Cast
Bing Russell
Acting
Cast
Bing Russell
Known for
Acting
Born
1926-05-05
From
Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Died
2003-04-08
Also known as Neil Oliver "Bing" Russell, Neil Oliver Russell, Ψ¨ΫΩΪ― Ψ±Ψ§Ψ³Ω
Biography
Neil Oliver "Bing" Russell (May 5, 1926 β 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.
The Magnificent Seven
as Robert
Rio Bravo
as Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
Tango & Cash
as Van Driver
Overboard
as Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Harry - Griffin Bartender (uncredited)
Dick Tracy
as Club Ritz Patron
How the West Was Won
as Man (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
Sunset
as Studio Guard
Madame X
as Sergeant Riley
Cheyenne Autumn
as Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Last Train from Gun Hill
as Skag, Belden Hand
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
as Angelo
Death Sentence
as Trooper
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Second Track Meet Official
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Alfred
Attack
as Medic
Big Leaguer
The Hallelujah Trail
as Horner
The Stripper
as Mr. Mulvaney
Elvis
as Vernon Presley
Cattle Empire
as Douglas Hamilton
Yuma
as Rol King (as Neil Russell)
The Million Dollar Duck
as Mr. Smith
The Great Impostor
as Morgan (uncredited)
The Apple Dumpling Gang
as Herm Dally
A Gathering of Eagles
as Captain (uncredited)
Cult of the Cobra
Journey to Shiloh
as Greybeard
A Taste of Evil
as Sheriff
The Deadly Mantis
as State Trooper
Flashing Spikes
as Hogan
Good Day for a Hanging
as George Fletcher
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
The Land Unknown
as Radio Operator (uncredited)
One Man's Way
as Tom Rayburn
Bombers B-52
as Operator (uncredited)
Satan's School for Girls
as Sheriff
Suicide Battalion
as Lt. Chet Hall
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
as Himself (Archive Footage)
The Sex Symbol
as Public Relations Man
Drango
as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
Runaway!
as Fireman
A Life at Stake
as Bartender (uncredited)
Without Incident
Set This Town on Fire
as Chuck
The Loneliest Runner
as Fred Dawkins
Teenage Thunder
as Used-Car Salesman
Ride a Violent Mile
as Corporal Norman
A Cry in the Wilderness
as Mr. Griffey
Stakeout!
as Joe