Bing Russell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 5, 1926
- Died
- April 8, 2003 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Movie · as Himself (Archive Footage)
Dick Tracy
Movie · as Club Ritz Patron
Tango & Cash
Movie · as Van Driver
Sunset
Movie · as Studio Guard
Overboard
Movie · as Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
Elvis
Movie · as Vernon Presley
The Loneliest Runner
Movie · as Fred Dawkins
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Movie
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
TV · as Timberwell · 2 eps
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Movie · as Herm Dally
The Sex Symbol
Movie · as Public Relations Man
A Cry in the Wilderness
Movie · as Mr. Griffey
Death Sentence
Movie · as Trooper
Petrocelli
TV · 1 ep
The Rockford Files
TV · as Lieutenant · 1 ep
Set This Town on Fire
Movie · as Chuck
Satan's School for Girls
Movie · as Sheriff
Runaway!
Movie · as Fireman
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Movie · as Alfred
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · as Detective Dan Riggs · 1 ep
Emergency!
TV · as David Winslow · 3 eps
Yuma
Movie · as Rol King (as Neil Russell)
A Taste of Evil
Movie · as Sheriff
The Million Dollar Duck
Movie · as Mr. Smith
Alias Smith and Jones
TV · 1 ep
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Movie · as Angelo
Journey to Shiloh
Movie · as Greybeard
Blackbeard's Ghost
Movie · as Second Track Meet Official
The Mod Squad
TV · 1 ep
The Outcasts
TV · 1 ep
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
Movie · as Keller (Uncredited)
Mannix
TV · 2 eps
Ironside
TV · as Cal Bristold · 1 ep
The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV · as Chet · 2 eps
Dundee and the Culhane
TV · 1 ep
Hondo
TV · as Thompson · 1 ep
Madame X
Movie · as Sergeant Riley
The Monroes
TV · 1 ep
The Monkees
TV · as Rudy · 1 ep
The Hallelujah Trail
Movie · as Horner
I Dream of Jeannie
TV · as Amos Lincoln · 1 ep
The Big Valley
TV · as Jack Tolliver, Clint, Rancher, Joe Garrett, Mac, Dan Kelsey, Sheriff, Slade, Sheriff Jim Dolan · 1 ep
Branded
TV · as Sheriff Gorman · 1 ep
One Man's Way
Movie · as Tom Rayburn
Cheyenne Autumn
Movie · as Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
The Munsters
TV · 1 ep
A Gathering of Eagles
Movie · as Captain (uncredited)
The Stripper
Movie · as Mr. Mulvaney (uncredited)
The Fugitive
TV · as Sgt. Eggins, Officer, Matt Davis, Officer Westphal · 1 ep
How the West Was Won
Movie · as Man (uncredited)
Stakeout!
Movie · as Joe
Flashing Spikes
Movie · as Hogan
The Virginian
TV · as Sgt. Eads, John Rudd, Donovan, Sam Fuller, Gabe Sloan, Ned Smith · 2 eps
Stoney Burke
TV · 1 ep
General Electric True
TV · 1 ep
Sam Benedict
TV · as Len George (uncredited) · 1 ep
Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep
The Magnificent Seven
Movie · as Robert
The Great Impostor
Movie · as Morgan (uncredited)
The Andy Griffith Show
TV · as Mr. Burton · 1 ep
Surfside 6
TV · 1 ep
Stagecoach West
TV · 1 ep
Tate
TV · 1 ep
Route 66
TV · as Frank Satterfield · 1 ep
Last Train from Gun Hill
Movie · as Skag, Belden Hand
Good Day for a Hanging
Movie · as George Fletcher
The Horse Soldiers
Movie · as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
Rio Bravo
Movie · as Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
TV · as George Cousins, Ben Braden · 1 ep
Black Saddle
TV · as Lee Curry, Ken Wilson · 1 ep
Rawhide
TV · as Jack Harris · 1 ep
The Alaskans
TV · 1 ep
Laramie
TV · as Sam Purdy · 1 ep
Johnny Ringo
TV · as Dick Walsh · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Sheriff Clem Foster, Deputy Clem Foster, Major Reynolds, Poindexter · 7 eps
Suicide Battalion
Movie · as Lt. Chet Hall
Cattle Empire
Movie · as Douglas Hamilton
Bronco
TV · as Johnny Rawlins · 2 eps
The Donna Reed Show
TV · 1 ep
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · as Clay, Billy Hemp · 1 ep
The Rifleman
TV · 2 eps
The Texan
TV · 1 ep
The Land Unknown
Movie · as Radio Operator (uncredited)
The Deadly Mantis
Movie · as State Trooper
Drango
Movie · as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
Bombers B-52
Movie · as Operator (uncredited)
Ride a Violent Mile
Movie · as Corporal Norman
Teenage Thunder
Movie · as Used-Car Salesman
Without Incident
Movie
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Movie · as Harry - Griffin Bartender (uncredited)
Maverick
TV · as Tyler Brink, Russ Aikens · 2 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · as Sheriff Reagan · 1 ep
Sugarfoot
TV · as Sergeant McKinnock, Hank Gibson · 1 ep
Harbor Command
TV · 1 ep
Attack
Movie · as Medic
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Sam - Henchman, Deputy Stover, Cole · 1 ep
The Man Called X
TV · 1 ep
A Life at Stake
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)
Cult of the Cobra
Movie
Gunsmoke
TV · as Simon Fletcher, Ed Shelby, Tabor, Head, Walsh, Arnold Rolfing · 1 ep
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV · as Sergeant Turner · 1 ep
Navy Log
TV · 2 eps
Science Fiction Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Lassie
TV · 1 ep
Public Defender
TV · as 2nd Cop · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Arne, Track Starter (uncredited) · 1 ep
Big Leaguer
Movie
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Convict, Jim Murphy, Newsman, Sergeant · 1 ep
You Are There
TV · as Lendall Pitts, Disheartened Soldier · 1 ep
The Living Christ
TV · as Lazarus · 12 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Assistant Director · 1 ep