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William Russell

William Russell

Acting November 19, 1924 (99 years old) June 3, 2024 Sunderland, County Durham, England, UK

Biography

William Russell Enoch (19 November 1924–3 June 2024) was an English actor. He achieved prominence in 1956 when he took the title role in the ITV television series The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956–1957). In 1963, he became part of the original lead cast of BBC1's Doctor Who, playing the role of schoolteacher Ian Chesterton opposite William Hartnell from the show's first episode until 1965. Russell's film roles include parts in The Man Who Never Was (1956), The Great Escape (1963) and Superman (1978). On television, he notably appeared as Ted Sullivan in Coronation Street in 1992. In recent years, Russell has maintained his association with Doctor Who; he returned to the show in 2022, making a cameo appearance as Ian in "The Power of the Doctor", 57 years after the character's last television appearance. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Movies 66

Superman 7.2

Superman

as 8th Elder

1978
The Great Escape 7.9

The Great Escape

as Sorren

1963
The Man Who Never Was 7.0

The Man Who Never Was

as Joe

1956
Death Watch 6.4

Death Watch

as Dr. Mason

1980
An Adventure in Space and Time 7.7

An Adventure in Space and Time

as Harry

2013
Three Men in a Boat 6.2

Three Men in a Boat

as Doctor

1975
Doctor Who: Marco Polo 7.4

Doctor Who: Marco Polo

as Ian Chesterton

1964
Above Us the Waves 6.1

Above Us the Waves

as Ramsey

1955
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror 6.7

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

as Ian Chesterton

1964
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks 7.9

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

as Ian Chesterton (archive footage) (uncredited)

1984
The Four Minute Mile 7.5

The Four Minute Mile

as AAA Official

1988
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour 6.6

Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour

as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)

2023
Doctor Who: The Chase 6.9

Doctor Who: The Chase

as Ian Chesterton

1965
Doctor Who: The Web Planet 5.9

Doctor Who: The Web Planet

as Ian Chesterton

1965
They Who Dare 5.9

They Who Dare

as Lieutenant Poole

1954
Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth 7.3

Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth

as Ian Chesterton

1964
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus 6.3

Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus

as Ian Chesterton

1964
The Ties That Bind Us

The Ties That Bind Us

as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)

2008
The Saint's Return 5.8

The Saint's Return

as Keith Merton

1953
Doctor Who: The Daleks 7.4

Doctor Who: The Daleks

as Ian Chesterton

1964
One Good Turn 6.2

One Good Turn

as Alec Bigley

1955
Doctor Who: The Romans 8.0

Doctor Who: The Romans

as Ian Chesterton

1965
Malta Story 6.3

Malta Story

as Officer at Prison

1953
The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years

The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years

2017
The Affair 4.0

The Affair

as Dr. Hastings

1995
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child 7.3

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

as Ian Chesterton

1963
Doctor Who: The Space Museum 6.8

Doctor Who: The Space Museum

as Ian Chesterton

1965
Gift Horse 6.6

Gift Horse

as Crewman

1952
Doctor Who: Origins 8.5

Doctor Who: Origins

as Self

2006
Executive Order 6.9

Executive Order

2022
Doctor Who: The Sensorites 5.8

Doctor Who: The Sensorites

as Ian Chesterton

1964
Return to Sender 4.1

Return to Sender

as Mike Cochran

1963
Terror 5.3

Terror

as Lord Garrick

1979
Dead Man's Kit

Dead Man's Kit

as Senior Officer

1980
Doctor Who: The Aztecs 7.5

Doctor Who: The Aztecs

as Ian Chesterton

1964
Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth' 9.0

Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth'

as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)

2003
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction' 7.0

Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'

as Self / Ian Chesterton

2006
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS 8.0

Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS

as Self / Ian Chesterton

2006
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction 6.0

Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction

as Ian Chesterton

1964
Instant Enlightenment Including VAT 4.5

Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

as Don

1979
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants 7.4

Doctor Who: Planet of Giants

as Ian Chesterton

1964
Rediscovering the Urge to Live 7.0

Rediscovering the Urge to Live

2012
The Adventures of Hal 5 7.5

The Adventures of Hal 5

1957
Doctor Who: The Crusade 6.6

Doctor Who: The Crusade

as Ian Chesterton

1965
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe

Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe

as King Charles VI of France / Bishop of Ely / Sir Thomas Erpingham

1997
Creation of the Daleks 8.0

Creation of the Daleks

as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)

2006
Doctor Who: The Rescue 6.9

Doctor Who: The Rescue

as Ian Chesterton

1965
Intimate Relations 4.6

Intimate Relations

as Michael

1953
Don't Lose Your Head: The Making of 'The Reign of Terror'

Don't Lose Your Head: The Making of 'The Reign of Terror'

as Himself

2012
What Has 'The Romans' Ever Done For Us?

What Has 'The Romans' Ever Done For Us?

as Self

2009
The Sets of Marinus 7.5

The Sets of Marinus

as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)

2009
Vision On

Vision On

as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)

2012
Little Girls Don't 7.0

Little Girls Don't

as Daddy

1981
The Gay Dog 7.0

The Gay Dog

as Leslie Gowland

1954
The Big Chance 4.2

The Big Chance

as Bill Anderson

1957
Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?

Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?

2009
William Russell: In Conversation

William Russell: In Conversation

as Self

2022
Remembering 'The Aztecs' 7.5

Remembering 'The Aztecs'

as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)

2002
Last Stop White City 8.0

Last Stop White City

as Self

2010
Newsworthy - The Girl Who Saw a Tiger

Newsworthy - The Girl Who Saw a Tiger

as Mr Rose

1976
Tales of Isop 8.0

Tales of Isop

as Self

2005
Adventure Story 6.0

Adventure Story

as Hephaestion

1961
Masters of Sound 8.0

Masters of Sound

as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)

2006
The Share Out 4.0

The Share Out

as Mike Stafford

1962
Mounting the Rescue

Mounting the Rescue

as Self

2009
Agatha Christie Poirot After the Funeral

Agatha Christie Poirot After the Funeral

as Russell Lanscombe

2006

TV Shows 47

Coronation Street 5.3

Coronation Street

as Ted Sullivan

1960
Doctor Who 7.9

Doctor Who

as Ian Chesterton

1963
Agatha Christie's Poirot 8.2

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Lanscombe

1989
Casualty 6.2

Casualty

as Mo Meredrew

1986
Great Performances 6.1

Great Performances

1971
Heartbeat 7.1

Heartbeat

as Gabriel Firth

1992
Play for Today 6.6

Play for Today

as Don

1970
ITV Playhouse 7.0

ITV Playhouse

as Frank

1967
ITV Playhouse 7.0

ITV Playhouse

as Daddy

1967
The Professionals 7.6

The Professionals

as Charles Holly

1977
Blackadder 8.0

Blackadder

as The Duke of Winchester

1983
Sunday Night Theatre 3.5

Sunday Night Theatre

as Bill Bolton

1950
Sunday Night Theatre 3.5

Sunday Night Theatre

as Renny

1950
Sunday Night Theatre 3.5

Sunday Night Theatre

as Vicomte de Tournai

1950
Dr. Finlay's Casebook 6.7

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

1962
Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

as Colonel Friedrich Eilers, Leader of a Fighter Squadron

1960
Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

as Oliver Farrant

1960
Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

as Lord Bleane

1960
Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

as John Freeman

1960
Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

as Charles Hemington

1960
Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

as Gerald Croft

1960
Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

as Frank

1960
Robin of Sherwood 7.6

Robin of Sherwood

as The Duke of Gloucester

1984
Van der Valk 6.2

Van der Valk

as Rokin

1972
Strangers 7.2

Strangers

as Bamford Harker

1978
Justice 7.3

Justice

as Dr. Victor Ainsworth

1971
BBC2 Play of the Week 7.0

BBC2 Play of the Week

as Headmaster / Lord Folkestone / Chapman

1977
The Main Chance 8.2

The Main Chance

as Arnold Galbraith

1969
Shoestring 7.7

Shoestring

as David Carn

1979
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot 7.0

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

as Sir Lancelot du Lac

1956
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot 7.0

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

as Sir Bliant

1956
Suspense 6.7

Suspense

as John Richards

1962
Detective 9.0

Detective

as Bill Cartwright

1964
Lilli Palmer Theatre 8.0

Lilli Palmer Theatre

as Boy

1955
Father Brown 7.1

Father Brown

as Reverend Wilfred Bohun

1974
Spearhead 7.5

Spearhead

as Mr Dickson B.F.S.

1978
Armchair Thriller 4.7

Armchair Thriller

as Senior Officer

1978
Harriet's Back in Town

Harriet's Back in Town

as Tom Preston

1972
Disraeli 7.6

Disraeli

as Wyndham Lewis

1978
Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

as St. John Rivers

1963
Armchair Theatre 6.0

Armchair Theatre

as Smoky

1956
Testament of Youth 7.8

Testament of Youth

1979
The Hanged Man 7.0

The Hanged Man

as Peter Kroger

1975
Doctor Who: Lost in Time

Doctor Who: Lost in Time

as Ian

1965
Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby

as Nicholas Nickleby

1957
Breaking Point

Breaking Point

1966
St. Ives 8.0

St. Ives

as St. Ives

1955

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