William Russell
Acting
🎂 1924-11-19
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
Cast credits(110)
Lanscombe
1989
Ian Chesterton
1963
Don
1970
Mo Meredrew
1986
Ted Sullivan
1960
Gabriel Firth
1992
1971
8th Elder
1978
The Duke of Winchester
1983
Charles Holly
1977
Sorren
1963
Ian Chesterton
1964
Rokin
1972
Officer at Prison
1953
Bill Bolton
1950
Renny
1950
Vicomte de Tournai
1950
Dr. Victor Ainsworth
1971
The Duke of Gloucester
1984
Headmaster / Lord Folkestone / Chapman
1977
1962
Hephaestion
1961
1999
Sir Lancelot du Lac
1956
Ian Chesterton
1964
Bill Cartwright
1964
Arnold Galbraith
1969
Colonel Friedrich Eilers, Leader of a Fighter Squadron
1960
Oliver Farrant
1960
Lord Bleane
1960
John Freeman
1960
Charles Hemington
1960
Gerald Croft
1960
Frank
1960
Self
2009
Self
2006
1979
Ian Chesterton
2025
Ian Chesterton
1965
Joe
1956
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
2003
Reverend Wilfred Bohun
1974
Ian Chesterton
1965
Self
2005
Ian Chesterton
1965
Boy
1955
Doctor
1975
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
2023
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
2006
Ian Chesterton
1964
Peter Kroger
1975
Daddy
1981
Mike Stafford
1962
Crewman
1952
Self / Ian Chesterton
2006
Ian Chesterton
1964
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
2008
AAA Official
1988
Ian Chesterton
1965
1957
Self
1996
Self / Ian Chesterton
2006
Ian Chesterton
1963
Dr. Mason
1980
Alec Bigley
1955
Ian Chesterton
1965
Ian Chesterton
1964
2009
Keith Merton
1953
2022
Bill Anderson
1957
Ian Chesterton
1965
Self
2010
Ian Chesterton (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
1979
Senior officer (uncredited)
1978
Senior Officer
1978
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
2002
Michael
1953
Self
2009
Leslie Gowland
1954
Ian Chesterton
1964
Dr. Hastings
1995
Ian Chesterton
1964
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
2006
Harry
2013
Wyndham Lewis
1978
Ian Chesterton
1964
Ramsey
1955
Ian Chesterton
1964
Lieutenant Poole
1954
John Richards
1962
2017
Himself
2012
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
2012
Lord Garrick
1978
Senior Officer
1980
Ian
1965
Nicholas Nickleby
1957
1966
Mr Rose
1976
King Charles VI of France / Bishop of Ely / Sir Thomas Erpingham
1997
Mike Cochran
1963
Smoky
1956
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
2009
Don
1979
2012
Ian Chesterton
1999
Self
2022
Self
1996