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Bing Russell
Actor, Writer
Died April 8, 2003 (76 years)
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.
Filmography
| 1990 | Dick Tracy · as Club Ritz Patron |
| 1989 | Tango & Cash · as Van Driver |
| 1988 | Sunset · as Studio Guard |
| 1987 | Overboard · as Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl |
| 1979 | Elvis · as Vernon Presley |
| 1976 | The Loneliest Runner · as Fred Dawkins |
| 1976 | The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe · as Unknown |
| 1976 | Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers (TV Series) · as Timberwell |
| 1975 | The Apple Dumpling Gang · as Herm Dally |
| 1974 | Death Sentence · as Trooper |
| 1974 | The Sex Symbol · as Public Relations Man |
| 1974 | Petrocelli (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Lieutenant |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) · as Len Coty |
| 1973 | Satan's School for Girls · as Sheriff |
| 1972 | Now You See Him, Now You Don't · as Alfred |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | Emergency! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | The Million Dollar Duck · as Mr. Smith |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | A Taste of Evil · as Sheriff |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1969 | The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes · as Angelo |
| 1968 | The Love Bug · as Track Starter |
| 1968 | Journey to Shiloh · as Greybeard |
| 1968 | The Outcasts (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1968 | Adam-12 (TV Series) · as Johnson |
| 1968 | Blackbeard's Ghost · as Second Track Meet Official |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | Madame X · as Police Sgt. Riley |
| 1966 | Billy the Kid Versus Dracula · as Dan 'Red' Thorpe |
| 1966 | The Monkees (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | The Iron Horse (TV Series) · as Ed Rainey |
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail · as Horner |
| 1965 | The Big Valley (TV Series) · as Slade |
| 1965 | Branded (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) · as Amos Lincoln |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Henry Cobb |
| 1964 | Cheyenne Autumn · as Braden's Telegraph Operator |
| 1964 | The Munsters (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1963 | A Gathering of Eagles · as Unknown |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Officer |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won · as Man |
| 1962 | Stakeout! · as Joe |
| 1962 | Combat! (TV Series) · as Gaines |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Sgt. Eads |
| 1961 | Hazel (TV Series) · as Alex |
| 1960 | The Magnificent Seven · as Robert |
| 1960 | Mission of Danger · as Pvt Ben Smith |
| 1960 | The Great Impostor · as Morgan |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Route 66 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | Rio Bravo · as Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Last Train from Gun Hill · as Skag, Belden Hand |
| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers · as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee |
| 1959 | Good Day for a Hanging · as George Fletcher |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Jack Harris |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Laramie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Ben Braden |
| 1959 | Shotgun Slade (TV Series) · as Deputy U.S. Marshal Benton |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Deputy Martinson |
| 1958 | Suicide Battalion · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Northwest Passage (TV Series) · as Pvt. Ben Smith |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Bronco (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Guard |
| 1958 | The Texan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | The Rifleman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) · as Billy Hemp |
| 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral · as Harry - Griffin Bartender |
| 1957 | Hellcats of the Navy · as Frogman on Submarine |
| 1957 | The True Story of Jesse James · as Jayhawker Sergeant |
| 1957 | Bombers B-52 · as Operator (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Beau James · as Reporter |
| 1957 | Drango · as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon |
| 1957 | Teenage Thunder · as Used-Car Salesman |
| 1957 | Fear Strikes Out · as Ballplayer Holding Trophy |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Code 3 (TV Series) · as Ambulance Driver |
| 1957 | Suspicion (TV Series) · as Smitty |
| 1957 | Maverick (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory (TV Series) · as Ollie Williams |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Capt. Oliver Maynard |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot (TV Series) · as Hank Gibson |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Private Cullen |
| 1957 | Harbor Command (TV Series) · as Jim |
| 1956 | Attack · as Medic |
| 1956 | The Price of Fear · as Unknown |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Deputy Stover |
| 1955 | Tarantula · as Deputized Townsman |
| 1955 | Kiss Me Deadly · as Police Detective |
| 1955 | A Life at Stake · as Bartender |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Ed Shelby |
| 1955 | Highway Patrol (1955) (TV Series) · as Eddie Beekman |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Arne |
| 1954 | Public Defender (TV Series) · as 2nd Cop |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1954 | The Whistler (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1953 | Big Leaguer · as Unknown |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Convict |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Ed Harper |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Asst. Ranger Chuck Owens |