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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.
Birth Name
William Lerche
Born
Saturday, 12 April 1884
Died
Monday, 18 February 1929
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Movie Memories #2 | Self | 1934 |
Madonna of Avenue A | Bit Part | 1929 |
Girls Gone Wild | Dan Brown | 1929 |
The Midnight Taxi | Joseph Brant | 1928 |
State Street Sadie | The Bat | 1928 |
Brass Knuckles | 'Brass Knuckles' Lamont | 1927 |
The Desired Woman | Captain Maxwell | 1927 |
Wings of the Storm | Bill Martin | 1926 |
The Blue Eagle | Big Tim Ryan | 1926 |
The Still Alarm | Richard Fay | 1926 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
---|
Movie Memories #2 | Self | 1934 |
Madonna of Avenue A | Bit Part | 1929 |
Girls Gone Wild | Dan Brown | 1929 |
The Midnight Taxi | Joseph Brant | 1928 |
State Street Sadie | The Bat | 1928 |
Brass Knuckles | 'Brass Knuckles' Lamont | 1927 |
The Desired Woman | Captain Maxwell | 1927 |
Wings of the Storm | Bill Martin | 1926 |
The Blue Eagle | Big Tim Ryan | 1926 |
The Still Alarm | Richard Fay | 1926 |
Big Pal | Dan Williams | 1925 |
Before Midnight | Tom Galloway | 1925 |
On Thin Ice | Dapper Crawford | 1925 |
The Beloved Brute | David Hinges | 1924 |
When Odds Are Even | Jack Arnold | 1923 |
Anna Christie | Matt Burke | 1923 |
Times Have Changed | Mark O'Rell | 1923 |
Alias the Night Wind | Bing Howard | 1923 |
Boston Blackie | Boston Blackie | 1923 |
Goodbye Girls | Vance McPhee | 1923 |
Man's Size | Tom Morse | 1923 |
Mixed Faces | Judge J. Woodworth Granger / Jimmy Gallop | 1922 |
Shod with Fire | Bruce Bayard | 1922 |
The Crusader | Peter Brent | 1922 |
The Men of Zanzibar | Hugh Hemingway | 1922 |
Twins of Suffering Creek | Bill Lark | 1922 |
Money to Burn | Lucky Garrity | 1922 |
Strength of the Pines | Bruce Duncan | 1922 |
The Roof Tree | Ken Thornton | 1921 |
Desert Blossoms | Stephen Brent | 1921 |
The Lady from Longacre | Lord Anthony Conway | 1921 |
Children of the Night | Jerrold Jarvis Jones | 1921 |
Colorado Pluck | Colorado Jim | 1921 |
Bare Knuckles | Tim McGuire | 1921 |
The Cheater Reformed | Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall | 1921 |
Singing River | Long Rush | 1920 |
The Challenge of the Law | Captain Bruce Cavanaugh | 1920 |
The Man Who Dared | Big Jim Kane | 1920 |
The Lincoln Highwayman | Jimmy Clunder | 1919 |
Eastward Ho! | Buck Lindsay | 1919 |
Six Feet Four | Buck Thornton | 1919 |
This Hero Stuff | Captain November Jones | 1919 |
Some Liar | Robert Winchester McTabb | 1919 |
Brass Buttons | Kingdon Hollister | 1919 |
All the World to Nothing | Richard Chester | 1918 |
Hobbs in a Hurry | J. Warren Hobbs, Jr. | 1918 |
Up Romance Road | Gregory Thorne | 1918 |
In Bad | Monty Miles | 1918 |
New York Luck | Nick Fowler | 1917 |
Snap Judgment | James Page / 'Arizona' Pete Rawley | 1917 |
The Sea Master | Bull Dorgan | 1917 |
Pride and the Man | Jack Hastings | 1917 |
The Masked Heart | Philip Greycourt | 1917 |
The Shackles of Truth | Gerard Hale | 1917 |
The Frame-Up | Jeffrey Claiborne | 1917 |
High Play | John Sevier | 1917 |
The Twinkler | Bob Stephany, the Twinkler | 1916 |
Lone Star | Lone Star | 1916 |
The Love Hermit | Tom Weston | 1916 |
The Torch Bearer | John Huntley-Knox Sr. / John Huntley-Knox Jr. | 1916 |
The Man Who Would Not Die | Clyde Kingsley / Ward Kingsley | 1916 |
The Strength of Donald McKenzie | Donald McKenzie | 1916 |
The Highest Bid | Oliver Strong | 1916 |
The Bruiser | 'Big Bill' Brawley | 1916 |
The Thoroughbred | Kelso Hamilton | 1916 |
Garden of Lies | Dennis Mallory | 1915 |
The Diamond from the Sky | Blair Stanley | 1915 |
The Dancing Girl | John Christison | 1915 |
Under the Gaslight | Ray Trafford | 1914 |
Moths | Prince Zouroff | 1913 |
Little Dorrit | Arthur Clennam | 1913 |
Tannhäuser | Wolfram | 1913 |
King René's Daughter | Pierre, Captain of the Guards | 1913 |
The Marble Heart | Editor / The Editor | 1913 |
Cymbeline | King Cymbeline | 1913 |
The Star of Bethlehem | Herod / King Herod | 1912 |
Petticoat Camp | 1912 | |
The Little Girl Next Door | The Other Father | 1912 |
The Portrait of the Lady Anne | Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor | 1912 |
The Cry of the Children | The factory owner | 1912 |
The Girl of the Grove | The Doctor | 1912 |
Flying to Fortune | The Doctor | 1912 |
David Copperfield | Ham Peggotty (in part two) | 1911 |
Get Rich Quick | Bunco artist | 1911 |
The Pasha's Daughter | 1911 | |
The Vicar of Wakefield | 1910 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
---|
The Torch Bearer | 1916 |
The Man Who Would Not Die | 1916 |
The Strength of Donald McKenzie | 1916 |
The Highest Bid | 1916 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Big Pal | 1925 |
Man's Size | 1923 |