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2 days ago · News editor, Legacy.com. Named 2017's Obituary Writer of the Year by the Society of Professional Obituary Writers. Quoted by CNN, the New York Times, and Macleans. William Russell, actor who ...
2 days ago · The Doctor Who X account posted the news, writing: ... In 1963, he landed the Doctor Who role, playing Chesterton, a schoolteacher who acted opposite William Hartnell, the very first Doctor, until ...
3 days ago · Tuesday, 4 June 2024 - Reported by Marcus. William Russell, the actor and one of the original stars of Doctor Who has died at the age of 99. William Russell played Ian Chesterton in the very first episode of Doctor Who, the teacher who investigated the mysterious pupil at Coal Hill School and who was spirited away in the TARDIS by the first Doctor.
2 days ago · Tributes are pouring in for Doctor Who actor William Russell, who has died at the age of 99. The English actor played Ian Chesterton (opposite William Hartnell as Doctor Who) in 77 episodes, from the show’s beginnings in 1963 until 1965. He rose to fame in 1956 in the ITV series The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, while his post-Doctor Who CV ...
1 day ago · William Russell, who has died aged 99, was one of the original cast of Doctor Who, playing the science teacher Ian Chesterton, companion to William Hartnell’s Time Lord, in the first two seasons ...
3 days ago · Doctor Who star William Russell, who was the longest-running companion on the show, has died at the age of 99 and his co-stars have paid tribute to the legendary actor.
3 days ago · William was part of the first-ever episode of Doctor Who in 1963 as schoolteacher Ian Chesterton, who traveled with The First Doctor (William Hartnell) alongside fellow teacher Barbara Wright ...
