Bing Russell
Born May 05, 1926 (Age: 99)
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Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
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 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.
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.
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Filmography
Dick Tracy
1990
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as Club Ritz Patron
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Age: 63
Tango & Cash
1989
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as Van Driver
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Age: 63
Sunset
1988
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as Studio Guard
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Age: 61
Overboard
1987
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as Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
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Age: 61
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
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as Herm Dally
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Age: 49
Death Sentence
1974
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as Trooper
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Age: 48
The Sex Symbol
1974
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as Public Relations Man
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Age: 48
A Cry in the Wilderness
1974
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as Mr. Griffey
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Age: 47
Runaway!
1973
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as Fireman
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Age: 47
Satan's School for Girls
1973
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as Sheriff
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Age: 47
Set This Town on Fire
1973
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as Chuck
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Age: 46
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
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as Angelo
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Age: 43
Journey to Shiloh
1968
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as Greybeard
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Age: 42
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
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as Horner
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Age: 39
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
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as Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
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Age: 38
One Man's Way
1964
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as Tom Rayburn
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Age: 37
A Gathering of Eagles
1963
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as Captain (uncredited)
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Age: 37
The Stripper
1963
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as Mr. Mulvaney
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Age: 37
How the West Was Won
1962
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as Man (uncredited)
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Age: 36
Flashing Spikes
1962
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as Hogan
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Age: 36
Stakeout!
1962
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as Joe
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Age: 36
The Great Impostor
1960
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as Morgan (uncredited)
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Age: 34
The Magnificent Seven
1960
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as Robert
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Age: 34
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959
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as Skag, Belden Hand
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Age: 33
The Horse Soldiers
1959
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as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
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Age: 33
Rio Bravo
1959
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as Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
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Age: 32
Good Day for a Hanging
1959
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as George Fletcher
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Age: 32
Cattle Empire
1958
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as Douglas Hamilton
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Age: 31
Suicide Battalion
1958
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as Lt. Chet Hall
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Age: 31
Attack
1956
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as Medic
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Age: 30
Cult of the Cobra
1955
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as
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Age: 28
A Life at Stake
1955
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as Bartender (uncredited)
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Age: 28
Big Leaguer
1953
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as
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Age: 27