William Russell
Acting
- Born:
- 1884-04-12
- Died:
- 1929-02-18
- Place of birth:
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Girls Gone Wild
The Midnight Taxi
State Street Sadie
The Danger Patrol
The Head of the Family
Woman Wise
Brass Knuckles
The Girl from Chicago
The Desired Woman
Wings of the Storm
The Blue Eagle
The Still Alarm
Big Pal
My Neighbor's Wife
The Way of a Girl
On Thin Ice
The Beloved Brute
Anna Christie
Times Have Changed
Alias the Night Wind
Boston Blackie
The Great Night
Mixed Faces
The Crusader
A Self-Made Man
The Men of Zanzibar
The Roof Tree
The Lady from Longacre
The Cheater Reformed
The Iron Rider
Singing River
The Challenge of the Law
The Man Who Dared
Twins of Suffering Creek
Leave It to Me
The Valley of Tomorrow
Shod with Fire
The Lincoln Highwayman
Eastward Ho!
Sacred Silence
Six Feet Four
This Hero Stuff
A Sporting Chance
Some Liar
Brass Buttons
Where the West Begins
When a Man Rides Alone
All the World to Nothing
Hobbs in a Hurry
Up Romance Road
Hearts or Diamonds?
Snap Judgment
The Sea Master
Sands of Sacrifice
Pride and the Man
The Masked Heart
Shackles of Truth
A Rough Shod Fighter
The Torch Bearer
The Man Who Would Not Die
Soul Mates
The Bruiser
The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
Dora Thorne
Garden of Lies
The Diamond from the Sky
The Dancing Girl
Under the Gaslight
The Straight Road
The Power of the Press
His Fireman's Conscience
Peggy's Invitation
Little Brother
Robin Hood
Moths
Little Dorrit
Tannhäuser
King Rene’s Daughter
While Baby Slept
The Caged Bird
Carmen
The Marble Heart
For Her Boy's Sake
Star of Bethlehem
The Repeater
The Forest Rose
Petticoat Camp
Lucile
The Little Girl Next Door
Put Yourself in His Place
For the Mikado
Undine
The Wrecked Taxi
The Portrait of Lady Anne
Pa's Medicine
Under Two Flags
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
Jess
The Little Shut-in
Jilted
The Saleslady
The Cry of the Children
Rejuvenation
Into the Desert
The Girl of the Grove
For Sale -- A Life
Flying to Fortune
The Silent Witness
The Trouble Maker
East Lynne
A Niagara Honeymoon
The Lady from the Sea
The Last of the Mohicans
Their Burglar
David Copperfield
Young Lochinvar
A Doll's House
Lorna Doone
The Stepmother
Get Rich Quick
The Colonel and the King
The Railroad Builder
His Younger Brother
The Pasha's Daughter
Looking Forward
Under Western Skies