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Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-11-19 (100 years old)

Place of Birth

Sunderland, County Durham, England, UK

William Russell

Biography:

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.

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Known For

Acting

2023

Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)

2022

2017

2013

2012

Vision On as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)

2009

The Sets of Marinus as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)

2008

The Ties That Bind Us as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)

2006

Creation of the Daleks as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
Masters of Sound as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)

2005

Doctor Who as Ian Chesterton

2002

Remembering 'The Aztecs' as Ian Chesterton (archive footage)

1999

Doctor Who: The Crusade as Ian Chesterton

1997

Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe as King Charles VI of France / Bishop of Ely / Sir Thomas Erpingham

1995

The Affair as Dr. Hastings

1992

Heartbeat as Gabriel Firth

1989

1986

Casualty as Mo Meredrew

1984

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks as Ian Chesterton (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robin of Sherwood as The Duke of Gloucester

1983

Blackadder as The Duke of Winchester

1981

1980

Dead Man's Kit as Senior Officer
Death Watch as Dr. Mason

1979

1978

Terror as Lord Garrick
Superman as 8th Elder
Disraeli as Wyndham Lewis
Armchair Thriller as Senior officer (uncredited)
Armchair Thriller as Senior Officer

1977

The Professionals as Charles Holly

1976

1975

The Hanged Man as Peter Kroger

1974

Father Brown as Reverend Wilfred Bohun

1972

Van der Valk as Rokin

1971

Justice as Dr. Victor Ainsworth

1970

1969

The Main Chance as Arnold Galbraith

1966

1965

Doctor Who: The Crusade as Ian Chesterton
Doctor Who: The Rescue as Ian Chesterton
Doctor Who: The Romans as Ian Chesterton
Doctor Who: The Web Planet as Ian Chesterton
Doctor Who: The Chase as Ian Chesterton

1964

Doctor Who: The Aztecs as Ian Chesterton
Doctor Who: The Daleks as Ian Chesterton
Doctor Who: Marco Polo as Ian Chesterton
Doctor Who: The Sensorites as Ian Chesterton
Detective as Bill Cartwright

1963

Return to Sender as Mike Cochran
Doctor Who as Ian Chesterton

1962

Suspense as John Richards

1961

Adventure Story as Hephaestion

1960

Sunday-Night Play as Colonel Friedrich Eilers, Leader of a Fighter Squadron
Coronation Street as Ted Sullivan
Sunday-Night Play as Oliver Farrant
Sunday-Night Play as Lord Bleane
Sunday-Night Play as John Freeman
Sunday-Night Play as Charles Hemington
Sunday-Night Play as Gerald Croft

1957

The Big Chance as Bill Anderson
Nicholas Nickleby as Nicholas Nickleby

1956

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot as Sir Lancelot du Lac

1955

One Good Turn as Alec Bigley

1954

They Who Dare as Lieutenant Poole
The Gay Dog as Leslie Gowland

1953

Malta Story as Officer at Prison
The Saint's Return as Keith Merton

1952

Gift Horse as Crewman

1950

Sunday Night Theatre as Bill Bolton
Sunday Night Theatre as Vicomte de Tournai