William Russell

Known For: Acting
Born: April 12, 1884
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Died: February 18, 1929

William Russell

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 H…

Filmography

Spearhead

1978 · Mr Dickson B.F.S.

Harriet's Back in Town

1972 · Tom Preston

St. Ives

1955 · St. Ives

Girls Gone Wild

1929 · Dan Brown

The Midnight Taxi

1928 · Joseph Brant

State Street Sadie

1928 · The Bat

The Danger Patrol

The Danger Patrol

1928 · Sgt. John Daley

The Head of the Family

1928 · The Plumber

Woman Wise

1928 · Ne'er-Do-Well

Brass Knuckles

1927 · "Brass Knuckles" Lamont

The Girl from Chicago

1927 · Big Steve Drummond

The Desired Woman

1927 · Captain Maxwell

Wings of the Storm

1926 · Bill Martin

The Blue Eagle

1926 · Big Tim Ryan

The Still Alarm

1926 · Richard Fay

Big Pal

1925 · Dan Williams

My Neighbor's Wife

My Neighbor's Wife

1925 · Eric von Greed, film director

The Way of a Girl

1925 · Brand

On Thin Ice

1925 · Dapper Crawford

The Beloved Brute

1924 · David Hinges

Anna Christie

1923 · Matt Burke

Times Have Changed

1923 · Mark O'Rell

Alias the Night Wind

1923 · Bing Howard

Boston Blackie

1923 · Boston Blackie

The Great Night

1922 · Larry Gilmore

Mixed Faces

1922 · Judge J. Woodworth Granger

The Crusader

1922 · Peter Brent

A Self-Made Man

1922 · Jack Spurlock

The Men of Zanzibar

The Men of Zanzibar

1922 · Hugh Hemingway

The Roof Tree

1921 · Ken Thornton

The Lady from Longacre

1921 · Lord Anthony Conway

The Cheater Reformed

1921 · Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall

The Iron Rider

1920 · Larry Lannigan

Singing River

1920 · Long Rush

The Challenge of the Law

1920 · Captain Bruce Cavanaugh

The Man Who Dared

The Man Who Dared

1920 · Big Jim Kane

Twins of Suffering Creek

1920 · Bill Lark

Leave It to Me

1920 · Dick Derrickson

The Valley of Tomorrow

The Valley of Tomorrow

1920 · Dabney Morgan

Shod with Fire

1920 · Bruce Bayard

The Lincoln Highwayman

1919 · Jimmy Clunder

Eastward Ho!

1919 · Buck Lindsay

Sacred Silence

1919 · Capt. James Craig

Six Feet Four

1919 · Buck Thornton

This Hero Stuff

1919 · Captain November Jones

A Sporting Chance

1919 · John Stonehouse

Some Liar

1919 · Robert Winchester McTabb

Brass Buttons

1919 · Kingdon Hollister

Where the West Begins

1919 · Cliff Redfern

When a Man Rides Alone

1919 · William Sykes, Producer

All the World to Nothing

1918 · Richard Chester

Hobbs in a Hurry

1918 · J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.

Up Romance Road

1918 · Gregory Thorne

Hearts or Diamonds?

1918 · Larry Hanrahan, Producer

Snap Judgment

1917 · James Page

The Sea Master

1917 · Bull Dorgan

Sands of Sacrifice

1917 · Big Bill Darcey

Pride and the Man

1917 · Jack Hastings, Scenario Writer

The Masked Heart

1917 · Philip Greycourt

Shackles of Truth

1917 · Gerard Hale

A Rough Shod Fighter

1917 · Frank Carlisle

The Torch Bearer

1916 · John Huntley-Knox Sr. / John Huntley-Knox Jr., Director

The Man Who Would Not Die

The Man Who Would Not Die

1916 · Clyde Kingsley - Ward Kingsley, Director

Soul Mates

1916 · Lowell Sherman, Director

The Bruiser

1916 · 'Big Bill' Brawley

The Smugglers of Santa Cruz

1916 · Robert Langdon

Dora Thorne

1915 · Ronald

Garden of Lies

1915 · Dennis Mallory

The Diamond from the Sky

1915 · Blair Stanley

The Dancing Girl

1915 · John Christion

Under the Gaslight

1914 · Ray Trafford

The Straight Road

1914 · Bill Hubbell

The Power of the Press

1914 · Turner Morgan

His Fireman's Conscience

His Fireman's Conscience

1914 · The Railroad Fireman

Peggy's Invitation

Peggy's Invitation

1913 · Henry Farland, a Young Banker

Little Brother

1913 · The Lover

Robin Hood

1913 · Robin Hood

Moths

1913 · Prince Zouroff

Little Dorrit

1913 · Arthur Clennam

Tannhäuser

1913 · Wolfram

King Rene’s Daughter

1913 · Pierre, Captain of the Guards

While Baby Slept

While Baby Slept

1913 · The Husband

The Caged Bird

1913 · The Farmer

Carmen

1913 · Escamillo, the Toreador

The Marble Heart

1913 · Editor

For Her Boy's Sake

For Her Boy's Sake

1913

Star of Bethlehem

1912 · King Herod

The Repeater

1912 · The Political Reformer

The Forest Rose

1912 · Captain Maywood

Petticoat Camp

1912

Lucile

1912 · Duc de Luvois

The Little Girl Next Door

1912 · The Other Father

Put Yourself in His Place

1912 · Squire Raby

For the Mikado

1912 · The Russian Traitor

Undine

1912 · Spirit of the Brook

The Wrecked Taxi

The Wrecked Taxi

1912 · The Husband

The Portrait of Lady Anne

1912 · Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor

Pa's Medicine

1912 · Willie's Father

Under Two Flags

1912 · The Colonel

The Ring of a Spanish Grandee

1912 · Don Rodrigo

Jess

1912 · Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer

The Little Shut-in

1912 · Manly Feet

Jilted

1912 · The Suitor

The Saleslady

1912 · The Bumpkin

The Cry of the Children

1912 · The factory owner

Rejuvenation

1912 · The Lighthouse Keeper

Into the Desert

Into the Desert

1912 · The American Girl's Fiancé

The Girl of the Grove

1912 · The Doctor

For Sale -- A Life

For Sale -- A Life

1912 · The Card Player

Flying to Fortune

1912 · The Doctor

The Silent Witness

The Silent Witness

1912 · The Young Husband

The Trouble Maker

The Trouble Maker

1912 · The Husband

East Lynne

1912 · Francis Levison

A Niagara Honeymoon

A Niagara Honeymoon

1912 · The Groom

The Lady from the Sea

1911 · Alfred, the Sailor

The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans

1911 · Duncan

Their Burglar

1911

David Copperfield

1911 · Ham Peggotty (in part two)

Young Lochinvar

1911 · Young Lochinvar

A Doll's House

1911

Lorna Doone

1911

The Stepmother

1911

Get Rich Quick

1911 · Bunco artist

The Colonel and the King

1911

The Railroad Builder

The Railroad Builder

1911

His Younger Brother

His Younger Brother

1911

The Pasha's Daughter

1911

Looking Forward

Looking Forward

1910

Under Western Skies

Under Western Skies

1910 · A Marriage Witness

William Russell · Virelixia