# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-russell-q2471880
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:29:13.106Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-russell-q2471880"
name: "William Russell"
slug: "william-russell-q2471880"
description: "William Russell Enoch was an English actor who performed as both Russell Enoch and William Russell. His career on stage and screen spanned over seven decades and he first achieved prominence in the title role of the television series The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956–1957). In 1963, he was in the original lead cast of BBC1's Doctor Who, playing the role of schoolteacher Ian Chesterton from the show's first episode until 1965."
tagline: "English actor (1924–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Russell%2C_Gallifrey_One%2C_2012%2C_2_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1924-11-19"
deathDate: "2024-06-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.28
  momentum:             0.01903426167100782
  historical:           18.760036
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257920/"
    handle:    "nm0257920"
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    title: "William Russell"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump