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Neil Oliver "Bing" Russell
Neil Oliver Russell
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Bing Russell
Acting
Biography
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 des…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
as Himself (Archive Footage)
Dick Tracy
as Club Ritz Patron
Tango & Cash
as Van Driver
Sunset
as Studio Guard
Overboard
as Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
Elvis
as Vernon Presley
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
The Loneliest Runner
as Fred Dawkins
The Apple Dumpling Gang
as Herm Dally
Death Sentence
as Trooper
TV Shows
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
as Timberwell · 2 ep.
The Rockford Files
as Lieutenant · 1 ep.
Petrocelli
1 ep.
Emergency!
3 ep.
The Streets of San Francisco
as Detective Dan Riggs · 1 ep.
Alias Smith and Jones
1 ep.
The Mod Squad
1 ep.
The Outcasts
1 ep.
Mannix
2 ep.
Ironside
as Cal Bristold · 1 ep.