Bing Russell
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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
Credits
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
as Robert
Rio Bravo (1959)
as Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
Tango & Cash (1989)
as Van Driver
Overboard (1987)
as Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
How the West Was Won (1962)
as Man (uncredited)
Dick Tracy (1990)
as Club Ritz Patron
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
as Harry - Griffin Bartender (uncredited)
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
as Second Track Meet Official
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
as Skag, Belden Hand
The Million Dollar Duck (1971)
as Mr. Smith
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
as Angelo
Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)
as Alfred
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
as Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
as Herm Dally
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
as Horner
A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
as Captain (uncredited)
Cult of the Cobra (1955)
Actor
Satan's School for Girls (1973)
as Sheriff
Good Day for a Hanging (1959)
as George Fletcher
Madame X (1966)
as Sergeant Riley
Bombers B-52 (1957)
as Operator (uncredited)
Sunset (1988)
as Studio Guard
The Great Impostor (1960)
as Morgan (uncredited)
The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)
as Himself (Archive Footage)
Elvis (1979)
as Vernon Presley
The Land Unknown (1957)
as Radio Operator (uncredited)
The Ride to Hangman's Tree (1967)
as Keller (Uncredited)
A Taste of Evil (1971)
as Sheriff
The Deadly Mantis (1957)
as State Trooper
Set This Town on Fire (1973)
as Chuck
Attack (1956)
as Medic
Death Sentence (1974)
as Trooper
The Sex Symbol (1974)
as Public Relations Man
Big Leaguer (1953)
Actor
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1976)
Actor
One Man's Way (1964)
as Tom Rayburn
Journey to Shiloh (1968)
as Greybeard
A Life at Stake (1955)
as Bartender (uncredited)
A Cry in the Wilderness (1974)
as Mr. Griffey
Ride a Violent Mile (1957)
as Corporal Norman
Yuma (1971)
as Rol King (as Neil Russell)
The Loneliest Runner (1976)
as Fred Dawkins
Flashing Spikes (1962)
as Hogan
Drango (1957)
as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
Runaway! (1973)
as Fireman
The Stripper (1963)
as Mr. Mulvaney (uncredited)
Cattle Empire (1958)
as Douglas Hamilton
Suicide Battalion (1958)
as Lt. Chet Hall
Teenage Thunder (1957)
as Used-Car Salesman
Without Incident (1957)
Actor
Stakeout! (1962)
as Joe