William Russell
Acting
1884-04-12 · 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.
Filmography
Girls Gone Wild
1929 · Movie
The Midnight Taxi
1928 · Movie
State Street Sadie
1928 · Movie
The Danger Patrol
1928 · Movie
The Head of the Family
1928 · Movie
Woman Wise
1928 · Movie
Brass Knuckles
1927 · Movie
The Girl from Chicago
1927 · Movie
The Desired Woman
1927 · Movie
Wings of the Storm
1926 · Movie
The Blue Eagle
1926 · Movie
The Still Alarm
1926 · Movie
Big Pal
1925 · Movie
My Neighbor's Wife
1925 · Movie
The Way of a Girl
1925 · Movie
On Thin Ice
1925 · Movie
The Beloved Brute
1924 · Movie
Anna Christie
1923 · Movie
Times Have Changed
1923 · Movie
Alias the Night Wind
1923 · Movie
Boston Blackie
1923 · Movie
The Great Night
1922 · Movie
Mixed Faces
1922 · Movie
The Crusader
1922 · Movie
A Self-Made Man
1922 · Movie
The Men of Zanzibar
1922 · Movie
The Roof Tree
1921 · Movie
The Lady from Longacre
1921 · Movie
The Cheater Reformed
1921 · Movie
Singing River
1920 · Movie
The Iron Rider
1920 · Movie
The Challenge of the Law
1920 · Movie
The Man Who Dared
1920 · Movie
Twins of Suffering Creek
1920 · Movie
Leave It to Me
1920 · Movie
The Valley of Tomorrow
1920 · Movie
Shod with Fire
1920 · Movie
The Lincoln Highwayman
1919 · Movie
Eastward Ho!
1919 · Movie
Sacred Silence
1919 · Movie
Six Feet Four
1919 · Movie
This Hero Stuff
1919 · Movie
A Sporting Chance
1919 · Movie
Some Liar
1919 · Movie
Brass Buttons
1919 · Movie
Where the West Begins
1919 · Movie
When a Man Rides Alone
1919 · Movie
All the World to Nothing
1918 · Movie
Hobbs in a Hurry
1918 · Movie
Up Romance Road
1918 · Movie
Hearts or Diamonds?
1918 · Movie
Snap Judgment
1917 · Movie
The Sea Master
1917 · Movie
Sands of Sacrifice
1917 · Movie
Pride and the Man
1917 · Movie
The Masked Heart
1917 · Movie
Shackles of Truth
1917 · Movie
A Rough Shod Fighter
1917 · Movie
The Torch Bearer
1916 · Movie
The Man Who Would Not Die
1916 · Movie
Soul Mates
1916 · Movie
The Bruiser
1916 · Movie
The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
1916 · Movie
Dora Thorne
1915 · Movie
Garden of Lies
1915 · Movie
The Diamond from the Sky
1915 · Movie
The Dancing Girl
1915 · Movie
Under the Gaslight
1914 · Movie
The Straight Road
1914 · Movie
The Power of the Press
1914 · Movie
His Fireman's Conscience
1914 · Movie
Peggy's Invitation
1913 · Movie
Little Brother
1913 · Movie
Robin Hood
1913 · Movie
Moths
1913 · Movie
Little Dorrit
1913 · Movie
Tannhäuser
1913 · Movie
King Rene’s Daughter
1913 · Movie
While Baby Slept
1913 · Movie
The Caged Bird
1913 · Movie
Carmen
1913 · Movie
The Marble Heart
1913 · Movie
For Her Boy's Sake
1913 · Movie
Star of Bethlehem
1912 · Movie
The Repeater
1912 · Movie
The Forest Rose
1912 · Movie
Petticoat Camp
1912 · Movie
Lucile
1912 · Movie
The Little Girl Next Door
1912 · Movie
Put Yourself in His Place
1912 · Movie
For the Mikado
1912 · Movie
Undine
1912 · Movie
The Wrecked Taxi
1912 · Movie
The Portrait of Lady Anne
1912 · Movie
Pa's Medicine
1912 · Movie
Under Two Flags
1912 · Movie
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
1912 · Movie
Jess
1912 · Movie
The Little Shut-in
1912 · Movie
Jilted
1912 · Movie
The Saleslady
1912 · Movie
The Cry of the Children
1912 · Movie
Rejuvenation
1912 · Movie
Into the Desert
1912 · Movie
The Girl of the Grove
1912 · Movie
For Sale -- A Life
1912 · Movie
Flying to Fortune
1912 · Movie
The Silent Witness
1912 · Movie
The Trouble Maker
1912 · Movie
East Lynne
1912 · Movie
A Niagara Honeymoon
1912 · Movie
The Lady from the Sea
1911 · Movie
The Last of the Mohicans
1911 · Movie
Their Burglar
1911 · Movie
David Copperfield
1911 · Movie
Young Lochinvar
1911 · Movie
A Doll's House
1911 · Movie
Lorna Doone
1911 · Movie
The Stepmother
1911 · Movie
Get Rich Quick
1911 · Movie
The Colonel and the King
1911 · Movie
The Railroad Builder
1911 · Movie
His Younger Brother
1911 · Movie
The Pasha's Daughter
1911 · Movie
Looking Forward
1910 · Movie
Under Western Skies
1910 · Movie