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