William Russell

William Russell

actor, director, producer

William Russell was born on Apr 12, 1884 in USA. William Russell's big-screen debut came with The Vicar of Wakefield directed by Theodore Marston in 1910, strarring . William Russell is known for Girls Gone Wild directed by Lewis Seiler, Sue Carol stars as Babs Holworthy and Nick Stuart as Buck Brown. The upcoming new movie William Russell plays is Madonna of Avenue A which will be released on Jun 22, 1929.

Silent-film star William Russell was born in the Bronx, New York, in the late 1880s (various sources give it as 1884, 1886 and 1889). His mother, Clara, was a highly regarded stage actress. Russell studied law at Fordham University (and, some sources say, Harvard University). He started a law practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but it wasn't particularly successful. He tried a variety of other jobs--including bookmaker and boxing instructor--before deciding to give the stage a shot. He had actually been a fairly successful child actor on the stage, and after re-entering the profession as an adult, he found himself acting with

  • Birthday

    Apr 12, 1884
  • Place of Birth

    The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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