William Russ Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
William Russ (born October 20, 1950) is an American actor and television director. He is perhaps best known for his role as Alan Matthews on the sitcom Boy Meets World (1993–2000). Russ is also notable for his roles in the television series Wiseguy, the soap operas Another World and The Young and the Restless and the feature films Pastime (1991) and American History X (1998).
Full Name
William Russ
Net Worth
$950,000
Date Of Birth
October 20, 1950
Place Of Birth
Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
Height
1.83 m
Occupation
Actor, television director
Profession
Actor, Television Director
Education
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, University of Michigan
Nationality
American
Spouse
Clare Wren
Nicknames
William Russ, Russ, William
IMDB
Nominations
Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead
Movies
American History X, Disorganized Crime, Dead of Winter, Traces of Red, Death Bed: The Bed That Eats, Aspen Extreme, The Unholy, Finding John Christmas, Wanted: Dead or Alive, A Fork in the Road, Just You and Me, Kid, Have You Seen My Son, California Solo, Crisis at Central High, A Strange Affair, Re...
TV Shows
Mister Sterling, Boy Meets World, Another World, Capital News, Middle Ages
Star Sign
Libra
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Trademark
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Often plays stern fathers or violent criminals
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Quote
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[on playing bad guy roles] In L.A., when you start out you work in TV and on TV there's the good guy who's usually someone like Don Johnson and then there's the bad guy. On a series all year there is only one good guy, but every week there's a different bad guy. If you can't play a bad guy, you won't work very much.
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[about his 'Wiseguy' character] 15 years later, people still say to me, "How's it going, buckwheat?"
He wore the same brown leather jacket with a number 13 patch on the front in The Right Stuff (1983), in Hunter (1984) as the troubled Vietnam vet in the Fire Man episode and as the Roger LoCocco character in Wiseguy (1987).
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A self-affirmed "Navy brat" who graduated from the University of Michigan, where he studied drama.
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Trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse, he appeared on stage with Al Pacino in "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel" and Holly Hunter in "Ghost on Fire."
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Married to actress Clare Wren and has a daughter and son.
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He started filming Life as a House (2001) playing Officer Kurt Walker, but was injured in a motorbike crash and replaced by Scott Bakula.
