William D. Russell

William D. Russell

William D. Russell was an American film and television director. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 30, 1908, he began his Hollywood career with the 1945 film Hollywood Victory Caravan. His career in film ended with his last film, 1951's Best of the Badmen. In the early fifties he began directing for television with Screen Gems, and his many credits include episodes of Father Knows Best (he was with the show from 1954 to 1956), Dennis the Menace, Perry Mason, Hazel, Bewitched, the Farmer's Daughter and Family Affair. Russell was nominated for three Emmys, first for You Are There in 1953, second for the Farmer's Daughter in 1964, and later for Family Affair in 1967. His directorial career ended shortly before his death in April 1968.

  • Title: William D. Russell
  • Popularity: 1.602
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1908-05-01
  • Place of Birth: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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  • Also Known As: William Russell
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William D. Russell Movies

  • 1940
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    The Biscuit Eater
    The Biscuit Eater

    6.3 1940 HD

    Two little boys have faith in a dog they name Promise, so much faith that they enter him in the championship trials for bird dogs. The favorite is...

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  • 1948
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    The Sainted Sisters
    The Sainted Sisters

    7 1948 HD

    Two female con artists from New York City, fleeing the law with money from their latest scam, hide out in a small town in Maine, near the Canadian...

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  • 1949
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    Bride for Sale
    Bride for Sale

    6 1949 HD

    Nora Shelley is a tax expert for the accounting company which is led by Paul Martin. She thinks she can find a suitable husband by inspecting their...

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  • 1945
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    Hollywood Victory Caravan
    Hollywood Victory Caravan

    4.9 1945 HD

    A girl is desperate to get to Washington D.C. to be with her lonesome brother, a wounded G.I. She persuades Bing Crosby to let her join his caravan.

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  • 1951
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    Best of the Badmen
    Best of the Badmen

    6.8 1951 HD

    After the North defeats the South, Union Maj. Jeff Clanton heads to Missouri to provide the Confederacy's Quantrill's Raiders a chance to claim...

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  • 1949
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    The Green Promise
    The Green Promise

    6.611 1949 HD

    A stubborn farmer is raising his children alone. When his oldest daughter gets a suitor, the father nearly goes on the rampage, but he is forced to...

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  • 1947
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    Dear Ruth
    Dear Ruth

    7.2 1947 HD

    Lt. William Seacroft, on leave from the Italian front, arrives at the New York home of Ruth Wilkins, with whom he has been corresponding. Unknown to...

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  • 1946
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    Our Hearts Were Growing Up
    Our Hearts Were Growing Up

    6.2 1946 HD

    Russell and Lynn are a pair of college students in the 1920s. They get mixed up with kind-hearted bootlegger Donlevy who helps them get their boy...

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  • 1947
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    Ladies' Man
    Ladies' Man

    1 1947 HD

    A boy from the country inherits $10 million, and decides to go to New York City to live it up.

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  • 1970
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    6.583 1970 HD

    Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do...

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  • 1970
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    6.52 1970 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    The Eve Arden Show is a 26-segment American television sitcom which aired during the 1957-1958 season on CBS, alternately sponsored by Lever Brothers...

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  • 1970
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    6.7 1970 HD

    This 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family, Henry, Alice, and their only child Dennis, an energetic,...

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  • 1970
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    6.6 1970 HD

    Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.

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  • 1970
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    7.636 1970 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    The Farmer's Daughter is an American situation comedy series that was produced by Screen Gems Television and aired on ABC from September 20, 1963 to...

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  • 1970
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    6.971 1970 HD

    Hazel is an American sitcom about a fictional live-in maid named Hazel Burke and her employers, the Baxters. The five-season, 154-episode series...

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  • 1970
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    4.2 1970 HD

    The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this...

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  • 1970
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    5.5 1970 HD

    Grindl is an American situation comedy that began in the fall of 1963 on NBC, originally sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The show, starring Imogene...

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  • 1970
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    7.88 1970 HD

    Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband...

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  • 1970
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    6.3 1970 HD

    Gentle Ben is an American family series that aired on CBS from September 10, 1967 to April 27, 1969. The series follows the adventures, in the...

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  • 1970
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    7.636 1970 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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