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
Acting
1912
asThe Doctor
1912
asThe Doctor
1916
asRobert Langdon
1924
asDavid Hinges
1917
asFrank Carlisle
1910
asA Marriage Witness
1911
as1911
as1911
as1911
as1911
as1912
asThe Groom
1912
asThe Card Player
1912
asThe Suitor
1912
asFrank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
1912
asDon Rodrigo
1912
asManly Feet
1912
asWillie's Father
1912
asDuc de Luvois
1912
asSpirit of the Brook
1912
asSquire Raby
1912
asCaptain Maywood
1912
asThe Political Reformer
1913
as1913
asThe Farmer
1913
asThe Husband
1913
asHenry Farland, a Young Banker
1914
asThe Railroad Fireman
1914
asTurner Morgan
1914
asRay Trafford
1915
asRonald
1923
asMatt Burke
1919
asCapt. James Craig
1926
asBig Tim Ryan
1927
asCaptain Maxwell
1923
asBoston Blackie
1928
asThe Plumber
1922
asJudge J. Woodworth Granger
1922
asPeter Brent
1915
asBlair Stanley
1912
asThe American Girl's Fiancé
1912
asThe Lighthouse Keeper
1912
asThe Bumpkin
1919
asBuck Thornton
1912
asLady Anne's Rejected Suitor
1921
asJordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
1920
asLarry Lannigan
1920
asCaptain Bruce Cavanaugh
1919
asJimmy Clunder
1919
asBuck Lindsay
1927
as"Brass Knuckles" Lamont
1913
asWolfram
1913
asPrince Zouroff
1913
asArthur Clennam
1913
asPierre, Captain of the Guards
1912
asThe factory owner
1928
asThe Bat
1928
asJoseph Brant
1919
asJohn Stonehouse
1913
asEscamillo, the Toreador
1913
asEditor
1912
asThe Other Father
1912
as
1912
asKing Herod
1911
asBunco artist
1911
as
1927
asBig Steve Drummond
1912
asFrancis Levison
1919
asCliff Redfern
1919
asKingdon Hollister
1917
asPhilip Greycourt
1925
asDan Williams
1912
asThe Colonel
1928
asNe'er-Do-Well
1911
asYoung Lochinvar
1911
asHam Peggotty (in part two)
1918
asGregory Thorne
1922
asJack Spurlock
1911
as
1918
asLarry Hanrahan
1916
as'Big Bill' Brawley
1911
asAlfred, the Sailor
1913
asRobin Hood
1915
asDennis Mallory
1914
asBill Hubbell
1912
asThe Husband
1912
asThe Young Husband
1920
asLong Rush
1921
asLord Anthony Conway
1917
asJames Page
1917
asGerard Hale
1926
asRichard Fay
1912
asThe Russian Traitor
1915
asJohn Christion
1911
as
1922
asLarry Gilmore
1919
asCaptain November Jones
1918
asRichard Chester
1918
asJ. Warren Hobbs, Jr.
1920
asBill Lark
1916
asClyde Kingsley - Ward Kingsley
1916
asLowell Sherman
1923
asMark O'Rell
1925
asDapper Crawford
1920
asBruce Bayard
1920
asDick Derrickson
1919
asWilliam Sykes
1921
asKen Thornton
asMr Dickson B.F.S.
Production
1918
as1919
asCrew
Directing
1916
as1916
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