Bing Russell
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
Bonanza
Sheriff Clem Foster
Bonanza
Deputy Clem Foster
Bonanza
Major Reynolds
Bonanza
Poindexter
Mannix
The Andy Griffith Show
Mr. Burton
The Fugitive
Sgt. Eggins
The Fugitive
Officer
The Fugitive
Matt Davis
The Fugitive
Officer Westphal
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Sheriff Reagan
Ironside
Ironside
Cal Bristold
The Twilight Zone
George Cousins
The Twilight Zone
Ben Braden
Lassie
Maverick
Maverick
Tyler Brink
Maverick
Russ Aikens
The Rifleman
The Big Valley
Jack Tolliver
The Big Valley
Clint
The Big Valley
Mac
The Big Valley
Joe Garrett
The Big Valley
Rancher
The Big Valley
Dan Kelsey
The Big Valley
Sheriff
The Big Valley
Slade
The Big Valley
Sheriff Jim Dolan
Emergency!
The Rockford Files
Lieutenant
The Virginian
Sgt. Eads
The Virginian
John Rudd
The Virginian
Donovan
The Virginian
Sam Fuller
The Virginian
Gabe Sloan
The Virginian
Ned Smith
I Dream of Jeannie
Amos Lincoln
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sam - Henchman
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Deputy Stover
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Cole
Rawhide
Jack Harris
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Sergeant Turner
Ben Casey
The Donna Reed Show
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Clay
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Billy Hemp
Gunsmoke
Simon Fletcher
Gunsmoke
Ed Shelby
Gunsmoke
Tabor
Gunsmoke
Head
Gunsmoke
Walsh
Gunsmoke
Arnold Rolfing
How the West Was Won
Man (uncredited)
The Munsters
Route 66
Last Train from Gun Hill
Skag, Belden Hand
The Streets of San Francisco
Laramie
The Million Dollar Duck
Mr. Smith
Rio Bravo
Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
The Magnificent Seven
Robert
The Monkees
Rudy
Surfside 6
The Texan
Alias Smith and Jones
Sugarfoot
Sergeant McKinnock
Sugarfoot
Hank Gibson
Bronco
Good Day for a Hanging
George Fletcher
Branded
Branded
Sheriff Gorman
Petrocelli
A Cry in the Wilderness
Mr. Griffey
The Mod Squad
One Man's Way
Tom Rayburn
Navy Log
Cheyenne Autumn
Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Chet
A Life at Stake
Bartender (uncredited)
Public Defender
2nd Cop
Overboard
Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
Black Saddle
Lee Curry
Black Saddle
Ken Wilson
The Horse Soldiers
Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Alfred
Bombers B-52
Operator (uncredited)
Johnny Ringo
Dick Walsh
Journey to Shiloh
Greybeard
Sam Benedict
Len George (uncredited)
Stoney Burke
Tango & Cash
Van Driver
A Gathering of Eagles
Hondo
Thompson
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Himself (Archive Footage)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Angelo
The Alaskans
The Great Impostor
Morgan (uncredited)
Stagecoach West
The Hallelujah Trail
Horner
Dick Tracy
Club Ritz Patron
Madame X
Sergeant Riley
The Monroes
General Electric True
Blackbeard's Ghost
Second Track Meet Official
The Man Called X
The Outcasts
Science Fiction Theatre
Satan's School for Girls
Sheriff
The Wonderful World of Disney
Arne
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Herm Dally
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Timberwell
Cult of the Cobra
The Land Unknown
Radio Operator (uncredited)
Letter to Loretta
Convict
Letter to Loretta
Jim Murphy
Letter to Loretta
Newsman
Letter to Loretta
Sergeant
The Living Christ
Lazarus
Elvis
Vernon Presley
Tate
Harbor Command
Suicide Battalion
Lt. Chet Hall
The Stripper
Mr. Mulvaney
Yuma
Rol King (as Neil Russell)
Dundee and the Culhane
The Deadly Mantis
State Trooper
Set This Town on Fire
Chuck
Sunset
Studio Guard
Runaway!
Fireman
Cattle Empire
Douglas Hamilton
A Taste of Evil
Sheriff
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Assistant Director
Attack
Medic
Ride a Violent Mile
Corporal Norman
The Loneliest Runner
Fred Dawkins
Death Sentence
Trooper
Big Leaguer
Drango
Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
Flashing Spikes
Hogan
Stakeout!
Joe
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
The Sex Symbol
Public Relations Man
Teenage Thunder
Used-Car Salesman