1884-04-12 The 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.
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The Midnight Taxi | Joseph Brant | 1928-09-01 |
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Woman Wise | Ne'er-Do-Well | 1928-01-08 |
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State Street Sadie | The Bat | 1928-08-25 |
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The Head of the Family | The Plumber | 1928-01-18 |
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The Desired Woman | Captain Maxwell | 1927-08-27 |
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The Girl from Chicago | Big Steve Drummond | 1927-11-09 |
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Brass Knuckles | "Brass Knuckles" Lamont | 1927-12-03 |
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The Blue Eagle | Big Tim Ryan | 1926-09-12 |
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The Still Alarm | Richard Fay | 1926-05-02 |
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Big Pal | Dan Williams | 1925-09-29 |
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The Beloved Brute | David Hinges | 1924-11-09 |
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Anna Christie | Matt Burke | 1923-11-24 |
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Boston Blackie | Boston Blackie | 1923-05-06 |
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The Crusader | Peter Brent | 1922-09-09 |
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A Self-Made Man | Jack Spurlock | 1922-06-25 |
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The Great Night | Larry Gilmore | 1922-12-03 |
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Mixed Faces | Judge J. Woodworth Granger | 1922-10-21 |
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The Lady from Longacre | Lord Anthony Conway | 1921-10-02 |
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The Cheater Reformed | Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall | 1921-01-02 |
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Twins of Suffering Creek | Bill Lark | 1920-06-01 |
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Singing River | Long Rush | 1920-11-21 |
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The Challenge of the Law | Captain Bruce Cavanaugh | 1920-10-10 |
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The Iron Rider | Larry Lannigan | 1920-11-21 |
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Sacred Silence | Capt. James Craig | 1919-10-12 |
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A Sporting Chance | John Stonehouse | 1919-06-28 |
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This Hero Stuff | Captain November Jones | 1919-08-10 |
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Brass Buttons | Kingdon Hollister | 1919-04-06 |
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Where the West Begins | Cliff Redfern | 1919-03-02 |
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The Lincoln Highwayman | Jimmy Clunder | 1919-12-29 |
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Six Feet Four | Buck Thornton | 1919-09-13 |
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Eastward Ho! | 1919-11-23 | |
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All the World to Nothing | Richard Chester | 1918-12-01 |
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Hobbs in a Hurry | J. Warren Hobbs, Jr. | 1918-10-06 |
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Up Romance Road | Gregory Thorne | 1918-06-24 |
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Hearts or Diamonds? | Larry Hanrahan | 1918-04-29 |
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A Rough Shod Fighter | 1917-01-01 | |
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The Masked Heart | Philip Greycourt | 1917-07-02 |
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Snap Judgment | James Page | 1917-11-19 |
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Shackles of Truth | Gerard Hale | 1917-06-04 |
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The Smugglers of Santa Cruz | Robert Langdon | 1916-01-28 |
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The Bruiser | 'Big Bill' Brawley | 1916-03-23 |
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Garden of Lies | Dennis Mallory | 1915-07-12 |
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Dora Thorne | Ronald | 1915-11-03 |
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The Diamond from the Sky | Blair Stanley | 1915-05-03 |
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The Dancing Girl | John Christion | 1915-01-11 |
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Under the Gaslight | Ray Trafford | 1914-12-01 |
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His Fireman's Conscience | The Railroad Fireman | 1914-01-26 |
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The Straight Road | Bill Hubbell | 1914-11-12 |
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The Power of the Press | Turner Morgan | 1914-10-01 |
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King Rene’s Daughter | Pierre, Captain of the Guards | 1913-07-01 |
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Robin Hood | Robin Hood | 1913-09-23 |
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Little Dorrit | Arthur Clennam | 1913-07-28 |
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The Marble Heart | Editor | 1913-05-11 |
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Carmen | Escamillo, the Toreador | 1913-05-26 |
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The Caged Bird | The Farmer | 1913-06-06 |
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For Her Boy's Sake | 1913-03-25 | |
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While Baby Slept | The Husband | 1913-06-10 |
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Tannhäuser | Wolfram | 1913-07-14 |
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Moths | Prince Zouroff | 1913-08-31 |
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Peggy's Invitation | Henry Farland, a Young Banker | 1913-12-16 |
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The Repeater | The Political Reformer | 1912-12-22 |
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The Portrait of Lady Anne | Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor | 1912-07-23 |
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The Forest Rose | Captain Maywood | 1912-11-29 |
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Put Yourself in His Place | Squire Raby | 1912-10-29 |
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The Saleslady | The Bumpkin | 1912-05-06 |
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For the Mikado | The Russian Traitor | 1912-10-18 |
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The Silent Witness | The Young Husband | 1912-02-13 |
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The Wrecked Taxi | The Husband | 1912-08-16 |
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Under Two Flags | The Colonel | 1912-07-02 |
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Into the Desert | The American Girl's Fiancé | 1912-04-11 |
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Rejuvenation | The Lighthouse Keeper | 1912-04-22 |
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Lucile | Duc de Luvois | 1912-11-27 |
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Pa's Medicine | Willie's Father | 1912-07-09 |
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The Little Girl Next Door | The Other Father | 1912-11-01 |
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Petticoat Camp | 1912-11-29 | |
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Jess | Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer | 1912-05-21 |
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The Ring of a Spanish Grandee | Don Rodrigo | 1912-05-24 |
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The Cry of the Children | The factory owner | 1912-04-30 |
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The Little Shut-in | Manly Feet | 1912-05-17 |
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Star of Bethlehem | King Herod | 1912-12-24 |
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The Girl of the Grove | The Doctor | 1912-04-04 |
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For Sale -- A Life | The Card Player | 1912-03-26 |
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A Niagara Honeymoon | The Groom | 1912-01-19 |
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East Lynne | Francis Levison | 1912-01-26 |
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Jilted | The Suitor | 1912-05-14 |
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Undine | Spirit of the Brook | 1912-09-24 |
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Flying to Fortune | The Doctor | 1912-03-12 |
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The Colonel and the King | 1911-05-16 | |
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The Pasha's Daughter | 1911-01-02 | |
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Young Lochinvar | Young Lochinvar | 1911-09-26 |
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Lorna Doone | 1911-06-29 | |
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Their Burglar | 1911-11-03 | |
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Get Rich Quick | Bunco artist | 1911-05-25 |
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David Copperfield | Ham Peggotty (in part two) | 1911-10-17 |
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The Stepmother | 1911-06-06 | |
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The Railroad Builder | 1911-05-09 | |
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His Younger Brother | 1911-03-14 | |
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The Lady from the Sea | Alfred, the Sailor | 1911-12-12 |
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A Doll's House | 1911-07-28 | |
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Under Western Skies | A Marriage Witness | 1910-08-06 |
