Birthday
1884/04/12
Day of death
1929/02/18 (44 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
William E. Russell, William Lerche
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 al...Read more
(1912) The Girl of the Grove
as The Doctor
(1912) Flying to Fortune
as The Doctor
(1916) The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
as Robert Langdon
(1924) The Beloved Brute
as David Hinges
(1917) A Rough Shod Fighter
as ---
(1910) Under Western Skies
as A Marriage Witness
(1911) Lorna Doone
as ---
(1911) The Railroad Builder
as ---
(1911) His Younger Brother
as ---
(1911) The Stepmother
as ---
(1911) Their Burglar
as ---
(1912) The Little Shut-in
as Manly Feet
(1912) A Niagara Honeymoon
as The Groom
(1912) For Sale -- A Life
as The Card Player
(1912) Jess
as Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
(1912) Jilted
as The Suitor
(1912) The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
as Don Rodrigo
(1912) Pa's Medicine
as Willie's Father
(1912) Put Yourself in His Place
as Squire Raby
(1912) The Repeater
as The Political Reformer
(1912) Undine
as Spirit of the Brook
(1912) Lucile
as Duc de Luvois
(1913) For Her Boy's Sake
as ---
(1912) The Forest Rose
as Captain Maywood
(1913) While Baby Slept
as The Husband
(1913) The Caged Bird
as The Farmer
(1913) Peggy's Invitation
as Henry Farland, a Young Banker
(1914) His Fireman's Conscience
as The Railroad Fireman
(1914) The Power of the Press
as Turner Morgan
(1915) Dora Thorne
as Ronald
(1914) Under the Gaslight
as Ray Trafford
(1923) Anna Christie
as Matt Burke
(1919) Sacred Silence
as Capt. James Craig
(1926) The Blue Eagle
as Big Tim Ryan
(1927) The Desired Woman
as Captain Maxwell
(1923) Boston Blackie
as Boston Blackie
(1928) The Head of the Family
as The Plumber
(1922) Mixed Faces
as Judge J. Woodworth Granger
(1922) The Crusader
as Peter Brent
(1915) The Diamond from the Sky
as Blair Stanley
(1912) Into the Desert
as The American Girl's Fiancé
(1912) Rejuvenation
as The Lighthouse Keeper
(1912) The Saleslady
as ---
(1919) Six Feet Four
as Buck Thornton
(1912) The Portrait of Lady Anne
as Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
(1921) The Cheater Reformed
as Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
(1920) The Iron Rider
as Larry Lannigan
(1920) The Challenge of the Law
as Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
(1919) The Lincoln Highwayman
as Jimmy Clunder
(1919) Eastward Ho!
as ---
(1927) Brass Knuckles
as "Brass Knuckles" Lamont
(1912) The Cry of the Children
as The factory owner
(1913) King Rene’s Daughter
as Pierre, Captain of the Guards
(1913) Moths
as Prince Zouroff
(1913) Tannhäuser
as Wolfram
(1913) Little Dorrit
as Arthur Clennam
(1928) The Midnight Taxi
as Joseph Brant
(1928) State Street Sadie
as The Bat
(1919) A Sporting Chance
as John Stonehouse
(1913) Carmen
as Escamillo, the Toreador
(1913) The Marble Heart
as Editor
(1912) The Little Girl Next Door
as The Other Father
(1912) Star of Bethlehem
as King Herod
(1912) Petticoat Camp
as ---
(1911) Get Rich Quick
as Bunco artist
(1911) The Pasha's Daughter
as ---
(1927) The Girl from Chicago
as Big Steve Drummond
(1912) East Lynne
as Francis Levison
(1919) Where the West Begins
as Cliff Redfern
(1919) Brass Buttons
as Kingdon Hollister
(1917) The Masked Heart
as Philip Greycourt
(1925) Big Pal
as Dan Williams
(1912) Under Two Flags
as The Colonel
(1928) Woman Wise
as Ne'er-Do-Well
(1911) Young Lochinvar
as Young Lochinvar
(1911) David Copperfield
as Ham Peggotty (in part two)
(1918) Up Romance Road
as Gregory Thorne
(1922) A Self-Made Man
as Jack Spurlock
(1911) A Doll's House
as ---
(1918) Hearts or Diamonds?
as Larry Hanrahan
(1916) The Bruiser
as 'Big Bill' Brawley
(1911) The Lady from the Sea
as Alfred, the Sailor
(1913) Robin Hood
as Robin Hood
(1915) Garden of Lies
as Dennis Mallory
(1914) The Straight Road
as Bill Hubbell
(1912) The Wrecked Taxi
as The Husband
(1912) The Silent Witness
as The Young Husband
(1920) Singing River
as Long Rush
(1921) The Lady from Longacre
as Lord Anthony Conway
(1917) Snap Judgment
as James Page
(1917) Shackles of Truth
as Gerard Hale
(1926) The Still Alarm
as Richard Fay