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.
Acted in 96
1920s
- 1929
Girls Gone Wild
Dan Brown
- 1928
The Midnight Taxi
Joseph Brant
State Street Sadie
The Bat
The Head of the Family
The Plumber
Woman Wise
Ne'er-Do-Well
- 1927
Brass Knuckles
"Brass Knuckles" Lamont
The Girl from Chicago
Big Steve Drummond
The Desired Woman
Captain Maxwell
- 1926
Wings of the Storm
Bill Martin
The Blue Eagle
Big Tim Ryan
The Still Alarm
Richard Fay
- 1925
Big Pal
Dan Williams
The Way of a Girl
Brand
On Thin Ice
Dapper Crawford
- 1924
The Beloved Brute
David Hinges
- 1923
Anna Christie
Matt Burke
Times Have Changed
Mark O'Rell
Alias the Night Wind
Bing Howard
Boston Blackie
Boston Blackie
- 1922
The Great Night
Larry Gilmore
Mixed Faces
Judge J. Woodworth Granger
The Crusader
Peter Brent
A Self-Made Man
Jack Spurlock
- 1921
The Roof Tree
Ken Thornton
The Lady from Longacre
Lord Anthony Conway
- 1920
The Iron Rider
Larry Lannigan
Singing River
Long Rush
The Challenge of the Law
Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
Twins of Suffering Creek
Bill Lark
Leave It to Me
Dick Derrickson
Shod with Fire
Bruce Bayard
1910s
- 1919
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
- 1918
All the World to Nothing
Richard Chester
Hobbs in a Hurry
J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.
Up Romance Road
Gregory Thorne
Hearts or Diamonds?
Larry Hanrahan
- 1917
Snap Judgment
James Page
The Sea Master
Bull Dorgan
Sands of Sacrifice
Big Bill Darcey
Pride and the Man
Jack Hastings
The Masked Heart
Philip Greycourt
Shackles of Truth
Gerard Hale
A Rough Shod Fighter
Frank Carlisle
- 1916
The Torch Bearer
John Huntley-Knox Sr. / John Huntley-Knox Jr.
Soul Mates
Lowell Sherman
The Bruiser
'Big Bill' Brawley
The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
Robert Langdon
- 1915
Dora Thorne
Ronald
Garden of Lies
Dennis Mallory
The Diamond from the Sky
Blair Stanley
The Dancing Girl
John Christion
- 1914
Under the Gaslight
Ray Trafford
The Straight Road
Bill Hubbell
The Power of the Press
Turner Morgan
- 1913
Little Brother
The Lover
Robin Hood
Robin Hood
Moths
Prince Zouroff
Tannhäuser
Wolfram
King Rene’s Daughter
Pierre, Captain of the Guards
Carmen
Escamillo, the Toreador
The Marble Heart
Editor
- 1912
Star of Bethlehem
King Herod
The Forest Rose
Captain Maywood
Petticoat Camp
Movie
Lucile
Duc de Luvois
The Little Girl Next Door
The Other Father
Put Yourself in His Place
Squire Raby
Undine
Spirit of the Brook
The Portrait of Lady Anne
Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
Under Two Flags
The Colonel
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
Don Rodrigo
Jess
Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
The Little Shut-in
Manly Feet
Jilted
The Suitor
The Saleslady
The Bumpkin
The Cry of the Children
The factory owner
The Girl of the Grove
The Doctor
Flying to Fortune
The Doctor
East Lynne
Francis Levison
- 1911
The Lady from the Sea
Alfred, the Sailor
David Copperfield
Ham Peggotty (in part two)
Young Lochinvar
Young Lochinvar
A Doll's House
Movie
Get Rich Quick
Bunco artist
The Colonel and the King
Movie
The Pasha's Daughter
Movie
Produced 2
1910s
- 1919
When a Man Rides Alone
Producer
- 1918
Hearts or Diamonds?
Producer
Directed 2
1910s
- 1916
The Torch Bearer
Director
Soul Mates
Director
Wrote 1
1910s
- 1917
Pride and the Man
Scenario Writer