Bing Russell
Acting
Neil Oliver "Bing" Russell (May 5, 1926 – April 8, 2003) was an American actor and Class A minor-league baseball club owner. He was the father of Hollywood actor Kurt Russell. Although best known as the deputy on Bonanza (1959) and Robert in The Magnificent Seven (1960), Russell's was also well known on a national level as the owner of the Portland Mavericks Baseball Club. Helming the only independent team in the class A Northwest League, Russell was an innovator. Before Bull Durham (1988), there were the Mavericks. Russell kept a 30 man roster because he believed that some of the players deserved to have one last season. His motto was simply one three lettered word - not WIN - although the Mavericks did just that - no, the word was FUN. He created a park that kept all corporate sponsorship outside the gates, hired the first female general manager in professional baseball, and the following year hired the first Asian American GM/Manager. That same season his team set a record for the highest attendance in Minor league history, and went on to win the pennant. Ex-major leaguers and never-weres who couldn't stop playing the game flocked to his June tryouts, which were always open to anyone that showed up. From as far away as Capetown, and France, players would head to Portland for a chance with Russell's Mavericks.
TV Shows(58)
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Timberwell
1976
The Rockford Files
Lieutenant
1974
Petrocelli
1974
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Emergency!
1972
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Mod Squad
1968
The Outcasts
1968
Mannix
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Hondo
Thompson
1967
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
Ironside
1967
The Monkees
Rudy
1966
The Monroes
1966
I Dream of Jeannie
Amos Lincoln
1965
The Big Valley
Jack Tolliver
1965
Branded
1965
The Munsters
1964
The Fugitive
Sgt. Eggins
1963
Stoney Burke
1962
General Electric True
1962
The Virginian
Sgt. Eads
1962
Sam Benedict
Len George (uncredited)
1962
Ben Casey
1961
Route 66
1960
Surfside 6
1960
Stagecoach West
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
Mr. Burton
1960
Tate
1960
The Alaskans
1959
The Twilight Zone
George Cousins
1959
Johnny Ringo
Dick Walsh
1959
Laramie
1959
Bonanza
Sheriff Clem Foster
1959
Black Saddle
Lee Curry
1959
Rawhide
Jack Harris
1959
The Rifleman
1958
The Texan
1958
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Bronco
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Clay
1958
Harbor Command
1957
Maverick
1957
Sugarfoot
Sergeant McKinnock
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sam - Henchman
1956
The Man Called X
1956
Navy Log
1955
Gunsmoke
Simon Fletcher
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Arne
1954
Lassie
1954
Public Defender
2nd Cop
1954
Letter to Loretta
Convict
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Assistant Director
1951
The Living Christ
Lazarus
1951
Movies(51)
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Himself (Archive Footage)
2014
Dick Tracy
Club Ritz Patron
1990
Tango & Cash
Van Driver
1989
Sunset
Studio Guard
1988
Overboard
Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
1987
Elvis
Vernon Presley
1979
The Loneliest Runner
Fred Dawkins
1976
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Herm Dally
1975
Death Sentence
Trooper
1974
The Sex Symbol
Public Relations Man
1974
A Cry in the Wilderness
Mr. Griffey
1974
Runaway!
Fireman
1973
Satan's School for Girls
Sheriff
1973
Set This Town on Fire
Chuck
1973
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Alfred
1972
A Taste of Evil
Sheriff
1971
The Million Dollar Duck
Mr. Smith
1971
Yuma
Rol King (as Neil Russell)
1971
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Angelo
1969
Journey to Shiloh
Greybeard
1968
Blackbeard's Ghost
Second Track Meet Official
1968
Madame X
Sergeant Riley
1966
The Hallelujah Trail
Horner
1965
Cheyenne Autumn
Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
1964
One Man's Way
Tom Rayburn
1964
A Gathering of Eagles
Captain (uncredited)
1963
The Stripper
Mr. Mulvaney
1963
How the West Was Won
Man (uncredited)
1962
Flashing Spikes
Hogan
1962
Stakeout!
Joe
1962
The Great Impostor
Morgan (uncredited)
1960
The Magnificent Seven
Robert
1960
Last Train from Gun Hill
Skag, Belden Hand
1959
The Horse Soldiers
Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
1959
Rio Bravo
Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
1959
Good Day for a Hanging
George Fletcher
1959
Cattle Empire
Douglas Hamilton
1958
Suicide Battalion
Lt. Chet Hall
1958
Ride a Violent Mile
Corporal Norman
1957
Bombers B-52
Operator (uncredited)
1957
The Land Unknown
Radio Operator (uncredited)
1957
Without Incident
1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Harry - Griffin Bartender (uncredited)
1957
The Deadly Mantis
State Trooper
1957
Drango
Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
1957
Teenage Thunder
Used-Car Salesman
1957
Attack
Medic
1956
Cult of the Cobra
1955
A Life at Stake
Bartender (uncredited)
1955
Big Leaguer
1953