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 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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Movies (49)
The Midnight Taxi
as Joseph Brant
1928
State Street Sadie
as The Bat
1928
The Head of the Family
as The Plumber
1928
Woman Wise
as Ne'er-Do-Well
1928
Brass Knuckles
as "Brass Knuckles" Lamont
1927
The Girl from Chicago
as Big Steve Drummond
1927
The Desired Woman
as Captain Maxwell
1927
The Blue Eagle
as Big Tim Ryan
1926
The Still Alarm
as Richard Fay
1926
Big Pal
as Dan Williams
1925
On Thin Ice
as Dapper Crawford
1925
The Beloved Brute
as David Hinges
1924
Anna Christie
as Matt Burke
1923
Times Have Changed
as Mark O'Rell
1923
Boston Blackie
as Boston Blackie
1923
The Great Night
as Larry Gilmore
1922
Mixed Faces
as Judge J. Woodworth Granger
1922
The Crusader
as Peter Brent
1922
A Self-Made Man
as Jack Spurlock
1922
The Lady from Longacre
as Lord Anthony Conway
1921
The Cheater Reformed
as Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
1921
The Iron Rider
as Larry Lannigan
1920
Singing River
as Long Rush
1920
The Challenge of the Law
as Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
1920
Twins of Suffering Creek
as Bill Lark
1920
Leave It to Me
as Dick Derrickson
1920
Shod with Fire
as Bruce Bayard
1920
The Lincoln Highwayman
as Jimmy Clunder
1919
Eastward Ho!
as Buck Lindsay
1919
Sacred Silence
as Capt. James Craig
1919
Six Feet Four
as Buck Thornton
1919
This Hero Stuff
as Captain November Jones
1919
A Sporting Chance
as John Stonehouse
1919
Brass Buttons
as Kingdon Hollister
1919
Where the West Begins
as Cliff Redfern
1919
When a Man Rides Alone
as William Sykes
1919
All the World to Nothing
as Richard Chester
1918
Hobbs in a Hurry
as J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.
1918
Up Romance Road
as Gregory Thorne
1918
Hearts or Diamonds?
as Larry Hanrahan
1918
Snap Judgment
as James Page
1917
The Masked Heart
as Philip Greycourt
1917
Shackles of Truth
as Gerard Hale
1917
A Rough Shod Fighter
as Frank Carlisle
1917
The Man Who Would Not Die
as Clyde Kingsley - Ward Kingsley
1916
Soul Mates
as Lowell Sherman
1916
The Bruiser
as 'Big Bill' Brawley
1916
The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
as Robert Langdon
1916
Dora Thorne
as Ronald
1915
