Where to watch William Russell in the UK
Find every William Russell film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 4 May 2026.
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" S…
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- Spearhead (1978) as Mr Dickson B.F.S.
- The Girl from Chicago (1927) as Big Steve Drummond
- Robin Hood (1913) as Robin Hood
- A Sporting Chance (1919) as John Stonehouse
- Brass Buttons (1919) as Kingdon Hollister
- Jess (1912) as Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
- The Desired Woman (1927) as Captain Maxwell
- The Portrait of Lady Anne (1912) as Lady Anne's Rejected Suitor
- Star of Bethlehem (1912) as King Herod
- Woman Wise (1928) as Ne'er-Do-Well
- Where the West Begins (1919) as Cliff Redfern
- The Way of a Girl (1925) as Brand
- Brass Knuckles (1927) as "Brass Knuckles" Lamont
- The Blue Eagle (1926) as Big Tim Ryan
- A Self-Made Man (1922) as Jack Spurlock
- The Head of the Family (1928) as The Plumber
- Six Feet Four (1919) as Buck Thornton
- Big Pal (1925) as Dan Williams
- Lucile (1912) as Duc de Luvois
- Shackles of Truth (1917) as Gerard Hale
- Eastward Ho! (1919) as Buck Lindsay
- State Street Sadie (1928) as The Bat
- The Cheater Reformed (1921) as Jordan McCall / Dr. Luther McCall
- Lorna Doone (1911) Cast
- The Midnight Taxi (1928) as Joseph Brant
- Up Romance Road (1918) as Gregory Thorne
- David Copperfield (1911) as Ham Peggotty (in part two)
- Boston Blackie (1923) as Boston Blackie
- Snap Judgment (1917) as James Page
- Hearts or Diamonds? (1918) as Larry Hanrahan
- The Beloved Brute (1924) as David Hinges
- The Challenge of the Law (1920) as Captain Bruce Cavanaugh
- The Iron Rider (1920) as Larry Lannigan
- Put Yourself in His Place (1912) as Squire Raby
- Mixed Faces (1922) as Judge J. Woodworth Granger
- The Forest Rose (1912) as Captain Maywood
- The Still Alarm (1926) as Richard Fay
- The Lincoln Highwayman (1919) as Jimmy Clunder
- The Power of the Press (1914) as Turner Morgan
- East Lynne (1912) as Francis Levison
- Tannhäuser (1913) as Wolfram
- The Crusader (1922) as Peter Brent
- Sacred Silence (1919) as Capt. James Craig
- Dora Thorne (1915) as Ronald
- Under Western Skies (1910) as A Marriage Witness
- Rejuvenation (1912) as The Lighthouse Keeper
- The Lady from Longacre (1921) as Lord Anthony Conway
- The Ring of a Spanish Grandee (1912) as Don Rodrigo
- The Cry of the Children (1912) as The factory owner
- The Marble Heart (1913) as Editor
- Little Dorrit (1913) as Arthur Clennam
- Anna Christie (1923) as Matt Burke
- His Fireman's Conscience (1914) as The Railroad Fireman
- Young Lochinvar (1911) as Young Lochinvar
- Under the Gaslight (1914) as Ray Trafford
- Undine (1912) as Spirit of the Brook
- Wings of the Storm (1926) as Bill Martin
- The Wrecked Taxi (1912) as The Husband
- The Girl of the Grove (1912) as The Doctor
- Petticoat Camp (1912) Cast
- Under Two Flags (1912) as The Colonel
- The Repeater (1912) as The Political Reformer
- Pa's Medicine (1912) as Willie's Father
- A Doll's House (1911) Cast
- The Great Night (1922) as Larry Gilmore
- The Diamond from the Sky (1915) as Blair Stanley
- Girls Gone Wild (1929) as Dan Brown
- Singing River (1920) as Long Rush
- When a Man Rides Alone (1919) as William Sykes
- The Saleslady (1912) as The Bumpkin
- Hobbs in a Hurry (1918) as J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.
- The Stepmother (1911) Cast
- A Rough Shod Fighter (1917) as Frank Carlisle
- Flying to Fortune (1912) as The Doctor
- Jilted (1912) as The Suitor
- For Her Boy's Sake (1913) Cast
- The Roof Tree (1921) as Ken Thornton
- For Sale -- A Life (1912) as The Card Player
- Alias the Night Wind (1923) as Bing Howard
- This Hero Stuff (1919) as Captain November Jones
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Most-watched William Russell films currently: The Girl from Chicago (1927), Robin Hood (1913), A Sporting Chance (1919), Brass Buttons (1919), Jess (1912).
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Selected TV credits: Spearhead (1978).
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