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William Russ

William Russ
William Russ
Born: Oct 20, 1950 in Portsmouth, Virginia
Occupation: Actor
Active: '80s-2000s
Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Crazy from the Heart, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Pastime
First Major Screen Credit: Beer (1985)
11 Videos for William Russ
American History X (1998) The Unholy (1988) The Right Stuff (1983)
When Danger Follows You Home (1997) Dead of Winter (1987) Rehearsal for Murder (1982)
Traces of Red (1992) Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986) Cruising (1980)
Crazy from the Heart (1991) Beer (1985)
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Biography:

A self-described navy brat, William Russ travelled all over the country in his formative years. Russ settled down in one place long enough to attend the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; here he studied drama with such classmates as Christine Lahti. After graduation, he toured Europe as a member of the Ann Arbor mime troupe.

Back in the states, he attended New York's Neighborhood Playhouse on a scholarship. His subsequent New York stage credits include {~MacBeth}, {~The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel} (in which he appeared with Al Pacino) and {~Buried Child}. In films since 1989's Disorganized Crime, Russ' largest and most rewarding movie role (thus far) was over-the-hill ballplayer Roy Dean Bream in 1991's Pastime.

Russ is best known to the public at large for his TV work: he has played Burt McCowan in Another World, Roger Lococco in Wiseguy, Redmond Dunne in Capitol News and Terry Hannon in The Middle Ages. At present, William Russ -- billed under his nickname Rusty -- appears on a weekly basis as Ben Savage's father on Boy Meets World, taking occasional time-outs to co-star in such made-for-TV movies as Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story (1995).

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.