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William Russell
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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 19…
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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.
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William Russell's Filmography
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Girls Gone Wild
as Dan Brown
The Midnight Taxi
as Joseph Brant
State Street Sadie
as The Bat
No Poster
The Danger Patrol
as Sgt. John Daley
The Head of the Family
as The Plumber
Woman Wise
as Ne'er-Do-Well
Brass Knuckles
as "Brass Knuckles" Lamont
The Girl from Chicago
as Big Steve Drummond
The Desired Woman
as Captain Maxwell
Wings of the Storm
as Bill Martin
The Blue Eagle
as Big Tim Ryan
The Still Alarm
as Richard Fay
Big Pal
as Dan Williams
No Poster
My Neighbor's Wife
as Eric von Greed, film director
The Way of a Girl
as Brand
On Thin Ice
as Dapper Crawford
The Beloved Brute
as David Hinges
Anna Christie
as Matt Burke
Times Have Changed
as Mark O'Rell
Alias the Night Wind
as Bing Howard
Boston Blackie
as Boston Blackie
The Great Night
as Larry Gilmore
Mixed Faces
as Judge J. Woodworth Granger
The Crusader
as Peter Brent
A Self-Made Man
as Jack Spurlock
No Poster
The Men of Zanzibar
as Hugh Hemingway
The Roof Tree
as Ken Thornton
The Lady from Longacre
as Lord Anthony Conway
The Cheater Reformed
as Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
Singing River
as Long Rush
The Iron Rider
as Larry Lannigan
The Challenge of the Law
as Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
No Poster
The Man Who Dared
as Big Jim Kane
Twins of Suffering Creek
as Bill Lark
Leave It to Me
as Dick Derrickson
No Poster
The Valley of Tomorrow
as Dabney Morgan
Shod with Fire
as Bruce Bayard
The Lincoln Highwayman
as Jimmy Clunder
Eastward Ho!
as Buck Lindsay
Sacred Silence
as Capt. James Craig
Six Feet Four
as Buck Thornton
This Hero Stuff
as Captain November Jones
A Sporting Chance
as John Stonehouse
Some Liar
as Robert Winchester McTabb
Brass Buttons
as Kingdon Hollister
Where the West Begins
as Cliff Redfern
When a Man Rides Alone
as William Sykes
All the World to Nothing
as Richard Chester
Hobbs in a Hurry
as J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.
Up Romance Road
as Gregory Thorne
Hearts or Diamonds?
as Larry Hanrahan
Snap Judgment
as James Page
The Sea Master
as Bull Dorgan
Sands of Sacrifice
as Big Bill Darcey
Pride and the Man
as Jack Hastings
The Masked Heart
as Philip Greycourt
Shackles of Truth
as Gerard Hale
A Rough Shod Fighter
as Frank Carlisle
The Torch Bearer
as John Huntley-Knox Sr. / John Huntley-Knox Jr.
No Poster
The Man Who Would Not Die
as Clyde Kingsley - Ward Kingsley
Soul Mates
as Lowell Sherman
The Bruiser
as 'Big Bill' Brawley
The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
as Robert Langdon
Dora Thorne
as Ronald
Garden of Lies
as Dennis Mallory
The Diamond from the Sky
as Blair Stanley
The Dancing Girl
as John Christion
Under the Gaslight
as Ray Trafford
The Straight Road
as Bill Hubbell
The Power of the Press
as Turner Morgan
No Poster
His Fireman's Conscience
as The Railroad Fireman
No Poster
Peggy's Invitation
as Henry Farland, a Young Banker
Little Brother
as The Lover
Robin Hood
as Robin Hood
Moths
as Prince Zouroff
No Poster
Little Dorrit
as Arthur Clennam
Tannhäuser
as Wolfram
King Rene’s Daughter
as Pierre, Captain of the Guards
No Poster
While Baby Slept
as The Husband
No Poster
The Caged Bird
as The Farmer
Carmen
as Escamillo, the Toreador
The Marble Heart
as Editor
No Poster
For Her Boy's Sake
Star of Bethlehem
as King Herod
No Poster
The Repeater
as The Political Reformer
The Forest Rose
as Captain Maywood
Petticoat Camp
Lucile
as Duc de Luvois
The Little Girl Next Door
as The Other Father
Put Yourself in His Place
as Squire Raby
No Poster
For the Mikado
as The Russian Traitor
Undine
as Spirit of the Brook
No Poster
The Wrecked Taxi
as The Husband
The Portrait of Lady Anne
as Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
No Poster
Pa's Medicine
as Willie's Father
Under Two Flags
as The Colonel
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
as Don Rodrigo
Jess
as Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
The Little Shut-in
as Manly Feet
Jilted
as The Suitor
The Saleslady
as The Bumpkin
The Cry of the Children
as The factory owner
No Poster
Rejuvenation
as The Lighthouse Keeper
No Poster
Into the Desert
as The American Girl's Fiancé
The Girl of the Grove
as The Doctor
No Poster
For Sale -- A Life
as The Card Player
Flying to Fortune
as The Doctor
No Poster
The Silent Witness
as The Young Husband
No Poster
The Trouble Maker
as The Husband
East Lynne
as Francis Levison
No Poster
A Niagara Honeymoon
as The Groom
The Lady from the Sea
as Alfred, the Sailor
No Poster
The Last of the Mohicans
as Duncan
No Poster
Their Burglar
David Copperfield
as Ham Peggotty (in part two)
Young Lochinvar
as Young Lochinvar
A Doll's House
No Poster
Lorna Doone
No Poster
The Stepmother
Get Rich Quick
as Bunco artist
The Colonel and the King
No Poster
The Railroad Builder
No Poster
His Younger Brother
The Pasha's Daughter
No Poster
Looking Forward
No Poster
Under Western Skies
as A Marriage Witness