Birth Day: 1884-04-12
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.
Credits
-
As Dan Brown
-
As Joseph Brant
-
As The Bat
-
As Ne'er-Do-Well
-
As Sgt. John Daley
-
As The Plumber
-
As "Brass Knuckles" Lamont
-
As Captain Maxwell
-
As Big Steve Drummond
-
As Bill Martin
-
As Richard Fay
-
As Big Tim Ryan
-
As Brand
-
As Dapper Crawford
-
As Dan Williams
-
As Eric von Greed, film director
-
As David Hinges
-
As Matt Burke
-
As Bing Howard
-
As Boston Blackie
-
As Mark O'Rell
-
As Hugh Hemingway
-
As Larry Gilmore
-
As Peter Brent
-
As Jack Spurlock
-
As Judge J. Woodworth Granger
-
As Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
-
As Lord Anthony Conway
-
As Ken Thornton
-
As Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
-
As Larry Lannigan
-
As Bill Lark
-
As Long Rush
-
As Big Jim Kane
-
As Dabney Morgan
-
As Dick Derrickson
-
As Bruce Bayard
-
As Jimmy Clunder
-
As Buck Lindsay
-
As John Stonehouse
-
As Captain November Jones
-
As Cliff Redfern
-
As Kingdon Hollister
-
As Buck Thornton
-
As Robert Winchester McTabb
-
As William Sykes
-
As Capt. James Craig
-
As Gregory Thorne
-
As J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.
-
As Richard Chester
-
As Larry Hanrahan
-
As Gerard Hale
-
As Philip Greycourt
-
As James Page
-
As Jack Hastings
-
As Big Bill Darcey
-
As Bull Dorgan
-
As Frank Carlisle
-
As Lowell Sherman
-
As Robert Langdon
-
As 'Big Bill' Brawley
-
As John Huntley-Knox Sr. / John Huntley-Knox Jr.
-
As Clyde Kingsley - Ward Kingsley
-
As John Christion
-
As Dennis Mallory
-
As Blair Stanley
-
As Ronald
-
As Bill Hubbell
-
As Ray Trafford
-
As Turner Morgan
-
As The Railroad Fireman
-
As Henry Farland, a Young Banker
-
As Pierre, Captain of the Guards
-
As Prince Zouroff
-
As Wolfram
-
As The Lover
-
As Arthur Clennam
-
As The Farmer
-
As The Husband
-
As Escamillo, the Toreador
-
As Editor
-
As Robin Hood
-
As The Husband
-
As The Russian Traitor
-
As The Doctor
-
As The Young Husband
-
As The Lighthouse Keeper
-
As Manly Feet
-
As The Groom
-
As The Card Player
-
As Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
-
As The Suitor
-
As Don Rodrigo
-
As Willie's Father
-
As Squire Raby
-
As The Political Reformer
-
As Spirit of the Brook
-
As Duc de Luvois
-
As The Husband
-
As The American Girl's Fiancé
-
As Captain Maywood
-
As The Bumpkin
-
As The Doctor
-
As Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
-
As Francis Levison
-
As The Colonel
-
As King Herod
-
As The Other Father
-
As The factory owner
-
As Alfred, the Sailor
-
As Bunco artist
-
As Ham Peggotty (in part two)
-
As Young Lochinvar
-
As Duncan
-
As A Marriage Witness
