William Russell
Acting
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.
Born: April 12, 1884
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Mr Dickson B.F.S.
as Joseph Brant
as The Bat
as The Plumber
as Ne'er-Do-Well
as "Brass Knuckles" Lamont
as Big Steve Drummond
as Captain Maxwell
as Big Tim Ryan
as Richard Fay
as Dan Williams
as David Hinges
as Matt Burke
as Boston Blackie
as Larry Gilmore
as Judge J. Woodworth Granger
as Peter Brent
as Lord Anthony Conway
as Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
as Larry Lannigan
as Long Rush
as Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
as Bill Lark
as Jimmy Clunder
as Capt. James Craig
as Buck Thornton
as Captain November Jones
as John Stonehouse
as Kingdon Hollister
as Cliff Redfern
as Richard Chester
as J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.
as Gregory Thorne
as Larry Hanrahan
as James Page
as Philip Greycourt
as Gerard Hale
as Lowell Sherman
as 'Big Bill' Brawley
as Robert Langdon
as Ronald
as Dennis Mallory
as Blair Stanley
as John Christion
as Ray Trafford
as Bill Hubbell
as Turner Morgan
as Robin Hood
as Prince Zouroff
as Wolfram
as Pierre, Captain of the Guards
as Escamillo, the Toreador
as Editor
as King Herod
as Captain Maywood
as Duc de Luvois
as The Other Father
as Squire Raby
as Spirit of the Brook
as Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
as The Colonel
as Don Rodrigo
as Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
as Manly Feet
as The Suitor
as The Bumpkin
as The factory owner
as The Lighthouse Keeper
as The Doctor
as The Doctor
as Francis Levison
as Alfred, the Sailor
as Ham Peggotty (in part two)
as Young Lochinvar
as Bunco artist