William Russell

Known for ActingBorn 1884-04-12Died 1929-02-18The 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Head of the Family

The Danger Patrol

The Desired Woman

Brass Knuckles

Alias the Night Wind

The Crusader

The Roof Tree

The Iron Rider

Singing River

Shod with Fire

Leave It to Me

The Man Who Dared

Eastward Ho!

Some Liar

Shackles of Truth

Little Dorrit

Flying to Fortune

For Sale -- A Life

Jilted

The Ring of a Spanish Grandee

Put Yourself in His Place

East Lynne

Their Burglar

Young Lochinvar

Girls Gone Wild

The Still Alarm

My Neighbor's Wife

Times Have Changed

The Great Night

The Challenge of the Law

Twins of Suffering Creek

This Hero Stuff

A Rough Shod Fighter

The Little Shut-in

Pa's Medicine

The Saleslady

Under Two Flags

The Railroad Builder

The Stepmother

The Lady from the Sea

State Street Sadie

Woman Wise

Spearhead

Wings of the Storm

Big Pal

Boston Blackie

Mixed Faces

The Valley of Tomorrow