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

Spearhead

The Crusader

Anna Christie

This Hero Stuff

The Cheater Reformed

Tannhäuser

On Thin Ice

Leave It to Me

All Movies (125)

• Girls Gone Wild1929 · as Dan Brown
• The Midnight Taxi1928 · as Joseph Brant
• State Street Sadie1928 · as The Bat
• The Danger Patrol1928 · as Sgt. John Daley
• The Head of the Family1928 · as The Plumber
• Woman Wise1928 · as Ne'er-Do-Well
• Brass Knuckles1927 · as "Brass Knuckles" Lamont
• The Girl from Chicago1927 · as Big Steve Drummond
• The Desired Woman1927 · as Captain Maxwell
• Wings of the Storm1926 · as Bill Martin
• The Blue Eagle1926 · as Big Tim Ryan
• The Still Alarm1926 · as Richard Fay
• Big Pal1925 · as Dan Williams
• My Neighbor's Wife1925 · as Eric von Greed, film director
• The Way of a Girl1925 · as Brand
• On Thin Ice1925 · as Dapper Crawford
• The Beloved Brute1924 · as David Hinges
• Anna Christie1923 · as Matt Burke
• Times Have Changed1923 · as Mark O'Rell
• Alias the Night Wind1923 · as Bing Howard
• Boston Blackie1923 · as Boston Blackie
• The Great Night1922 · as Larry Gilmore
• Mixed Faces1922 · as Judge J. Woodworth Granger
• The Crusader1922 · as Peter Brent
• A Self-Made Man1922 · as Jack Spurlock
• The Men of Zanzibar1922 · as Hugh Hemingway
• The Roof Tree1921 · as Ken Thornton
• The Lady from Longacre1921 · as Lord Anthony Conway
• The Cheater Reformed1921 · as Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
• The Iron Rider1920 · as Larry Lannigan
• Singing River1920 · as Long Rush
• The Challenge of the Law1920 · as Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
• The Man Who Dared1920 · as Big Jim Kane
• Twins of Suffering Creek1920 · as Bill Lark
• Leave It to Me1920 · as Dick Derrickson
• The Valley of Tomorrow1920 · as Dabney Morgan
• Shod with Fire1920 · as Bruce Bayard
• The Lincoln Highwayman1919 · as Jimmy Clunder
• Eastward Ho!1919 · as Buck Lindsay
• Sacred Silence1919 · as Capt. James Craig
• Six Feet Four1919 · as Buck Thornton
• This Hero Stuff1919 · as Captain November Jones
• A Sporting Chance1919 · as John Stonehouse
• Some Liar1919 · as Robert Winchester McTabb
• Brass Buttons1919 · as Kingdon Hollister
• Where the West Begins1919 · as Cliff Redfern
• When a Man Rides Alone1919 · as William Sykes
• All the World to Nothing1918 · as Richard Chester
• Hobbs in a Hurry1918 · as J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.
• Up Romance Road1918 · as Gregory Thorne
• Hearts or Diamonds?1918 · as Larry Hanrahan
• Snap Judgment1917 · as James Page
• The Sea Master1917 · as Bull Dorgan
• Sands of Sacrifice1917 · as Big Bill Darcey
• Pride and the Man1917 · as Jack Hastings
• The Masked Heart1917 · as Philip Greycourt
• Shackles of Truth1917 · as Gerard Hale
• A Rough Shod Fighter1917 · as Frank Carlisle
• The Torch Bearer1916 · as John Huntley-Knox Sr. / John Huntley-Knox Jr.
• The Man Who Would Not Die1916 · as Clyde Kingsley - Ward Kingsley
• Soul Mates1916 · as Lowell Sherman
• The Bruiser1916 · as 'Big Bill' Brawley
• The Smugglers of Santa Cruz1916 · as Robert Langdon
• Dora Thorne1915 · as Ronald
• Garden of Lies1915 · as Dennis Mallory
• The Diamond from the Sky1915 · as Blair Stanley
• The Dancing Girl1915 · as John Christion
• Under the Gaslight1914 · as Ray Trafford
• The Straight Road1914 · as Bill Hubbell
• The Power of the Press1914 · as Turner Morgan
• His Fireman's Conscience1914 · as The Railroad Fireman
• Peggy's Invitation1913 · as Henry Farland, a Young Banker
• Little Brother1913 · as The Lover
• Robin Hood1913 · as Robin Hood
• Moths1913 · as Prince Zouroff
• Little Dorrit1913 · as Arthur Clennam
• Tannhäuser1913 · as Wolfram
• King Rene’s Daughter1913 · as Pierre, Captain of the Guards
• While Baby Slept1913 · as The Husband
• The Caged Bird1913 · as The Farmer
• Carmen1913 · as Escamillo, the Toreador
• The Marble Heart1913 · as Editor
• For Her Boy's Sake1913
• Star of Bethlehem1912 · as King Herod
• The Repeater1912 · as The Political Reformer
• The Forest Rose1912 · as Captain Maywood
• Petticoat Camp1912
• Lucile1912 · as Duc de Luvois
• The Little Girl Next Door1912 · as The Other Father
• Put Yourself in His Place1912 · as Squire Raby
• For the Mikado1912 · as The Russian Traitor
• Undine1912 · as Spirit of the Brook
• The Wrecked Taxi1912 · as The Husband
• The Portrait of Lady Anne1912 · as Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
• Pa's Medicine1912 · as Willie's Father
• Under Two Flags1912 · as The Colonel
• The Ring of a Spanish Grandee1912 · as Don Rodrigo
• Jess1912 · as Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
• The Little Shut-in1912 · as Manly Feet
• Jilted1912 · as The Suitor
• The Saleslady1912 · as The Bumpkin
• The Cry of the Children1912 · as The factory owner
• Rejuvenation1912 · as The Lighthouse Keeper
• Into the Desert1912 · as The American Girl's Fiancé
• The Girl of the Grove1912 · as The Doctor
• For Sale -- A Life1912 · as The Card Player
• Flying to Fortune1912 · as The Doctor
• The Silent Witness1912 · as The Young Husband
• The Trouble Maker1912 · as The Husband
• East Lynne1912 · as Francis Levison
• A Niagara Honeymoon1912 · as The Groom
• The Lady from the Sea1911 · as Alfred, the Sailor
• The Last of the Mohicans1911 · as Duncan
• Their Burglar1911
• David Copperfield1911 · as Ham Peggotty (in part two)
• Young Lochinvar1911 · as Young Lochinvar
• A Doll's House1911
• Lorna Doone1911
• The Stepmother1911
• Get Rich Quick1911 · as Bunco artist
• The Colonel and the King1911
• The Railroad Builder1911
• His Younger Brother1911
• The Pasha's Daughter1911
• Under Western Skies1910 · as A Marriage Witness

All TV Shows (2)

• Spearhead1978 · as Mr Dickson B.F.S.
• St. Ives1955 · as St. Ives