Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-05-05 (77 years old)
Deathday
2003-04-08
Place of Birth
Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Also known As
Neil Oliver "Bing" Russell
Neil Oliver Russell
بینگ راسل
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...
1964
as Tom Rayburn
1979
as Vernon Presley
1959
as Skag, Belden Hand
1959
as George Fletcher
1964
as Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
1959
as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
1968
as Greybeard
1962
as Man (uncredited)
1971
as Rol King (as Neil Russell)
1971
as Sheriff
1956
as Medic
1974
as Public Relations Man
1958
as Lt. Chet Hall
1973
as Chuck
1955
as Bartender (uncredited)
1960
as Robert
1957
as Radio Operator (uncredited)
1957
as State Trooper
1957
as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
1959
as Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
1988
as Studio Guard
1987
as Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
1962
as Joe
1958
as Douglas Hamilton
1965
as Horner
1974
as Mr. Griffey
1966
as Sergeant Riley
1969
as Angelo
1972
as Alfred
1957
as Operator (uncredited)
1975
as Herm Dally
1990
as Club Ritz Patron
1971
as Mr. Smith
1973
as Sheriff
1968
as Second Track Meet Official
1976
as Fred Dawkins
1989
as Van Driver
1957
as Corporal Norman
1963
as Mr. Mulvaney
1957
as Used-Car Salesman
1973
as Fireman
2014
as Himself (Archive Footage)
1974
as Trooper
1953
1962
as Hogan
1960
as Morgan (uncredited)
1966
as Writer
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