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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

• 2023Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour — Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
• 2022Executive Order
• 2017The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
• 2013An Adventure in Space and Time — Harry
• 2012Rediscovering the Urge to Live
• 2012Vision On — Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
• 2009Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
• 2009The Sets of Marinus — Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
• 2008The Ties That Bind Us — Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
• 2006Creation of the Daleks — Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
• 2006Masters of Sound — Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
• 2003Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth' — Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
• 2002Remembering 'The Aztecs' — Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
• 1997Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe — King Charles VI of France / Bishop of Ely / Sir Thomas Erpingham
• 1995The Affair — Dr. Hastings
• Heartbeat — Gabriel Firth
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Lanscombe
• 1988The Four Minute Mile — AAA Official
• Casualty — Mo Meredrew
• 1984Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks — Ian Chesterton (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Robin of Sherwood — The Duke of Gloucester
• Blackadder — The Duke of Winchester
• 1981Little Girls Don't — Daddy
• 1980Dead Man's Kit — Senior Officer
• 1980Death Watch — Dr. Mason
• 1979Instant Enlightenment Including VAT — Don
• Shoestring — David Carn
• 1979Terror — Lord Garrick
• Testament of Youth
• Armchair Thriller — Senior Officer
• Disraeli — Wyndham Lewis
• Spearhead — Mr Dickson B.F.S.
• Strangers — Bamford Harker
• 1978Superman — 8th Elder
• BBC2 Play of the Week — Headmaster / Lord Folkestone / Chapman
• The Professionals — Charles Holly
• 1976Newsworthy - The Girl Who Saw a Tiger — Mr Rose
• The Hanged Man — Peter Kroger
• 1975Three Men in a Boat — Doctor
• Father Brown — Reverend Wilfred Bohun
• Harriet's Back in Town — Tom Preston
• Van der Valk — Rokin
• Great Performances
• Justice — Dr. Victor Ainsworth
• Play for Today — Don
• The Main Chance — Arnold Galbraith
• ITV Playhouse — Frank, Daddy
• Breaking Point
• Doctor Who: Lost in Time — Ian
• 1965Doctor Who: The Chase — Ian Chesterton
• 1965Doctor Who: The Crusade — Ian Chesterton
• 1965Doctor Who: The Rescue — Ian Chesterton
• 1965Doctor Who: The Romans — Ian Chesterton
• 1965Doctor Who: The Space Museum — Ian Chesterton
• 1965Doctor Who: The Web Planet — Ian Chesterton
• Detective — Bill Cartwright
• 1964Doctor Who: Marco Polo — Ian Chesterton
• 1964Doctor Who: Planet of Giants — Ian Chesterton
• 1964Doctor Who: The Aztecs — Ian Chesterton
• 1964Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth — Ian Chesterton
• 1964Doctor Who: The Daleks — Ian Chesterton
• 1964Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction — Ian Chesterton
• 1964Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus — Ian Chesterton
• 1964Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror — Ian Chesterton
• 1964Doctor Who: The Sensorites — Ian Chesterton
• Doctor Who — Ian Chesterton
• 1963Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child — Ian Chesterton
• Jane Eyre — St. John Rivers
• 1963Return to Sender — Mike Cochran
• 1963The Great Escape — Sorren
• Dr. Finlay's Casebook
• Suspense — John Richards
• 1962The Share Out — Mike Stafford
• 1961Adventure Story — Hephaestion
• Coronation Street — Ted Sullivan
• Sunday-Night Play — Colonel Friedrich Eilers, Leader of a Fighter Squadron, Oliver Farrant, Lord Bleane, John Freeman, Charles Hemington, Gerald Croft, Frank
• Nicholas Nickleby — Nicholas Nickleby
• 1957The Adventures of Hal 5
• 1957The Big Chance — Bill Anderson
• Armchair Theatre — Smoky
• The Adventures of Sir Lancelot — Sir Lancelot du Lac, Sir Bliant
• 1956The Man Who Never Was — Joe
• 1955Above Us the Waves — Ramsey
• Lilli Palmer Theatre — Boy
• 1955One Good Turn — Alec Bigley
• St. Ives — St. Ives
• 1954The Gay Dog — Leslie Gowland
• 1954They Who Dare — Lieutenant Poole
• 1953Intimate Relations — Michael
• 1953Malta Story — Officer at Prison
• 1953The Saint's Return — Keith Merton
• 1952Gift Horse — Crewman
• Sunday Night Theatre — Bill Bolton, Renny, Vicomte de Tournai

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2022William Russell: In Conversation — Self
• 2012Don't Lose Your Head: The Making of 'The Reign of Terror' — Himself
• 2010Last Stop White City — Self
• 2009Mounting the Rescue — Self
• 2009What Has 'The Romans' Ever Done For Us? — Self
• 2006Doctor Who: Origins — Self
• 2006Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS — Self / Ian Chesterton
• 2006Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction' — Self / Ian Chesterton
• 2005Tales of Isop — Self