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