
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.

The Doctor
The Girl of the Grove

The Doctor
Flying to Fortune

Robert Langdon
The Smugglers of Santa Cruz

David Hinges
The Beloved Brute

A Rough Shod Fighter

A Marriage Witness
Under Western Skies

Lorna Doone

The Railroad Builder

His Younger Brother

The Stepmother

Their Burglar

Manly Feet
The Little Shut-in

The Groom
A Niagara Honeymoon

The Card Player
For Sale -- A Life

Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
Jess

The Suitor
Jilted

Don Rodrigo
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee

Willie's Father
Pa's Medicine

Squire Raby
Put Yourself in His Place

The Political Reformer
The Repeater

Spirit of the Brook
Undine

Duc de Luvois
Lucile

For Her Boy's Sake

Captain Maywood
The Forest Rose

The Husband
While Baby Slept

The Farmer
The Caged Bird

Henry Farland, a Young Banker
Peggy's Invitation

The Railroad Fireman
His Fireman's Conscience

Turner Morgan
The Power of the Press

Ronald
Dora Thorne

Ray Trafford
Under the Gaslight

Matt Burke
Anna Christie

Capt. James Craig
Sacred Silence

Big Tim Ryan
The Blue Eagle

Captain Maxwell
The Desired Woman

Boston Blackie
Boston Blackie

The Plumber
The Head of the Family

Judge J. Woodworth Granger
Mixed Faces

Peter Brent
The Crusader

Blair Stanley
The Diamond from the Sky

The American Girl's Fiancé
Into the Desert

The Lighthouse Keeper
Rejuvenation

The Bumpkin
The Saleslady

Buck Thornton
Six Feet Four

Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
The Portrait of Lady Anne

Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
The Cheater Reformed

Larry Lannigan
The Iron Rider

Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
The Challenge of the Law

Jimmy Clunder
The Lincoln Highwayman

Eastward Ho!

"Brass Knuckles" Lamont
Brass Knuckles

The factory owner
The Cry of the Children

Pierre, Captain of the Guards
King Rene’s Daughter

Prince Zouroff
Moths

Wolfram
Tannhäuser

Arthur Clennam
Little Dorrit

Joseph Brant
The Midnight Taxi

The Bat
State Street Sadie

John Stonehouse
A Sporting Chance

Escamillo, the Toreador
Carmen

Editor
The Marble Heart

The Other Father
The Little Girl Next Door

King Herod
Star of Bethlehem

Petticoat Camp

Bunco artist
Get Rich Quick

The Pasha's Daughter

Big Steve Drummond
The Girl from Chicago

Francis Levison
East Lynne

Cliff Redfern
Where the West Begins

Kingdon Hollister
Brass Buttons

Philip Greycourt
The Masked Heart

Dan Williams
Big Pal

The Colonel
Under Two Flags

Ne'er-Do-Well
Woman Wise

Young Lochinvar
Young Lochinvar

Ham Peggotty (in part two)
David Copperfield

Gregory Thorne
Up Romance Road

Jack Spurlock
A Self-Made Man

A Doll's House

Larry Hanrahan
Hearts or Diamonds?

'Big Bill' Brawley
The Bruiser

Alfred, the Sailor
The Lady from the Sea

Robin Hood
Robin Hood

Dennis Mallory
Garden of Lies

Bill Hubbell
The Straight Road

The Husband
The Wrecked Taxi

The Young Husband
The Silent Witness

Long Rush
Singing River

Lord Anthony Conway
The Lady from Longacre

James Page
Snap Judgment

Gerard Hale
Shackles of Truth

Richard Fay
The Still Alarm

The Russian Traitor
For the Mikado

John Christion
The Dancing Girl

The Colonel and the King

Larry Gilmore
The Great Night

Captain November Jones
This Hero Stuff

Richard Chester
All the World to Nothing

J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.
Hobbs in a Hurry

Bill Lark
Twins of Suffering Creek

Clyde Kingsley - Ward Kingsley
The Man Who Would Not Die

Lowell Sherman
Soul Mates

Mark O'Rell
Times Have Changed

Dapper Crawford
On Thin Ice

Bruce Bayard
Shod with Fire

Dick Derrickson
Leave It to Me
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
106
Gender
Male
Birthday
1884-04-12
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
William E. Russell