William Russ

William Russ

1950-10-20 Portsmouth, Virginia, USA 59 Credits

Biography

William Russ was born on October 20, 1950 in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA as William Hardy Russ IV. He is known for his work on Boy Meets World (1993), Wiseguy (1987) and Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986). He is married to Clare Wren. They have two children.

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Founders Day

Founders Day

2024

as Mr. Jackson

4.7
Acting

A small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election.

Founders Day

Founders Day

2024

Co-Producer

4.7
Producing

A small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election.

Keeping Company

Keeping Company

2021

as Glen Garrey

4.9
Acting

A fateful chain of events begin to unravel after two brash insurance salesmen go knocking on the wrong door and find themselves trapped in a stranger'...

Chasing the Rain

Chasing the Rain

2020

as Ed

5.0
Acting

A reticent young photographer strives to find a normal life working a dead-end job in a mall portrait studio and volunteering as a clean water activis...

Father by Law

Father by Law

2019

as Dale

7.0
Acting

A father attempts to reconnect with his daughter on her wedding day.

The Maestro

The Maestro

2018

as Abe Herst

6.0
Acting

After the Second World War, budding film composer Jerry Herst moves to Hollywood to study with infamous master teacher Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

Between Waves

Between Waves

2018

as Sonny

6.0
Acting

When a best-selling author has a midlife crisis, he returns to his coastal hometown and embarks on a wild adventure in a desperate attempt to reclaim ...

Magic Hour

Magic Hour

2015

as Bruce Fox

4.0
Acting

During a hot summer in 1990, a young man, Ray, moves into his aunt's Venice Beach home to find his direction in life. While there, he is befriended by...

Jonestown

2013

as Leo Ryan

Acting

A thriller that dramatizes the last 24 hours in the lives of Jim Jones and The Peoples Temple Church through the eyes of a reporter.

Drones

Drones

2013

as General Lawson

4.6
Acting

Drones begins in the Nevada desert, where new girl Sue Lawson joins airman Jack in a hot, windowless bunker from which they manoeuvre unmanned drones ...

California Solo

California Solo

2012

as Rusty

5.6
Acting

Lachlan MacAldonich is a self-described “lazy Scotsman” and former guitar player for a once-popular 1990s rock band. No longer famous, he now lives a ...

Green Guys

2011

as Peter Donnelly

4.3
Acting

Four young con artists start a top-secret money laundering scheme - and are slowly torn apart by their own greed and corruption.

1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position

1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position

2010

as Evan

4.0
Acting

In the near future, where government regulations are so restrictive our most intimate acts are considered acts of rebellion, Nora tries to break out o...

A Fork in the Road

A Fork in the Road

2010

as Detective Ross

5.9
Acting

An escaped convict and a woman ponder what to do with a not-quite-dead body.

Pawn

Pawn

2009

as Justin Elliot Randolph

Acting

In the aftermath of Presidential assassination, a young federal agent must interrogate the gunman to learn the truth behind the assassination. But onc...

Exorcising 'Cruising'

Exorcising 'Cruising'

2007

as Self (archive footage)

6.5
Acting

Part two of the making of William Friedkin's 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.

The History of 'Cruising'

The History of 'Cruising'

2007

as Self (archive footage)

7.7
Acting

Part one of the making of William Friedkin’s 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.

The History of 'Cruising'

The History of 'Cruising'

2007

Acting

A documentary on the making of William Friedkin's Cruising.

Silver Lake

2004

as Phil Patterson

Acting

A record store owner uses his psychic abilities to communicate with the dead and help them resolve issues they left behind.

Finding John Christmas

Finding John Christmas

2003

as Hank McAllister

6.2
Acting

When a photojournalist photographs a mysterious stranger performing an act of bravery, the act quickly becomes headline news and the town dubs the str...

Buck Naked Arson

Buck Naked Arson

2001

as Ranger Joe Lightcap

6.5
Acting

In the vein of "The Breakfast Club", four teens head to the forest to celebrate grad night and end up with more than hang overs when they are detained...

Blackout

Blackout

2001

as David Robbins

2.5
Acting

A mother and her two children are stuck in a mall during a power outage while police hunt for a killer.

The Test of Love

The Test of Love

1999

as Mark Whitman

5.0
Acting

Cassie's husband was just involved in a plane crash and is in a coma. The airline says his wife was killed in the accident. The two have a young daugh...

Replacing Dad

Replacing Dad

1999

as George Marsh

6.0
Acting

Linda and George live in a small town. He is the school principal. They are about to celebrate their 16th anniversary. She catches him with her daught...

American History X

American History X

1998

as Dennis

8.3
Acting

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we le...

When Danger Follows You Home

When Danger Follows You Home

1997

as Det. Tyler Barnes

1.0
Acting

A single mom and psychiatric intern encounters a troubled but brilliant young man who turns up dead in her house after she befriended him. When she fi...

A Husband, a Wife and a Lover

A Husband, a Wife and a Lover

1996

as Art Maskin

2.3
Acting

When her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them.

Have You Seen My Son

Have You Seen My Son

1996

as Van Stein

7.5
Acting

A woman fears for her son's health when her ex-husband kidnaps him.

Trail of Tears

Trail of Tears

1995

as David

3.0
Acting

Two single mothers, polar opposites in personality, join forces to track down their children that have been kidnapped by their ex-husbands.

Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story

Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story

1995

as Bill West

3.0
Acting

Dottie West fought a difficult childhood to rise as one of country music's icons winning the first ever Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performan...

Aspen Extreme

Aspen Extreme

1993

as Dave Ritchie

5.9
Acting

T.J. and his friend Dexter quit their jobs in Detroit to become ski-instructors in Aspen. While T.J. advances to the most popular instructor of the sc...

Traces of Red

Traces of Red

1992

as Michael Dobson

5.5
Acting

Jack, a Palm Beach detective, becomes involved in a case of multiple murders. All the women can be linked to Jack in some way. Jack and his partner ha...

Sexual Advances

Sexual Advances

1992

as Jack French

6.0
Acting

Drama about a happily married career woman who falls victim to a management power play involving sexual harassment by her sports-equipment company's i...

Drive Like Lightning

Drive Like Lightning

1992

as Boll Donner

6.0
Acting

In this road drama, a depressed ex-daredevil is hired to drive an experimental stunt car across the country to L. A. He is accompanied by a country-si...

Bay City Story

1992

Acting

Unsold series pilot about a TV reporter and his assistant who try to find a connection between the murder of a fellow news reporter and a prostitute.

Crazy From the Heart

Crazy From the Heart

1991

as Dewey Whitcomb

3.8
Acting

A small-town, high-school principal still living at home with her mother shakes up her life in a way that even she never expected when she agrees to g...

Pastime

Pastime

1990

as Roy Dean Bream

5.7
Acting

A veteran minor league pitcher in 1957 tutors a young phenomenon.

A Promise to Keep

A Promise to Keep

1990

as Carl Goodrich

7.5
Acting

Middle class parents, who already have three kids, take in their four orphaned nephews.

Nasty Boys

Nasty Boys

1989

as Ben Farlow

6.5
Acting

When a narcotics team sent to bust some drug dealers are massacred. The police department form a special unit of undercover cops whose identities are ...

Disorganized Crime

Disorganized Crime

1989

as Nick Bartkowski

5.4
Acting

Lou Diamond Phillips and Fred Gwynne team up with a gang of professional criminals who have everything it takes to rob a bank. The only things they do...

The Unholy

The Unholy

1988

as Luke

5.3
Acting

A priest battles a demon that kills sinners in the act of sinning.

Dead of Winter

Dead of Winter

1987

as Rob Sweeney

6.0
Acting

A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1987

as Danny Quintz

5.9
Acting

Nick Randall is a Los Angeles-based bounty hunter and an ex-CIA operative who is asked by a former co-worker to help track down terrorist Malak Al Rah...

Houston: The Legend of Texas

Houston: The Legend of Texas

1986

as William Travis

6.9
Acting

Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing ...

Crime Story: Pilot

Crime Story: Pilot

1986

as Det. Wes Connelly

8.3
Acting

One former cop goes against the whole Mafia. The feature-length pilot for the cult 80s show.

Blood & Orchids

Blood & Orchids

1986

as Lloyd Murdoch

6.5
Acting

Hester Murdoch is found naked and nearly beaten to death by four young Hawaiian men on the beach and taken to the hospital. Some of the men didn't wan...

Second Serve

Second Serve

1986

as Josh

5.4
Acting

Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a trans woman. Flashbac...

Beer

Beer

1985

as Merle Draggett

4.0
Acting

An advertising firm, desperate to keep an account from a financially-ailing brewery, concocts a macho ad campaign centering on three losers who inadve...

Command 5

Command 5

1985

as Smith

1.0
Acting

A team of special military forces has to save a small town which has been taken hostage by an organization called the Brotherhood.

Courage

Courage

1984

as Sonny

5.4
Acting

Three marathon runners on a seventy-two mile run through the deserts of New Mexico are pursued by right-wing survivalist militants who call themselves...

The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

1983

as Slick Goodlin

7.4
Acting

As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history b...

Rehearsal for Murder

Rehearsal for Murder

1982

as Frank Heller

6.0
Acting

A year after his fiancée's death, a playwright schedules a rehearsal for his new play, which proves to be a trap for her killer.

The Border

The Border

1982

as Jimbo

6.1
Acting

A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.

Cattle Annie and Little Britches

Cattle Annie and Little Britches

1981

as Little Dick Raidler

6.3
Acting

In nineteenth century Oklahoma, two teen girls, fans of stories about outlaws, are on a quest to meet and join up with them. They find a shadow of a f...

Crisis at Central High

Crisis at Central High

1981

as J.O. Powell

6.0
Acting

The historic federal-state controversy over the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, as seen through the eyes of Elizabeth Huc...

Cruising

Cruising

1980

as Paul Gaines

6.6
Acting

When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, young rookie Steve Burns infiltra...

Just You and Me, Kid

Just You and Me, Kid

1979

as Demesta

5.5
Acting

George Burns stars as a former vaudevillian who befriends a young runaway, played by 14-year old Brooke Shields, who is being chased by drug dealers.

Death Bed: The Bed That Eats

Death Bed: The Bed That Eats

1977

as Sharon's Brother

5.7
Acting

At the edge of a grand estate, near a crumbling old mansion lies a strange stone building with just a single room. In the room there lies a bed. Born ...

Other Mothers

N/A

Acting

Teenage boy, who has been raised by a lesbian couple, must contend with the conservative views of his new school.