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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...
Known for
LassieSeries • 1954
BonanzaSeries • 1959
The Andy Griffith ShowSeries • 1960
The FugitiveSeries • 1963
IronsideSeries • 1967
MannixSeries • 1967
The VirginianSeries • 1962
The Rockford FilesSeries • 1974
The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1959
MaverickSeries • 1957
I Dream of JeannieSeries • 1965
The RiflemanSeries • 1958
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957
Emergency!Series • 1972
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956
The Donna Reed ShowSeries • 1958
RawhideSeries • 1959
The Big ValleySeries • 1965
Route 66Series • 1960
Ben CaseySeries • 1961
The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpSeries • 1955
The MunstersSeries • 1964
Wanted: Dead or AliveSeries • 1958
GunsmokeSeries • 1955