William Russell
Birthday
1924/11/19
Day of death
2024/06/03 (99 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Sunderland, County Durham, England, UK
Also know as
William Russell Enoch, Enoch Russell, William Russel, Russel Enoch, Russell Enoch
Biography
William Russell Enoch (19 November 1924–3 June 2024) was an English actor. He achieved prominence in 1956 when he took the title role in the ITV television series The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956–1957). In 1963, he became part of the original lead cast of BBC1's Doctor Who, playing the role of schoolteacher Ian Chesterton opposite William Hartnell from the show's first episode until 1965. Russell's film roles include parts in The Man Who Never Was (1956), The Great Escape (1963) and Superman...Read more
Acting
(1963) The Great Escape
as Sorren
(1953) Malta Story
as Officer at Prison
(1955) Above Us the Waves
as Ramsey
(1995) The Affair
as Dr. Hastings
(1955) One Good Turn
as Alec Bigley
(1997) Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
as King Charles VI of France / Bishop of Ely / Sir Thomas Erpingham
(1953) The Saint's Return
as Keith Merton
(1980) Dead Man's Kit
as Senior Officer
(1957) The Big Chance
as Bill Anderson
(2022) Executive Order
as ---
(2023) Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
(1999) Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell
as ---
(1963) Return to Sender
as Mike Cochran
(1953) Intimate Relations
as Michael
(1978) Terror
as Lord Garrick
(1962) The Share Out
as ---
(2017) The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
as ---
(1964) Doctor Who: The Aztecs
as Ian Chesterton
(1981) Little Girls Don't
as Daddy
(1957) The Adventures of Hal 5
as ---
(1954) They Who Dare
as Lieutenant Poole
(1963) Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
as Ian Chesterton
(1964) Doctor Who: The Daleks
as Ian Chesterton
(1964) Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
as Ian Chesterton
(1964) Doctor Who: Marco Polo
as Ian Chesterton
(1964) Doctor Who: The Sensorites
as Ian Chesterton
(1964) Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
as Ian Chesterton
(1964) Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
as Ian Chesterton
(1964) Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
as Ian Chesterton
(1964) Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
as Ian Chesterton
(1965) Doctor Who: The Romans
as Ian Chesterton
(1965) Doctor Who: The Web Planet
as Ian Chesterton
(1965) Doctor Who: The Rescue
as Ian Chesterton
(1965) Doctor Who: The Crusade
as Ian Chesterton
(1965) Doctor Who: The Space Museum
as Ian Chesterton
(1975) Three Men in a Boat
as Doctor
(1965) Doctor Who: The Chase
as Ian Chesterton
(1978) Superman
as 8th Elder
(1961) Adventure Story
as Hephaestion
(2013) An Adventure in Space and Time
as Harry
(1956) The Man Who Never Was
as Joe
(2006) Doctor Who: Origins
as Self
(2006) Creation of the Daleks
as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
(1952) Gift Horse
as Crewman
(1954) The Gay Dog
as Leslie Gowland
(1979) Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
as Don
(1980) Death Watch
as Dr. Mason
(2006) Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction"
as Self / Ian Chesterton
(2006) Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
as Self / Ian Chesterton
(2006) Masters of Sound
as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
(2009) The Sets of Marinus
as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
(2002) Remembering 'The Aztecs'
as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
(2012) Vision On
as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
(2012) Don't Lose Your Head
as Himself
(1976) Newsworthy - The Girl Who Saw a Tiger
as Mr Rose
(1979) Shoestring
as ---
(1992) Heartbeat
as Gabriel Firth
(1984) Robin of Sherwood
as The Duke of Gloucester
(1975) The Hanged Man
as Peter Kroger
(1962) Dr. Finlay's Casebook
as ---
(1956) The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as Sir Lancelot du Lac
(1972) Van der Valk
as Rokin
(1978) Disraeli
as Wyndham Lewis
(1960) Sunday-Night Play
as Colonel Friedrich Eilers, Leader of a Fighter Squadron
(1957) Nicholas Nickleby
as Nicholas Nickleby
(1966) Breaking Point (UK)
as ---
(1974) Father Brown
as ---
(1965) Doctor Who: Lost in Time
as Ian
(1969) The Main Chance
as Arnold Galbraith
(1986) Casualty
as Mo Meredrew
(1979) Testament of Youth
as ---
(1971) Justice
as Dr. Victor Ainsworth
(1963) Doctor Who
as Ian Chesterton
(2005) Doctor Who
as Ian Chesterton
(1977) The Professionals
as Charles Holly