Bing Russell
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
149
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-05-05
Day of death
2003-04-08 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Bing Russell
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
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza
Maverick
Maverick
Maverick
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
The Andy Griffith Show
Lassie
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
Emergency!
Ironside
Ironside
Mannix
The Rifleman
The Rockford Files
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Rawhide
The Munsters
The Big Valley
The Big Valley
The Big Valley
The Big Valley
The Big Valley
The Big Valley
The Big Valley
The Big Valley
The Big Valley
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Wanted: Dead or Alive
I Dream of Jeannie
Ben Casey
The Donna Reed Show
Tango & Cash
Laramie
Route 66
The Magnificent Seven
The Texan
Alias Smith and Jones
The Streets of San Francisco
Surfside 6
Elvis
Johnny Ringo
Black Saddle
Black Saddle
Runaway!
Petrocelli
Sugarfoot
Sugarfoot
The Monkees
Stakeout!
Navy Log
The Mod Squad
Big Leaguer
Public Defender
Rio Bravo
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Bronco
Stoney Burke
Branded
Branded
Harbor Command
The Loneliest Runner
The Alaskans
Overboard
Sam Benedict
Hondo
The Deadly Mantis
Dick Tracy
Cult of the Cobra
The Outcasts
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Stagecoach West
A Taste of Evil
The Wonderful World of Disney
How the West Was Won
Science Fiction Theatre
The Monroes
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Tate
Letter to Loretta
Letter to Loretta
Letter to Loretta
Letter to Loretta
General Electric True
The Man Called X
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
The Living Christ
The Horse Soldiers
Madame X
Cattle Empire
The Stripper
Last Train from Gun Hill
The Sex Symbol
Attack
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Cheyenne Autumn
Dundee and the Culhane
The Million Dollar Duck
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Sunset
Blackbeard's Ghost
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Hallelujah Trail
Yuma
The Great Impostor
A Gathering of Eagles
Satan's School for Girls
Bombers B-52
Good Day for a Hanging
Drango
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Journey to Shiloh
Death Sentence
A Cry in the Wilderness
One Man's Way
Suicide Battalion
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
The Land Unknown
Set This Town on Fire
A Life at Stake
Ride a Violent Mile
Flashing Spikes
Teenage Thunder
Without Incident
