William Russell
Known for: Acting
Born: April 12, 1884
Died: February 18, 1929
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
126 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
9.0
Girls Gone Wild
1929
6.5
The Midnight Taxi
1928
8.0
State Street Sadie
192810.0
The Danger Patrol
1928
10.0
The Head of the Family
1928
8.0
Woman Wise
1928
10.0
Brass Knuckles
1927
7.0
The Girl from Chicago
1927
10.0
The Desired Woman
1927
8.0
Wings of the Storm
1926
5.4
The Blue Eagle
1926
9.0
The Still Alarm
1926
8.0
Big Pal
19259.0
My Neighbor's Wife
1925
7.0
The Way of a Girl
1925
7.0
On Thin Ice
1925
7.0
The Beloved Brute
1924
6.3
Anna Christie
1923
9.0
Times Have Changed
1923
10.0
Alias the Night Wind
1923
8.0
Boston Blackie
1923
9.0
The Great Night
1922
8.0
Mixed Faces
1922
10.0
The Crusader
1922
7.0
A Self-Made Man
19227.0
The Men of Zanzibar
1922
10.0
The Roof Tree
1921
7.0
The Lady from Longacre
1921
7.0
The Cheater Reformed
1921
10.0
The Iron Rider
1920
10.0
Singing River
1920
9.0
The Challenge of the Law
192010.0
The Man Who Dared
1920
9.0
Twins of Suffering Creek
1920
10.0
Leave It to Me
19208.0
The Valley of Tomorrow
1920
10.0
Shod with Fire
1920
7.0
The Lincoln Highwayman
1919
10.0
Eastward Ho!
1919
3.0
Sacred Silence
1919
6.3
Six Feet Four
1919
9.0
This Hero Stuff
1919
6.0
A Sporting Chance
1919
10.0
Some Liar
1919
NR
Brass Buttons
1919
8.0
Where the West Begins
1919
NR
When a Man Rides Alone
1919
NR
All the World to Nothing
1918
8.0
Hobbs in a Hurry
1918
NR
Up Romance Road
1918
NR
Hearts or Diamonds?
1918
NR
Snap Judgment
1917
NR
The Sea Master
1917
8.0
Sands of Sacrifice
1917
NR
Pride and the Man
1917
3.7
The Masked Heart
1917
10.0
Shackles of Truth
1917
9.0
A Rough Shod Fighter
1917
8.0
The Torch Bearer
1916NR
The Man Who Would Not Die
1916
4.5
Soul Mates
1916
NR
The Bruiser
1916
NR
The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
1916
NR
Dora Thorne
1915
NR
Garden of Lies
1915
NR
The Diamond from the Sky
1915
NR
The Dancing Girl
1915
NR
Under the Gaslight
1914
NR
The Straight Road
1914
NR
The Power of the Press
1914NR
His Fireman's Conscience
1914NR
Peggy's Invitation
1913
NR
Little Brother
1913
6.0
Robin Hood
1913
NR
Moths
191310.0
Little Dorrit
1913
5.0
Tannhäuser
1913
7.0
King Rene’s Daughter
19138.0
While Baby Slept
1913NR
The Caged Bird
1913
7.0
Carmen
1913
6.5
The Marble Heart
19137.0
For Her Boy's Sake
1913
5.0
Star of Bethlehem
19128.0
The Repeater
1912
NR
The Forest Rose
1912
6.0
Petticoat Camp
1912
NR
Lucile
1912
5.5
The Little Girl Next Door
1912
10.0
Put Yourself in His Place
19127.0
For the Mikado
1912
NR
Undine
19127.0
The Wrecked Taxi
1912
6.6
The Portrait of Lady Anne
19129.0
Pa's Medicine
1912
9.0
Under Two Flags
1912
10.0
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
1912
7.0
Jess
1912
9.0
The Little Shut-in
191210.0
Jilted
1912
9.0
The Saleslady
1912
5.3
The Cry of the Children
1912
7.0
Rejuvenation
19127.0
Into the Desert
1912
7.0
The Girl of the Grove
191210.0
For Sale -- A Life
1912
10.0
Flying to Fortune
19128.0
The Silent Witness
19127.0
The Trouble Maker
1912
10.0
East Lynne
19127.0
A Niagara Honeymoon
1912
9.0
The Lady from the Sea
19117.0
The Last of the Mohicans
191110.0
Their Burglar
1911
8.0
David Copperfield
1911
10.0
Young Lochinvar
1911
7.0
A Doll's House
19117.0
Lorna Doone
19119.0
The Stepmother
1911
4.0
Get Rich Quick
1911
NR
The Colonel and the King
19119.0
The Railroad Builder
19117.0
His Younger Brother
1911
6.0
The Pasha's Daughter
1911NR
Looking Forward
1910NR
Under Western Skies
1910