William Russell
Acting
Born: 1884-04-12 in 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
The Cry of the Children
The factory owner
The Blue Eagle
Big Tim Ryan
The Portrait of Lady Anne
Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
Tannhäuser
Wolfram
A Sporting Chance
John Stonehouse
Anna Christie
Matt Burke
Sacred Silence
Capt. James Craig
Six Feet Four
Buck Thornton
The Little Girl Next Door
The Other Father
The Pasha's Daughter
The Masked Heart
Philip Greycourt
Boston Blackie
Boston Blackie
King Rene’s Daughter
Pierre, Captain of the Guards
The Midnight Taxi
Joseph Brant
Carmen
Escamillo, the Toreador
The Marble Heart
Editor
Petticoat Camp
Star of Bethlehem
King Herod
A Doll's House
Soul Mates
Lowell Sherman
Flying to Fortune
The Doctor
The Girl of the Grove
The Doctor
The Beloved Brute
David Hinges
A Rough Shod Fighter
Frank Carlisle
The Railroad Builder
Lorna Doone
His Younger Brother
The Stepmother
Their Burglar
The Little Shut-in
Manly Feet
Jilted
The Suitor
Jess
Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
Don Rodrigo
Put Yourself in His Place
Squire Raby
The Desired Woman
Captain Maxwell