Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 12, 1884
Died
Feb 18, 1929
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
129 titles
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
Filmography
Spearhead
Mr Dickson B.F.S.
Harriet's Back in Town
Tom Preston
St. Ives
St. Ives
Girls Gone Wild
Dan Brown
The Midnight Taxi
Joseph Brant
State Street Sadie
The Bat
The Danger Patrol
Sgt. John Daley
The Head of the Family
The Plumber
Woman Wise
Ne'er-Do-Well
Brass Knuckles
"Brass Knuckles" Lamont
The Girl from Chicago
Big Steve Drummond
The Desired Woman
Captain Maxwell
Wings of the Storm
Bill Martin
The Blue Eagle
Big Tim Ryan
The Still Alarm
Richard Fay
Big Pal
Dan Williams
My Neighbor's Wife
Eric von Greed, film director
The Way of a Girl
Brand
On Thin Ice
Dapper Crawford
The Beloved Brute
David Hinges
Anna Christie
Matt Burke
Times Have Changed
Mark O'Rell
Alias the Night Wind
Bing Howard
Boston Blackie
Boston Blackie
The Great Night
Larry Gilmore
Mixed Faces
Judge J. Woodworth Granger
The Crusader
Peter Brent
A Self-Made Man
Jack Spurlock
The Men of Zanzibar
Hugh Hemingway
The Roof Tree
Ken Thornton
The Lady from Longacre
Lord Anthony Conway
The Cheater Reformed
Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
Singing River
Long Rush
The Iron Rider
Larry Lannigan
The Challenge of the Law
Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
The Man Who Dared
Big Jim Kane
Twins of Suffering Creek
Bill Lark
Leave It to Me
Dick Derrickson
The Valley of Tomorrow
Dabney Morgan
Shod with Fire
Bruce Bayard
The Lincoln Highwayman
Jimmy Clunder
Eastward Ho!
Buck Lindsay
Sacred Silence
Capt. James Craig
Six Feet Four
Buck Thornton
This Hero Stuff
Captain November Jones
A Sporting Chance
John Stonehouse
Some Liar
Robert Winchester McTabb
Brass Buttons
Kingdon Hollister
Where the West Begins
Cliff Redfern
When a Man Rides Alone
William Sykes