- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 5, 1926
- Place of Birth
- Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
- Died
- April 8, 2003
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 follo…
Filmography
movieThe Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014 · Himself (Archive Footage)
movieDick Tracy
1990 · Club Ritz Patron
movieTango & Cash
1989 · Van Driver
movieSunset
1988 · Studio Guard
movieOverboard
1987 · Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
movieElvis
1979 · Vernon Presley
movieThe Loneliest Runner
1976 · Fred Dawkins
tvArthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
1976 · Timberwell
movieThe New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976
movieThe Apple Dumpling Gang
1975 · Herm Dally
movieDeath Sentence
1974 · Trooper
movieThe Sex Symbol
1974 · Public Relations Man
tvThe Rockford Files
1974 · Lieutenant
tvPetrocelli
1974
movieA Cry in the Wilderness
1974 · Mr. Griffey
movieRunaway!
1973 · Fireman
movieSatan's School for Girls
1973 · Sheriff
movieSet This Town on Fire
1973 · Chuck
tvThe Streets of San Francisco
1972 · , Detective Dan Riggs
movieNow You See Him, Now You Don't
1972 · Alfred
tvEmergency!
1972
movieA Taste of Evil
1971 · Sheriff
movieThe Million Dollar Duck
1971 · Mr. Smith
movieYuma
1971 · Rol King (as Neil Russell)
tvAlias Smith and Jones
1971
movieThe Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969 · Angelo
tvThe Mod Squad
1968
tvThe Outcasts
1968
movieJourney to Shiloh
1968 · Greybeard
movieBlackbeard's Ghost
1968 · Second Track Meet Official
tvMannix
1967
tvThe Guns of Will Sonnett
1967 · , Chet
tvHondo
1967 · Thompson
tvDundee and the Culhane
1967
movieThe Ride to Hangman's Tree
1967 · Keller (Uncredited)
tvIronside
1967 · , Cal Bristold
tvThe Monkees
1966 · Rudy
tvThe Monroes
1966
movieAn Eye for an Eye
1966 · Writer
movieMadame X
1966 · Sergeant Riley
tvI Dream of Jeannie
1965 · Amos Lincoln
tvThe Big Valley
1965 · Jack Tolliver, Clint, Mac, Joe Garrett, Rancher, Dan Kelsey, Sheriff, Slade, Sheriff Jim Dolan
movieThe Hallelujah Trail
1965 · Horner
tvBranded
1965 · , Sheriff Gorman
movieCheyenne Autumn
1964 · Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
tvThe Munsters
1964
movieOne Man's Way
1964 · Tom Rayburn
tvThe Fugitive
1963 · Sgt. Eggins, Officer, Matt Davis, Officer Westphal
movieA Gathering of Eagles
1963 · Captain (uncredited)
movieThe Stripper
1963 · Mr. Mulvaney
movieHow the West Was Won
1962 · Man (uncredited)
movieFlashing Spikes
1962 · Hogan
movieStakeout!
1962 · Joe
tvStoney Burke
1962
tvGeneral Electric True
1962
tvThe Virginian
1962 · Sgt. Eads, John Rudd, Donovan, Sam Fuller, Gabe Sloan, Ned Smith
tvSam Benedict
1962 · Len George (uncredited)
tvBen Casey
1961
movieThe Great Impostor
1960 · Morgan (uncredited)
movieThe Magnificent Seven
1960 · Robert
tvRoute 66
1960 · Frank Satterfield
tvSurfside 6
1960
tvStagecoach West
1960
tvThe Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Mr. Burton
tvTate
1960
tvThe Alaskans
1959
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959 · George Cousins, Ben Braden
tvJohnny Ringo
1959 · Dick Walsh
tvLaramie
1959
tvBonanza
1959 · Sheriff Clem Foster, Deputy Clem Foster, Major Reynolds, Poindexter
movieLast Train from Gun Hill
1959 · Skag, Belden Hand
movieThe Horse Soldiers
1959 · Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
movieRio Bravo
1959 · Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
tvBlack Saddle
1959 · Lee Curry, Ken Wilson
tvRawhide
1959 · Jack Harris
movieGood Day for a Hanging
1959 · George Fletcher
tvThe Rifleman
1958
tvThe Texan
1958
tvThe Donna Reed Show
1958
tvBronco
1958 · , Johnny Rawlins
tvWanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Clay, Billy Hemp
movieCattle Empire
1958 · Douglas Hamilton
movieSuicide Battalion
1958 · Lt. Chet Hall
movieRide a Violent Mile
1957 · Corporal Norman
movieBombers B-52
1957 · Operator (uncredited)
movieThe Land Unknown
1957 · Radio Operator (uncredited)
tvHarbor Command
1957
tvMaverick
1957 · , Tyler Brink, Russ Aikens
tvSugarfoot
1957 · Sergeant McKinnock, Hank Gibson
tvHave Gun, Will Travel
1957 · , Sheriff Reagan
movieWithout Incident
1957
movieGunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957 · Harry - Griffin Bartender (uncredited)
movieThe Deadly Mantis
1957 · State Trooper
movieDrango
1957 · Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
movieTeenage Thunder
1957 · Used-Car Salesman
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Sam - Henchman, Deputy Stover, Cole
movieAttack
1956 · Medic
tvThe Man Called X
1956
tvNavy Log
1955
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Simon Fletcher, Ed Shelby, Tabor, Head, Walsh, Arnold Rolfing
tvThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · , Sergeant Turner
tvScience Fiction Theatre
1955
movieCult of the Cobra
1955
movieA Life at Stake
1955 · Bartender (uncredited)
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Arne, Track Starter (uncredited)
tvLassie
1954
tvPublic Defender
1954 · 2nd Cop
tvLetter to Loretta
1953 · Convict, Jim Murphy, Newsman, Sergeant
movieBig Leaguer
1953
tvYou Are There
1953 · Lendall Pitts, Disheartened Soldier
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Assistant Director
tvThe Living Christ
1951 · Lazarus