William Russell
Acting
Born 1884-04-12
Died 1929-02-18
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
129 credits
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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 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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Filmography
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Acting
56 credits
The Cheater Reformed
Spearhead
Tannhäuser
Harriet's Back in Town
Undine
Singing River
Little Brother
Rejuvenation
The Girl from Chicago
Brass Buttons
St. Ives
The Crusader
The Repeater
Wings of the Storm
Dora Thorne
Some Liar
Woman Wise
Girls Gone Wild
Shod with Fire
A Sporting Chance
The Way of a Girl
Pride and the Man
Moths
The Midnight Taxi
On Thin Ice
The Men of Zanzibar
The Valley of Tomorrow
Leave It to Me
King Rene’s Daughter
Times Have Changed
Anna Christie
The Roof Tree
Sacred Silence
Twins of Suffering Creek
Peggy's Invitation
When a Man Rides Alone
Alias the Night Wind
Garden of Lies
The Last of the Mohicans
My Neighbor's Wife
The Man Who Dared
Under the Gaslight
The Blue Eagle
The Lady from Longacre
A Rough Shod Fighter
The Cry of the Children
Little Dorrit
The Lincoln Highwayman
Sands of Sacrifice
Robin Hood
Eastward Ho!
Hobbs in a Hurry
The Beloved Brute
The Torch Bearer
The Dancing Girl
State Street Sadie
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