild
Movie · as Dan Brown

The Head of the Family
Movie · as The Plumber

The Midnight Taxi
Movie · as Joseph Brant

State Street Sadie
Movie · as The Bat

Woman Wise
Movie · as Ne'er-Do-Well
The Danger Patrol
Movie · as Sgt. John Daley

The Desired Woman
Movie · as Captain Maxwell

Brass Knuckles
Movie · as "Brass Knuckles" Lamont

The Girl from Chicago
Movie · as Big Steve Drummond

The Blue Eagle
Movie · as Big Tim Ryan

The Still Alarm
Movie · as Richard Fay

Wings of the Storm
Movie · as Bill Martin

Big Pal
Movie · as Dan Williams

On Thin Ice
Movie · as Dapper Crawford

The Way of a Girl
Movie · as Brand
My Neighbor's Wife
Movie · as Eric von Greed, film director

The Beloved Brute
Movie · as David Hinges

Anna Christie
Movie · as Matt Burke

Boston Blackie
Movie · as Boston Blackie

Times Have Changed
Movie · as Mark O'Rell

Alias the Night Wind
Movie · as Bing Howard

Mixed Faces
Movie · as Judge J. Woodworth Granger

The Crusader
Movie · as Peter Brent

A Self-Made Man
Movie · as Jack Spurlock

The Great Night
Movie · as Larry Gilmore
The Men of Zanzibar
Movie · as Hugh Hemingway

The Cheater Reformed
Movie · as Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall

The Lady from Longacre
Movie · as Lord Anthony Conway

The Roof Tree
Movie · as Ken Thornton

The Iron Rider
Movie · as Larry Lannigan

The Challenge of the Law
Movie · as Captain Bruce Cavanaugh

Singing River
Movie · as Long Rush

Twins of Suffering Creek
Movie · as Bill Lark

Shod with Fire
Movie · as Bruce Bayard

Leave It to Me
Movie · as Dick Derrickson
The Man Who Dared
Movie · as Big Jim Kane
The Valley of Tomorrow
Movie · as Dabney Morgan

Sacred Silence
Movie · as Capt. James Craig

Six Feet Four
Movie · as Buck Thornton

The Lincoln Highwayman
Movie · as Jimmy Clunder

Eastward Ho!
Movie · as Buck Lindsay

A Sporting Chance
Movie · as John Stonehouse

Where the West Begins
Movie · as Cliff Redfern

Brass Buttons
Movie · as Kingdon Hollister

This Hero Stuff
Movie · as Captain November Jones

When a Man Rides Alone
Movie · as William Sykes

Some Liar
Movie · as Robert Winchester McTabb

Up Romance Road
Movie · as Gregory Thorne

Hearts or Diamonds?
Movie · as Larry Hanrahan

All the World to Nothing
Movie · as Richard Chester

Hobbs in a Hurry
Movie · as J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.

A Rough Shod Fighter
Movie · as Frank Carlisle

The Masked Heart
Movie · as Philip Greycourt

Snap Judgment
Movie · as James Page

Shackles of Truth
Movie · as Gerard Hale

The Sea Master
Movie · as Bull Dorgan

Sands of Sacrifice
Movie · as Big Bill Darcey

Pride and the Man
Movie · as Jack Hastings

The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
Movie · as Robert Langdon

The Bruiser
Movie · as 'Big Bill' Brawley
The Man Who Would Not Die
Movie · as Clyde Kingsley - Ward Kingsley

Soul Mates
Movie · as Lowell Sherman

The Torch Bearer
Movie · as John Huntley-Knox Sr. / John Huntley-Knox Jr.

Dora Thorne
Movie · as Ronald

The Diamond from the Sky
Movie · as Blair Stanley

Garden of Lies
Movie · as Dennis Mallory

The Dancing Girl
Movie · as John Christion
His Fireman's Conscience
Movie · as The Railroad Fireman

The Power of the Press
Movie · as Turner Morgan

Under the Gaslight
Movie · as Ray Trafford

The Straight Road
Movie · as Bill Hubbell
For Her Boy's Sake
Movie
While Baby Slept
Movie · as The Husband
The Caged Bird
Movie · as The Farmer
Peggy's Invitation
Movie · as Henry Farland, a Young Banker

King Rene’s Daughter
Movie · as Pierre, Captain of the Guards

Moths
Movie · as Prince Zouroff

Tannhäuser
Movie · as Wolfram
Little Dorrit
Movie · as Arthur Clennam

Carmen
Movie · as Escamillo, the Toreador

The Marble Heart
Movie · as Editor

Robin Hood
Movie · as Robin Hood

Little Brother
Movie · as The Lover

The Girl of the Grove
Movie · as The Doctor

Flying to Fortune
Movie · as The Doctor

The Little Shut-in
Movie · as Manly Feet
A Niagara Honeymoon
Movie · as The Groom
For Sale -- A Life
Movie · as The Card Player

Jess
Movie · as Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer

Jilted
Movie · as The Suitor

The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
Movie · as Don Rodrigo
Pa's Medicine
Movie · as Willie's Father

Put Yourself in His Place
Movie · as Squire Raby
The Repeater
Movie · as The Political Reformer

Undine
Movie · as Spirit of the Brook

Lucile
Movie · as Duc de Luvois

The Forest Rose
Movie · as Captain Maywood
Into the Desert
Movie · as The American Girl's Fiancé
Rejuvenation
Movie · as The Lighthouse Keeper

The Saleslady
Movie · as The Bumpkin

The Portrait of Lady Anne
Movie · as Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor

The Cry of the Children
Movie · as The factory owner

The Little Girl Next Door
Movie · as The Other Father

Star of Bethlehem
Movie · as King Herod

Petticoat Camp
Movie

East Lynne
Movie · as Francis Levison

Under Two Flags
Movie · as The Colonel
The Wrecked Taxi
Movie · as The Husband
The Silent Witness
Movie · as The Young Husband
For the Mikado
Movie · as The Russian Traitor
The Trouble Maker
Movie · as The Husband
Lorna Doone
Movie
The Railroad Builder
Movie
His Younger Brother
Movie
The Stepmother
Movie
Their Burglar
Movie

Get Rich Quick
Movie · as Bunco artist

The Pasha's Daughter
Movie

Young Lochinvar
Movie · as Young Lochinvar

David Copperfield
Movie · as Ham Peggotty (in part two)

A Doll's House
Movie

The Lady from the Sea
Movie · as Alfred, the Sailor

The Colonel and the King
Movie
The Last of the Mohicans
Movie · as Duncan
Under Western Skies
Movie · as A Marriage Witness
Looking Forward
Movie

