William Russell
Acting · Born Apr 12, 1884 · Died Feb 18, 1929 (44) · 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.
Directed
Films
Girls Gone Wild
19299.0
The Midnight Taxi
19286.5
State Street Sadie
19288.0
The Head of the Family
192810.0
Woman Wise
19288.0
Brass Knuckles
192710.0
The Girl from Chicago
19277.0
The Desired Woman
192710.0
Wings of the Storm
19268.0
The Blue Eagle
19265.4
The Still Alarm
19269.0
Big Pal
19258.0
The Way of a Girl
19257.0
On Thin Ice
19257.0
The Beloved Brute
19247.0
Anna Christie
19236.3
Times Have Changed
19239.0
Alias the Night Wind
192310.0
Boston Blackie
19238.0
The Great Night
19229.0
Mixed Faces
19228.0
The Crusader
192210.0
A Self-Made Man
19227.0
The Roof Tree
192110.0
The Lady from Longacre
19217.0
The Cheater Reformed
19217.0
The Iron Rider
192010.0
Singing River
192010.0
The Challenge of the Law
19209.0
Twins of Suffering Creek
19209.0
Leave It to Me
192010.0
Shod with Fire
192010.0
The Lincoln Highwayman
19197.0
Eastward Ho!
191910.0
Sacred Silence
19193.0
Six Feet Four
19196.3
This Hero Stuff
19199.0
A Sporting Chance
19196.0
Some Liar
191910.0
Brass Buttons
1919
Where the West Begins
19198.0
When a Man Rides Alone
1919
All the World to Nothing
1918
Hobbs in a Hurry
19188.0
Up Romance Road
1918
Hearts or Diamonds?
1918
Snap Judgment
1917
The Sea Master
1917
Sands of Sacrifice
19178.0
Pride and the Man
1917
The Masked Heart
19173.7
Shackles of Truth
191710.0
A Rough Shod Fighter
19179.0
The Torch Bearer
19168.0
Soul Mates
19164.5
The Bruiser
1916
The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
1916
Dora Thorne
1915
Garden of Lies
1915
The Diamond from the Sky
1915
The Dancing Girl
1915
Under the Gaslight
1914
The Straight Road
1914
The Power of the Press
1914
Little Brother
1913
Robin Hood
19136.0
Moths
1913
Tannhäuser
19135.0
King Rene’s Daughter
19137.0
Carmen
19137.0
The Marble Heart
19136.5
Star of Bethlehem
19125.0
The Forest Rose
1912
Petticoat Camp
19126.0
Lucile
1912
The Little Girl Next Door
19125.5
Put Yourself in His Place
191210.0
Undine
1912
The Portrait of Lady Anne
19126.6
Under Two Flags
19129.0
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
191210.0
Jess
19127.0
The Little Shut-in
19129.0
Jilted
191210.0
The Saleslady
19129.0
The Cry of the Children
19125.3
The Girl of the Grove
19127.0
Flying to Fortune
191210.0
East Lynne
191210.0
The Lady from the Sea
19119.0
David Copperfield
19118.0
Young Lochinvar
191110.0
A Doll's House
19117.0
Get Rich Quick
19114.0
The Colonel and the King
1911
The Pasha's Daughter
19116.0