Bing Russell
Acting
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 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.
Born: May 5, 1926
Place of Birth: Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Known For
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
The Munsters
A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.
Emergency!
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
I Dream of Jeannie
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".
Rio Bravo
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.
The Rockford Files
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
The Magnificent Seven
An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
Filmography
as Himself (Archive Footage)
as Club Ritz Patron
as Van Driver
as Studio Guard
as Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
as Vernon Presley
as Fred Dawkins
as Timberwell
as Herm Dally
as Trooper
as Public Relations Man
as Lieutenant
as Mr. Griffey
as Fireman
as Sheriff
as Chuck
as Alfred
as Sheriff
as Mr. Smith
as Rol King (as Neil Russell)
as Angelo
as Greybeard
as Second Track Meet Official
as Thompson
as Chet
as Cal Bristold
as Rudy
as Sergeant Riley
as Amos Lincoln
as Jack Tolliver
as Clint
as Rancher
as Mac
as Joe Garrett
as Dan Kelsey
as Sheriff
as Slade
as Sheriff Jim Dolan
as Horner
as Sheriff Gorman
as Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
as Tom Rayburn
as Sgt. Eggins
as Officer
as Matt Davis
as Officer Westphal
as Mr. Mulvaney
as Man (uncredited)
as Hogan
as Joe
as Sgt. Eads
as John Rudd
as Donovan
as Sam Fuller
as Ned Smith
as Gabe Sloan
as Len George (uncredited)
as Morgan (uncredited)
as Robert
as Mr. Burton
as Ben Braden
as George Cousins
as Dick Walsh
as Sheriff Clem Foster
as Deputy Clem Foster
as Major Reynolds
as Poindexter
as Skag, Belden Hand
as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
as Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
as Lee Curry
as Ken Wilson
as Jack Harris
as George Fletcher
as Clay
as Billy Hemp
as Douglas Hamilton
as Lt. Chet Hall
as Corporal Norman
as Operator (uncredited)
as Radio Operator (uncredited)
as Tyler Brink
as Russ Aikens
as Sergeant McKinnock
as Hank Gibson
as Sheriff Reagan
as Harry - Griffin Bartender (uncredited)
as State Trooper
as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
as Used-Car Salesman
as Sam - Henchman
as Deputy Stover
as Medic
as Simon Fletcher
as Ed Shelby
as Tabor
as Head
as Walsh
as Arnold Rolfing
as Sergeant Turner
as Bartender (uncredited)
as 2nd Cop
as Convict
as Jim Murphy
as Newsman
as Sergeant
as Assistant Director
as Lazarus