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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 5, 1926
Died
April 8, 2003
Place of Birth
Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Also Known As
- Neil Oliver "Bing" Russell
- Neil Oliver Russell
- بینگ راسل
Bing Russell
1.1 Popularity
Biography
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
7.5
Himself (Archive Footage)
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014
6.1
Club Ritz Patron
Dick Tracy
1990
6.5
Van Driver
Tango & Cash
1989
5.7
Studio Guard
Sunset
1988
6.8
Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
Overboard
1987
6.8
Vernon Presley
Elvis
1979
6.9
Fred Dawkins
The Loneliest Runner
1976
2.3
Timberwell
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
1976
0.0
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976
6.6
Herm Dally
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
Credits
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
as Himself (Archive Footage)
2014
7.5
Dick Tracy
as Club Ritz Patron
1990
6.1
Tango & Cash
as Van Driver
1989
6.5
Sunset
as Studio Guard
1988
5.7
Overboard
as Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
1987
6.8
Elvis
as Vernon Presley
1979
6.8
The Loneliest Runner
as Fred Dawkins
1976
6.9
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
as Timberwell
1976
2.3
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976
0.0
The Apple Dumpling Gang
as Herm Dally
1975
6.6
Death Sentence
as Trooper
1974
5.3
The Sex Symbol
as Public Relations Man
1974
2.3
The Rockford Files
as Lieutenant
1974
7.6
Petrocelli
1974
7.2
A Cry in the Wilderness
as Mr. Griffey
1974
6.0
Runaway!
as Fireman
1973
5.3
Satan's School for Girls
as Sheriff
1973
5.5
🎬
Set This Town on Fire
as Chuck
1973
0.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Alfred
1972
6.3
Emergency!
1972
7.8
A Taste of Evil
as Sheriff
1971
5.9
The Million Dollar Duck
as Mr. Smith
1971
5.8
Yuma
as Rol King (as Neil Russell)
1971
6.1
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.0
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
as Angelo
1969
6.0
The Mod Squad
1968
6.2
The Outcasts
1968
5.3
Journey to Shiloh
as Greybeard
1968
5.3
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Second Track Meet Official
1968
6.7
Mannix
1967
6.7
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
6.2
The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Chet
1967
6.2
Hondo
as Thompson
1967
6.5
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
4.0
Ironside
1967
6.8
Ironside
as Cal Bristold
1967
6.8
The Monkees
as Rudy
1966
6.5
The Monroes
1966
5.7
Madame X
as Sergeant Riley
1966
6.4
I Dream of Jeannie
as Amos Lincoln
1965
7.8
The Big Valley
as Jack Tolliver
1965
6.1
The Big Valley
as Clint
1965
6.1
The Big Valley
as Rancher
1965
6.1
The Big Valley
as Joe Garrett
1965
6.1
The Big Valley
as Mac
1965
6.1
The Big Valley
as Dan Kelsey
1965
6.1
The Big Valley
as Sheriff
1965
6.1
The Big Valley
as Slade
1965
6.1
The Big Valley
as Sheriff Jim Dolan
1965
6.1
The Hallelujah Trail
as Horner
1965
6.1
Branded
1965
6.6
Branded
as Sheriff Gorman
1965
6.6
Cheyenne Autumn
as Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
1964
6.7
The Munsters
1964
7.9
One Man's Way
as Tom Rayburn
1964
3.3
The Fugitive
as Sgt. Eggins
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as Officer
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as Matt Davis
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as Officer Westphal
1963
7.2
A Gathering of Eagles
1963
5.7
The Stripper
as Mr. Mulvaney
1963
4.4
How the West Was Won
as Man (uncredited)
1962
7.0
Flashing Spikes
as Hogan
1962
6.0
Stoney Burke
1962
5.7
Stakeout!
as Joe
1962
5.7
General Electric True
1962
0.0
The Virginian
as Sgt. Eads
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as John Rudd
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Donovan
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Sam Fuller
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Gabe Sloan
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Ned Smith
1962
6.4
Sam Benedict
as Len George (uncredited)
1962
6.0
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
The Great Impostor
as Morgan (uncredited)
1960
6.9
The Magnificent Seven
as Robert
1960
7.5
Route 66
1960
6.3
Surfside 6
1960
5.0
Stagecoach West
1960
6.0
The Andy Griffith Show
as Mr. Burton
1960
7.6
Tate
1960
4.5
The Alaskans
1959
5.5
The Twilight Zone
as George Cousins
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
as Ben Braden
1959
8.5
Johnny Ringo
as Dick Walsh
1959
5.7
Laramie
1959
6.6
Bonanza
as Sheriff Clem Foster
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Deputy Clem Foster
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Major Reynolds
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Poindexter
1959
7.5
Last Train from Gun Hill
as Skag, Belden Hand
1959
7.1
The Horse Soldiers
as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
1959
7.0
Rio Bravo
as Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
1959
7.8
Black Saddle
as Lee Curry
1959
6.0
Black Saddle
as Ken Wilson
1959
6.0
Rawhide
as Jack Harris
1959
7.2
Good Day for a Hanging
as George Fletcher
1959
6.3
The Rifleman
1958
7.1
The Texan
1958
5.5
The Donna Reed Show
1958
6.2
Bronco
1958
5.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Clay
1958
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Billy Hemp
1958
6.8
Cattle Empire
as Douglas Hamilton
1958
6.0
Suicide Battalion
as Lt. Chet Hall
1958
4.5
Ride a Violent Mile
as Corporal Norman
1957
4.0
Bombers B-52
as Operator (uncredited)
1957
5.6
The Land Unknown
as Radio Operator (uncredited)
1957
5.6
Harbor Command
1957
4.0
Maverick
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Tyler Brink
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Russ Aikens
1957
6.9
Sugarfoot
as Sergeant McKinnock
1957
4.8
Sugarfoot
as Hank Gibson
1957
4.8
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Sheriff Reagan
1957
7.3
Without Incident
1957
0.0
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Harry - Griffin Bartender (uncredited)
1957
7.0
The Deadly Mantis
as State Trooper
1957
4.9
Drango
as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
1957
5.4
Teenage Thunder
as Used-Car Salesman
1957
5.4
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sam - Henchman
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Deputy Stover
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Cole
1956
6.0
Attack
as Medic
1956
6.8
The Man Called X
1956
0.0
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
Gunsmoke
as Simon Fletcher
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Ed Shelby
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Tabor
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Head
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Walsh
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Arnold Rolfing
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Sergeant Turner
1955
6.8
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
6.2
Cult of the Cobra
1955
6.0
A Life at Stake
as Bartender (uncredited)
1955
5.2
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Arne
1954
7.8
Lassie
1954
6.1
Public Defender
as 2nd Cop
1954
5.7
Letter to Loretta
as Convict
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Jim Murphy
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Newsman
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Sergeant
1953
6.5
Big Leaguer
1953
6.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Assistant Director
1951
7.2
The Living Christ
as Lazarus
1951
5.0