Bing Russell profile
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Bing Russell

5th May 1926 Brattleboro, Vermont, USA Acting

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.

52 Movies 105 TV Shows 157 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Sunset poster
Sunset 29th April 1988 as Studio Guard
Overboard poster
Overboard 16th December 1987 as Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
Elvis poster
Elvis 10th February 1979 as Vernon Presley
Yuma poster
Yuma 2nd March 1971 as Rol King (as Neil Russell)
Rio Bravo poster
Rio Bravo 8th March 1959 as Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
Drango poster
Drango 1st January 1957 as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
Attack poster
Attack 19th September 1956 as Medic
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Hondo 8th September 1967 as Thompson
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Branded 24th January 1965 as Sheriff Gorman
Route 66 poster
Route 66 7th October 1960 as Frank Satterfield
Laramie poster
Laramie 15th September 1959 as Sam Purdy
Bonanza poster
Bonanza 12th September 1959 as Sheriff Clem Foster
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Bonanza 12th September 1959 as Deputy Clem Foster
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Bonanza 12th September 1959 as Major Reynolds
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Bonanza 12th September 1959 as Poindexter
Rawhide poster
Rawhide 9th January 1959 as Jack Harris
Bronco poster
Bronco 23rd September 1958 as Johnny Rawlins
Maverick poster
Maverick 22nd September 1957 as Tyler Brink
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Maverick 22nd September 1957 as Russ Aikens
Sugarfoot poster
Sugarfoot 17th September 1957 as Sergeant McKinnock
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Gunsmoke 10th September 1955 as Simon Fletcher
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Gunsmoke 10th September 1955 as Arnold Rolfing