Bing Russell
Acting
Born May 5, 1926 · Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Biography
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. 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 des…
Known For · 40 titles
The Donna Reed Show
The Rifleman
The Fugitive
Lassie
The Andy Griffith Show
Bonanza
The Twilight Zone
Maverick
Ironside
Mannix
The Virginian
Rawhide
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Rockford Files
Emergency!
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
I Dream of Jeannie
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Gunsmoke
The Big Valley
Ben Casey
Route 66
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Surfside 6
Stoney Burke
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Laramie
The Texan
The Munsters
Sugarfoot
Navy Log
The Streets of San Francisco
Bronco
The Monkees
Alias Smith and Jones
The Mod Squad
The Magnificent Seven
Branded
Petrocelli
Sam Benedict