William Russell
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Spearhead
Mr Dickson B.F.S.
1978
Film
The Cheater Reformed
Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
1921
Film
Tannhäuser
Wolfram
1913
Series
Harriet's Back in Town
Tom Preston
1972
St. Ives
St. Ives
1955
Film
Undine
Spirit of the Brook
1912
Film
The Crusader
Peter Brent
1922
Film
Little Brother
The Lover
1913
Film
Singing River
Long Rush
1920
The Repeater
The Political Reformer
1912
Film
Woman Wise
Ne'er-Do-Well
1928
Film
Brass Buttons
Kingdon Hollister
1919
Film
Dora Thorne
Ronald
1915
Film
Rejuvenation
The Lighthouse Keeper
1912
Film
The Girl from Chicago
Big Steve Drummond
1927
Film
Some Liar
Robert Winchester McTabb
1919
Film
Under the Gaslight
Ray Trafford
1914
Film
Wings of the Storm
Bill Martin
1926
Their Burglar
1911
Film
Anna Christie
Matt Burke
1923
Film
Girls Gone Wild
Dan Brown
1929
Film
Shod with Fire
Bruce Bayard
1920
Film
Times Have Changed
Mark O'Rell
1923
Film
The Way of a Girl
Brand
1925
The Stepmother
1911
Film
The Midnight Taxi
Joseph Brant
1928
Film
The Blue Eagle
Big Tim Ryan
1926
Film
King Rene’s Daughter
Pierre, Captain of the Guards
1913
Film
Alias the Night Wind
Bing Howard
1923
Film
A Sporting Chance
John Stonehouse
1919
Film
The Cry of the Children
The factory owner
1912
The Men of Zanzibar
Hugh Hemingway
1922
Looking Forward
1910
My Neighbor's Wife
Eric von Greed, film director
1925
Film
David Copperfield
Ham Peggotty (in part two)
1911
Peggy's Invitation
Henry Farland, a Young Banker
1913
Film
A Rough Shod Fighter
Frank Carlisle
1917
Film
The Roof Tree
Ken Thornton
1921
Film
On Thin Ice
Dapper Crawford
1925
The Last of the Mohicans
Duncan
1911
Film
Boston Blackie
Boston Blackie
1923
Film
The Sea Master
Bull Dorgan
1917
Film
The Beloved Brute
David Hinges
1924
For Her Boy's Sake
1913
The Danger Patrol
Sgt. John Daley
1928
Film
Hobbs in a Hurry
J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.
1918
Film
Leave It to Me
Dick Derrickson
1920
Film
Get Rich Quick
Bunco artist
1911
For Sale -- A Life
The Card Player
1912
Film
The Torch Bearer
John Huntley-Knox Sr. / John Huntley-Knox Jr.
1916
Film
When a Man Rides Alone
William Sykes
1919
Film
Garden of Lies
Dennis Mallory
1915
The Valley of Tomorrow
Dabney Morgan
1920
The Man Who Would Not Die
Clyde Kingsley - Ward Kingsley
1916
Film
Eastward Ho!
Buck Lindsay
1919
Pa's Medicine
Willie's Father
1912
Film
The Desired Woman
Captain Maxwell
1927
Film
Six Feet Four
Buck Thornton
1919
Film
A Self-Made Man
Jack Spurlock
1922
The Man Who Dared
Big Jim Kane
1920
Film
The Power of the Press
Turner Morgan
1914
Little Dorrit
Arthur Clennam
1913
Film
The Still Alarm
Richard Fay
1926
Film
Pride and the Man
Jack Hastings
1917
Film
Sacred Silence
Capt. James Craig
1919
Film
Sands of Sacrifice
Big Bill Darcey
1917
Film
Under Two Flags
The Colonel
1912
Film
The Lady from Longacre
Lord Anthony Conway
1921
Film
Twins of Suffering Creek
Bill Lark
1920
Film
Moths
Prince Zouroff
1913
Into the Desert
The American Girl's Fiancé
1912
Film
The Dancing Girl
John Christion
1915
Film
The Straight Road
Bill Hubbell
1914
Film
The Forest Rose
Captain Maywood
1912
Film
The Iron Rider
Larry Lannigan
1920
Film
The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
Robert Langdon
1916
Film
Where the West Begins
Cliff Redfern
1919
Film
The Lincoln Highwayman
Jimmy Clunder
1919
Film
This Hero Stuff
Captain November Jones
1919
His Fireman's Conscience
The Railroad Fireman
1914
Film
Star of Bethlehem
King Herod
1912
Film
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
Don Rodrigo
1912
Under Western Skies
A Marriage Witness
1910
Film
The Diamond from the Sky
Blair Stanley
1915
While Baby Slept
The Husband
1913
Film
The Portrait of Lady Anne
Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
1912
Film
A Doll's House
1911
Film
Big Pal
Dan Williams
1925
Film
Snap Judgment
James Page
1917
Film
All the World to Nothing
Richard Chester
1918
Film
Hearts or Diamonds?
Larry Hanrahan
1918
Film
Shackles of Truth
Gerard Hale
1917
His Younger Brother
1911
Film
Jess
Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
1912
Film
Robin Hood
Robin Hood
1913
Film
The Lady from the Sea
Alfred, the Sailor
1911
Film
The Head of the Family
The Plumber
1928
Film
Up Romance Road
Gregory Thorne
1918
Film
The Challenge of the Law
Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
1920
Film
Brass Knuckles
"Brass Knuckles" Lamont
1927
Film
Lucile
Duc de Luvois
1912
Film
Put Yourself in His Place
Squire Raby
1912
Film
The Masked Heart
Philip Greycourt
1917
Film
State Street Sadie
The Bat
1928
Film
The Marble Heart
Editor
1913
Film
The Girl of the Grove
The Doctor
1912
Film
Carmen
Escamillo, the Toreador
1913
Film
The Great Night
Larry Gilmore
1922
Film
Soul Mates
Lowell Sherman
1916
Film
The Bruiser
'Big Bill' Brawley
1916
Film
Jilted
The Suitor
1912
The Silent Witness
The Young Husband
1912
Film
The Little Shut-in
Manly Feet
1912
Film
Flying to Fortune
The Doctor
1912
Film
The Saleslady
The Bumpkin
1912
A Niagara Honeymoon
The Groom
1912
Film
The Pasha's Daughter
1911
Film
The Colonel and the King
1911
Lorna Doone
1911
Film
Mixed Faces
Judge J. Woodworth Granger
1922
Film
Young Lochinvar
Young Lochinvar
1911
The Caged Bird
The Farmer
1913
Film
East Lynne
Francis Levison
1912
For the Mikado
The Russian Traitor
1912
Film
The Little Girl Next Door
The Other Father
1912
Film
Petticoat Camp
1912
The Wrecked Taxi
The Husband
1912
The Trouble Maker
The Husband
1912
The Railroad Builder
1911