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Birthday
April 12, 1884
Day of Death
1929-02-18
(44 years old)
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known 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 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.
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Peggy's Invitation
as Henry Farland, a Young Banker
Robin Hood
as Robin Hood
Moths
as Prince Zouroff
Little Dorrit
as Arthur Clennam
Tannhäuser
as Wolfram
King Rene’s Daughter
as Pierre, Captain of the Guards
While Baby Slept
as The Husband
The Caged Bird
as The Farmer
Carmen
as Escamillo, the Toreador
The Marble Heart
as Editor
1912
Star of Bethlehem
as King Herod
The Repeater
as The Political Reformer
The Forest Rose
as Captain Maywood
Lucile
as Duc de Luvois
The Little Girl Next Door
as The Other Father
Put Yourself in His Place
as Squire Raby
For the Mikado
as The Russian Traitor
Undine
as Spirit of the Brook
The Wrecked Taxi
as The Husband
The Portrait of Lady Anne
as Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
Pa's Medicine
as Willie's Father
Under Two Flags
as The Colonel
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
as Don Rodrigo
Jess
as Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
The Little Shut-in
as Manly Feet
Jilted
as The Suitor
The Cry of the Children
as The factory owner
Rejuvenation
as The Lighthouse Keeper
Into the Desert
as The American Girl's Fiancé
The Girl of the Grove
as The Doctor
For Sale -- A Life
as The Card Player
Flying to Fortune
as The Doctor
The Silent Witness
as The Young Husband
East Lynne
as Francis Levison
A Niagara Honeymoon
as The Groom
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