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