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.
Acted in
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
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
as Herm Dally
Death Sentence
1974
as Trooper
The Sex Symbol
1974
as Public Relations Man
The Rockford Files
1974
as Lieutenant
Petrocelli
1974
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
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
as Alfred
Emergency!
1972
A Taste of Evil
1971
as Sheriff
The Million Dollar Duck
1971
as Mr. Smith
Yuma
1971
as Rol King (as Neil Russell)
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
as Angelo
The Mod Squad
1968
The Outcasts
1968
Journey to Shiloh
1968
as Greybeard
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
as Second Track Meet Official
Mannix
1967
Hondo
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
Ironside
1967
The Monkees
1966
The Monroes
1966
Madame X
1966
as Sergeant Riley
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Amos Lincoln
The Big Valley
1965
as Jack Tolliver
The Big Valley
1965
as Clint
The Big Valley
1965
as Rancher
The Big Valley
1965
as Mac
The Big Valley
1965
as Joe Garrett
The Big Valley
1965
as Dan Kelsey
The Big Valley
1965
as Sheriff
The Big Valley
1965
as Slade
The Big Valley
1965
as Sheriff Jim Dolan
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
as Horner
Branded
1965
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
The Munsters
1964
One Man's Way
1964
as Tom Rayburn
The Fugitive
1963
as Sgt. Eggins
The Fugitive
1963
as Officer
The Fugitive
1963
as Matt Davis
The Fugitive
1963
as Officer Westphal
A Gathering of Eagles
1963
The Stripper
1963
as Mr. Mulvaney
How the West Was Won
1962
as Man (uncredited)
Stakeout!
1962
as Joe
Stoney Burke
1962
General Electric True
1962
The Virginian
1962
as Sgt. Eads
The Virginian
1962
as John Rudd
The Virginian
1962
as Donovan
The Virginian
1962
as Sam Fuller
The Virginian
1962
as Ned Smith
The Virginian
1962
as Gabe Sloan
Sam Benedict
1962
as Len George (uncredited)
Ben Casey
1961
The Magnificent Seven
1960
as Robert
Route 66
1960
Surfside 6
1960
Stagecoach West
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Mr. Burton
Tate
1960
The Alaskans
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Ben Braden
The Twilight Zone
1959
as George Cousins
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Dick Walsh
Laramie
1959
Bonanza
1959
as Sheriff Clem Foster
Bonanza
1959
as Deputy Clem Foster
Bonanza
1959
as Major Reynolds
Bonanza
1959
as Poindexter
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)
Black Saddle
1959
as Lee Curry
Black Saddle
1959
as Ken Wilson
Rawhide
1959
as Jack Harris
Good Day for a Hanging
1959
as George Fletcher
The Rifleman
1958
The Texan
1958
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Bronco
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Clay
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Billy Hemp
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)
Harbor Command
1957
Maverick
1957
Maverick
1957
as Tyler Brink
Maverick
1957
as Russ Aikens
Sugarfoot
1957
as Sergeant McKinnock
Sugarfoot
1957
as Hank Gibson
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Deadly Mantis
1957
as State Trooper
Drango
1957
as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
Teenage Thunder
1957
as Used-Car Salesman
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sam - Henchman
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Deputy Stover
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Cole
Attack
1956
as Medic
The Man Called X
1956
Navy Log
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
as Simon Fletcher
Gunsmoke
1955
as Ed Shelby
Gunsmoke
1955
as Tabor
Gunsmoke
1955
as Head
Gunsmoke
1955
as Walsh
Gunsmoke
1955
as Arnold Rolfing
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Cult of the Cobra
1955
A Life at Stake
1955
as Bartender (uncredited)
Lassie
1954
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Convict
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Jim Murphy
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Newsman
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Sergeant
Big Leaguer
1953
The Living Christ
1951
as Lazarus