William Russell

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1884-04-12 (45 years old)

Deathday

1929-02-18

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

William Russell

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 ...

Acting

1912

Flying to Fortune

as The Doctor

1912

1916

1924

The Beloved Brute

as David Hinges

1910

Under Western Skies

as A Marriage Witness

1912

For Sale -- A Life

as The Card Player

1912

The Little Shut-in

as Manly Feet

1912

Jilted

as The Suitor

1912

Jess

as Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer

1912

1912

Pa's Medicine

as Willie's Father

1912

1912

Undine

as Spirit of the Brook

1912

The Forest Rose

as Captain Maywood

1912

Lucile

as Duc de Luvois

1912

The Repeater

as The Political Reformer

1913

While Baby Slept

as The Husband

1913

The Caged Bird

as The Farmer

1913

Peggy's Invitation

as Henry Farland, a Young Banker

1914

His Fireman's Conscience

as The Railroad Fireman

1914

The Power of the Press

as Turner Morgan

1914

Under the Gaslight

as Ray Trafford

1915

Dora Thorne

as Ronald

1923

Anna Christie

as Matt Burke

1919

Sacred Silence

as Capt. James Craig

1926

The Blue Eagle

as Big Tim Ryan

1927

The Desired Woman

as Captain Maxwell

1923

Boston Blackie

as Boston Blackie

1928

1922

Mixed Faces

as Judge J. Woodworth Granger

1922

The Crusader

as Peter Brent

1915

The Diamond from the Sky

as Blair Stanley

1912

Into the Desert

as The American Girl's Fiancé

1912

Rejuvenation

as The Lighthouse Keeper

1919

Six Feet Four

as Buck Thornton

1912

The Portrait of Lady Anne

as Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor

1921

The Cheater Reformed

as Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall

1920

The Iron Rider

as Larry Lannigan

1920

The Challenge of the Law

as Captain Bruce Cavanaugh

1919

The Lincoln Highwayman

as Jimmy Clunder

1927

Brass Knuckles

as "Brass Knuckles" Lamont

1912

The Cry of the Children

as The factory owner

1913

Tannhäuser

as Wolfram

1913

Little Dorrit

as Arthur Clennam

1913

Moths

as Prince Zouroff

1913

King Rene’s Daughter

as Pierre, Captain of the Guards

1928

1928

The Midnight Taxi

as Joseph Brant

1919

A Sporting Chance

as John Stonehouse

1913

Carmen

as Escamillo, the Toreador

1913

1912

The Little Girl Next Door

as The Other Father

1912

Star of Bethlehem

as King Herod

1911

Get Rich Quick

as Bunco artist

1927

The Girl from Chicago

as Big Steve Drummond

1912

East Lynne

as Francis Levison

1919

Where the West Begins

as Cliff Redfern

1919

Brass Buttons

as Kingdon Hollister

1917

The Masked Heart

as Philip Greycourt

1925

Big Pal

as Dan Williams

1912

Under Two Flags

as The Colonel

1928

Woman Wise

as Ne'er-Do-Well

1911

Young Lochinvar

as Young Lochinvar

1911

David Copperfield

as Ham Peggotty (in part two)

1918

Up Romance Road

as Gregory Thorne

1922

A Self-Made Man

as Jack Spurlock

1918

Hearts or Diamonds?

as Larry Hanrahan

1916

The Bruiser

as 'Big Bill' Brawley

1911

The Lady from the Sea

as Alfred, the Sailor

1913

Robin Hood

as Robin Hood

1915

Garden of Lies

as Dennis Mallory

1914

The Straight Road

as Bill Hubbell

1912

The Wrecked Taxi

as The Husband

1912

The Silent Witness

as The Young Husband

1920

Singing River

as Long Rush

1921

The Lady from Longacre

as Lord Anthony Conway

1917

Snap Judgment

as James Page

1917

Shackles of Truth

as Gerard Hale

1926

The Still Alarm

as Richard Fay

1912

For the Mikado

as The Russian Traitor

1915

The Dancing Girl

as John Christion

1922

The Great Night

as Larry Gilmore

1919

This Hero Stuff

as Captain November Jones

1918

All the World to Nothing

as Richard Chester

1918

Hobbs in a Hurry

as J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.

1920

Production

1918

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