William Russell
- Child actor
- Teen actor
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.
Acted in
The Midnight Taxi
1928
as Joseph Brant
State Street Sadie
1928
as The Bat
The Head of the Family
1928
as The Plumber
Woman Wise
1928
as Ne'er-Do-Well
Brass Knuckles
1927
as "Brass Knuckles" Lamont
The Girl from Chicago
1927
as Big Steve Drummond
The Desired Woman
1927
as Captain Maxwell
The Blue Eagle
1926
as Big Tim Ryan
The Still Alarm
1926
as Richard Fay
Big Pal
1925
as Dan Williams
The Beloved Brute
1924
as David Hinges
Anna Christie
1923
as Matt Burke
Boston Blackie
1923
as Boston Blackie
Mixed Faces
1922
as Judge J. Woodworth Granger
The Crusader
1922
as Peter Brent
A Self-Made Man
1922
as Jack Spurlock
The Lady from Longacre
1921
as Lord Anthony Conway
The Cheater Reformed
1921
as Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
The Iron Rider
1920
as Larry Lannigan
Singing River
1920
as Long Rush
The Challenge of the Law
1920
as Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
The Lincoln Highwayman
1919
as Jimmy Clunder
Eastward Ho!
1919
Sacred Silence
1919
as Capt. James Craig
Six Feet Four
1919
as Buck Thornton
A Sporting Chance
1919
as John Stonehouse
Brass Buttons
1919
as Kingdon Hollister
Where the West Begins
1919
as Cliff Redfern
Up Romance Road
1918
as Gregory Thorne
Hearts or Diamonds?
1918
as Larry Hanrahan
Snap Judgment
1917
as James Page
The Masked Heart
1917
as Philip Greycourt
Shackles of Truth
1917
as Gerard Hale
A Rough Shod Fighter
1917
The Bruiser
1916
as 'Big Bill' Brawley
The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
1916
as Robert Langdon
Dora Thorne
1915
as Ronald
Garden of Lies
1915
as Dennis Mallory
The Diamond from the Sky
1915
as Blair Stanley
The Dancing Girl
1915
as John Christion
Under the Gaslight
1914
as Ray Trafford
The Straight Road
1914
as Bill Hubbell
The Power of the Press
1914
as Turner Morgan
His Fireman's Conscience
1914
as The Railroad Fireman
Peggy's Invitation
1913
as Henry Farland, a Young Banker
Robin Hood
1913
as Robin Hood
Moths
1913
as Prince Zouroff
Little Dorrit
1913
as Arthur Clennam
Tannhäuser
1913
as Wolfram
King Rene’s Daughter
1913
as Pierre, Captain of the Guards
While Baby Slept
1913
as The Husband
The Caged Bird
1913
as The Farmer
Carmen
1913
as Escamillo, the Toreador
The Marble Heart
1913
as Editor
For Her Boy's Sake
1913
Star of Bethlehem
1912
as King Herod
The Repeater
1912
as The Political Reformer
The Forest Rose
1912
as Captain Maywood
Petticoat Camp
1912
Lucile
1912
as Duc de Luvois
The Little Girl Next Door
1912
as The Other Father
Put Yourself in His Place
1912
as Squire Raby
For the Mikado
1912
as The Russian Traitor
Undine
1912
as Spirit of the Brook
The Wrecked Taxi
1912
as The Husband
The Portrait of Lady Anne
1912
as Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
Pa's Medicine
1912
as Willie's Father
Under Two Flags
1912
as The Colonel
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
1912
as Don Rodrigo
Jess
1912
as Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
The Little Shut-in
1912
as Manly Feet
Jilted
1912
as The Suitor
The Saleslady
1912
The Cry of the Children
1912
as The factory owner
Rejuvenation
1912
as The Lighthouse Keeper
Into the Desert
1912
as The American Girl's Fiancé
The Girl of the Grove
1912
as The Doctor
For Sale -- A Life
1912
as The Card Player
Flying to Fortune
1912
as The Doctor
The Silent Witness
1912
as The Young Husband
East Lynne
1912
as Francis Levison
A Niagara Honeymoon
1912
as The Groom
The Lady from the Sea
1911
as Alfred, the Sailor
Their Burglar
1911
David Copperfield
1911
as Ham Peggotty (in part two)
Young Lochinvar
1911
as Young Lochinvar
A Doll's House
1911
Lorna Doone
1911
The Stepmother
1911
Get Rich Quick
1911
as Bunco artist
The Railroad Builder
1911
His Younger Brother
1911
The Pasha's Daughter
1911
Under Western Skies
1910
as A Marriage Witness