William Russ

ActorProductionDirector Oct 20 (age 75) Portsmouth, Virginia, USA 1964–2024 (60 year career)

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Biography

Handsome 6-foot-1 European-American businessman, entrepreneur, actor and television director. William Russ was born on October 20, 1950 in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA as William Hardy Russ IV. He is known for his work on Boy Meets World (1993), Wiseguy (1987) and Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986). He is married to Clare Wren. They have two children.

Known For

Film

American History X

Dennis

Film

Boy Meets World

Alan Matthews

Film

The Right Stuff

Slick Goodlin

Film

Cruising

Paul Gaines

Film

Lizzie McGuire

Director

Film

The Border

Jimbo

Film

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Danny Quintz

Film

Dead of Winter

Rob Sweeney

Filmography

Acting (109)

Movies (57)

Founders Day

as Mr. Jackson

Keeping Company

as Glen Garrey

Chasing the Rain

as Ed

Father by Law

as Dale

The Maestro

as Abe Herst

Between Waves

as Sonny

Magic Hour

as Bruce Fox

Drones

as General Lawson

Jonestown

as Leo Ryan

California Solo

as Rusty

Green Guys

as Peter Donnelly

1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position

as Evan

A Fork in the Road

as Detective Ross

Pawn

as Justin Elliot Randolph

Exorcising 'Cruising'

2007

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

The History of 'Cruising'

2007

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

Silver Lake

2004

as Phil Patterson

Finding John Christmas

as Hank McAllister

Blackout

as David Robbins

Buck Naked Arson

as Ranger Joe Lightcap

Replacing Dad

as George Marsh

The Test of Love

as Mark Whitman

American History X

as Dennis

When Danger Follows You Home

1997

as Det. Tyler Barnes

1.0

A Husband, a Wife and a Lover

as Art Maskin

Have You Seen My Son

as Van Stein

Trail of Tears

as David

Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story

as Bill West

Aspen Extreme

as Dave Ritchie

Drive Like Lightning

as Boll Donner

Traces of Red

as Michael Dobson

Sexual Advances

as Jack French

Bay City Story

Crazy From the Heart

as Dewey Whitcomb

Pastime

as Roy Dean Bream

A Promise to Keep

as Carl Goodrich

Disorganized Crime

as Nick Bartkowski

Nasty Boys

as Ben Farlow

The Unholy

as Luke

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Danny Quintz

Dead of Winter

as Rob Sweeney

Blood & Orchids

as Lloyd Murdoch

Crime Story: Pilot

as Det. Wes Connelly

Second Serve

as Josh

Houston: The Legend of Texas

as William Travis

Beer

as Merle Draggett

Command 5

as Smith

Courage

as Sonny

The Right Stuff

as Slick Goodlin

Rehearsal for Murder

as Frank Heller

The Border

as Jimbo

Cattle Annie and Little Britches

1981

as Little Dick Raidler

6.4

Crisis at Central High

as J.O. Powell

Cruising

as Paul Gaines

Just You and Me, Kid

as Demesta

Death Bed: The Bed That Eats

1977

as Sharon's Brother

5.7

Other Mothers

1.0

Television (52)

9-1-1

as Chuck Summers

Colony

as Hennessey

Bosch

as Captain Garwood

Girl Meets World

as Alan Matthews

Scandal

as Frank Holland

Grimm

as Scott Mudgett

The Defenders

as EMT Carrick

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Martin Lake

The Mentalist

as Dooley Gerber

90210

as Salty

Leverage

as Morris Beck

The Ex List

Numb3rs

as Michael Shannon

Ghost Whisperer

as Bill Bristow

Wildfire

as Congressman Dean Nichols

CSI: NY

as Mr. Prescott

Boston Legal

as A.D.A. Christopher Palmer

Deadwood

as Otis Russell

NCIS

as Philip Wickes

Cold Case

as Tim Hudson (2010)

Mister Sterling

as Tommy Doyle

The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire

Without a Trace

as Max Cassidy

Crossing Jordan

as Jack Olson

The Division

as Jesse Whalen

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Jonah Quinn

Level 9

The Sopranos

as Paul Calviac

The West Wing

as Dan

Stargate SG-1

as Jonas Hanson

Ally McBeal

as Michael Bassett

Nash Bridges

as Scott Lamont -'The Monk'

6.7

JAG

1995

as General Earl Watson

7.3

Touched by an Angel

1994

as Prof. Thomas North

Viper

as Townsend

Boy Meets World

as Alan Matthews

seaQuest DSV

as Rusty Thomas

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

as Jack Randolph

Middle Ages

as Terry Hannon

Capital News

as Redmond Dunne

Nasty Boys

as Ben Farlow

Tour of Duty

as Sgt. Earl Ray Michaels

Wiseguy

as Roger LoCocco

Crime Story

as Det. Wes Connelly

Blood & Orchids

as Lloyd Murdoch

MacGruder and Loud

as Owen

The Long Hot Summer

as Jody Varner

Miami Vice

as Evan Freed

Hunter

as Jack Lachman

St. Elsewhere

as Patrick O'Casey

Remington Steele

as Chance McCormick

Another World

Crew (3)

Movies (1)

Founders Day

2024

Co-Producer

4.9

Television (2)

Lizzie McGuire

Director

Boy Meets World

Director