Bing Russell

Personal Info

Birthday

May 5, 1926

Day of Death

2003-04-08

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

Also Known As

Neil Oliver "Bing" Russell

Neil Oliver Russell

بینگ راسل

Bing Russell

Biography

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.

Known For

Bonanza

The Andy Griffith Show

Maverick

Have Gun, Will Travel

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Twilight Zone

I Dream of Jeannie

The Rockford Files

Filmography

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
1975
The Apple Dumpling Gang
as Herm Dally
1974
Death Sentence
as Trooper
The Sex Symbol
as Public Relations Man
A Cry in the Wilderness
as Mr. Griffey
1973
Runaway!
as Fireman
Satan's School for Girls
as Sheriff
Set This Town on Fire
as Chuck
1972
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Alfred
1971
A Taste of Evil
as Sheriff
The Million Dollar Duck
as Mr. Smith
Yuma
as Rol King (as Neil Russell)
1969
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
as Angelo
1968
Journey to Shiloh
as Greybeard
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Second Track Meet Official
1966
Madame X
as Sergeant Riley
1965
The Hallelujah Trail
as Horner
1964
Cheyenne Autumn
as Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
One Man's Way
as Tom Rayburn
1963
The Stripper
as Mr. Mulvaney
1962
How the West Was Won
as Man (uncredited)
Flashing Spikes
as Hogan
Stakeout!
as Joe
1960
The Great Impostor
as Morgan (uncredited)
The Magnificent Seven
as Robert
1959
Last Train from Gun Hill
as Skag, Belden Hand
The Horse Soldiers
as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
Rio Bravo
as Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
Good Day for a Hanging
as George Fletcher
1958
Cattle Empire
as Douglas Hamilton
Suicide Battalion
as Lt. Chet Hall
1957
Ride a Violent Mile
as Corporal Norman
Bombers B-52
as Operator (uncredited)
The Land Unknown
as Radio Operator (uncredited)
The Deadly Mantis
as State Trooper
Drango
as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
Teenage Thunder
as Used-Car Salesman
1956
Attack
as Medic
1955
A Life at Stake
as Bartender (uncredited)