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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Founders Day
2024
as Mr. Jackson
A small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election.

Founders Day
2024
Co-Producer
A small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election.

Keeping Company
2021
as Glen Garrey
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
2020
as Ed
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
2019
as Dale
A father attempts to reconnect with his daughter on her wedding day.

The Maestro
2018
as Abe Herst
After the Second World War, budding film composer Jerry Herst moves to Hollywood to study with infamous master teacher Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

Between Waves
2018
as Sonny
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
2015
as Bruce Fox
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
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
2013
as General Lawson
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
2012
as Rusty
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
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
2010
as Evan
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
2010
as Detective Ross
An escaped convict and a woman ponder what to do with a not-quite-dead body.

Pawn
2009
as Justin Elliot Randolph
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'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Part two of the making of William Friedkin's 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.

The History of 'Cruising'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Part one of the making of William Friedkin’s 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.

The History of 'Cruising'
2007
A documentary on the making of William Friedkin's Cruising.
Silver Lake
2004
as Phil Patterson
A record store owner uses his psychic abilities to communicate with the dead and help them resolve issues they left behind.

Finding John Christmas
2003
as Hank McAllister
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
2001
as Ranger Joe Lightcap
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
2001
as David Robbins
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
1999
as Mark Whitman
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
1999
as George Marsh
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
1998
as Dennis
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
1997
as Det. Tyler Barnes
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
1996
as Art Maskin
When her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them.

Have You Seen My Son
1996
as Van Stein
A woman fears for her son's health when her ex-husband kidnaps him.

Trail of Tears
1995
as David
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
1995
as Bill West
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
1993
as Dave Ritchie
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
1992
as Michael Dobson
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
1992
as Jack French
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
1992
as Boll Donner
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
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
1991
as Dewey Whitcomb
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
1990
as Roy Dean Bream
A veteran minor league pitcher in 1957 tutors a young phenomenon.

A Promise to Keep
1990
as Carl Goodrich
Middle class parents, who already have three kids, take in their four orphaned nephews.

Nasty Boys
1989
as Ben Farlow
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
1989
as Nick Bartkowski
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
1988
as Luke
A priest battles a demon that kills sinners in the act of sinning.

Dead of Winter
1987
as Rob Sweeney
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
1987
as Danny Quintz
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
1986
as William Travis
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
1986
as Det. Wes Connelly
One former cop goes against the whole Mafia. The feature-length pilot for the cult 80s show.

Blood & Orchids
1986
as Lloyd Murdoch
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
1986
as Josh
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
1985
as Merle Draggett
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
1985
as Smith
A team of special military forces has to save a small town which has been taken hostage by an organization called the Brotherhood.

Courage
1984
as Sonny
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
1983
as Slick Goodlin
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
1982
as Frank Heller
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
1982
as Jimbo
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
1981
as Little Dick Raidler
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
1981
as J.O. Powell
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
1980
as Paul Gaines
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
1979
as Demesta
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
1977
as Sharon's Brother
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
Teenage boy, who has been raised by a lesbian couple, must contend with the conservative views of his new school.