William Russell
Born in Sunderland, County Durham, England, UK — Nov 19 1924• Died Jun 03 2024
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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…
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Coronation Street
Ted Sullivan
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Lanscombe
Great Performances
Doctor Who
Ian Chesterton
Casualty
Mo Meredrew
The Professionals
Charles Holly
Play for Today
Don
Blackadder
The Duke of Winchester
Heartbeat
Gabriel Firth
Sunday Night Theatre
Bill Bolton
BBC2 Play of the Week
Headmaster / Lord Folkestone / Chapman
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Sunday-Night Play
Colonel Friedrich Eilers, Leader of a Fighter Squadron
Van der Valk
Rokin
Robin of Sherwood
The Duke of Gloucester
The Main Chance
Arnold Galbraith
The Great Escape
Sorren
Justice
Dr. Victor Ainsworth
Shoestring
David Carn
Superman
8th Elder
Strangers
Bamford Harker
Detective
Bill Cartwright
Father Brown
Reverend Wilfred Bohun
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Sir Lancelot du Lac
Suspense
John Richards
Armchair Thriller
Senior officer (uncredited)
Lilli Palmer Theatre
Boy
Testament of Youth
The Hanged Man
Peter Kroger
Disraeli
Wyndham Lewis
Armchair Theatre
Smoky
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
Ian Chesterton
An Adventure in Space and Time
Harry
The Man Who Never Was
Joe
Breaking Point
The Affair
Dr. Hastings
Malta Story
Officer at Prison
Doctor Who: Lost in Time
Ian
Terror
Lord Garrick
Gift Horse
Crewman
Death Watch
Dr. Mason
The Gay Dog
Leslie Gowland
Doctor Who: The Chase
Ian Chesterton
Doctor Who: Origins
Self
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Ian Chesterton (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nicholas Nickleby
Nicholas Nickleby
One Good Turn
Alec Bigley
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
Ian Chesterton
Above Us the Waves
Ramsey
The Saint's Return
Keith Merton
Doctor Who: The Romans
Ian Chesterton
Three Men in a Boat
Doctor
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
Dead Man's Kit
Senior Officer
The Big Chance
Bill Anderson
They Who Dare
Lieutenant Poole
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
Ian Chesterton
Doctor Who: The Crusade
Ian Chesterton
Doctor Who: The Space Museum
Ian Chesterton
The Share Out
Mike Stafford
Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Ian Chesterton
Doctor Who: The Daleks
Ian Chesterton
Adventure Story
Hephaestion
The Four Minute Mile
AAA Official
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Ian Chesterton
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
Ian Chesterton
Doctor Who: The Sensorites
Ian Chesterton
Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
Don
Little Girls Don't
Daddy
The Ties That Bind Us
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
Ian Chesterton
Executive Order
Doctor Who: The Aztecs
Ian Chesterton
Creation of the Daleks
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Web Planet
Ian Chesterton
Tales of Isop
Self
Doctor Who: The Rescue
Ian Chesterton
Return to Sender
Mike Cochran
Don't Lose Your Head: The Making of 'The Reign of Terror'
Himself
Newsworthy - The Girl Who Saw a Tiger
Mr Rose
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
King Charles VI of France / Bishop of Ely / Sir Thomas Erpingham
The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
What Has 'The Romans' Ever Done For Us?
Self
Vision On
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
Intimate Relations
Michael
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
Self / Ian Chesterton
The Adventures of Hal 5
The Sets of Marinus
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
Remembering 'The Aztecs'
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
Masters of Sound
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth'
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
Last Stop White City
Self
Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
Rediscovering the Urge to Live
Mounting the Rescue
Self
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
Self / Ian Chesterton
William Russell: In Conversation
Self