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

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	68
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)	56
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	69
16	1959	Last Train from Gun Hill	Skag, Belden Hand	71
17	1960	The Magnificent Seven	Robert	75
18	1960	The Great Impostor	Morgan (uncredited)	69
19	1962	Stakeout!	Joe	57
20	1962	Flashing Spikes	Hogan	53
21	1962	How the West Was Won	Man (uncredited)	70
22	1963	The Stripper	Mr. Mulvaney	47
23	1963	A Gathering of Eagles		54
24	1964	One Man's Way	Tom Rayburn	40
25	1964	Cheyenne Autumn	Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)	67
26	1965	The Hallelujah Trail	Horner	60
27	1966	Madame X	Sergeant Riley	65
28	1968	Blackbeard's Ghost	Second Track Meet Official	67
29	1968	Journey to Shiloh	Greybeard	54
30	1969	The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes	Angelo	60
31	1971	Yuma	Rol King (as Neil Russell)	59
32	1971	The Million Dollar Duck	Mr. Smith	58
33	1971	A Taste of Evil	Sheriff	59
34	1972	Now You See Him, Now You Don't	Alfred	63
35	1973	Set This Town on Fire	Chuck	0
36	1973	Satan's School for Girls	Sheriff	55
37	1973	Runaway!	Fireman	53
38	1974	A Cry in the Wilderness	Mr. Griffey	60
39	1974	The Sex Symbol	Public Relations Man	30
40	1974	Death Sentence	Trooper	57
41	1975	The Apple Dumpling Gang	Herm Dally	65
42	1976	The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe		0
43	1976	The Loneliest Runner	Fred Dawkins	69
44	1979	Elvis	Vernon Presley	68
45	1987	Overboard	Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl	68
46	1988	Sunset	Studio Guard	56
47	1989	Tango & Cash	Van Driver	65
48	1990	Dick Tracy	Club Ritz Patron	61
49	2014	The Battered Bastards of Baseball	Himself (Archive Footage)	75

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	The Living Christ	Lazarus	50
2	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Assistant Director	73
3	1953	Letter to Loretta	Convict	65
4	1953	Letter to Loretta	Jim Murphy	65
5	1953	Letter to Loretta	Newsman	65
6	1953	Letter to Loretta	Sergeant	65
7	1954	Public Defender	2nd Cop	60
8	1954	Lassie		61
9	1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp		68
10	1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	Sergeant Turner	68
11	1955	Gunsmoke	Simon Fletcher	66
12	1955	Gunsmoke	Ed Shelby	66
13	1955	Gunsmoke	Tabor	66
14	1955	Gunsmoke	Head	66
15	1955	Gunsmoke	Walsh	66
16	1955	Gunsmoke	Arnold Rolfing	66
17	1955	Navy Log		45
18	1956	The Man Called X		0
19	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Sam - Henchman	55
20	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Deputy Stover	55
21	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Cole	55
22	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel		74
23	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel	Sheriff Reagan	74
24	1957	Sugarfoot	Sergeant McKinnock	48
25	1957	Sugarfoot	Hank Gibson	48
26	1957	Maverick		68
27	1957	Maverick	Tyler Brink	68
28	1957	Maverick	Russ Aikens	68
29	1957	Harbor Command		40
30	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Clay	69
31	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Billy Hemp	69
32	1958	Bronco		52
33	1958	The Donna Reed Show		62
34	1958	The Texan		55
35	1958	The Rifleman		70
36	1959	Rawhide	Jack Harris	72
37	1959	Black Saddle	Lee Curry	60
38	1959	Black Saddle	Ken Wilson	60
39	1959	Bonanza	Sheriff Clem Foster	75
40	1959	Bonanza	Deputy Clem Foster	75
41	1959	Bonanza	Major Reynolds	75
42	1959	Bonanza	Poindexter	75
43	1959	Laramie		64
44	1959	The Twilight Zone	George Cousins	85
45	1959	The Twilight Zone	Ben Braden	85
46	1959	Johnny Ringo	Dick Walsh	57
47	1959	The Alaskans		55
48	1960	Tate		45
49	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Mr. Burton	76
50	1960	Stagecoach West		60
51	1960	Surfside 6		50
52	1960	Route 66		63
53	1961	Ben Casey		56
54	1962	Sam Benedict	Len George (uncredited)	60
55	1962	The Virginian	Sgt. Eads	65
56	1962	The Virginian	John Rudd	65
57	1962	The Virginian	Donovan	65
58	1962	The Virginian	Sam Fuller	65
59	1962	The Virginian	Gabe Sloan	65
60	1962	The Virginian	Ned Smith	65
61	1962	General Electric True		0
62	1962	Stoney Burke		57
63	1963	The Fugitive	Sgt. Eggins	72
64	1963	The Fugitive	Officer	72
65	1963	The Fugitive	Matt Davis	72
66	1963	The Fugitive	Officer Westphal	72
67	1964	The Munsters		79
68	1965	Branded		64
69	1965	The Big Valley	Jack Tolliver	61
70	1965	The Big Valley	Clint	61
71	1965	The Big Valley	Rancher	61
72	1965	The Big Valley	Joe Garrett	61
73	1965	The Big Valley	Mac	61
74	1965	The Big Valley	Dan Kelsey	61
75	1965	The Big Valley	Sheriff	61
76	1965	The Big Valley	Slade	61
77	1965	The Big Valley	Sheriff Jim Dolan	61
78	1965	I Dream of Jeannie	Amos Lincoln	78
79	1966	The Monroes		57
80	1966	The Monkees	Rudy	65
81	1967	Ironside		68
82	1967	Dundee and the Culhane		40
83	1967	Hondo		65
84	1967	The Guns of Will Sonnett		62
85	1967	Mannix		67
86	1968	The Outcasts		53
87	1968	The Mod Squad		63
88	1971	Alias Smith and Jones		69
89	1972	Emergency!		78
90	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		69
91	1974	Petrocelli		71
92	1974	The Rockford Files	Lieutenant	75

Bing Russell

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