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.
126 movies · 3 shows
Girls Gone Wild
1929·9.0
The Midnight Taxi
1928·6.5
State Street Sadie
1928·8.0
The Danger Patrol
1928·10.0
The Head of the Family
1928·10.0
Woman Wise
1928·8.0
Brass Knuckles
1927·10.0
The Girl from Chicago
1927·7.0
The Desired Woman
1927·10.0
Wings of the Storm
1926·8.0
The Blue Eagle
1926·5.4
The Still Alarm
1926·9.0
Big Pal
1925·8.0
My Neighbor's Wife
1925·9.0
The Way of a Girl
1925·7.0
On Thin Ice
1925·7.0
The Beloved Brute
1924·7.0
Anna Christie
1923·6.3
Times Have Changed
1923·9.0
Alias the Night Wind
1923·10.0
Boston Blackie
1923·8.0
The Great Night
1922·9.0
Mixed Faces
1922·8.0
The Crusader
1922·10.0
A Self-Made Man
1922·7.0
The Men of Zanzibar
1922·7.0
The Roof Tree
1921·10.0
The Lady from Longacre
1921·7.0
The Cheater Reformed
1921·7.0
The Iron Rider
1920·10.0
Singing River
1920·10.0
The Challenge of the Law
1920·9.0
The Man Who Dared
1920·10.0
Twins of Suffering Creek
1920·9.0
Leave It to Me
1920·10.0
The Valley of Tomorrow
1920·8.0
Shod with Fire
1920·10.0
The Lincoln Highwayman
1919·7.0
Eastward Ho!
1919·10.0
Sacred Silence
1919·3.0
Six Feet Four
1919·6.3
This Hero Stuff
1919·9.0
A Sporting Chance
1919·6.0
Some Liar
1919·10.0
Brass Buttons
1919·0.0
Where the West Begins
1919·8.0
When a Man Rides Alone
1919·0.0
All the World to Nothing
1918·0.0
Hobbs in a Hurry
1918·8.0
Up Romance Road
1918·0.0
Hearts or Diamonds?
1918·0.0
Snap Judgment
1917·0.0
The Sea Master
1917·0.0
Sands of Sacrifice
1917·8.0
Pride and the Man
1917·0.0
The Masked Heart
1917·3.7
Shackles of Truth
1917·10.0
A Rough Shod Fighter
1917·9.0
The Torch Bearer
1916·8.0
The Man Who Would Not Die
1916·0.0
Soul Mates
1916·4.5
The Bruiser
1916·0.0
The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
1916·0.0
Dora Thorne
1915·0.0
Garden of Lies
1915·0.0
The Diamond from the Sky
1915·0.0
The Dancing Girl
1915·0.0
Under the Gaslight
1914·0.0
The Straight Road
1914·0.0
The Power of the Press
1914·0.0
His Fireman's Conscience
1914·0.0
Peggy's Invitation
1913·0.0
Little Brother
1913·0.0
Robin Hood
1913·6.0
Moths
1913·0.0
Little Dorrit
1913·10.0
Tannhäuser
1913·5.0
King Rene’s Daughter
1913·7.0
While Baby Slept
1913·8.0
The Caged Bird
1913·0.0
Carmen
1913·7.0
The Marble Heart
1913·6.5
For Her Boy's Sake
1913·7.0
Star of Bethlehem
1912·5.0
The Repeater
1912·8.0
The Forest Rose
1912·0.0
Petticoat Camp
1912·6.0
Lucile
1912·0.0
The Little Girl Next Door
1912·5.5
Put Yourself in His Place
1912·10.0
For the Mikado
1912·7.0
Undine
1912·0.0
The Wrecked Taxi
1912·7.0
The Portrait of Lady Anne
1912·6.6
Pa's Medicine
1912·9.0
Under Two Flags
1912·9.0
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
1912·10.0
Jess
1912·7.0
The Little Shut-in
1912·9.0
Jilted
1912·10.0
The Saleslady
1912·9.0
The Cry of the Children
1912·5.3
Rejuvenation
1912·7.0
Into the Desert
1912·7.0
The Girl of the Grove
1912·7.0
For Sale -- A Life
1912·10.0
Flying to Fortune
1912·10.0
The Silent Witness
1912·8.0
The Trouble Maker
1912·7.0
East Lynne
1912·10.0
A Niagara Honeymoon
1912·7.0
The Lady from the Sea
1911·9.0
The Last of the Mohicans
1911·7.0
Their Burglar
1911·10.0
David Copperfield
1911·8.0
Young Lochinvar
1911·10.0
A Doll's House
1911·7.0
Lorna Doone
1911·7.0
The Stepmother
1911·9.0
Get Rich Quick
1911·4.0
The Colonel and the King
1911·0.0
The Railroad Builder
1911·9.0
His Younger Brother
1911·7.0
The Pasha's Daughter
1911·6.0
Looking Forward
1910·0.0
Under Western Skies
1910·0.0