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