Bing 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
Credits
- 2014 · The Battered Bastards of Baseball as Himself (Archive Footage)
- 1990 · Dick Tracy as Club Ritz Patron
- 1989 · Tango & Cash as Van Driver
- 1988 · Sunset as Studio Guard
- 1987 · Overboard as Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
- 1979 · Elvis as Vernon Presley
- 1976 · The Loneliest Runner as Fred Dawkins
- 1976 · The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe as
- 1975 · The Apple Dumpling Gang as Herm Dally
- 1974 · Death Sentence as Trooper
- 1974 · The Sex Symbol as Public Relations Man
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Lieutenant
- 1974 · Petrocelli as
- 1974 · A Cry in the Wilderness as Mr. Griffey
- 1973 · Runaway! as Fireman
- 1973 · Satan's School for Girls as Sheriff
- 1973 · Set This Town on Fire as Chuck
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as
- 1972 · Now You See Him, Now You Don't as Alfred
- 1972 · Emergency! as
- 1971 · A Taste of Evil as Sheriff
- 1971 · The Million Dollar Duck as Mr. Smith
- 1971 · Yuma as Rol King (as Neil Russell)
- 1971 · Alias Smith and Jones as
- 1969 · The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes as Angelo
- 1968 · The Mod Squad as
- 1968 · The Outcasts as
- 1968 · Journey to Shiloh as Greybeard
- 1968 · Blackbeard's Ghost as Second Track Meet Official
- 1967 · Mannix as
- 1967 · The Guns of Will Sonnett as
- 1967 · Hondo as
- 1967 · Dundee and the Culhane as
- 1967 · Ironside as
- 1966 · The Monkees as
- 1966 · The Monroes as
- 1966 · Madame X as Sergeant Riley
- 1965 · I Dream of Jeannie as Amos Lincoln
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Jack Tolliver
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Clint
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Mac
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Joe Garrett
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Rancher
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Dan Kelsey
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Sheriff
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Slade
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Sheriff Jim Dolan
- 1965 · The Hallelujah Trail as Horner
- 1965 · Branded as
- 1964 · Cheyenne Autumn as Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
- 1964 · The Munsters as
- 1964 · One Man's Way as Tom Rayburn
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Sgt. Eggins
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Officer
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Matt Davis
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Officer Westphal
- 1963 · A Gathering of Eagles as
- 1963 · The Stripper as Mr. Mulvaney
- 1962 · How the West Was Won as Man (uncredited)
- 1962 · Stoney Burke as
- 1962 · Stakeout! as Joe
- 1962 · General Electric True as
- 1962 · The Virginian as Sgt. Eads
- 1962 · The Virginian as John Rudd
- 1962 · The Virginian as Donovan
- 1962 · The Virginian as Sam Fuller
- 1962 · The Virginian as Gabe Sloan
- 1962 · The Virginian as Ned Smith
- 1962 · Sam Benedict as Len George (uncredited)
- 1961 · Ben Casey as
- 1960 · The Magnificent Seven as Robert
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1960 · Surfside 6 as
- 1960 · Stagecoach West as
- 1960 · The Andy Griffith Show as Mr. Burton
- 1960 · Tate as
- 1959 · The Alaskans as
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as George Cousins
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Ben Braden
- 1959 · Johnny Ringo as Dick Walsh
- 1959 · Laramie as
- 1959 · Bonanza as Sheriff Clem Foster
- 1959 · Bonanza as Deputy Clem Foster
- 1959 · Bonanza as Major Reynolds
- 1959 · Bonanza as Poindexter
- 1959 · Last Train from Gun Hill as Skag, Belden Hand
- 1959 · The Horse Soldiers as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
- 1959 · Rio Bravo as Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
- 1959 · Black Saddle as Lee Curry
- 1959 · Black Saddle as Ken Wilson
- 1959 · Rawhide as Jack Harris
- 1959 · Good Day for a Hanging as George Fletcher
- 1958 · The Rifleman as
- 1958 · The Texan as
- 1958 · The Donna Reed Show as
- 1958 · Bronco as
- 1958 · Wanted: Dead or Alive as Clay
- 1958 · Wanted: Dead or Alive as Billy Hemp
- 1958 · Cattle Empire as Douglas Hamilton
- 1958 · Suicide Battalion as Lt. Chet Hall
- 1957 · Ride a Violent Mile as Corporal Norman
- 1957 · Bombers B-52 as Operator (uncredited)
- 1957 · The Land Unknown as Radio Operator (uncredited)
- 1957 · Harbor Command as
- 1957 · Maverick as
- 1957 · Maverick as Tyler Brink
- 1957 · Maverick as Russ Aikens
- 1957 · Sugarfoot as Sergeant McKinnock
- 1957 · Sugarfoot as Hank Gibson
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as
- 1957 · The Deadly Mantis as State Trooper
- 1957 · Drango as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
- 1957 · Teenage Thunder as Used-Car Salesman
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sam - Henchman
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Deputy Stover
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Cole
- 1956 · Attack as Medic
- 1956 · The Man Called X as
- 1955 · Navy Log as
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Simon Fletcher
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Ed Shelby
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Tabor
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Head
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Walsh
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Arnold Rolfing
- 1955 · The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as
- 1955 · Cult of the Cobra as
- 1955 · A Life at Stake as Bartender (uncredited)
- 1954 · Lassie as
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Convict
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Jim Murphy
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Newsman
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Sergeant
- 1953 · Big Leaguer as
- 1951 · The Living Christ as Lazarus