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

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

Personal Info

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