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.
Fotos
Películas (53)
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014 · Himself (Archive Footage)
Dick Tracy
1990 · Club Ritz Patron
Tango & Cash
1989 · Van Driver
Sunset
1988 · Studio Guard
Overboard
1987 · Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
Elvis
1979 · Vernon Presley
The Loneliest Runner
1976 · Fred Dawkins
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975 · Herm Dally
Death Sentence
1974 · Trooper
The Sex Symbol
1974 · Public Relations Man
A Cry in the Wilderness
1974 · Mr. Griffey
Runaway!
1973 · Fireman
Satan's School for Girls
1973 · Sheriff
Set This Town on Fire
1973 · Chuck
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972 · Alfred
A Taste of Evil
1971 · Sheriff
The Million Dollar Duck
1971 · Mr. Smith
Yuma
1971 · Rol King (as Neil Russell)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969 · Angelo
Journey to Shiloh
1968 · Greybeard
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 · Second Track Meet Official
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
1967 · Keller (Uncredited)
An Eye for an Eye
1966 · Writer
Madame X
1966 · Sergeant Riley
The Hallelujah Trail
1965 · Horner
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
One Man's Way
1964 · Tom Rayburn
A Gathering of Eagles
1963 · Captain (uncredited)
The Stripper
1963 · Mr. Mulvaney (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
1962 · Man (uncredited)
Flashing Spikes
1962 · Hogan
Stakeout!
1962 · Joe
The Great Impostor
1960 · Morgan (uncredited)
The Magnificent Seven
1960 · Robert
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959 · Skag, Belden Hand
The Horse Soldiers
1959 · Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
Rio Bravo
1959 · Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
Good Day for a Hanging
1959 · George Fletcher
Cattle Empire
1958 · Douglas Hamilton
Suicide Battalion
1958 · Lt. Chet Hall
Ride a Violent Mile
1957 · Corporal Norman
Bombers B-52
1957 · Operator (uncredited)
The Land Unknown
1957 · Radio Operator (uncredited)
Without Incident
1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957 · Harry - Griffin Bartender (uncredited)
The Deadly Mantis
1957 · State Trooper
Drango
1957 · Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
Teenage Thunder
1957 · Used-Car Salesman
Attack
1956 · Medic
Cult of the Cobra
1955
A Life at Stake
1955 · Bartender (uncredited)
Big Leaguer
1953
Series (59)
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
1976 · Timberwell
The Rockford Files
1974 · Lieutenant
Petrocelli
1974
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Detective Dan Riggs
Emergency!
1972 · Richard Freeman
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Mod Squad
1968
The Outcasts
1968
Mannix
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967 · Chet
Hondo
1967 · Thompson
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
Ironside
1967 · Cal Bristold
The Monkees
1966 · Rudy
The Monroes
1966
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 · Amos Lincoln
The Big Valley
1965 · Jack Tolliver, Clint, Mac, Joe Garrett, Rancher, Dan Kelsey, Sheriff, Slade, Sheriff Jim Dolan
Branded
1965 · Sheriff Gorman
The Munsters
1964
The Fugitive
1963 · Sgt. Eggins, Officer, Matt Davis, Officer Westphal
Stoney Burke
1962
General Electric True
1962
The Virginian
1962 · Sgt. Eads, John Rudd, Donovan, Sam Fuller, Gabe Sloan, Ned Smith
Sam Benedict
1962 · Len George (uncredited)
Ben Casey
1961
Route 66
1960 · Frank Satterfield
Surfside 6
1960
Stagecoach West
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Mr. Burton
Tate
1960
The Alaskans
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959 · George Cousins, Ben Braden
Johnny Ringo
1959 · Dick Walsh
Laramie
1959 · Sam Purdy
Bonanza
1959 · Sheriff Clem Foster, Deputy Clem Foster, Major Reynolds, Poindexter, Clem
Black Saddle
1959 · Lee Curry, Ken Wilson
Rawhide
1959 · Jack Harris
The Rifleman
1958
The Texan
1958
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Bronco
1958 · Johnny Rawlins
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Clay, Billy Hemp
Harbor Command
1957
Maverick
1957 · Tyler Brink, Russ Aikens
Sugarfoot
1957 · Sergeant McKinnock, Hank Gibson
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Sheriff Reagan
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Sam - Henchman, Deputy Stover, Cole
The Man Called X
1956
Navy Log
1955
Gunsmoke
1955 · Simon Fletcher, Ed Shelby, Tabor, Head, Walsh, Arnold Rolfing
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Sergeant Turner
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Arne, Track Starter (uncredited)
Lassie
1954
Public Defender
1954 · 2nd Cop
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Convict, Jim Murphy, Newsman, Sergeant
You Are There
1953 · Lendall Pitts, Disheartened Soldier
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Assistant Director
The Living Christ
1951 · Lazarus