William Russell
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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
Credits
The Marble Heart (1913)
as Editor
Undine (1912)
as Spirit of the Brook
Woman Wise (1928)
as Ne'er-Do-Well
Dora Thorne (1915)
as Ronald
Tannhäuser (1913)
as Wolfram
Rejuvenation (1912)
as The Lighthouse Keeper
Brass Buttons (1919)
as Kingdon Hollister
David Copperfield (1911)
as Ham Peggotty (in part two)
My Neighbor's Wife (1925)
as Eric von Greed, film director
Some Liar (1919)
as Robert Winchester McTabb
The Crusader (1922)
as Peter Brent
The Last of the Mohicans (1911)
as Duncan
Singing River (1920)
as Long Rush
The Still Alarm (1926)
as Richard Fay
The Beloved Brute (1924)
as David Hinges
Times Have Changed (1923)
as Mark O'Rell
Leave It to Me (1920)
as Dick Derrickson
Little Dorrit (1913)
as Arthur Clennam
On Thin Ice (1925)
as Dapper Crawford
The Cheater Reformed (1921)
as Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
The Blue Eagle (1926)
as Big Tim Ryan
Where the West Begins (1919)
as Cliff Redfern
When a Man Rides Alone (1919)
as William Sykes
A Self-Made Man (1922)
as Jack Spurlock
His Fireman's Conscience (1914)
as The Railroad Fireman
The Straight Road (1914)
as Bill Hubbell
The Way of a Girl (1925)
as Brand
The Girl from Chicago (1927)
as Big Steve Drummond
This Hero Stuff (1919)
as Captain November Jones
The Men of Zanzibar (1922)
as Hugh Hemingway
Six Feet Four (1919)
as Buck Thornton
Girls Gone Wild (1929)
as Dan Brown
Hobbs in a Hurry (1918)
as J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.
The Desired Woman (1927)
as Captain Maxwell
The Valley of Tomorrow (1920)
as Dabney Morgan
A Sporting Chance (1919)
as John Stonehouse
The Man Who Dared (1920)
as Big Jim Kane
Eastward Ho! (1919)
as Buck Lindsay
The Masked Heart (1917)
as Philip Greycourt
The Iron Rider (1920)
as Larry Lannigan
Snap Judgment (1917)
as James Page
Alias the Night Wind (1923)
as Bing Howard
Hearts or Diamonds? (1918)
as Larry Hanrahan
Moths (1913)
as Prince Zouroff
Brass Knuckles (1927)
as "Brass Knuckles" Lamont
The Diamond from the Sky (1915)
as Blair Stanley
The Lady from Longacre (1921)
as Lord Anthony Conway
Boston Blackie (1923)
as Boston Blackie
For Sale -- A Life (1912)
as The Card Player
Into the Desert (1912)
as The American Girl's Fiancé
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee (1912)
as Don Rodrigo
Under the Gaslight (1914)
as Ray Trafford
Up Romance Road (1918)
as Gregory Thorne
The Dancing Girl (1915)
as John Christion
Pride and the Man (1917)
as Jack Hastings
The Roof Tree (1921)
as Ken Thornton
The Lincoln Highwayman (1919)
as Jimmy Clunder
Anna Christie (1923)
as Matt Burke
Sands of Sacrifice (1917)
as Big Bill Darcey
The Midnight Taxi (1928)
as Joseph Brant
The Little Girl Next Door (1912)
as The Other Father
The Cry of the Children (1912)
as The factory owner
Under Western Skies (1910)
as A Marriage Witness
Twins of Suffering Creek (1920)
as Bill Lark
Under Two Flags (1912)
as The Colonel
The Smugglers of Santa Cruz (1916)
as Robert Langdon
King Rene’s Daughter (1913)
as Pierre, Captain of the Guards
Jilted (1912)
as The Suitor
The Colonel and the King (1911)
Actor
Carmen (1913)
as Escamillo, the Toreador
A Rough Shod Fighter (1917)
as Frank Carlisle
Wings of the Storm (1926)
as Bill Martin
The Caged Bird (1913)
as The Farmer
The Girl of the Grove (1912)
as The Doctor
While Baby Slept (1913)
as The Husband
State Street Sadie (1928)
as The Bat
Lucile (1912)
as Duc de Luvois
The Challenge of the Law (1920)
as Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
Big Pal (1925)
as Dan Williams
Peggy's Invitation (1913)
as Henry Farland, a Young Banker
The Sea Master (1917)
as Bull Dorgan
Pa's Medicine (1912)
as Willie's Father
Put Yourself in His Place (1912)
as Squire Raby
All the World to Nothing (1918)
as Richard Chester
The Pasha's Daughter (1911)
Actor
The Repeater (1912)
as The Political Reformer
Sacred Silence (1919)
as Capt. James Craig
The Stepmother (1911)
Actor
The Lady from the Sea (1911)
as Alfred, the Sailor
Robin Hood (1913)
as Robin Hood
Shod with Fire (1920)
as Bruce Bayard
Soul Mates (1916)
as Lowell Sherman
Lorna Doone (1911)
Actor
The Power of the Press (1914)
as Turner Morgan
Shackles of Truth (1917)
as Gerard Hale
Garden of Lies (1915)
as Dennis Mallory
Star of Bethlehem (1912)
as King Herod
The Head of the Family (1928)
as The Plumber
The Forest Rose (1912)
as Captain Maywood
The Man Who Would Not Die (1916)
as Clyde Kingsley - Ward Kingsley
The Little Shut-in (1912)
as Manly Feet
For Her Boy's Sake (1913)
Actor
Their Burglar (1911)
Actor
Jess (1912)
as Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
His Younger Brother (1911)
Actor
The Saleslady (1912)
as The Bumpkin
The Wrecked Taxi (1912)
as The Husband
Young Lochinvar (1911)
as Young Lochinvar
East Lynne (1912)
as Francis Levison
The Portrait of Lady Anne (1912)
as Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
A Doll's House (1911)
Actor
The Great Night (1922)
as Larry Gilmore
Flying to Fortune (1912)
as The Doctor
A Niagara Honeymoon (1912)
as The Groom
The Silent Witness (1912)
as The Young Husband
The Danger Patrol (1928)
as Sgt. John Daley
The Bruiser (1916)
as 'Big Bill' Brawley
Get Rich Quick (1911)
as Bunco artist
For the Mikado (1912)
as The Russian Traitor
Mixed Faces (1922)
as Judge J. Woodworth Granger
Petticoat Camp (1912)
Actor
Little Brother (1913)
as The Lover
The Torch Bearer (1916)
as John Huntley-Knox Sr. / John Huntley-Knox Jr.
The Railroad Builder (1911)
Actor
The Trouble Maker (1912)
as The Husband