Bing Russell

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-05-05 (77 years old)

Deathday

2003-04-08

Place of Birth

Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

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...

Acting

1964

One Man's Way

as Tom Rayburn

1979

Elvis

as Vernon Presley

1959

Last Train from Gun Hill

as Skag, Belden Hand

1959

Good Day for a Hanging

as George Fletcher

1964

Cheyenne Autumn

as Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

1959

The Horse Soldiers

as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee

1968

Journey to Shiloh

as Greybeard

1962

How the West Was Won

as Man (uncredited)

1971

Yuma

as Rol King (as Neil Russell)

1971

A Taste of Evil

as Sheriff

1956

Attack

as Medic

1974

The Sex Symbol

as Public Relations Man

1958

Suicide Battalion

as Lt. Chet Hall

1955

A Life at Stake

as Bartender (uncredited)

1957

The Land Unknown

as Radio Operator (uncredited)

1957

The Deadly Mantis

as State Trooper

1957

Drango

as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon

1959

Rio Bravo

as Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)

1988

Sunset

as Studio Guard

1987

Overboard

as Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl

1962

Stakeout!

as Joe

1958

Cattle Empire

as Douglas Hamilton

1974

1966

Madame X

as Sergeant Riley

1957

Bombers B-52

as Operator (uncredited)

1975

1990

Dick Tracy

as Club Ritz Patron

1971

1968

Blackbeard's Ghost

as Second Track Meet Official

1976

The Loneliest Runner

as Fred Dawkins

1989

Tango & Cash

as Van Driver

1957

Ride a Violent Mile

as Corporal Norman

1963

The Stripper

as Mr. Mulvaney

1957

Teenage Thunder

as Used-Car Salesman

1973

Runaway!

as Fireman

2014

The Battered Bastards of Baseball

as Himself (Archive Footage)

1974

Death Sentence

as Trooper

1962

1960

The Great Impostor

as Morgan (uncredited)

Production

1966

© All Rights Reserved 2025