William Russell
ActingAlso Known As
William E. Russell, William Lerche
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.
Movies
(116 total)
The Cry of the Children
as The factory owner
The Blue Eagle
as Big Tim Ryan
The Portrait of Lady Anne
as Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
Tannhäuser
as Wolfram
A Sporting Chance
as John Stonehouse
Anna Christie
as Matt Burke
Sacred Silence
as Capt. James Craig
Six Feet Four
as Buck Thornton
The Little Girl Next Door
as The Other Father
Star of Bethlehem
as King Herod
The Masked Heart
as Philip Greycourt
Boston Blackie
as Boston Blackie
King Rene’s Daughter
as Pierre, Captain of the Guards
The Midnight Taxi
as Joseph Brant
Carmen
as Escamillo, the Toreador
The Marble Heart
as Editor
Get Rich Quick
as Bunco artist
TV Shows
(1 total)
Spearhead
as Mr Dickson B.F.S.