Bing Russell
Biografía
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.
Filmografía
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Himself (Archive Footage) (2014)
Dick Tracy
Club Ritz Patron (1990)
Tango y Cash
Van Driver (1989)
Asesinato en Beverly Hills
Studio Guard (1988)
Un mar de líos
Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl (1987)
Elvis
Vernon Presley (1979)
The Loneliest Runner
Fred Dawkins (1976)
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Timberwell (1976)
Las rescatadoras
(1976)
Los más torpes del Oeste
Herm Dally (1975)
Death Sentence
Trooper (1974)
The Sex Symbol
Public Relations Man (1974)
Los casos de Rockford
Lieutenant (1974)
Petrocelli
(1974)
A Cry in the Wilderness
Mr. Griffey (1974)
Runaway!
Fireman (1973)
Escuela Satánica para señoritas
Sheriff (1973)
Set This Town on Fire
Chuck (1973)
Las calles de San Francisco
(1972)
Te veo y no te veo
Alfred (1972)
Emergency!
(1972)
La Presencia del Diablo
Sheriff (1971)
Millonarios por una pata
Mr. Smith (1971)
Yuma
Rol King (as Neil Russell) (1971)
Los dos mosqueteros
(1971)
Mi cerebro es electrónico
Angelo (1969)
Patrulla juvenil
(1968)
The Outcasts
(1968)
Jornada a Shiloh
Greybeard (1968)
Mi amigo el fantasma
Second Track Meet Official (1968)
Mannix
(1967)
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Chet (1967)
Hondo
Thompson (1967)
Dundee and the Culhane
(1967)
Ironside
Cal Bristold (1967)
The Monkees
Rudy (1966)
The Monroes
(1966)
La mujer X
Sergeant Riley (1966)
La batalla de las colinas del whisky
Horner (1965)
Branded
Sheriff Gorman (1965)
El gran combate
Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited) (1964)
La familia Monster
(1964)
One Man's Way
Tom Rayburn (1964)
El fugitivo
Officer Westphal (1963)
Nido de águilas
Captain (uncredited) (1963)
The Stripper
Mr. Mulvaney (1963)
La conquista del Oeste
Man (uncredited) (1962)
Flashing Spikes
Hogan (1962)
Stakeout!
Joe (1962)
Stoney Burke
(1962)
General Electric True
(1962)
El Virginiano
Gabe Sloan (1962)
Sam Benedict
Len George (uncredited) (1962)
Ben Casey
(1961)
El gran impostor
Morgan (uncredited) (1960)
Los siete magníficos
Robert (1960)
Route 66
(1960)
Rompeolas
(1960)
Stagecoach West
(1960)
The Andy Griffith Show
Mr. Burton (1960)
Tate
(1960)
The Alaskans
(1959)
La dimensión desconocida
George Cousins (1959)
Johnny Ringo
Dick Walsh (1959)
Laramie
(1959)
Bonanza
Poindexter (1959)
El último tren de Gun Hill
Skag, Belden Hand (1959)
Misión de audaces
Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee (1959)
Río Bravo
Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited) (1959)
Black Saddle
Ken Wilson (1959)
Cuero crudo
Jack Harris (1959)
Un buen día para una ejecución
George Fletcher (1959)
El hombre del rifle
(1958)
The Texan
(1958)
The Donna Reed Show
(1958)
Bronco
(1958)
Randall, el justiciero
Billy Hemp (1958)
El imperio del ganado
Douglas Hamilton (1958)
Batallón suicida
Lt. Chet Hall (1958)
Ride a Violent Mile
Corporal Norman (1957)
Bombarderos B-52
Operator (uncredited) (1957)
Tierra desconocida
Radio Operator (uncredited) (1957)
Harbor Command
(1957)
Maverick
Russ Aikens (1957)
Sugarfoot
Hank Gibson (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel
Sheriff Reagan (1957)
Without Incident
(1957)
Duelo de titanes
Harry - Griffin Bartender (uncredited) (1957)
El monstruo alado
State Trooper (1957)
Drango
Lieutenant with Supply Wagon (1957)
Teenage Thunder
Used-Car Salesman (1957)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Cole (1956)
Ataque
Medic (1956)
The Man Called X
(1956)
Navy Log
(1955)
La ley del revólver
Arnold Rolfing (1955)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Sergeant Turner (1955)
Science Fiction Theatre
(1955)
La mujer serpiente
(1955)
A Life at Stake
Bartender (uncredited) (1955)
The Wonderful World of Disney
Arne (1954)
Lassie
(1954)
Public Defender
2nd Cop (1954)
Letter to Loretta
Sergeant (1953)
La gran liga
(1953)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Assistant Director (1951)
El Cristo Viviente
Lazarus (1951)
I Dream of Jeannie
Amos Lincoln
The Big Valley
Sheriff Jim Dolan