William Russell
Acting
🎂 1924-11-19
William Russell Enoch (19 November 1924–3 June 2024) was an English actor. He achieved prominence in 1956 when he took the title role in the ITV television series The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956–1957). In 1963, he became part of the original lead cast of BBC1's Doctor Who, playing the role of schoolteacher Ian Chesterton opposite William Hartnell from the show's first episode until 1965. Russell's film roles include parts in The Man Who Never Was (1956), The Great Escape (1963) and Superman (1978). On television, he notably appeared as Ted Sullivan in Coronation Street in 1992. In recent years, Russell has maintained his association with Doctor Who; he returned to the show in 2022, making a cameo appearance as Ian in "The Power of the Doctor", 57 years after the character's last television appearance. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cast credits(102)
Ted Sullivan
1960
1971
Ian Chesterton
1963
Don
1970
Lanscombe
1989
Arnold Galbraith
1969
The Duke of Gloucester
1984
Mo Meredrew
1986
The Duke of Winchester
1983
Rokin
1972
Charles Holly
1977
Boy
1955
Dr. Victor Ainsworth
1971
Colonel Friedrich Eilers, Leader of a Fighter Squadron
1960
Oliver Farrant
1960
Lord Bleane
1960
John Freeman
1960
Charles Hemington
1960
Gerald Croft
1960
Frank
1960
Bill Bolton
1950
Renny
1950
Vicomte de Tournai
1950
John Richards
1962
Bill Cartwright
1964
Headmaster / Lord Folkestone / Chapman
1977
Gabriel Firth
1992
1962
1979
Sir Lancelot du Lac
1956
8th Elder
1978
Reverend Wilfred Bohun
1974
Peter Kroger
1975
Nicholas Nickleby
1957
Senior officer (uncredited)
1978
Senior Officer
1978
Sorren
1963
1966
1979
Smoky
1956
Wyndham Lewis
1978
Joe
1956
Harry
2013
Lieutenant Poole
1954
Ian
1965
Dr. Mason
1980
Officer at Prison
1953
Ian Chesterton
1964
Dr. Hastings
1995
Ramsey
1955
Crewman
1952
Lord Garrick
1978
Keith Merton
1953
Alec Bigley
1955
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
2002
2022
Self
2006
Ian Chesterton
1964
Ian Chesterton
1964
Mike Cochran
1963
Ian Chesterton
1965
Doctor
1975
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
2008
Ian Chesterton
1965
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
2023
Ian Chesterton
1963
Ian Chesterton
1964
Ian Chesterton
1964
Ian Chesterton
1964
Ian Chesterton
1965
Hephaestion
1961
1999
Ian Chesterton
1964
1957
Michael
1953
Bill Anderson
1957
Ian Chesterton
1964
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
2006
Senior Officer
1980
Himself
2012
2017
Self
2022
Leslie Gowland
1954
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
2009
Ian Chesterton
1965
Don
1979
Ian Chesterton
1965
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
2006
Daddy
1981
2012
Ian Chesterton
1965
Ian Chesterton
2025
Self / Ian Chesterton
2006
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
2012
Self / Ian Chesterton
2006
Ian Chesterton (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
Ian Chesterton
1964
2009
Ian Chesterton
1999
King Charles VI of France / Bishop of Ely / Sir Thomas Erpingham
1997
1962
Mr Rose
1976