William Russell

William Russell

b. 1884 — d. 1929 (aged 45) The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Actor Director

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

Robin Hood

Children of the Night

The Love Hermit

Filmography

Madonna of Avenue A

Madonna of Avenue A

Girls Gone Wild

Girls Gone Wild

The Midnight Taxi

The Midnight Taxi

State Street Sadie

State Street Sadie

Woman Wise

The Head of the Family

The Head of the Family

Sgt. John Daley

The Desired Woman

The Desired Woman

Captain Maxwell

The Girl from Chicago

The Girl from Chicago

Big Steve Drummond

Brass Knuckles

'Brass Knuckles' Lamont

The Blue Eagle

The Still Alarm

The Still Alarm

Wings of the Storm

Big Pal

The Way of a Girl

On Thin Ice

Dapper Crawford

My Neighbor's Wife

Before Midnight

The Beloved Brute

Anna Christie

Boston Blackie

High Gear Jeffrey

Jeffrey Claiborne

Alias the Night Wind

Times Have Changed

When Odds Are Even

Strength of the Pines

A Self-Made Man

Judge J. Woodworth Granger

The Men of Zanzibar

The Great Night

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 13

Children of the Night

Jerrold Jarvis Jones

The Lady from Longacre

Lord Anthony Conway

Desert Blossoms

The Cheater Reformed

Twins of Suffering Creek

Twins of Suffering Creek

Dick Derrickson

The Man Who Dared

The Valley of Tomorrow

The Challenge of the Law

Captain Bruce Cavanaugh

Six Feet Four

A Sporting Chance

A Sporting Chance

John Stonehouse

Sacred Silence

Capt. James Craig

Where the West Begins

Where the West Begins

This Hero Stuff

This Hero Stuff

Captain November Jones

Robert Winchester McTabb

The Lincoln Highwayman

Brass Buttons

Kingdon Hollister

When a Man Rides Alone

Hobbs in a Hurry

J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.

Up Romance Road

The Midnight Trail

Hearts or Diamonds?

Hearts or Diamonds?

All the World to Nothing

Richard Chester

The Sea Master

Pride and the Man

1917 Actor Writer

Jeffrey Claiborne

A Rough Shod Fighter

Sands of Sacrifice

Big Bill Darcey

The Shackles of Truth

The Masked Heart

The Masked Heart

Philip Greycourt

1916 Actor Director

The Thoroughbred

'Big Bill' Brawley

Sequel to the Diamond from the Sky

The Smugglers of Santa Cruz

Arthur Standish

Madelaine Morel

Frederick von Armen

The Torch Bearer

1916 Actor Director

John Huntley-Knox Sr.

The Man Who Would Not Die

1916 Actor Director

Bob Stephany, the Twinkler

The Love Hermit

The Highest Bid

1916 Actor Director

The Strength of Donald McKenzie

1916 Actor Director

Donald McKenzie

The Diamond from the Sky

The Diamond from the Sky

Garden of Lies

Arthur Brewster

The Dancing Girl

John Christison

The Straight Road

The Straight Road

The Science of Crime

The Power of the Press

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