Bing Russell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 5, 1926
- Died
- April 8, 2003
- Birthplace
- Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
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 2014
as Himself (Archive Footage)
Dick Tracy 1990
as Club Ritz Patron
Tango & Cash 1989
as Van Driver
Sunset 1988
as Studio Guard
Overboard 1987
as Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
Elvis 1979
as Vernon Presley
The Loneliest Runner 1976
as Fred Dawkins
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe 1976
Actor
The Apple Dumpling Gang 1975
as Herm Dally
Death Sentence 1974
as Trooper
The Sex Symbol 1974
as Public Relations Man
A Cry in the Wilderness 1974
as Mr. Griffey
Runaway! 1973
as Fireman
Satan's School for Girls 1973
as Sheriff
Set This Town on Fire 1973
as Chuck
Now You See Him, Now You Don't 1972
as Alfred
A Taste of Evil 1971
as Sheriff
The Million Dollar Duck 1971
as Mr. Smith
Yuma 1971
as Rol King (as Neil Russell)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes 1969
as Angelo
Journey to Shiloh 1968
as Greybeard
Blackbeard's Ghost 1968
as Second Track Meet Official
The Ride to Hangman's Tree 1967
as Keller (Uncredited)
An Eye for an Eye 1966
Writer
Madame X 1966
as Sergeant Riley
The Hallelujah Trail 1965
as Horner
Cheyenne Autumn 1964
as Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
One Man's Way 1964
as Tom Rayburn
A Gathering of Eagles 1963
as Captain (uncredited)
The Stripper 1963
as Mr. Mulvaney (uncredited)
How the West Was Won 1962
as Man (uncredited)
Flashing Spikes 1962
as Hogan
Stakeout! 1962
as Joe
The Great Impostor 1960
as Morgan (uncredited)
The Magnificent Seven 1960
as Robert
Last Train from Gun Hill 1959
as Skag, Belden Hand
The Horse Soldiers 1959
as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
Rio Bravo 1959
as Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
Good Day for a Hanging 1959
as George Fletcher
Cattle Empire 1958
as Douglas Hamilton
Suicide Battalion 1958
as Lt. Chet Hall
Ride a Violent Mile 1957
as Corporal Norman
Bombers B-52 1957
as Operator (uncredited)
The Land Unknown 1957
as Radio Operator (uncredited)
Without Incident 1957
Actor
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957
as Harry - Griffin Bartender (uncredited)
The Deadly Mantis 1957
as State Trooper
Teenage Thunder 1957
as Used-Car Salesman
Drango 1957
as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
Attack 1956
as Medic
Cult of the Cobra 1955
Actor
A Life at Stake 1955
as Bartender (uncredited)
Big Leaguer 1953
Actor
Credits from TMDB.