William Russell Movies

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 he...

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 mill...

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 be...

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 f...

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, they...

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 po...

Silent Comedy film directed by Joseph C. Boyle

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

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

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 the count...

Silent romantic drama...

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 aga...

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...

Thomas Edinburgh is secretly in love with Carol, wife of the Reverend Luther McCall, and produces evidence that her husband was once an embezzler. Lea...

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 t...

A Canadian Mountie pursues an outlaw across the border into the America...

Marian Calvert becomes infatuated with the infamous Lincoln Highwayman ....

A short adaption of the novel by Charles Dickens.

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 an...