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William Russell
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American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (1884–1929)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 154
Top works
- Strayhorn
- Notes on the forests of British Guiana
- The cocoa-nut palm, its culture and diseases
- American Annals of Education and Instruction, and Journal of Literary Institutions, Volume 9
- American Annals of Education and Instruction, Volume 5
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Film & TV
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- Girls Gone Wild — Dan Brown1929
- The Head of the Family — The Plumber1928
- State Street Sadie — The Bat1928
- The Midnight Taxi — Joseph Brant1928
- Woman Wise — Ne'er-Do-Well1928
- The Danger Patrol — Sgt. John Daley1928
- The Desired Woman — Captain Maxwell1927
- Brass Knuckles — "Brass Knuckles" Lamont1927
- The Girl from Chicago — Big Steve Drummond1927
- The Blue Eagle — Big Tim Ryan1926
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1924-11-19
- Active to
- 2024-06-03
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,110
- Total plays
- 3,635
Tags
William Russell Wagner | b. February 26, 1905, Canton, MO d. August 9, 1992, New Orleans, LA. US American violinist, avant-garde composer deeply interested in percussion, accompanist to a touring puppet troupe, musical-instrument repairman, jazz-record producer, archivist and writer, New Orleans jazz collector. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/William+Russell">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Russell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Helen Ferguson
- Sibling
- Albert Russell
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Religion
- Christian Science
- Image
- William Russell 1916 2.jpg
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- date of death
- 1929-02-18
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- date of birth
- 1884-04-12
- Commons category
- William Russell (American actor)
- start of work period
- 1892-00-00
- different from
- William Russell
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