Acting · Brattleboro, Vermont, USA · Born May 5, 1926
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.
MovieThe Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014
as Himself (Archive Footage)
MovieDick Tracy
1990
as Club Ritz Patron
MovieTango & Cash
1989
as Van Driver
MovieSunset
1988
as Studio Guard
MovieOverboard
1987
as Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
MovieElvis
1979
as Vernon Presley
MovieThe Loneliest Runner
1976
as Fred Dawkins
TVArthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
1976
as Timberwell
MovieThe New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976
MovieThe Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
as Herm Dally
MovieDeath Sentence
1974
as Trooper
MovieThe Sex Symbol
1974
as Public Relations Man
TVThe Rockford Files
1974
as Lieutenant
TVPetrocelli
1974
MovieA Cry in the Wilderness
1974
as Mr. Griffey
MovieRunaway!
1973
as Fireman
MovieSatan's School for Girls
1973
as Sheriff
MovieSet This Town on Fire
1973
as Chuck
TVThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
MovieNow You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
as Alfred
TVEmergency!
1972
MovieA Taste of Evil
1971
as Sheriff
MovieThe Million Dollar Duck
1971
as Mr. Smith
MovieYuma
1971
as Rol King (as Neil Russell)
TVAlias Smith and Jones
1971
MovieThe Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
as Angelo
TVThe Mod Squad
1968
TVThe Outcasts
1968
MovieJourney to Shiloh
1968
as Greybeard
MovieBlackbeard's Ghost
1968
as Second Track Meet Official
TVMannix
1967
TVThe Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
TVHondo
1967
as Thompson
TVDundee and the Culhane
1967
MovieThe Ride to Hangman's Tree
1967
as Keller (Uncredited)
TVIronside
1967
TVThe Monkees
1966
as Rudy
TVThe Monroes
1966
MovieMadame X
1966
as Sergeant Riley
TVI Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Amos Lincoln
TVThe Big Valley
1965
as Jack Tolliver
MovieThe Hallelujah Trail
1965
as Horner
TVBranded
1965
MovieCheyenne Autumn
1964
as Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
TVThe Munsters
1964
MovieOne Man's Way
1964
as Tom Rayburn
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Sgt. Eggins
MovieA Gathering of Eagles
1963
as Captain (uncredited)
MovieThe Stripper
1963
as Mr. Mulvaney
MovieHow the West Was Won
1962
as Man (uncredited)
MovieFlashing Spikes
1962
as Hogan
MovieStakeout!
1962
as Joe
TVStoney Burke
1962
TVGeneral Electric True
1962
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Sgt. Eads
TVSam Benedict
1962
as Len George (uncredited)
TVBen Casey
1961
MovieThe Great Impostor
1960
as Morgan (uncredited)
MovieThe Magnificent Seven
1960
as Robert
TVRoute 66
1960
as Frank Satterfield
TVSurfside 6
1960
TVStagecoach West
1960
TVThe Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Mr. Burton
TVTate
1960
TVThe Alaskans
1959
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as George Cousins
TVJohnny Ringo
1959
as Dick Walsh
TVLaramie
1959
TVBonanza
1959
as Sheriff Clem Foster
MovieLast Train from Gun Hill
1959
as Skag, Belden Hand
MovieThe Horse Soldiers
1959
as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
MovieRio Bravo
1959
as Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
TVBlack Saddle
1959
as Lee Curry
TVRawhide
1959
as Jack Harris
MovieGood Day for a Hanging
1959
as George Fletcher
TVThe Rifleman
1958
TVThe Texan
1958
TVThe Donna Reed Show
1958
TVBronco
1958
TVWanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Clay
MovieCattle Empire
1958
as Douglas Hamilton
MovieSuicide Battalion
1958
as Lt. Chet Hall
MovieRide a Violent Mile
1957
as Corporal Norman
MovieBombers B-52
1957
as Operator (uncredited)
MovieThe Land Unknown
1957
as Radio Operator (uncredited)
TVHarbor Command
1957
TVMaverick
1957
TVSugarfoot
1957
as Sergeant McKinnock
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
MovieWithout Incident
1957
MovieGunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
as Harry - Griffin Bartender (uncredited)
MovieThe Deadly Mantis
1957
as State Trooper
MovieDrango
1957
as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
MovieTeenage Thunder
1957
as Used-Car Salesman
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sam - Henchman
MovieAttack
1956
as Medic
TVThe Man Called X
1956
TVNavy Log
1955
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Simon Fletcher
TVThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
TVScience Fiction Theatre
1955
MovieCult of the Cobra
1955
MovieA Life at Stake
1955
as Bartender (uncredited)
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Arne
TVLassie
1954
TVPublic Defender
1954
as 2nd Cop
TVLetter to Loretta
1953
as Convict
MovieBig Leaguer
1953
TVYou Are There
1953
as Lendall Pitts
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Assistant Director
TVThe Living Christ
1951
as Lazarus
