Acting
Bing Russell
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.
Filmography
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Film · 2014
Dick Tracy
Film · 1990
Tango & Cash
Film · 1989
Sunset
Film · 1988
Overboard
Film · 1987
Elvis
Film · 1979
The Loneliest Runner
Film · 1976
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Film · 1976
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Series · 1976
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Film · 1975
The Sex Symbol
Film · 1974
A Cry in the Wilderness
Film · 1974
Death Sentence
Film · 1974
Petrocelli
Series · 1974
The Rockford Files
Series · 1974
Set This Town on Fire
Film · 1973
Satan's School for Girls
Film · 1973
Runaway!
Film · 1973
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Film · 1972
The Streets of San Francisco
Series · 1972
Emergency!
Series · 1972
The Streets of San Francisco
Series · 1972
Yuma
Film · 1971
A Taste of Evil
Film · 1971
The Million Dollar Duck
Film · 1971
Alias Smith and Jones
Series · 1971
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Film · 1969
Journey to Shiloh
Film · 1968
Blackbeard's Ghost
Film · 1968
The Mod Squad
Series · 1968
The Outcasts
Series · 1968
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
Film · 1967
Mannix
Series · 1967
Ironside
Series · 1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Series · 1967
Dundee and the Culhane
Series · 1967
Ironside
Series · 1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Series · 1967
Hondo
Series · 1967
Madame X
Film · 1966
The Monroes
Series · 1966
The Monkees
Series · 1966
The Hallelujah Trail
Film · 1965
I Dream of Jeannie
Series · 1965
The Big Valley
Series · 1965
Branded
Series · 1965
The Big Valley
Series · 1965
The Big Valley
Series · 1965
The Big Valley
Series · 1965
The Big Valley
Series · 1965
The Big Valley
Series · 1965
The Big Valley
Series · 1965
The Big Valley
Series · 1965
The Big Valley
Series · 1965
Branded
Series · 1965
One Man's Way
Film · 1964
Cheyenne Autumn
Film · 1964
The Munsters
Series · 1964
A Gathering of Eagles
Film · 1963
The Stripper
Film · 1963
The Fugitive
Series · 1963
The Fugitive
Series · 1963
The Fugitive
Series · 1963
The Fugitive
Series · 1963
How the West Was Won
Film · 1962
Stakeout!
Film · 1962
Flashing Spikes
Film · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
Stoney Burke
Series · 1962
General Electric True
Series · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
Sam Benedict
Series · 1962
Ben Casey
Series · 1961
The Magnificent Seven
Film · 1960
The Great Impostor
Film · 1960
The Andy Griffith Show
Series · 1960
Surfside 6
Series · 1960
Stagecoach West
Series · 1960
Tate
Series · 1960
Route 66
Series · 1960
Last Train from Gun Hill
Film · 1959
Good Day for a Hanging
Film · 1959
The Horse Soldiers
Film · 1959
Rio Bravo
Film · 1959
The Twilight Zone
Series · 1959
The Twilight Zone
Series · 1959
Black Saddle
Series · 1959
Rawhide
Series · 1959
The Alaskans
Series · 1959
Black Saddle
Series · 1959
Laramie
Series · 1959
Johnny Ringo
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
Laramie
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
Suicide Battalion
Film · 1958
Cattle Empire
Film · 1958
Bronco
Series · 1958
The Donna Reed Show
Series · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Series · 1958
The Rifleman
Series · 1958
The Texan
Series · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Series · 1958
Bronco
Series · 1958
The Land Unknown
Film · 1957
The Deadly Mantis
Film · 1957
Drango
Film · 1957
Bombers B-52
Film · 1957
Ride a Violent Mile
Film · 1957
Teenage Thunder
Film · 1957
Without Incident
Film · 1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Film · 1957
Maverick
Series · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
Sugarfoot
Series · 1957
Harbor Command
Series · 1957
Maverick
Series · 1957
Maverick
Series · 1957
Sugarfoot
Series · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
Attack
Film · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
The Man Called X
Series · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
A Life at Stake
Film · 1955
Cult of the Cobra
Film · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Series · 1955
Navy Log
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Series · 1955
Science Fiction Theatre
Series · 1955
Lassie
Series · 1954
Public Defender
Series · 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
Big Leaguer
Film · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
You Are There
Series · 1953
You Are There
Series · 1953
The Living Christ
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951