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