Acting
Bing Russell
Born May 5, 1926 · Brattleboro, Vermont, USA · Died Apr 8, 2003
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 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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Documentary
Dick Tracy
1990
Adventure · Comedy · Crime
Tango & Cash
1989
Action · Crime · Comedy
Sunset
1988
Crime · Mystery · Thriller
Overboard
1987
Comedy · Romance
Elvis
1979
TV Movie · Music · Drama
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1976
Drama · TV Movie
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
1976
Drama
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976
Western · Comedy · TV Movie
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
Comedy · Family · Western
Death Sentence
1974
Crime · Thriller · Drama
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1974
Drama · TV Movie
The Rockford Files
1974
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Petrocelli
1974
Drama
A Cry in the Wilderness
1974
Thriller · TV Movie
Runaway!
1973
Thriller · TV Movie
Satan's School for Girls
1973
Mystery · Horror · TV Movie
Set This Town on Fire
1973
Drama · TV Movie
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Crime · Drama · Action & Adventure
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
Comedy · Family · Science Fiction
Emergency!
1972
Action & Adventure · Drama
A Taste of Evil
1971
Thriller · TV Movie · Horror
The Million Dollar Duck
1971
Comedy · Family
Yuma
1971
Western · TV Movie · Crime
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Western · Crime
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
Comedy · Family · Drama
The Mod Squad
1968
Action & Adventure · Drama
The Outcasts
1968
Western · Action & Adventure
Journey to Shiloh
1968
Drama · War · Western
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
Comedy · Fantasy · Family
Mannix
1967
Action & Adventure · Crime · Mystery
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Western
Hondo
1967
Western
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
Western · Drama
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
1967
Action · Romance · Western
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1967
Crime · Drama · Mystery
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1966
Comedy · Family
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1966
Western · Family · Drama
Madame X
1966
Drama
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
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1965
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1965
Western · Comedy
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1965
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Cheyenne Autumn
1964
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The Munsters
1964
Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Family
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1964
Drama
The Fugitive
1963
Action & Adventure · Drama · Mystery
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1963
Drama · Romance
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1963
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1962
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1962
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1962
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1962
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1962
Action & Adventure · Drama
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1962
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1962
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1961
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1960
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1960
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1960
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1960
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Stagecoach West
1960
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The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Comedy · Family
Tate
1960
Western · Drama
The Alaskans
1959
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The Twilight Zone
1959
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Mystery · Drama
Johnny Ringo
1959
Western
Laramie
1959
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Bonanza
1959
Western · Action & Adventure · Drama
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959
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The Horse Soldiers
1959
Western · War
Rio Bravo
1959
Western · Drama
Black Saddle
1959
Western · Drama
Rawhide
1959
Western · Drama
Good Day for a Hanging
1959
Western · Action
The Rifleman
1958
Action & Adventure · Western · Family
The Texan
1958
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The Donna Reed Show
1958
Comedy · Family
Bronco
1958
Western
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
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Cattle Empire
1958
Western
Suicide Battalion
1958
War
Ride a Violent Mile
1957
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Bombers B-52
1957
Drama · Romance
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1957
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Harbor Command
1957
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1957
Comedy · Western
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1957
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1957
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Without Incident
1957
Drama · Action · TV Movie
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
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The Deadly Mantis
1957
Horror · Science Fiction
Drango
1957
Western
Teenage Thunder
1957
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
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Attack
1956
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The Man Called X
1956
Navy Log
1955
War & Politics · Drama
Gunsmoke
1955
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
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Science Fiction Theatre
1955
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Cult of the Cobra
1955
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A Life at Stake
1955
Drama
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
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1954
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1954
Drama
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1953
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1953
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1953
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1951
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1951
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1966
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