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William Russell

William Russell

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.

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

132

Gender

Male

Birthday

1884-04-12

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

William E. Russell, William Lerche

Known For

The Girl of the Grove Flying to Fortune The Smugglers of Santa Cruz The Beloved Brute A Rough Shod Fighter Under Western Skies Lorna Doone The Railroad Builder His Younger Brother The Stepmother Their Burglar The Little Shut-in A Niagara Honeymoon For Sale -- A Life Jess Jilted The Ring of a Spanish Grandee Pa's Medicine Put Yourself in His Place The Repeater Undine Lucile For Her Boy's Sake The Forest Rose While Baby Slept The Caged Bird Peggy's Invitation His Fireman's Conscience The Power of the Press Dora Thorne Under the Gaslight Anna Christie Sacred Silence The Blue Eagle The Desired Woman Boston Blackie The Head of the Family Mixed Faces The Crusader The Diamond from the Sky Into the Desert Rejuvenation The Saleslady Six Feet Four The Portrait of Lady Anne The Cheater Reformed The Iron Rider The Challenge of the Law The Lincoln Highwayman Eastward Ho! Brass Knuckles The Cry of the Children King Rene’s Daughter Moths Tannhäuser Little Dorrit The Midnight Taxi State Street Sadie A Sporting Chance Carmen The Marble Heart The Little Girl Next Door Star of Bethlehem Petticoat Camp Get Rich Quick The Pasha's Daughter The Girl from Chicago East Lynne Where the West Begins Brass Buttons The Masked Heart Big Pal Under Two Flags Woman Wise Young Lochinvar David Copperfield Up Romance Road A Self-Made Man A Doll's House Hearts or Diamonds? The Bruiser The Lady from the Sea Robin Hood Garden of Lies The Straight Road The Wrecked Taxi The Silent Witness Singing River The Lady from Longacre Snap Judgment Shackles of Truth The Still Alarm For the Mikado The Dancing Girl The Colonel and the King The Great Night This Hero Stuff All the World to Nothing Hobbs in a Hurry Twins of Suffering Creek The Man Who Would Not Die Soul Mates Times Have Changed On Thin Ice Shod with Fire Leave It to Me When a Man Rides Alone The Roof Tree Some Liar Girls Gone Wild Alias the Night Wind The Way of a Girl The Last of the Mohicans The Trouble Maker The Man Who Dared Wings of the Storm The Valley of Tomorrow The Men of Zanzibar The Danger Patrol My Neighbor's Wife The Sea Master Sands of Sacrifice Pride and the Man The Torch Bearer Little Brother Looking Forward
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