Cast & creator
Bing Russell
Best known for Bonanza, Bonanza, Bonanza
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.
Also known as: Neil Oliver "Bing" Russell, Neil Oliver Russell, بینگ راسل
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film credits
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television credits
158
1951–2014 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (159)
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Bonanza
Sheriff Clem Foster
1959Bonanza
Deputy Clem Foster
1959Bonanza
Major Reynolds
1959Bonanza
Poindexter
1959Bonanza
1959Bonanza
Clem
1959
The Andy Griffith Show
Mr. Burton
1960
The Fugitive
Sgt. Eggins
1963The Fugitive
Officer
1963The Fugitive
Matt Davis
1963The Fugitive
Officer Westphal
1963
Maverick
1957Maverick
Tyler Brink
1957Maverick
Russ Aikens
1957
Mannix
1967
Ironside
1967Ironside
Cal Bristold
1967
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957Have Gun, Will Travel
Sheriff Reagan
1957
The Rockford Files
Lieutenant
1974
The Rifleman
1958
Lassie
1954
The Virginian
Sgt. Eads
1962The Virginian
John Rudd
1962The Virginian
Donovan
1962The Virginian
Sam Fuller
1962The Virginian
Gabe Sloan
1962The Virginian
Ned Smith
1962
The Twilight Zone
George Cousins
1959The Twilight Zone
Ben Braden
1959
Emergency!
Carl Wilson
1972
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Sergeant Turner
1955
I Dream of Jeannie
Amos Lincoln
1965
Ben Casey
1961
Rawhide
Jack Harris
1959
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Clay
1958Wanted: Dead or Alive
Billy Hemp
1958
Route 66
Frank Satterfield
1960
The Big Valley
Jack Tolliver
1965The Big Valley
Clint
1965The Big Valley
Mac
1965The Big Valley
Joe Garrett
1965The Big Valley
Rancher
1965The Big Valley
Dan Kelsey
1965The Big Valley
Sheriff
1965The Big Valley
Slade
1965The Big Valley
Sheriff Jim Dolan
1965
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sam - Henchman
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Deputy Stover
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Cole
1956
Gunsmoke
Simon Fletcher
1955Gunsmoke
Ed Shelby
1955Gunsmoke
Tabor
1955Gunsmoke
Head
1955Gunsmoke
Walsh
1955Gunsmoke
Arnold Rolfing
1955
The Munsters
1964
The Streets of San Francisco
1972The Streets of San Francisco
Detective Dan Riggs
1972
The Monkees
Rudy
1966
The Texan
1958
Surfside 6
1960
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967The Guns of Will Sonnett
Chet
1967
Bronco
1958Bronco
Johnny Rawlins
1958
Laramie
1959Laramie
Sam Purdy
1959
The Mod Squad
1968
Sugarfoot
Sergeant McKinnock
1957Sugarfoot
Hank Gibson
1957
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Branded
1965Branded
Sheriff Gorman
1965
Navy Log
1955
Public Defender
2nd Cop
1954
Petrocelli
1974
Black Saddle
Lee Curry
1959Black Saddle
Ken Wilson
1959
Sam Benedict
Len George (uncredited)
1962
You Are There
Lendall Pitts
1953You Are There
Disheartened Soldier
1953
Stoney Burke
1962
The Alaskans
1959
The Magnificent Seven
Robert
1960
The Wonderful World of Disney
Arne
1954The Wonderful World of Disney
Track Starter (uncredited)
1954
Johnny Ringo
Dick Walsh
1959
The Outcasts
1968
Stagecoach West
1960
Letter to Loretta
Convict
1953Letter to Loretta
Jim Murphy
1953Letter to Loretta
Newsman
1953Letter to Loretta
Sergeant
1953
The Monroes
1966
General Electric True
1962
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
Rio Bravo
Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
1959
Hondo
Thompson
1967
The Man Called X
1956
Harbor Command
1957
Tango & Cash
Van Driver
1989
How the West Was Won
Man (uncredited)
1962
Overboard
Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
1987
Tate
1960
The Living Christ
Lazarus
1951
Dick Tracy
Club Ritz Patron
1990
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Harry - Griffin Bartender (uncredited)
1957
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Timberwell
1976
Blackbeard's Ghost
Second Track Meet Official
1968
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Assistant Director
1951
Last Train from Gun Hill
Skag, Belden Hand
1959
The Horse Soldiers
Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
1959
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Angelo
1969
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
Cheyenne Autumn
Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
1964
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Herm Dally
1975
The Million Dollar Duck
Mr. Smith
1971
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Alfred
1972
A Gathering of Eagles
Captain (uncredited)
1963
The Hallelujah Trail
Horner
1965
Satan's School for Girls
Sheriff
1973
Cult of the Cobra
1955
The Great Impostor
Morgan (uncredited)
1960
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Himself (Archive Footage)
2014
Bombers B-52
Operator (uncredited)
1957
Madame X
Sergeant Riley
1966
A Taste of Evil
Sheriff
1971
Elvis
Vernon Presley
1979
Good Day for a Hanging
George Fletcher
1959
Attack
Medic
1956
Sunset
Studio Guard
1988
Big Leaguer
1953
Journey to Shiloh
Greybeard
1968
The Deadly Mantis
State Trooper
1957
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
Keller (Uncredited)
1967
A Life at Stake
Bartender (uncredited)
1955
A Cry in the Wilderness
Mr. Griffey
1974
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976
The Land Unknown
Radio Operator (uncredited)
1957
Set This Town on Fire
Chuck
1973
An Eye for an Eye
Writer
1966
Death Sentence
Trooper
1974
One Man's Way
Tom Rayburn
1964
The Sex Symbol
Public Relations Man
1974
Yuma
Rol King (as Neil Russell)
1971
Ride a Violent Mile
Corporal Norman
1957
The Loneliest Runner
Fred Dawkins
1976
Runaway!
Fireman
1973
The Stripper
Mr. Mulvaney (uncredited)
1963
Drango
Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
1957
Flashing Spikes
Hogan
1962
Without Incident
1957
Cattle Empire
Douglas Hamilton
1958
Suicide Battalion
Lt. Chet Hall
1958
Teenage Thunder
Used-Car Salesman
1957
Stakeout!
Joe
1962