Bing Russell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 5, 1926
- Died
- Apr 8, 2003 (aged 76)
- Place of birth
- Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
- Credits
- 111
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.
Known for
Tango & Cash
1989Movie
Van Driver
The Magnificent Seven
1960Movie
Robert
Rio Bravo
1959Movie
Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
Dick Tracy
1990Movie
Club Ritz Patron
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
George Cousins, Ben Braden
Overboard
1987Movie
Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
Filmography
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014Movie
Himself (Archive Footage)
Dick Tracy
1990Movie
Club Ritz Patron
Tango & Cash
1989Movie
Van Driver
Sunset
1988Movie
Studio Guard
Overboard
1987Movie
Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
Elvis
1979Movie
Vernon Presley
The Loneliest Runner
1976Movie
Fred Dawkins
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
1976TV
Timberwell
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976Movie
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975Movie
Herm Dally
Death Sentence
1974Movie
Trooper
The Sex Symbol
1974Movie
Public Relations Man
The Rockford Files
1974TV
Lieutenant
Petrocelli
1974TV
A Cry in the Wilderness
1974Movie
Mr. Griffey
Runaway!
1973Movie
Fireman
Satan's School for Girls
1973Movie
Sheriff
Set This Town on Fire
1973Movie
Chuck
The Streets of San Francisco
1972TV
Detective Dan Riggs
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972Movie
Alfred
Emergency!
1972TV
Carl Wilson
A Taste of Evil
1971Movie
Sheriff
The Million Dollar Duck
1971Movie
Mr. Smith
Yuma
1971Movie
Rol King (as Neil Russell)
Alias Smith and Jones
1971TV
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969Movie
Angelo
The Mod Squad
1968TV
The Outcasts
1968TV
Journey to Shiloh
1968Movie
Greybeard
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968Movie
Second Track Meet Official
Mannix
1967TV
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967TV
Chet
Hondo
1967TV
Thompson
Dundee and the Culhane
1967TV
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
1967Movie
Keller (Uncredited)
Ironside
1967TV
Cal Bristold
The Monkees
1966TV
Rudy
The Monroes
1966TV
Madame X
1966Movie
Sergeant Riley
I Dream of Jeannie
1965TV
Amos Lincoln
The Big Valley
1965TV
Jack Tolliver, Clint, Mac, Joe Garrett, Rancher, Dan Kelsey, Sheriff, Slade, Sheriff Jim Dolan
The Hallelujah Trail
1965Movie
Horner
Branded
1965TV
Sheriff Gorman
Cheyenne Autumn
1964Movie
Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
The Munsters
1964TV
One Man's Way
1964Movie
Tom Rayburn
The Fugitive
1963TV
Sgt. Eggins, Officer, Matt Davis, Officer Westphal
A Gathering of Eagles
1963Movie
Captain (uncredited)
The Stripper
1963Movie
Mr. Mulvaney (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
1962Movie
Man (uncredited)
Flashing Spikes
1962Movie
Hogan
Stakeout!
1962Movie
Joe
Stoney Burke
1962TV
General Electric True
1962TV
The Virginian
1962TV
Sgt. Eads, John Rudd, Donovan, Sam Fuller, Gabe Sloan, Ned Smith
Sam Benedict
1962TV
Len George (uncredited)
Ben Casey
1961TV
The Great Impostor
1960Movie
Morgan (uncredited)
The Magnificent Seven
1960Movie
Robert
Route 66
1960TV
Frank Satterfield
Surfside 6
1960TV
Stagecoach West
1960TV
The Andy Griffith Show
1960TV
Mr. Burton
Tate
1960TV
The Alaskans
1959TV
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
George Cousins, Ben Braden
Johnny Ringo
1959TV
Dick Walsh
Laramie
1959TV
Sam Purdy
Bonanza
1959TV
Sheriff Clem Foster, Deputy Clem Foster, Major Reynolds, Poindexter, Clem
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959Movie
Skag, Belden Hand
The Horse Soldiers
1959Movie
Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
Rio Bravo
1959Movie
Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
Black Saddle
1959TV
Lee Curry, Ken Wilson
Rawhide
1959TV
Jack Harris
Good Day for a Hanging
1959Movie
George Fletcher
The Rifleman
1958TV
The Texan
1958TV
The Donna Reed Show
1958TV
Bronco
1958TV
Johnny Rawlins
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958TV
Clay, Billy Hemp
Cattle Empire
1958Movie
Douglas Hamilton
Suicide Battalion
1958Movie
Lt. Chet Hall
Ride a Violent Mile
1957Movie
Corporal Norman
Bombers B-52
1957Movie
Operator (uncredited)
The Land Unknown
1957Movie
Radio Operator (uncredited)
Harbor Command
1957TV
Maverick
1957TV
Tyler Brink, Russ Aikens
Sugarfoot
1957TV
Sergeant McKinnock, Hank Gibson
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957TV
Sheriff Reagan
Without Incident
1957Movie
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957Movie
Harry - Griffin Bartender (uncredited)
The Deadly Mantis
1957Movie
State Trooper
Drango
1957Movie
Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
Teenage Thunder
1957Movie
Used-Car Salesman
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Sam - Henchman, Deputy Stover, Cole
Attack
1956Movie
Medic
The Man Called X
1956TV
Navy Log
1955TV
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Simon Fletcher, Ed Shelby, Tabor, Head, Walsh, Arnold Rolfing
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955TV
Sergeant Turner
Science Fiction Theatre
1955TV
Cult of the Cobra
1955Movie
A Life at Stake
1955Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Arne, Track Starter (uncredited)
Lassie
1954TV
Public Defender
1954TV
2nd Cop
Letter to Loretta
1953TV
Convict, Jim Murphy, Newsman, Sergeant
Big Leaguer
1953Movie
You Are There
1953TV
Lendall Pitts, Disheartened Soldier
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951TV
Assistant Director
The Living Christ
1951TV
Lazarus