Cast
William Russell
Acting
Cast
William Russell
Known for
Acting
Born
1884-04-12
From
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Died
1929-02-18
Also known as William E. Russell, William Lerche
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.
★8.0
MOVIE1928
Woman Wise
as Ne'er-Do-Well
MOVIE1919
Brass Buttons
as Kingdon Hollister
★10.0
MOVIE1920
Singing River
as Long Rush
★10.0
MOVIE1919
Some Liar
as Robert Winchester McTabb
★5.0
MOVIE1913
Tannhäuser
as Wolfram
MOVIE1915
Dora Thorne
as Ronald
★7.0
MOVIE1912
Rejuvenation
as The Lighthouse Keeper
★10.0
MOVIE1922
The Crusader
as Peter Brent
MOVIE1917
Pride and the Man
as Jack Hastings
★9.0
MOVIE1925
My Neighbor's Wife
as Eric von Greed, film director
★9.0
MOVIE1929
Girls Gone Wild
as Dan Brown
★8.0
MOVIE1926
Wings of the Storm
as Bill Martin
★6.0
MOVIE1919
A Sporting Chance
as John Stonehouse
★8.0
MOVIE1912
The Repeater
as The Political Reformer
MOVIE1914
Under the Gaslight
as Ray Trafford
★10.0
MOVIE1923
Alias the Night Wind
as Bing Howard
★7.0
MOVIE1922
The Men of Zanzibar
as Hugh Hemingway
★10.0
MOVIE1928
The Danger Patrol
as Sgt. John Daley
★8.0
MOVIE1917
Sands of Sacrifice
as Big Bill Darcey
★9.0
MOVIE1917
A Rough Shod Fighter
as Frank Carlisle
★7.0
MOVIE1927
The Girl from Chicago
as Big Steve Drummond
MOVIE1917
The Sea Master
as Bull Dorgan
★8.0
MOVIE1918
Hobbs in a Hurry
as J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.
MOVIE1916
The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
as Robert Langdon
★7.0
MOVIE1911
The Last of the Mohicans
as Duncan
MOVIE1912
Undine
as Spirit of the Brook
★10.0
MOVIE1911
Their Burglar
★7.0
MOVIE1911
A Doll's House
★7.0
MOVIE1925
On Thin Ice
as Dapper Crawford
★8.0
MOVIE1920
The Valley of Tomorrow
as Dabney Morgan
MOVIE1913
Little Brother
as The Lover
★10.0
MOVIE1912
For Sale -- A Life
as The Card Player
MOVIE1914
His Fireman's Conscience
as The Railroad Fireman
★9.0
MOVIE1923
Times Have Changed
as Mark O'Rell
★7.0
MOVIE1912
Into the Desert
as The American Girl's Fiancé
★8.0
MOVIE1916
The Torch Bearer
as John Huntley-Knox Sr. / John Huntley-Knox Jr.
★10.0
MOVIE1920
Shod with Fire
as Bruce Bayard
★10.0
MOVIE1920
The Man Who Dared
as Big Jim Kane
MOVIE1913
Peggy's Invitation
as Henry Farland, a Young Banker
★9.0
MOVIE1912
Pa's Medicine
as Willie's Father
MOVIE1910
Looking Forward
MOVIE1914
The Straight Road
as Bill Hubbell
★6.3
MOVIE1919
Six Feet Four
as Buck Thornton
★5.0
MOVIE1912
Star of Bethlehem
as King Herod
★9.0
MOVIE1926
The Still Alarm
as Richard Fay
★7.0
MOVIE1913
King Rene’s Daughter
as Pierre, Captain of the Guards
★10.0
MOVIE1921
The Roof Tree
as Ken Thornton
★7.0
MOVIE1919
The Lincoln Highwayman
as Jimmy Clunder
MOVIE1919
When a Man Rides Alone
as William Sykes
★4.0
MOVIE1911
Get Rich Quick
as Bunco artist
★9.0
MOVIE1911
The Stepmother
★8.0
MOVIE1911
David Copperfield
as Ham Peggotty (in part two)
★5.3
MOVIE1912
The Cry of the Children
as The factory owner
★7.0
MOVIE1912
For the Mikado
as The Russian Traitor
★7.0
MOVIE1925
The Way of a Girl
as Brand
★8.0
MOVIE1919
Where the West Begins
as Cliff Redfern
★8.0
MOVIE1913
While Baby Slept
as The Husband
★10.0
MOVIE1913
Little Dorrit
as Arthur Clennam
★10.0
MOVIE1920
Leave It to Me
as Dick Derrickson
MOVIE1915
Garden of Lies
as Dennis Mallory
★7.0
MOVIE1911
His Younger Brother
★5.4
MOVIE1926
The Blue Eagle
as Big Tim Ryan
★7.0
MOVIE1921
The Lady from Longacre
as Lord Anthony Conway
★10.0
MOVIE1919
Eastward Ho!
as Buck Lindsay
★6.6
MOVIE1912
The Portrait of Lady Anne
as Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
★7.0
MOVIE1912
A Niagara Honeymoon
as The Groom
★8.0
MOVIE1928
State Street Sadie
as The Bat
★7.0
MOVIE1921
The Cheater Reformed
as Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
★6.5
MOVIE1928
The Midnight Taxi
as Joseph Brant
MOVIE1917
Snap Judgment
as James Page
MOVIE1916
The Man Who Would Not Die
as Clyde Kingsley - Ward Kingsley
★6.0
MOVIE1913
Robin Hood
as Robin Hood
★10.0
MOVIE1927
Brass Knuckles
as "Brass Knuckles" Lamont
★10.0
MOVIE1920
The Iron Rider
as Larry Lannigan
★9.0
MOVIE1920
Twins of Suffering Creek
as Bill Lark
★7.0
MOVIE1924
The Beloved Brute
as David Hinges
★8.0
MOVIE1925
Big Pal
as Dan Williams
★7.0
MOVIE1922
A Self-Made Man
as Jack Spurlock
★9.0
MOVIE1912
Under Two Flags
as The Colonel
★9.0
MOVIE1912
The Little Shut-in
as Manly Feet
★7.0
MOVIE1912
Jess
as Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
★6.3
MOVIE1923
Anna Christie
as Matt Burke
★9.0
MOVIE1919
This Hero Stuff
as Captain November Jones
★10.0
MOVIE1927
The Desired Woman
as Captain Maxwell
MOVIE1913
Moths
as Prince Zouroff
★6.0
MOVIE1912
Petticoat Camp
★8.0
MOVIE1923
Boston Blackie
as Boston Blackie
★4.5
MOVIE1916
Soul Mates
as Lowell Sherman
★10.0
MOVIE1912
Flying to Fortune
as The Doctor
★8.0
MOVIE1922
Mixed Faces
as Judge J. Woodworth Granger
★9.0
MOVIE1920
The Challenge of the Law
as Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
★8.0
MOVIE1912
The Silent Witness
as The Young Husband
★6.5
MOVIE1913
The Marble Heart
as Editor
★10.0
MOVIE1917
Shackles of Truth
as Gerard Hale
★10.0
MOVIE1911
Young Lochinvar
as Young Lochinvar
★5.5
MOVIE1912
The Little Girl Next Door
as The Other Father
★9.0
MOVIE1922
The Great Night
as Larry Gilmore
★7.0
MOVIE1913
For Her Boy's Sake
★10.0
MOVIE1912
Put Yourself in His Place
as Squire Raby
★7.0
MOVIE1912
The Girl of the Grove
as The Doctor
★10.0
MOVIE1928
The Head of the Family
as The Plumber
MOVIE1914
The Power of the Press
as Turner Morgan
★7.0
MOVIE1912
The Wrecked Taxi
as The Husband
★7.0
MOVIE1912
The Trouble Maker
as The Husband
★3.0
MOVIE1919
Sacred Silence
as Capt. James Craig
MOVIE1918
Hearts or Diamonds?
as Larry Hanrahan
MOVIE1918
Up Romance Road
as Gregory Thorne
★10.0
MOVIE1912
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
as Don Rodrigo
★6.0
MOVIE1911
The Pasha's Daughter
MOVIE1915
The Diamond from the Sky
as Blair Stanley
★7.0
MOVIE1913
Carmen
as Escamillo, the Toreador
MOVIE1916
The Bruiser
as 'Big Bill' Brawley
MOVIE1918
All the World to Nothing
as Richard Chester
MOVIE1911
The Colonel and the King
MOVIE1912
The Forest Rose
as Captain Maywood
MOVIE1915
The Dancing Girl
as John Christion
★7.0
MOVIE1911
Lorna Doone
★3.7
MOVIE1917
The Masked Heart
as Philip Greycourt
MOVIE1912
Lucile
as Duc de Luvois
MOVIE1913
The Caged Bird
as The Farmer
★10.0
MOVIE1912
Jilted
as The Suitor
★9.0
MOVIE1912
The Saleslady
as The Bumpkin
★10.0
MOVIE1912
East Lynne
as Francis Levison
★9.0
MOVIE1911
The Railroad Builder
MOVIE1910
Under Western Skies
as A Marriage Witness
★9.0
MOVIE1911
The Lady from the Sea
as Alfred, the Sailor