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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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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March 24th, 1929 | Girls Gone Wild | Dan Brown | 9 | |
September 1st, 1928 | The Midnight Taxi | Joseph Brant | 6.5 | |
August 25th, 1928 | State Street Sadie | The Bat | 8 | |
April 1st, 1928 | The Danger Patrol | Sgt. John Daley | 10 | |
January 18th, 1928 | The Head of the Family | The Plumber | 10 | |
January 8th, 1928 | Woman Wise | Ne'er-Do-Well | 8 | |
December 3rd, 1927 | Brass Knuckles | "Brass Knuckles" Lamont | 10 | |
November 9th, 1927 | The Girl from Chicago | Big Steve Drummond | 7 | |
August 27th, 1927 | The Desired Woman | Captain Maxwell | 10 | |
November 28th, 1926 | Wings of the Storm | Bill Martin | 8 | |
September 12th, 1926 | The Blue Eagle | Big Tim Ryan | 5.4 | |
May 2nd, 1926 | The Still Alarm | Richard Fay | 9 | |
September 29th, 1925 | Big Pal | Dan Williams | 8 | |
May 21st, 1925 | My Neighbor's Wife | Eric von Greed, film director | 9 | |
March 29th, 1925 | The Way of a Girl | Brand | 7 | |
March 8th, 1925 | On Thin Ice | Dapper Crawford | 7 | |
November 9th, 1924 | The Beloved Brute | David Hinges | 7 | |
November 24th, 1923 | Anna Christie | Matt Burke | 6.3 | |
October 7th, 1923 | Times Have Changed | Mark O'Rell | 9 | |
August 19th, 1923 | Alias the Night Wind | Bing Howard | 10 | |
May 6th, 1923 | Boston Blackie | Boston Blackie | 8 | |
December 3rd, 1922 | The Great Night | Larry Gilmore | 9 | |
October 21st, 1922 | Mixed Faces | Judge J. Woodworth Granger | 8 | |
September 9th, 1922 | The Crusader | Peter Brent | 10 | |
June 25th, 1922 | A Self-Made Man | Jack Spurlock | 7 | |
May 21st, 1922 | The Men of Zanzibar | Hugh Hemingway | 7 | |
December 25th, 1921 | The Roof Tree | Ken Thornton | 10 | |
October 2nd, 1921 | The Lady from Longacre | Lord Anthony Conway | 7 | |
January 2nd, 1921 | The Cheater Reformed | Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall | 7 | |
November 21st, 1920 | The Iron Rider | Larry Lannigan | 10 | |
November 21st, 1920 | Singing River | Long Rush | 10 | |
October 10th, 1920 | The Challenge of the Law | Captain Bruce Cavanaugh | 9 | |
August 29th, 1920 | The Man Who Dared | Big Jim Kane | 10 | |
June 1st, 1920 | Twins of Suffering Creek | Bill Lark | 9 | |
May 1st, 1920 | Leave It to Me | Dick Derrickson | 10 | |
February 16th, 1920 | The Valley of Tomorrow | Dabney Morgan | 8 | |
February 9th, 1920 | Shod with Fire | Bruce Bayard | 10 | |
December 29th, 1919 | The Lincoln Highwayman | Jimmy Clunder | 7 | |
November 23rd, 1919 | Eastward Ho! | Buck Lindsay | 10 | |
October 12th, 1919 | Sacred Silence | Capt. James Craig | 3 | |
September 13th, 1919 | Six Feet Four | Buck Thornton | 6.3 | |
August 10th, 1919 | This Hero Stuff | Captain November Jones | 9 | |
June 28th, 1919 | A Sporting Chance | John Stonehouse | 6 | |
May 18th, 1919 | Some Liar | Robert Winchester McTabb | 10 | |
April 6th, 1919 | Brass Buttons | Kingdon Hollister | TBD | |
March 2nd, 1919 | Where the West Begins | Cliff Redfern | 8 | |
January 19th, 1919 | When a Man Rides Alone | William Sykes | TBD | |
December 1st, 1918 | All the World to Nothing | Richard Chester | TBD | |
October 6th, 1918 | Hobbs in a Hurry | J. Warren Hobbs, Jr. | 8 | |
June 24th, 1918 | Up Romance Road | Gregory Thorne | TBD | |
April 29th, 1918 | Hearts or Diamonds? | Larry Hanrahan | TBD | |
November 19th, 1917 | Snap Judgment | James Page | TBD | |
October 22nd, 1917 | The Sea Master | Bull Dorgan | TBD | |
September 24th, 1917 | Sands of Sacrifice | Big Bill Darcey | 8 | |
July 30th, 1917 | Pride and the Man | Jack Hastings | TBD | |
July 2nd, 1917 | The Masked Heart | Philip Greycourt | 3.7 | |
June 4th, 1917 | Shackles of Truth | Gerard Hale | 10 | |
January 1st, 1917 | A Rough Shod Fighter | Frank Carlisle | 9 | |
September 25th, 1916 | The Torch Bearer | John Huntley-Knox Sr. / John Huntley-Knox Jr. | 8 | |
August 31st, 1916 | The Man Who Would Not Die | Clyde Kingsley - Ward Kingsley | TBD | |
June 8th, 1916 | Soul Mates | Lowell Sherman | 4.5 | |
March 23rd, 1916 | The Bruiser | 'Big Bill' Brawley | TBD | |
January 28th, 1916 | The Smugglers of Santa Cruz | Robert Langdon | TBD | |
November 3rd, 1915 | Dora Thorne | Ronald | TBD | |
July 12th, 1915 | Garden of Lies | Dennis Mallory | TBD | |
May 3rd, 1915 | The Diamond from the Sky | Blair Stanley | TBD | |
January 11th, 1915 | The Dancing Girl | John Christion | TBD | |
December 1st, 1914 | Under the Gaslight | Ray Trafford | TBD | |
November 12th, 1914 | The Straight Road | Bill Hubbell | TBD | |
October 1st, 1914 | The Power of the Press | Turner Morgan | TBD | |
January 26th, 1914 | His Fireman's Conscience | The Railroad Fireman | TBD | |
December 16th, 1913 | Peggy's Invitation | Henry Farland, a Young Banker | TBD | |
November 7th, 1913 | Little Brother | The Lover | TBD | |
September 23rd, 1913 | Robin Hood | Robin Hood | 6 | |
August 31st, 1913 | Moths | Prince Zouroff | TBD | |
July 28th, 1913 | Little Dorrit | Arthur Clennam | 10 | |
July 14th, 1913 | Tannhäuser | Wolfram | 5 | |
July 1st, 1913 | King Rene’s Daughter | Pierre, Captain of the Guards | 7 | |
June 10th, 1913 | While Baby Slept | The Husband | 8 | |
June 6th, 1913 | The Caged Bird | The Farmer | TBD | |
May 26th, 1913 | Carmen | Escamillo, the Toreador | 7 | |
May 11th, 1913 | The Marble Heart | Editor | 6.5 | |
March 25th, 1913 | For Her Boy's Sake | TBD | 7 | |
December 24th, 1912 | Star of Bethlehem | King Herod | 5 | |
December 22nd, 1912 | The Repeater | The Political Reformer | 8 | |
November 29th, 1912 | The Forest Rose | Captain Maywood | TBD | |
November 29th, 1912 | Petticoat Camp | TBD | 6 | |
November 27th, 1912 | Lucile | Duc de Luvois | TBD | |
November 1st, 1912 | The Little Girl Next Door | The Other Father | 5.5 | |
October 29th, 1912 | Put Yourself in His Place | Squire Raby | 10 | |
October 18th, 1912 | For the Mikado | The Russian Traitor | 7 | |
September 24th, 1912 | Undine | Spirit of the Brook | TBD | |
August 16th, 1912 | The Wrecked Taxi | The Husband | 7 | |
July 23rd, 1912 | The Portrait of Lady Anne | Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor | 6.6 | |
July 9th, 1912 | Pa's Medicine | Willie's Father | 9 | |
July 2nd, 1912 | Under Two Flags | The Colonel | 9 | |
May 24th, 1912 | The Ring of a Spanish Grandee | Don Rodrigo | 10 | |
May 21st, 1912 | Jess | Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer | 7 | |
May 17th, 1912 | The Little Shut-in | Manly Feet | 9 | |
May 14th, 1912 | Jilted | The Suitor | 10 | |
May 6th, 1912 | The Saleslady | The Bumpkin | 9 | |
April 30th, 1912 | The Cry of the Children | The factory owner | 5.3 | |
April 22nd, 1912 | Rejuvenation | The Lighthouse Keeper | 7 | |
April 11th, 1912 | Into the Desert | The American Girl's Fiancé | 7 | |
April 4th, 1912 | The Girl of the Grove | The Doctor | 7 | |
March 26th, 1912 | For Sale -- A Life | The Card Player | 10 | |
March 12th, 1912 | Flying to Fortune | The Doctor | 10 | |
February 13th, 1912 | The Silent Witness | The Young Husband | 8 | |
February 6th, 1912 | The Trouble Maker | The Husband | 7 | |
January 26th, 1912 | East Lynne | Francis Levison | 10 | |
January 19th, 1912 | A Niagara Honeymoon | The Groom | 7 | |
December 12th, 1911 | The Lady from the Sea | Alfred, the Sailor | 9 | |
November 10th, 1911 | The Last of the Mohicans | Duncan | 7 | |
November 3rd, 1911 | Their Burglar | TBD | 10 | |
October 17th, 1911 | David Copperfield | Ham Peggotty (in part two) | 8 | |
September 26th, 1911 | Young Lochinvar | Young Lochinvar | 10 | |
July 28th, 1911 | A Doll's House | TBD | 7 | |
June 29th, 1911 | Lorna Doone | TBD | 7 | |
June 6th, 1911 | The Stepmother | TBD | 9 | |
May 25th, 1911 | Get Rich Quick | Bunco artist | 4 | |
May 16th, 1911 | The Colonel and the King | TBD | TBD | |
May 9th, 1911 | The Railroad Builder | TBD | 9 | |
March 14th, 1911 | His Younger Brother | TBD | 7 | |
January 2nd, 1911 | The Pasha's Daughter | TBD | 6 | |
August 6th, 1910 | Under Western Skies | A Marriage Witness | TBD |