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 Hospital in Los Angeles.

Known For: Acting

Born: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA, 1884-04-12

Died: 1929-02-18

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1910	Under Western Skies	A Marriage Witness	0
2	1911	The Pasha's Daughter		45
3	1911	His Younger Brother		0
4	1911	The Railroad Builder		0
5	1911	Get Rich Quick	Bunco artist	40
6	1911	The Stepmother		0
7	1911	Lorna Doone		0
8	1911	A Doll's House		40
9	1911	Young Lochinvar	Young Lochinvar	0
10	1911	David Copperfield	Ham Peggotty (in part two)	0
11	1911	Their Burglar		0
12	1911	The Lady from the Sea	Alfred, the Sailor	0
13	1912	A Niagara Honeymoon	The Groom	0
14	1912	East Lynne	Francis Levison	0
15	1912	The Silent Witness	The Young Husband	0
16	1912	Flying to Fortune	The Doctor	0
17	1912	For Sale -- A Life	The Card Player	0
18	1912	The Girl of the Grove	The Doctor	0
19	1912	Into the Desert	The American Girl's Fiancé	0
20	1912	Rejuvenation	The Lighthouse Keeper	0
21	1912	The Cry of the Children	The factory owner	53
22	1912	The Saleslady		0
23	1912	Jilted	The Suitor	0
24	1912	The Little Shut-in	Manly Feet	0
25	1912	Jess	Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer	0
26	1912	The Ring of a Spanish Grandee	Don Rodrigo	0
27	1912	Under Two Flags	The Colonel	0
28	1912	Pa's Medicine	Willie's Father	0
29	1912	The Portrait of Lady Anne	Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor	58
30	1912	The Wrecked Taxi	The Husband	0
31	1912	Undine	Spirit of the Brook	0
32	1912	For the Mikado	The Russian Traitor	0
33	1912	Put Yourself in His Place	Squire Raby	0
34	1912	The Little Girl Next Door	The Other Father	42
35	1912	Lucile	Duc de Luvois	0
36	1912	The Forest Rose	Captain Maywood	0
37	1912	Petticoat Camp		60
38	1912	The Repeater	The Political Reformer	0
39	1912	Star of Bethlehem	King Herod	50
40	1913	For Her Boy's Sake		0
41	1913	The Marble Heart	Editor	50
42	1913	Carmen	Escamillo, the Toreador	50
43	1913	The Caged Bird	The Farmer	0
44	1913	While Baby Slept	The Husband	0
45	1913	King Rene’s Daughter	Pierre, Captain of the Guards	50
46	1913	Tannhäuser	Wolfram	40
47	1913	Little Dorrit	Arthur Clennam	0
48	1913	Moths	Prince Zouroff	0
49	1913	Robin Hood	Robin Hood	0
50	1913	Peggy's Invitation	Henry Farland, a Young Banker	0
51	1914	His Fireman's Conscience	The Railroad Fireman	0
52	1914	The Power of the Press	Turner Morgan	0
53	1914	The Straight Road	Bill Hubbell	0
54	1914	Under the Gaslight	Ray Trafford	0
55	1915	The Dancing Girl	John Christion	0
56	1915	The Diamond from the Sky	Blair Stanley	0
57	1915	Garden of Lies	Dennis Mallory	0
58	1915	Dora Thorne	Ronald	0
59	1916	The Smugglers of Santa Cruz	Robert Langdon	0
60	1916	The Bruiser	'Big Bill' Brawley	0
61	1917	A Rough Shod Fighter		0
62	1917	Shackles of Truth	Gerard Hale	0
63	1917	The Masked Heart	Philip Greycourt	10
64	1917	Snap Judgment	James Page	0
65	1918	Hearts or Diamonds?	Larry Hanrahan	0
66	1918	Up Romance Road	Gregory Thorne	0
67	1919	Where the West Begins	Cliff Redfern	0
68	1919	Brass Buttons	Kingdon Hollister	0
69	1919	A Sporting Chance	John Stonehouse	47
70	1919	Six Feet Four	Buck Thornton	55
71	1919	Sacred Silence	Capt. James Craig	10
72	1919	Eastward Ho!		0
73	1919	The Lincoln Highwayman	Jimmy Clunder	0
74	1920	The Challenge of the Law	Captain Bruce Cavanaugh	0
75	1920	The Iron Rider	Larry Lannigan	0
76	1920	Singing River	Long Rush	0
77	1921	The Cheater Reformed	Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall	0
78	1921	The Lady from Longacre	Lord Anthony Conway	0
79	1922	A Self-Made Man	Jack Spurlock	0
80	1922	The Crusader	Peter Brent	0
81	1922	Mixed Faces	Judge J. Woodworth Granger	0
82	1923	Boston Blackie	Boston Blackie	60
83	1923	Anna Christie	Matt Burke	55
84	1924	The Beloved Brute	David Hinges	0
85	1925	Big Pal	Dan Williams	0
86	1926	The Still Alarm	Richard Fay	0
87	1926	The Blue Eagle	Big Tim Ryan	51
88	1927	The Desired Woman	Captain Maxwell	0
89	1927	The Girl from Chicago	Big Steve Drummond	0
90	1927	Brass Knuckles	"Brass Knuckles" Lamont	0
91	1928	Woman Wise	Ne'er-Do-Well	0
92	1928	The Head of the Family	The Plumber	0
93	1928	State Street Sadie	The Bat	0
94	1928	The Midnight Taxi	Joseph Brant	50

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
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