William Russell
Popularity:0.016
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1884-04-12
Place of Birth:The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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Also Known As:William E. Russell, William Lerche

The Girl of the Grove (1912)
The girl was young, pretty, and also a good businesswoman; When her father died she took up the reins of management and ran an orange grove with...

Flying to Fortune (1912)
A wealthy old man, who has been a semi-invalid for years, is informed by his physician that his case is hopeless. The invalid decides to put "his...

The Smugglers of Santa Cruz (1916)
Langdon, a revenue officer in search of smugglers operating along the coast of Santa Cruz Island, Cal., meets Verna. the daughter of the lighthouse...

The Beloved Brute (1924)
A Western melodrama about brothers, separated in early childhood, who wound up as opponents in a side-show wrestling match.

A Rough Shod Fighter (1917)
A Rough Shod Fighter

Under Western Skies (1910)
The girl gives herself to one of the men to escape a worse fate, though she separates from another lover to do it. Later she discovers in a dramatic...

Lorna Doone (1911)
Lorna Dugal, the little daughter of an English nobleman, is carried off by her father's enemies, the Doones, when she is five years old. Sire Ensor...

The Railroad Builder (1911)
The construction of a new railroad, designed to bring prosperity to a section of the country, brings sorrow to one home. An aged invalid finds that...

His Younger Brother (1911)
A young clerk, employed by a wealthy broker, weakly yields to the temptations of city life, and embezzles some of the money entrusted to his care.

The Stepmother (1911)
When the two little daughters of a young widower are told that he is preparing to bring up to the house to see them, a young lady who is to be their...

Their Burglar (1911)
In the course of a fashionable reception at her home, a young girl quarrels with her suitor. Piqued by a fancied wrong, the girl with complaisance...

The Little Shut-in (1912)
His home was a dreary room in a basement; he was hopelessly crippled; his widowed mother was just able to keep their home together by steady work as...

A Niagara Honeymoon (1912)
A well-to-do family, living in a suburban town, was annoyed on receiving word that the wife's sister-in-law intended to pay them a visit. When she...

For Sale -- A Life (1912)
A nervous, fault-finding invalid decides that his health requires that he shall live in the South, and manages to exchange his place "Up North," for...

Jess (1912)
Silas Croft was a kindly old Englishman who had a farm in South Africa. With him resided his two nieces, whom he had taken from their drunken,...

Jilted (1912)
Age old tale of a couple marooned.

The Ring of a Spanish Grandee (1912)
A romantic young girl, visiting St. Augustine, finds that she must make the choice which means happiness or misery for life. She has two suitors, one...

Pa's Medicine (1912)
Willie West, a small boy, is very fond of his pet rabbit. He is unhappy because Hank (the rabbit) seems to be losing his former good health. When...

Put Yourself in His Place (1912)
The story concerns the love of Henry Little for Grace Carden and its reciprocal sentiment, with the time-honored interference of those who attempt to...

The Repeater (1912)
The story's hero, a reformer in politics, has been accused and convicted of "padding the registration lists," but on procured evidence and on a...

Undine (1912)
In the days long ago when knights were brave and venturesome, enchanted forests grew and mythical creatures lived among us.

Lucile (1912)
Lucile is a 1912 drama film short.

For Her Boy's Sake (1913)
The son of a poor widow fell in love with a heartless showgirl who spurned the simple gifts he gave her. In a moment of desperation he tried to rob...

The Forest Rose (1912)
Forester and Maywood, two wealthy neighbor planters, volunteered their services to defend their country when the war of the Revolution broke out....

While Baby Slept (1913)
The young farmer's wife had one trial, her husband's father. He was old and peevish, and so racked and crippled by illness that he could not walk a...

The Caged Bird (1913)
The beautiful young princess was weary of the formality and ceremony that encompassed her. She had read many books and from them had gained the idea...

Peggy's Invitation (1913)
A society woman who lives in the suburbs near the sea had laid her plans to insure the marriage of her daughter to a wealthy young banker.

His Fireman's Conscience (1914)
Engineer Daily is forced to discharge his fireman for habitual drunkenness. His young daughter, Rosanna, wanders down to the tracks, and the door of...

The Power of the Press (1914)
An innocent man, serving a sentence of five years in prison through the perjured testimony of the real criminal, Steve Carson, foreman of a shipyard,...

Dora Thorne (1915)
Ronald, heir to Lord Earle in Earlescourt, England, secretly loves Dora Thorne, a desirable but working-class woman. When Lord Earle hears of the...

Under the Gaslight (1914)
Heroine Laura suffers spectacularly as her romance with her soldier sweetheart is destroyed by malicious gossip.

Anna Christie (1923)
A troubled young woman comes to live with her estranged father on the New York waterfront. A tough sailor falls in love with her, sparking conflict...

Sacred Silence (1919)
Lieut. Ralph Harrison is in love with Major Marston's wife, who pretends to love him. Harrison's mother implores Capt. Jim Craig to intervene to save...

The Blue Eagle (1926)
Waterfront rivals George Darcy and Big Tim Ryan are both in love with Rose Kelly, and continue their feud when they join the Navy. After the war,...

The Desired Woman (1927)
The beautiful and cultured Lady Diana Whitney marries Captain Maxwell of the British Army. When he is transferred to the Sahara, life at his remote...

Boston Blackie (1923)
Boston Blackie is a former prison inmate campaigning to outlaw Warden Benton's infamous "Water Cross" torture. Benton, however, is successful in his...

The Head of the Family (1928)
Silent Comedy of the battle of the sexes for dominance within the home.

Mixed Faces (1922)
Judge Granger, a candidate for mayor, attempts to persuade Mary Allen Sayre to marry him. She meets his double, a young traveling salesman named...

The Crusader (1922)
Veteran action hero William Russell starred opposite his offscreen wife Helen Ferguson in this typical Fox oater about a miner who finds himself up...

The Diamond from the Sky (1915)
This serial told the story of the diamond heir loom of the Stanley family.

Into the Desert (1912)
An American girl and her father were traveling in the Orient, and there they were joined by the young woman's fiancé. He knew the dangers of...

Rejuvenation (1912)
A rich man who finds that there is nothing in life worth living for, is worse off than is a poor man in similar circumstances, for the poor man may...

The Saleslady (1912)
Silent romantic drama...

Six Feet Four (1919)
A cowboy matches the description of the man who robbed the local hotel--both are 6'4". When a young woman is robbed, suspicion falls on the cowboy...

The Portrait of Lady Anne (1912)
The ghost of a selfish, inconsiderate woman must make up for her past transgressions by making sure that her descendant marries the man who is right...

The Cheater Reformed (1921)
Thomas Edinburgh is secretly in love with Carol, wife of the Reverend Luther McCall, and produces evidence that her husband was once an embezzler....

The Iron Rider (1920)
When law and order fade into distant memory in Angel City, the townspeople yearn for the era of the Iron Riders, a band of men who took justice into...

The Challenge of the Law (1920)
A Canadian Mountie pursues an outlaw across the border into the America...

The Lincoln Highwayman (1919)
Masked bandit The Lincoln Highwayman terrorizes motorists on California highways. His latest victims are a San Francisco banker and his family on...

Brass Knuckles (1927)
Zac Harrison, upon his release from prison, assumes responsibility for seeing to the needs of June Curry, the 17-year-old daughter of a fellow inmate...

The Cry of the Children (1912)
An indictment of the evils of child labor, the film was controversial in its time for its use of actual footage of children employed in a working...

King Rene’s Daughter (1913)
This elaborate and well-staged silent version of Hertz' play is exceedingly well produced for 1913: it starts off by introducing the actors by name...

Moths (1913)
A French woman has to marry a Russian to preserve the reputation of her society mother. However she is in love with someone else.

Tannhäuser (1913)
Dramatic three-reel film based on Wagner's opera of chivalry and spiritual struggle. Wandering minstrel Tannhauser wins the heart of Elizabeth, niece...

Little Dorrit (1913)
A short adaption of the novel by Charles Dickens.

The Midnight Taxi (1928)
The Midnight Taxi is a 1928 early part-talkie thriller picture from Warner Bros. directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Antonio Moreno, Helen...

State Street Sadie (1928)
Unassuming clerk Tom Blake is framed for the murder of a policeman in the midst of a violent bank robbery. Considered a lost film.

A Sporting Chance (1919)
John Stonehouse (William Russell) checks into a hotel, intending to commit suicide. But instead he winds up helping a girl, Gilberte Bonheur (Fritzi...

Carmen (1913)
A three-reel version of the famous stage production. Don Jose, the hero of the famous book by Prosper Merimee, and Bizet's celebrated opera, was born...

The Marble Heart (1913)
Outside the door of the home of a sculptor and his mother, fell a poor, friendless young girl. They took the girl in and cared for her, and as time...

The Little Girl Next Door (1912)
Helen Randall and Ruth Foster were little tots. The two children lived side by side on one of the fashionable streets in New York City. One day Helen...

Star of Bethlehem (1912)
Following a bright wandering star, three magi from the East travel to Bethlehem of Judea to meet a very special newborn baby. Meanwhile, King Herod,...

Petticoat Camp (1912)
Several married couples go on a camp-out together, but the women soon realize that the men expect them to do all the dirty work.

Get Rich Quick (1911)
An investment plan that tells potential investors they can "get rich quickly" turns out to be a swindle, and investors are in danger of losing all...

The Pasha's Daughter (1911)
An American in Turkey is mistakenly arrested and thrown in jail. He escapes and is helped by the daughter of the local ruler, called the Pasha.

The Girl from Chicago (1927)
Mary Carlton, who lives with her invalid father on a cotton plantation, receives a letter from Bob, her brother, in New York, stating that he faces...

East Lynne (1912)
Based on the novel of the same name by Mrs. Henry Wood (Ellen Wood).

Where the West Begins (1919)
William Russell plays Cliff Redfern, a hard-ridin' Westerner who takes a liking to Easterner Ned Caldwell (Cullen Landis), the dissolute son of a...

Brass Buttons (1919)
Kingston Hollister admires Bernice Cleveland from afar. He asks Officer Callahan, the policeman on the beat, about her and mistakenly believes she is...

Big Pal (1925)
A judge's daughter spurns his wealthy lifestyle and goes to do social work in poorer neighborhoods. There she meets a boxer contending for a...

Under Two Flags (1912)
Drama of life in the foreign legion of Africa

Woman Wise (1928)
Woman Wise is a 1928 American silent comedy drama film directed by Albert Ray and starring William Russell, June Collyer, and Walter Pidgeon.

Young Lochinvar (1911)
The “gallant young Lochinvar” and his stolen bride lead their pursuers on a merry chase

David Copperfield (1911)
Thanhouser Company three-reel silent film based on Charles Dickens’s story of an English lad's tribulation-filled journey to adulthood,...

Up Romance Road (1918)
An engaged couple, whose two fathers are millionaire ship owners, is determined to put a little life in their engagement by writing a threatening...

A Self-Made Man (1922)
Jack Spurlock, the lazy son of a railroad tycoon, is estranged from his fiancée, Anita Gray, because he refuses to work. When his father...

A Doll's House (1911)
Based on the play by Henrik Ibsen.

Hearts or Diamonds? (1918)
Wealthy diamond collector Larry Hanrahan is given the opportunity to assist the beautiful, jewel-bedecked woman he admires in a Broadway café...

The Bruiser (1916)
Athletic star William Russell puts on his boxing gloves for this waterfront drama.

The Lady from the Sea (1911)
Ellida was the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, and spent many hours near the water's edge. While she was still scarcely more than a child, one of...

Robin Hood (1913)
Robin Hood and his followers aid the poor and oppressed from their hideout in Sherwood Forest, pursued by the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Garden of Lies (1915)
An American girl marries the prince of a small European country. On their wedding day, the couple is involved in a car accident, the result of which...

The Silent Witness (1912)
The president of a state bank, guilty of malfeasance bribes the District Attorney to suppress the case. The DA’s secretary takes a photograph...

The Lady from Longacre (1921)
To escape a loathsome marriage to the king of a neighboring principality, Princess Isabel flees her kingdom for England, where she is rescued by Lord...

Shackles of Truth (1917)
Law partners, Gerard Hale and Luther Snaith, vie for a vacant Senate seat as well as the governor's daughter Marion. When Tom Shores and his sister...

The Still Alarm (1926)
Lucy Fay leaves her husband, Richard, a fireman, for a suave politician, Perry Dunn. Richard compensates for the loss by adopting Drina, a baby girl...

The Dancing Girl (1915)
Drusilla Ives, a young Quaker girl living on an isolated island, leaves to become the servant of the spendthrift Duke of Guisenberry in London, who...