William Russell: movies and TV shows
William Russell has 107 credits in the archive: 65 films and 42 TV series, from 1950 to 2023. Highest rated: The Main Chance (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1950 – 2023 · busiest year: 1964 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour | Ian Chesterton (archive footage) | Film | 6.1 | 98 |
| 2022 | Executive Order | Film | 6.9 | 97 | |
| 2022 | William Russell: In Conversation | Self | Film | — | 97 |
| 2017 | The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years | Film | — | 92 | |
| 2013 | An Adventure in Space and Time | Harry | Film | 7.7 | 88 |
| 2012 | Don't Lose Your Head: The Making of 'The Reign of Terror' | Himself | Film | — | 87 |
| 2012 | Vision On | Ian Chesterton (archive footage) | Film | — | 87 |
| 2012 | Rediscovering the Urge to Live | Film | 7.0 | 87 | |
| 2010 | Last Stop White City | Self | Film | 8.0 | 85 |
| 2009 | Mounting the Rescue | Self | Film | — | 84 |
| 2009 | What Has 'The Romans' Ever Done For Us? | Self | Film | — | 84 |
| 2009 | Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series? | Film | — | 84 | |
| 2009 | The Sets of Marinus | Ian Chesterton (archive footage) | Film | — | 84 |
| 2008 | The Ties That Bind Us | Ian Chesterton (archive footage) | Film | — | 83 |
| 2006 | Creation of the Daleks | Ian Chesterton (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 81 |
| 2006 | Doctor Who: Origins | Self | Film | 8.5 | 81 |
| 2006 | Masters of Sound | Ian Chesterton (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 81 |
| 2006 | Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction' | Self / Ian Chesterton | Film | 7.0 | 81 |
| 2006 | Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS | Self / Ian Chesterton | Film | 8.0 | 81 |
| 2005 | Tales of Isop | Self | Film | 8.0 | 80 |
| 2003 | Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth' | Ian Chesterton (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 78 |
| 2002 | Remembering 'The Aztecs' | Ian Chesterton (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 77 |
| 1997 | Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe | King Charles VI of France / Bishop of Ely / Sir Thomas Erpingham | Film | — | 72 |
| 1995 | The Affair | Dr. Hastings | Film | 4.2 | 70 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Gabriel Firth | TV | 7.2 | 67 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Lanscombe | TV | 8.2 | 64 |
| 1988 | The Four Minute Mile | AAA Official | Film | 7.5 | 63 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Mo Meredrew | TV | 6.2 | 61 |
| 1984 | Robin of Sherwood | The Duke of Gloucester | TV | 7.6 | 59 |
| 1984 | Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks | Ian Chesterton (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.9 | 59 |
| 1983 | Blackadder | The Duke of Winchester | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1981 | Little Girls Don't | Daddy | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1980 | Death Watch | Dr. Mason | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1980 | Dead Man's Kit | Senior Officer | Film | — | 55 |
| 1979 | Shoestring | David Carn | TV | 7.7 | 54 |
| 1979 | Testament of Youth | TV | 7.8 | 54 | |
| 1979 | Instant Enlightenment Including VAT | Don | Film | 4.5 | 54 |
| 1979 | Terror | Lord Garrick | Film | 5.4 | 54 |
| 1978 | Superman | 8th Elder | Film | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1978 | Strangers | Bamford Harker | TV | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1978 | Armchair Thriller | Senior Officer | TV | 4.2 | 53 |
| 1978 | Disraeli | Wyndham Lewis | TV | 7.6 | 53 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Headmaster / Lord Folkestone / Chapman | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Charles Holly | TV | 7.6 | 52 |
| 1976 | Newsworthy - The Girl Who Saw a Tiger | Mr Rose | Film | — | 51 |
| 1975 | The Hanged Man | Peter Kroger | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1975 | Three Men in a Boat | Doctor | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1974 | Father Brown | Reverend Wilfred Bohun | TV | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Rokin | TV | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | TV | 6.1 | 46 | |
| 1971 | Justice | Dr. Victor Ainsworth | TV | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Don | TV | 6.6 | 45 |
| 1969 | The Main Chance | Arnold Galbraith | TV | 8.3 | 44 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Frank | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Daddy | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1966 | Breaking Point | TV | — | 41 | |
| 1965 | Doctor Who: Lost in Time | Ian | TV | — | 40 |
| 1965 | Doctor Who: The Chase | Ian Chesterton | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1965 | Doctor Who: The Crusade | Ian Chesterton | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1965 | Doctor Who: The Web Planet | Ian Chesterton | Film | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1965 | Doctor Who: The Space Museum | Ian Chesterton | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1965 | Doctor Who: The Romans | Ian Chesterton | Film | 7.8 | 40 |
| 1965 | Doctor Who: The Rescue | Ian Chesterton | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1964 | Detective | Bill Cartwright | TV | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1964 | Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror | Ian Chesterton | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1964 | Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth | Ian Chesterton | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1964 | Doctor Who: Planet of Giants | Ian Chesterton | Film | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1964 | Doctor Who: The Daleks | Ian Chesterton | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1964 | Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus | Ian Chesterton | Film | 5.9 | 39 |
| 1964 | Doctor Who: Marco Polo | Ian Chesterton | Film | 7.2 | 39 |
| 1964 | Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction | Ian Chesterton | Film | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1964 | Doctor Who: The Aztecs | Ian Chesterton | Film | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1964 | Doctor Who: The Sensorites | Ian Chesterton | Film | 5.1 | 39 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Ian Chesterton | TV | 7.9 | 38 |
| 1963 | The Great Escape | Sorren | Film | 7.9 | 38 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child | Ian Chesterton | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1963 | Return to Sender | Mike Cochran | Film | 4.1 | 38 |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | TV | 6.7 | 37 | |
| 1962 | Suspense | John Richards | TV | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1962 | The Share Out | Mike Stafford | Film | 4.0 | 37 |
| 1961 | Adventure Story | Hephaestion | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1960 | Coronation Street | Ted Sullivan | TV | 5.3 | 35 |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Colonel Friedrich Eilers, Leader of a Fighter Squadron | TV | — | 35 |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Oliver Farrant | TV | — | 35 |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Lord Bleane | TV | — | 35 |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | John Freeman | TV | — | 35 |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Charles Hemington | TV | — | 35 |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Gerald Croft | TV | — | 35 |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Frank | TV | — | 35 |
| 1957 | Nicholas Nickleby | Nicholas Nickleby | TV | — | 32 |
| 1957 | The Adventures of Hal 5 | Film | 7.5 | 32 | |
| 1957 | The Big Chance | Bill Anderson | Film | 4.3 | 32 |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Sir Lancelot | Sir Lancelot du Lac | TV | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Smoky | TV | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1956 | The Man Who Never Was | Joe | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1955 | Lilli Palmer Theatre | Boy | TV | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1955 | One Good Turn | Alec Bigley | Film | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1955 | Above Us the Waves | Ramsey | Film | 6.1 | 30 |
| 1954 | They Who Dare | Lieutenant Poole | Film | 5.9 | 29 |
| 1954 | The Gay Dog | Leslie Gowland | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1953 | Malta Story | Officer at Prison | Film | 6.3 | 28 |
| 1953 | The Saint's Return | Keith Merton | Film | 5.8 | 28 |
| 1953 | Intimate Relations | Michael | Film | 4.6 | 28 |
| 1952 | Gift Horse | Crewman | Film | 6.6 | 27 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Bill Bolton | TV | 3.5 | 25 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Renny | TV | 3.5 | 25 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Vicomte de Tournai | TV | 3.5 | 25 |