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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Brattleboro, Vermont, USA, 1926-05-05

Died: 2003-04-08

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	Big Leaguer		62
2	1955	A Life at Stake	Bartender (uncredited)	52
3	1955	Cult of the Cobra		60
4	1956	Attack	Medic	67
5	1957	Drango	Lieutenant with Supply Wagon	54
6	1957	Teenage Thunder	Used-Car Salesman	54
7	1957	The Deadly Mantis	State Trooper	49
8	1957	The Land Unknown	Radio Operator (uncredited)	57
9	1957	Bombers B-52	Operator (uncredited)	56
10	1957	Ride a Violent Mile	Corporal Norman	40
11	1958	Suicide Battalion	Lt. Chet Hall	45
12	1958	Cattle Empire	Douglas Hamilton	60
13	1959	Good Day for a Hanging	George Fletcher	62
14	1959	Rio Bravo	Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)	78
15	1959	The Horse Soldiers	Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee	70
16	1959	Last Train from Gun Hill	Skag, Belden Hand	71
17	1960	The Magnificent Seven	Robert	75
18	1962	Stakeout!	Joe	57
19	1962	How the West Was Won	Man (uncredited)	70
20	1963	The Stripper	Mr. Mulvaney	47
21	1963	A Gathering of Eagles		54
22	1964	One Man's Way	Tom Rayburn	40
23	1964	Cheyenne Autumn	Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)	67
24	1965	The Hallelujah Trail	Horner	60
25	1966	Madame X	Sergeant Riley	66
26	1968	Blackbeard's Ghost	Second Track Meet Official	67
27	1968	Journey to Shiloh	Greybeard	54
28	1969	The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes	Angelo	60
29	1971	Yuma	Rol King (as Neil Russell)	59
30	1971	The Million Dollar Duck	Mr. Smith	57
31	1971	A Taste of Evil	Sheriff	62
32	1972	Now You See Him, Now You Don't	Alfred	63
33	1973	Set This Town on Fire	Chuck	0
34	1973	Satan's School for Girls	Sheriff	53
35	1973	Runaway!	Fireman	53
36	1974	A Cry in the Wilderness	Mr. Griffey	60
37	1974	The Sex Symbol	Public Relations Man	30
38	1974	Death Sentence	Trooper	57
39	1975	The Apple Dumpling Gang	Herm Dally	65
40	1976	The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe		0
41	1976	The Loneliest Runner	Fred Dawkins	69
42	1979	Elvis	Vernon Presley	68
43	1987	Overboard	Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl	68
44	1988	Sunset	Studio Guard	57
45	1989	Tango & Cash	Van Driver	65
46	1990	Dick Tracy	Club Ritz Patron	62
47	2014	The Battered Bastards of Baseball	Himself (Archive Footage)	75

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	The Living Christ	Lazarus	50
2	1953	Letter to Loretta	Convict	62
3	1953	Letter to Loretta	Jim Murphy	62
4	1953	Letter to Loretta	Newsman	62
5	1953	Letter to Loretta	Sergeant	62
6	1954	Lassie		61
7	1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp		66
8	1955	Gunsmoke	Simon Fletcher	66
9	1955	Gunsmoke	Ed Shelby	66
10	1955	Gunsmoke	Tabor	66
11	1955	Gunsmoke	Head	66
12	1955	Gunsmoke	Walsh	66
13	1955	Gunsmoke	Arnold Rolfing	66
14	1955	Navy Log		45
15	1956	The Man Called X		0
16	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Sam - Henchman	55
17	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Deputy Stover	55
18	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Cole	55
19	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel		74
20	1957	Sugarfoot	Sergeant McKinnock	48
21	1957	Sugarfoot	Hank Gibson	48
22	1957	Maverick		68
23	1957	Maverick	Tyler Brink	68
24	1957	Maverick	Russ Aikens	68
25	1957	Harbor Command		40
26	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Clay	69
27	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Billy Hemp	69
28	1958	Bronco		52
29	1958	The Donna Reed Show		61
30	1958	The Texan		50
31	1958	The Rifleman		70
32	1959	Rawhide	Jack Harris	72
33	1959	Black Saddle	Lee Curry	60
34	1959	Black Saddle	Ken Wilson	60
35	1959	Bonanza	Sheriff Clem Foster	75
36	1959	Bonanza	Deputy Clem Foster	75
37	1959	Bonanza	Major Reynolds	75
38	1959	Bonanza	Poindexter	75
39	1959	Laramie		64
40	1959	The Twilight Zone	George Cousins	84
41	1959	The Twilight Zone	Ben Braden	84
42	1959	Johnny Ringo	Dick Walsh	57
43	1959	The Alaskans		55
44	1960	Tate		45
45	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Mr. Burton	76
46	1960	Stagecoach West		60
47	1960	Surfside 6		50
48	1960	Route 66		63
49	1961	Ben Casey		56
50	1962	Sam Benedict	Len George (uncredited)	60
51	1962	The Virginian	Sgt. Eads	64
52	1962	The Virginian	John Rudd	64
53	1962	The Virginian	Donovan	64
54	1962	The Virginian	Sam Fuller	64
55	1962	The Virginian	Gabe Sloan	64
56	1962	The Virginian	Ned Smith	64
57	1962	General Electric True		0
58	1962	Stoney Burke		57
59	1963	The Fugitive	Sgt. Eggins	72
60	1963	The Fugitive	Officer	72
61	1963	The Fugitive	Matt Davis	72
62	1963	The Fugitive	Officer Westphal	72
63	1964	The Munsters		79
64	1965	Branded		64
65	1965	The Big Valley	Jack Tolliver	61
66	1965	The Big Valley	Clint	61
67	1965	The Big Valley	Mac	61
68	1965	The Big Valley	Joe Garrett	61
69	1965	The Big Valley	Rancher	61
70	1965	The Big Valley	Dan Kelsey	61
71	1965	The Big Valley	Sheriff	61
72	1965	The Big Valley	Slade	61
73	1965	The Big Valley	Sheriff Jim Dolan	61
74	1965	I Dream of Jeannie	Amos Lincoln	78
75	1966	The Monroes		57
76	1966	The Monkees		65
77	1967	Ironside		68
78	1967	Dundee and the Culhane		40
79	1967	Hondo		65
80	1967	The Guns of Will Sonnett		63
81	1967	Mannix		67
82	1968	The Outcasts		53
83	1968	The Mod Squad		63
84	1971	Alias Smith and Jones		69
85	1972	Emergency!		78
86	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		70
87	1974	Petrocelli		70
88	1974	The Rockford Files	Lieutenant	75