William Russell
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.
Acting
Movie
The Cry of the Children
as The factory owner
1912
Movie
The Blue Eagle
as Big Tim Ryan
1926
Movie
The Portrait of Lady Anne
as Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
1912
Movie
Tannhäuser
as Wolfram
1913
Movie
A Sporting Chance
as John Stonehouse
1919
Movie
Anna Christie
as Matt Burke
1923
Movie
Sacred Silence
as Capt. James Craig
1919
Movie
Six Feet Four
as Buck Thornton
1919
Movie
The Little Girl Next Door
as The Other Father
1912
Movie
The Pasha's Daughter
1911
Movie
The Masked Heart
as Philip Greycourt
1917
Movie
Boston Blackie
as Boston Blackie
1923
Movie
King Rene’s Daughter
as Pierre, Captain of the Guards
1913
Movie
The Midnight Taxi
as Joseph Brant
1928
Movie
Carmen
as Escamillo, the Toreador
1913
Movie
The Marble Heart
as Editor
1913
Movie
Star of Bethlehem
as King Herod
1912
Movie
Petticoat Camp
1912
Movie
A Doll's House
1911
Movie
Soul Mates
as Lowell Sherman
1916
TV
Spearhead
as Mr Dickson B.F.S.
1978
Movie
The Girl of the Grove
as The Doctor
1912
Movie
Flying to Fortune
as The Doctor
1912
Movie
The Beloved Brute
as David Hinges
1924
