William Russell

WILLIAM RUSSELL d2024. English actor who performed as both Russell Enoch and William Russell. 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. His film roles include parts in ; The Man Who Never Was (1956) / The Great Escape (1963) and Superman (1978). In his later years, he continued his association with Doctor Who and returned as Ian for a 2022 cameo in "The Power of the Doctor", 57 years after the character left which won him a Guinness World Record for the longest gap between TV appearances