Bing Russell
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
148
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-05-05
Day of death
2003-04-08 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Bing Russell
Biography
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
Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza
The Andy Griffith Show
Ironside
Ironside
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Virginian
Mannix
The Donna Reed Show
Lassie
The Rockford Files
Maverick
Maverick
Maverick
The Rifleman
I Dream of Jeannie
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
Rawhide
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
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Emergency!
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Route 66
Ben Casey
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Munsters
The Magnificent Seven
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Sugarfoot
Sugarfoot
Laramie
The Streets of San Francisco
The Texan
Surfside 6
Branded
Branded
The Monkees
How the West Was Won
Alias Smith and Jones
Bronco
Petrocelli
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Mod Squad
Navy Log
Johnny Ringo
Public Defender
Stoney Burke
Black Saddle
Black Saddle
The Alaskans
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Sam Benedict
Rio Bravo
Blackbeard's Ghost
The Outcasts
Journey to Shiloh
The Hallelujah Trail
Overboard
Tango & Cash
The Deadly Mantis
The Great Impostor
Hondo
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Madame X
The Monroes
Attack
The Horse Soldiers
Cattle Empire
Science Fiction Theatre
The Loneliest Runner
Yuma
Letter to Loretta
Letter to Loretta
Letter to Loretta
Letter to Loretta
A Life at Stake
General Electric True
A Gathering of Eagles
Suicide Battalion
Last Train from Gun Hill
Death Sentence
Bombers B-52
A Cry in the Wilderness
Ride a Violent Mile
Set This Town on Fire
Drango
Harbor Command
Flashing Spikes
Stagecoach West
The Man Called X
Tate
The Million Dollar Duck
The Land Unknown
Stakeout!
The Stripper
Runaway!
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Wonderful World of Disney
Elvis
Good Day for a Hanging
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
The Living Christ
Dick Tracy
Dundee and the Culhane
Cheyenne Autumn
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Cult of the Cobra
One Man's Way
A Taste of Evil
Big Leaguer
Sunset
Satan's School for Girls
The Sex Symbol
Teenage Thunder
Without Incident
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
