William Russell
Acting
🎂 1884-04-12
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.
Cast credits(99)
Captain Maxwell
1927
Big Steve Drummond
1927
Lord Anthony Conway
1921
Joseph Brant
1928
Big Tim Ryan
1926
King Herod
1912
John Christion
1915
Cliff Redfern
1919
Escamillo, the Toreador
1913
Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
1920
The Political Reformer
1912
Ham Peggotty (in part two)
1911
Capt. James Craig
1919
1913
Robin Hood
1913
John Stonehouse
1919
The American Girl's Fiancé
1912
Jimmy Clunder
1919
Buck Thornton
1919
Blair Stanley
1915
Don Rodrigo
1912
Larry Lannigan
1920
Ne'er-Do-Well
1928
Pierre, Captain of the Guards
1913
The Plumber
1928
Editor
1913
The Farmer
1913
The Railroad Fireman
1914
The Colonel
1912
1919
Larry Hanrahan
1918
The Doctor
1912
Gerard Hale
1917
Alfred, the Sailor
1911
Francis Levison
1912
Boston Blackie
1923
David Hinges
1924
Kingdon Hollister
1919
1911
Philip Greycourt
1917
Richard Fay
1926
The Doctor
1912
Gregory Thorne
1918
Long Rush
1920
Wolfram
1913
Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
1921
Richard Chester
1918
Ray Trafford
1914
The factory owner
1912
Willie's Father
1912
"Brass Knuckles" Lamont
1927
Turner Morgan
1914
Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
1912
Peter Brent
1922
Jack Spurlock
1922
Judge J. Woodworth Granger
1922
The Young Husband
1912
The Lighthouse Keeper
1912
J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.
1918
Matt Burke
1923
'Big Bill' Brawley
1916
The Bat
1928
James Page
1917
Young Lochinvar
1911
Captain November Jones
1919
Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
1912
Prince Zouroff
1913
Captain Maywood
1912
1911
The Card Player
1912
1911
Ronald
1915
The Other Father
1912
A Marriage Witness
1910
Henry Farland, a Young Banker
1913
1912
Spirit of the Brook
1912
Dan Williams
1925
Robert Langdon
1916
The Husband
1913
Bill Hubbell
1914
Squire Raby
1912
1912
Bunco artist
1911
Arthur Clennam
1913
Dennis Mallory
1915
1911
The Suitor
1912
1911
The Russian Traitor
1912
1911
Manly Feet
1912
1911
1917
The Groom
1912
Duc de Luvois
1912
The Husband
1912
1911
Larry Gilmore
1922