William Russell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 12, 1884, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- February 18, 1929
- Movies
- 131
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1929 | Girls Gone Wild | Dan Brown |
| 1928 | The Midnight Taxi | Joseph Brant |
| 1928 | State Street Sadie | The Bat |
| 1928 | The Danger Patrol | Sgt. John Daley |
| 1928 | The Head of the Family | The Plumber |
| 1928 | Woman Wise | Ne'er-Do-Well |
| 1927 | Brass Knuckles | "Brass Knuckles" Lamont |
| 1927 | The Girl from Chicago | Big Steve Drummond |
| 1927 | The Desired Woman | Captain Maxwell |
| 1926 | Wings of the Storm | Bill Martin |
| 1926 | The Blue Eagle | Big Tim Ryan |
| 1926 | The Still Alarm | Richard Fay |
| 1925 | Big Pal | Dan Williams |
| 1925 | My Neighbor's Wife | Eric von Greed, film director |
| 1925 | The Way of a Girl | Brand |
| 1925 | On Thin Ice | Dapper Crawford |
| 1924 | The Beloved Brute | David Hinges |
| 1923 | Anna Christie | Matt Burke |
| 1923 | Times Have Changed | Mark O'Rell |
| 1923 | Alias the Night Wind | Bing Howard |
| 1923 | Boston Blackie | Boston Blackie |
| 1922 | The Great Night | Larry Gilmore |
| 1922 | Mixed Faces | Judge J. Woodworth Granger |
| 1922 | The Crusader | Peter Brent |
| 1922 | A Self-Made Man | Jack Spurlock |
| 1922 | The Men of Zanzibar | Hugh Hemingway |
| 1921 | The Roof Tree | Ken Thornton |
| 1921 | The Lady from Longacre | Lord Anthony Conway |
| 1921 | The Cheater Reformed | Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall |
| 1920 | The Iron Rider | Larry Lannigan |
| 1920 | Singing River | Long Rush |
| 1920 | The Challenge of the Law | Captain Bruce Cavanaugh |
| 1920 | The Man Who Dared | Big Jim Kane |
| 1920 | Twins of Suffering Creek | Bill Lark |
| 1920 | Leave It to Me | Dick Derrickson |
| 1920 | The Valley of Tomorrow | Dabney Morgan |
| 1920 | Shod with Fire | Bruce Bayard |
| 1919 | The Lincoln Highwayman | Jimmy Clunder |
| 1919 | Eastward Ho! | Buck Lindsay |
| 1919 | Sacred Silence | Capt. James Craig |
| 1919 | Six Feet Four | Buck Thornton |
| 1919 | This Hero Stuff | Captain November Jones |
| 1919 | A Sporting Chance | John Stonehouse |
| 1919 | Some Liar | Robert Winchester McTabb |
| 1919 | Brass Buttons | Kingdon Hollister |
| 1919 | Where the West Begins | Cliff Redfern |
| 1919 | When a Man Rides Alone | William Sykes |
| 1918 | All the World to Nothing | Richard Chester |
| 1918 | Hobbs in a Hurry | J. Warren Hobbs, Jr. |
| 1918 | Up Romance Road | Gregory Thorne |
| 1918 | Hearts or Diamonds? | Larry Hanrahan |
| 1917 | Snap Judgment | James Page |
| 1917 | The Sea Master | Bull Dorgan |
| 1917 | Sands of Sacrifice | Big Bill Darcey |
| 1917 | Pride and the Man | Jack Hastings |
| 1917 | The Masked Heart | Philip Greycourt |
| 1917 | Shackles of Truth | Gerard Hale |
| 1917 | A Rough Shod Fighter | Frank Carlisle |
| 1916 | The Torch Bearer | John Huntley-Knox Sr. / John Huntley-Knox Jr. |
| 1916 | The Man Who Would Not Die | Clyde Kingsley - Ward Kingsley |
| 1916 | Soul Mates | Lowell Sherman |
| 1916 | The Bruiser | 'Big Bill' Brawley |
| 1916 | The Smugglers of Santa Cruz | Robert Langdon |
| 1915 | Dora Thorne | Ronald |
| 1915 | Garden of Lies | Dennis Mallory |
| 1915 | The Diamond from the Sky | Blair Stanley |
| 1915 | The Dancing Girl | John Christion |
| 1914 | Under the Gaslight | Ray Trafford |
| 1914 | The Straight Road | Bill Hubbell |
| 1914 | The Power of the Press | Turner Morgan |
| 1914 | His Fireman's Conscience | The Railroad Fireman |
| 1913 | Peggy's Invitation | Henry Farland, a Young Banker |
| 1913 | Little Brother | The Lover |
| 1913 | Robin Hood | Robin Hood |
| 1913 | Moths | Prince Zouroff |
| 1913 | Little Dorrit | Arthur Clennam |
| 1913 | Tannhäuser | Wolfram |
| 1913 | King Rene’s Daughter | Pierre, Captain of the Guards |
| 1913 | While Baby Slept | The Husband |
| 1913 | The Caged Bird | The Farmer |
| 1913 | Carmen | Escamillo, the Toreador |
| 1913 | The Marble Heart | Editor |
| 1913 | For Her Boy's Sake | |
| 1912 | Star of Bethlehem | King Herod |
| 1912 | The Repeater | The Political Reformer |
| 1912 | The Forest Rose | Captain Maywood |
| 1912 | Petticoat Camp | |
| 1912 | Lucile | Duc de Luvois |
| 1912 | The Little Girl Next Door | The Other Father |
| 1912 | Put Yourself in His Place | Squire Raby |
| 1912 | For the Mikado | The Russian Traitor |
| 1912 | Undine | Spirit of the Brook |
| 1912 | The Wrecked Taxi | The Husband |
| 1912 | The Portrait of Lady Anne | Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor |
| 1912 | Pa's Medicine | Willie's Father |
| 1912 | Under Two Flags | The Colonel |
| 1912 | The Ring of a Spanish Grandee | Don Rodrigo |
| 1912 | Jess | Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer |
| 1912 | The Little Shut-in | Manly Feet |
| 1912 | Jilted | The Suitor |
| 1912 | The Saleslady | The Bumpkin |
| 1912 | The Cry of the Children | The factory owner |
| 1912 | Rejuvenation | The Lighthouse Keeper |
| 1912 | Into the Desert | The American Girl's Fiancé |
| 1912 | The Girl of the Grove | The Doctor |
| 1912 | For Sale -- A Life | The Card Player |
| 1912 | Flying to Fortune | The Doctor |
| 1912 | The Silent Witness | The Young Husband |
| 1912 | The Trouble Maker | The Husband |
| 1912 | East Lynne | Francis Levison |
| 1912 | A Niagara Honeymoon | The Groom |
| 1911 | The Lady from the Sea | Alfred, the Sailor |
| 1911 | The Last of the Mohicans | Duncan |
| 1911 | Their Burglar | |
| 1911 | David Copperfield | Ham Peggotty (in part two) |
| 1911 | Young Lochinvar | Young Lochinvar |
| 1911 | A Doll's House | |
| 1911 | Lorna Doone | |
| 1911 | The Stepmother | |
| 1911 | Get Rich Quick | Bunco artist |
| 1911 | The Colonel and the King | |
| 1911 | The Railroad Builder | |
| 1911 | His Younger Brother | |
| 1911 | The Pasha's Daughter | |
| 1910 | Looking Forward | |
| 1910 | Under Western Skies | A Marriage Witness |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1919 | When a Man Rides Alone | Producer |
| 1918 | Hearts or Diamonds? | Producer |
| 1916 | The Torch Bearer | Director |
| 1916 | The Man Who Would Not Die | Director |
| 1916 | Soul Mates | Director |
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