Bing Russell
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
Popularity 5.077
Birthday 1926-05-05
Place of Birth Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Also Known As Neil Oliver "Bing" Russell, Neil Oliver Russell,
One Man's Way
1964

One Man's Way

Elvis
1979

Elvis

Last Train from Gun Hill
1959

Last Train from Gun Hill

Good Day for a Hanging
1959

Good Day for a Hanging

Cheyenne Autumn
1964

Cheyenne Autumn

The Horse Soldiers
1959

The Horse Soldiers

Journey to Shiloh
1968

Journey to Shiloh

How the West Was Won
1962

How the West Was Won

A Gathering of Eagles
1963

A Gathering of Eagles

Yuma
1971

Yuma

A Taste of Evil
1971

A Taste of Evil

Attack
1956

Attack

The Sex Symbol
1974

The Sex Symbol

Suicide Battalion
1958

Suicide Battalion

Set This Town on Fire
1973

Set This Town on Fire

A Life at Stake
1955

A Life at Stake

The Magnificent Seven
1960

The Magnificent Seven

The Land Unknown
1957

The Land Unknown

The Deadly Mantis
1957

The Deadly Mantis

Drango
1957

Drango

Rio Bravo
1959

Rio Bravo

Sunset
1988

Sunset

Overboard
1987

Overboard

Cult of the Cobra
1955

Cult of the Cobra

Stakeout!
1962

Stakeout!

Cattle Empire
1958

Cattle Empire

The Hallelujah Trail
1965

The Hallelujah Trail

A Cry in the Wilderness
1974

A Cry in the Wilderness

Madame X
1966

Madame X

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

Bombers B-52
1957

Bombers B-52

The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975

The Apple Dumpling Gang

Dick Tracy
1990

Dick Tracy

The Million Dollar Duck
1971

The Million Dollar Duck

Satan's School for Girls
1973

Satan's School for Girls

Blackbeard's Ghost
1968

Blackbeard's Ghost

The Loneliest Runner
1976

The Loneliest Runner

Tango & Cash
1989

Tango & Cash

Ride a Violent Mile
1957

Ride a Violent Mile

The Stripper
1963

The Stripper

Teenage Thunder
1957

Teenage Thunder

Runaway!
1973

Runaway!

The Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014

The Battered Bastards of Baseball

Death Sentence
1974

Death Sentence

The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976

The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe

Big Leaguer
1953

Big Leaguer

The Andy Griffith Show
1960

The Andy Griffith Show

Maverick
1957

Maverick

I Dream of Jeannie
1965

I Dream of Jeannie

The Munsters
1964

The Munsters

Route 66
1960

Route 66

The Twilight Zone
1959

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone
1959

The Twilight Zone

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

The Streets of San Francisco

Alias Smith and Jones
1971

Alias Smith and Jones

Mannix
1967

Mannix

Surfside 6
1960

Surfside 6

The Mod Squad
1968

The Mod Squad

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke

The Fugitive
1963

The Fugitive

Black Saddle
1959

Black Saddle

The Fugitive
1963

The Fugitive

Emergency!
1972

Emergency!

Lassie
1954

Lassie

Ironside
1967

Ironside

The Monroes
1966

The Monroes

The Monkees
1966

The Monkees

Rawhide
1959

Rawhide

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel

The Fugitive
1963

The Fugitive

The Outcasts
1968

The Outcasts

The Virginian
1962

The Virginian

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Big Valley
1965

The Big Valley

Petrocelli
1974

Petrocelli

Bronco
1958

Bronco

The Donna Reed Show
1958

The Donna Reed Show

Hondo
1967

Hondo

The Alaskans
1959

The Alaskans

Navy Log
1955

Navy Log

Black Saddle
1959

Black Saddle

Branded
1965

Branded

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive

The Rifleman
1958

The Rifleman

Sugarfoot
1957

Sugarfoot

Laramie
1959

Laramie

Ben Casey
1961

Ben Casey

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Dundee and the Culhane
1967

Dundee and the Culhane

The Texan
1958

The Texan

Stagecoach West
1960

Stagecoach West

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Tate
1960

Tate

Stoney Burke
1962

Stoney Burke

Johnny Ringo
1959

Johnny Ringo

General Electric True
1962

General Electric True

The Man Called X
1956

The Man Called X

Harbor Command
1957

Harbor Command

Letter to Loretta
1953

Letter to Loretta

The Fugitive
1963

The Fugitive

The Living Christ
1951

The Living Christ

Maverick
1957

Maverick

Maverick
1957

Maverick

The Rockford Files
1974

The Rockford Files

The Big Valley
1965

The Big Valley

The Big Valley
1965

The Big Valley

The Big Valley
1965

The Big Valley

Sugarfoot
1957

Sugarfoot

The Big Valley
1965

The Big Valley

The Big Valley
1965

The Big Valley

The Big Valley
1965

The Big Valley

The Big Valley
1965

The Big Valley

The Big Valley
1965

The Big Valley

Bonanza
1959

Bonanza

The Virginian
1962

The Virginian

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke

The Virginian
1962

The Virginian

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke

The Virginian
1962

The Virginian

The Virginian
1962

The Virginian

The Virginian
1962

The Virginian

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke

Letter to Loretta
1953

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta
1953

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta
1953

Letter to Loretta

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Bonanza
1959

Bonanza

Bonanza
1959

Bonanza

Bonanza
1959

Bonanza

Sam Benedict
1962

Sam Benedict