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Bing Russell

Screenwriter | * 05/05/1926 († 76, 04/08/2003) | Brattleboro (United States of America (USA))
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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 and grandfather of ex–major league baseball player Matt Franco and actor Wyatt 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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Western | Comedies

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Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have c ...

Tango & Cash

R

1989 | 3.2/5 | 1h 44min
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
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A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The se ...

The Horse Soldiers

PG

1959 | 3.6/5 | 1h 55min
Western, Adventure, War
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An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes. ...

The Magnificent Seven

NR

1960 | 3.8/5 | 2h 8min
Western, Action, Adventure
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The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob. ...

Dick Tracy

PG

1990 | 3.1/5 | 1h 45min
Adventure, Comedy, Crime
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Movies with Bing Russell as Actor(42)

as Himself (Archive Footage)2014 The Battered Bastards of Baseball
as Club Ritz Patron1990 Dick Tracy
as Van Driver1989 Tango & Cash
as Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl1987 Overboard
as Vernon Presley1979 Elvis
as Fred Dawkins1976 The Loneliest Runner
1976 The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
as Herm Dally1975 The Apple Dumpling Gang
as Trooper1974 Death Sentence
as Public Relations Man1974 The Sex Symbol
as Mr. Griffey1974 A Cry in the Wilderness
as Chuck1973 Set This Town on Fire
as Sheriff1973 Satan's School for Girls
as Fireman1973 Runaway!
as Alfred1972 Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Mr. Smith1971 The Million Dollar Duck
as Sheriff1971 A Taste of Evil
as Rol King (as Neil Russell)1971 Yuma
as Angelo1969 The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
as Greybeard1968 Journey to Shiloh
as Second Track Meet Official1968 Blackbeard's Ghost
as Police Sgt. Riley1966 Madame X
as Horner1965 The Hallelujah Trail
as Tom Rayburn1964 One Man's Way
as Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)1964 Cheyenne Autumn
1963 A Gathering of Eagles
as Mr. Mulvaney1963 The Stripper
as Joe1962 Stakeout!
as Robert1960 The Magnificent Seven
as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee1959 The Horse Soldiers
as George Fletcher1959 Good Day for a Hanging
as Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)1959 Rio Bravo
as Skag, Belden Hand1959 Last Train from Gun Hill
1958 Suicide Battalion
as Douglas Hamilton1958 Cattle Empire
as Radio Operator (uncredited)1957 The Land Unknown
as State Trooper1957 The Deadly Mantis
as Operator (uncredited)1957 Bombers B-52
as Used-Car Salesman1957 Teenage Thunder
as Corporal Norman1957 Ride a Violent Mile
as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon1957 Drango
1953 Big Leaguer

TV Shows/Series with Bing Russell as Actor(82)

as Lieutenant1974 The Rockford Files
1974 Petrocelli
1972 The Streets of San Francisco
1972 Emergency!
1971 Alias Smith and Jones
1968 The Mod Squad
1968 The Outcasts
1967 Ironside
1967 Dundee and the Culhane
1967 Mannix
1967 The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967 Hondo
1966 The Monkees
1966 The Monroes
as Amos Lincoln1965 I Dream of Jeannie
1965 Branded
as Jack Tolliver1965 The Big Valley
as Clint1965 The Big Valley
as Rancher1965 The Big Valley
as Joe Garrett1965 The Big Valley
as Mac1965 The Big Valley
as Dan Kelsey1965 The Big Valley
as Sheriff1965 The Big Valley
as Slade1965 The Big Valley
as Sheriff Jim Dolan1965 The Big Valley
1964 The Munsters
as Matt Davis1963 The Fugitive
as Sgt. Eggins1963 The Fugitive
as Officer1963 The Fugitive
as Officer Westphal1963 The Fugitive
1962 Sam Benedict
as Sgt. Eads1962 The Virginian
as John Rudd1962 The Virginian
as Donovan1962 The Virginian
as Sam Fuller1962 The Virginian
as Gabe Sloan1962 The Virginian
as Ned Smith1962 The Virginian
1962 Stoney Burke
1961 Ben Casey
1960 The Andy Griffith Show
1960 Surfside 6
1960 Tate
1960 Stagecoach West
1960 Route 66
1959 Johnny Ringo
1959 Laramie
as Jack Harris1959 Rawhide
1959 The Alaskans
as Deputy Clem Foster1959 Bonanza
as Major Reynolds1959 Bonanza
as Poindexter1959 Bonanza
as George Cousins1959 The Twilight Zone
as Ben Braden1959 The Twilight Zone
as Ken Wilson1959 Black Saddle
as Lee Curry1959 Black Saddle
1958 The Texan
as Clay1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Billy Hemp1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 The Rifleman
1958 The Donna Reed Show
1958 Bronco
1957 Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 Maverick
as Sergeant McKinnock1957 Sugarfoot
as Hank Gibson1957 Sugarfoot
as Sam - Henchman1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Deputy Stover1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Cole1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1955 Navy Log
as Simon Fletcher1955 Gunsmoke
as Ed Shelby1955 Gunsmoke
as Tabor1955 Gunsmoke
as Head1955 Gunsmoke
as Walsh1955 Gunsmoke
as Arnold Rolfing1955 Gunsmoke
1955 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1954 Lassie
as Convict1953 Letter to Loretta
as Jim Murphy1953 Letter to Loretta
as Newsman1953 Letter to Loretta
as Sergeant1953 Letter to Loretta
as Lazarus1951 The Living Christ

Movies with Bing Russell as Crew(1)

Writing/Writer1966 An Eye for an Eye

Full Name: Bing Russell
Born: Wednesday, 05/05 1926 (May) in Brattleboro (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 04/08 2003 (April) in Thousand Oaks (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Children: Kurt Russell
Father: Warren Oliver Russell
Mother: Ruth Vogel
Bing Russell frequently works together with these people:
Loretta Young (117x, Actress)
Harry Harvey (56x, Actor)
John Dehner (49x, Actor)
Claude Akins (48x, Actor)
John Anderson (45x, Actor)
J. Pat O'Malley (43x, Actor)
Karl Swenson (42x, Actor)
Denver Pyle (42x, Actor)
Harry Lauter (42x, Actor)
Royal Dano (41x, Actor)
John Pickard (41x, Actor)
Kurt Russell (6x, Actor)
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