People
Bing Russell
Biography:
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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The Battered Bastards of Baseball as Himself (Archive Footage) | 2014-01-20 |
Dick Tracy as Club Ritz Patron | 1990-04-05 |
Tango & Cash as Van Driver | 1989-12-22 |
Sunset as Studio Guard | 1988-04-29 |
Overboard as Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl | 1987-12-16 |
Elvis as Vernon Presley | 1979-02-10 |
The Loneliest Runner as Fred Dawkins | 1976-12-20 |
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe | 1976-05-29 |
The Apple Dumpling Gang as Herm Dally | 1975-07-01 |
Death Sentence as Trooper | 1974-10-02 |
The Sex Symbol as Public Relations Man | 1974-09-17 |
A Cry in the Wilderness as Mr. Griffey | 1974-03-26 |
Runaway! as Fireman | 1973-09-29 |
Satan's School for Girls as Sheriff | 1973-09-19 |
Set This Town on Fire as Chuck | 1973-01-08 |
Now You See Him, Now You Don't as Alfred | 1972-07-12 |
A Taste of Evil as Sheriff | 1971-10-11 |
The Million Dollar Duck as Mr. Smith | 1971-06-30 |
Yuma as Rol King (as Neil Russell) | 1971-03-02 |
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes as Angelo | 1969-12-29 |
Journey to Shiloh as Greybeard | 1968-05-10 |
Blackbeard's Ghost as Second Track Meet Official | 1968-02-08 |
Madame X as Sergeant Riley | 1966-03-03 |
The Hallelujah Trail as Horner | 1965-06-23 |
Cheyenne Autumn as Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited) | 1964-10-15 |
One Man's Way as Tom Rayburn | 1964-02-26 |
A Gathering of Eagles | 1963-06-21 |
The Stripper as Mr. Mulvaney | 1963-06-19 |
How the West Was Won as Man (uncredited) | 1962-11-02 |
Stakeout! as Joe | 1962-10-01 |
The Magnificent Seven as Robert | 1960-10-12 |
Last Train from Gun Hill as Skag, Belden Hand | 1959-07-29 |
The Horse Soldiers as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee | 1959-06-11 |
Rio Bravo as Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited) | 1959-03-18 |
Good Day for a Hanging as George Fletcher | 1959-01-01 |
Cattle Empire as Douglas Hamilton | 1958-04-01 |
Suicide Battalion as Lt. Chet Hall | 1958-02-28 |
Ride a Violent Mile as Corporal Norman | 1957-11-24 |
Bombers B-52 as Operator (uncredited) | 1957-11-22 |
The Land Unknown as Radio Operator (uncredited) | 1957-10-15 |
The Deadly Mantis as State Trooper | 1957-05-01 |
Drango as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon | 1957-01-01 |
Teenage Thunder as Used-Car Salesman | 1957-01-01 |
Attack as Medic | 1956-09-19 |
Cult of the Cobra | 1955-03-30 |
A Life at Stake as Bartender (uncredited) | 1955-03-01 |
Big Leaguer | 1953-08-19 |