Personal Info
Birth date
1926-05-05 (99 Years)
Day of death
2003-04-08
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Also known as
Neil Oliver "Bing" Russell
Neil Oliver Russell
بینگ راسل
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 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
Lassie
6.1
Overview:
Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.The Andy Griffith Show
7.6
Overview:
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.I Dream of Jeannie
7.831
Overview:
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".Have Gun, Will Travel
7.4
Overview:
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.Bonanza
7.5
Overview:
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
5.5
Overview:
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.The Rockford Files
7.5
Overview:
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.Mannix
6.7
Overview:
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.The Donna Reed Show
6.2
Overview:
Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.The Rifleman
7
Overview:
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
6.579
Overview:
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.The Big Valley
6.1
Overview:
The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.The Twilight Zone
8.447
Overview:
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.Ben Casey
5.6
Overview:
Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff was a medical consultant for the show and may have influenced the personality of the title character.Wanted: Dead or Alive
6.894
Overview:
Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–61. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–59 western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Four Star Television in association with CBS Television. The series launched McQueen into becoming the first television star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen.Ironside
6.8
Overview:
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.Route 66
6.3
Overview:
After discovering that his late father has gone through most of the family fortune, Tod Stiles hits the title trans-America highway in his Corvette in search of adventure with friend Buz Murdock, a survivor of New York's mean streets. The two work odd jobs as they meet and interact with colorful characters and find themselves plunged into one situation after another, some of them romantic, some of them very dangerous. Later, Linc Case, a Vietnam war hero trying to find himself, takes over as Tod's travel companion.Maverick
6.8
Overview:
The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.The Fugitive
7.2
Overview:
Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man". At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably dogged by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard.Rawhide
7.2
Overview:
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.Surfside 6
5
Overview:
Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Surfside 6 was in fact a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleu in 1964's Goldfinger.Laramie
6.4
Overview:
Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. A Revue Studios production, the program originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman, Robert Fuller as Jess Harper, Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy and Robert L. Crawford, Jr., as Andy Sherman.The Munsters
7.9
Overview:
A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.The Virginian
6.5
Overview:
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.The Mod Squad
6.3
Overview:
The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. It starred Michael Cole as Pete Cochren, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes, Clarence Williams III as Linc Hayes, and Tige Andrews as Captain Adam Greer. The executive producers of the series were Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas. The iconic counter-culture police series earned six Emmy nominations, four Golden Globe nominations plus one win for Peggy Lipton, one Directors Guild of America award, and four Logies. In 1997 the episode "Mother of Sorrow" was ranked #95 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.The Texan
5.5
Overview:
The Texan was a Western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which aired on the CBS television network from 1958 to 1960.Public Defender
6
Overview:
The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half.Acting
2014The Battered Bastards of Baseball as Himself (Archive Footage)
1990Dick Tracy as Club Ritz Patron
1989Tango & Cash as Van Driver
1988Sunset as Studio Guard
1987Overboard as Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl
1979Elvis as Vernon Presley
1976The Loneliest Runner as Fred Dawkins
1976The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe as Unknown
1975The Apple Dumpling Gang as Herm Dally
1974Death Sentence as Trooper
1974The Sex Symbol as Public Relations Man
1974The Rockford Files (1 Episode) as Lieutenant
1974Petrocelli (1 Episode) as Unknown
1974A Cry in the Wilderness as Mr. Griffey
1973Runaway! as Fireman
1973Satan's School for Girls as Sheriff
1973Set This Town on Fire as Chuck
1972The Streets of San Francisco (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1972Now You See Him, Now You Don't as Alfred
1972Emergency! (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1971A Taste of Evil as Sheriff
1971The Million Dollar Duck as Mr. Smith
1971Yuma as Rol King (as Neil Russell)
1971Alias Smith and Jones (1 Episode) as Unknown
1969The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes as Angelo
1968The Mod Squad (1 Episode) as Unknown
1968The Outcasts (1 Episode) as Unknown
1968Journey to Shiloh as Greybeard
1968Blackbeard's Ghost as Second Track Meet Official
1967Mannix (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1967Hondo (1 Episode) as Unknown
1967The Guns of Will Sonnett (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1967Dundee and the Culhane (1 Episode) as Unknown
1967Ironside (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1966The Monkees (1 Episode) as Rudy
1966The Monroes (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966Madame X as Sergeant Riley
1965I Dream of Jeannie (1 Episode) as Amos Lincoln
1965The Big Valley (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Jack Tolliver, Clint, Rancher, Mac, Joe Garrett, Dan Kelsey, Sheriff, Slade, Sheriff Jim Dolan
1965The Hallelujah Trail as Horner
1965Branded (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1964Cheyenne Autumn as Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
1964The Munsters (1 Episode) as Unknown
1964One Man's Way as Tom Rayburn
1963The Fugitive (1, 2, 2, 1 Episode) as Sgt. Eggins, Officer, Matt Davis, Officer Westphal
1963A Gathering of Eagles as Unknown
1963The Stripper as Mr. Mulvaney
1962How the West Was Won as Man (uncredited)
1962Flashing Spikes as Hogan
1962Stakeout! as Joe
1962Stoney Burke (1 Episode) as Unknown
1962General Electric True (1 Episode) as Unknown
1962The Virginian (2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Sgt. Eads, John Rudd, Donovan, Sam Fuller, Ned Smith, Gabe Sloan
1962Sam Benedict (1 Episode) as Len George (uncredited)
1961Ben Casey (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960The Magnificent Seven as Robert
1960Route 66 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960Surfside 6 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960Stagecoach West (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960The Andy Griffith Show (1 Episode) as Mr. Burton
1960Tate (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959The Alaskans (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959The Twilight Zone (1, 1 Episode) as Ben Braden, George Cousins
1959Johnny Ringo (1 Episode) as Dick Walsh
1959Laramie (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Bonanza (7, 32, 1, 1 Episode) as Sheriff Clem Foster, Deputy Clem Foster, Major Reynolds, Poindexter
1959Last Train from Gun Hill as Skag, Belden Hand
1959The Horse Soldiers as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
1959Rio Bravo as Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
1959Black Saddle (1, 1 Episode) as Lee Curry, Ken Wilson
1959Rawhide (1 Episode) as Jack Harris
1959Good Day for a Hanging as George Fletcher
1958The Rifleman (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1958The Texan (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958The Donna Reed Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Bronco (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1958Wanted: Dead or Alive (1, 1 Episode) as Clay, Billy Hemp
1958Cattle Empire as Douglas Hamilton
1958Suicide Battalion as Lt. Chet Hall
1957Ride a Violent Mile as Corporal Norman
1957Bombers B-52 as Operator (uncredited)
1957The Land Unknown as Radio Operator (uncredited)
1957Harbor Command (1 Episode) as Unknown
1957Maverick (2, 1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Tyler Brink, Russ Aikens
1957Sugarfoot (1, 1 Episode) as Sergeant McKinnock, Hank Gibson
1957Have Gun, Will Travel (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Sheriff Reagan
1957The Deadly Mantis as State Trooper
1957Drango as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
1957Teenage Thunder as Used-Car Salesman
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Sam - Henchman, Deputy Stover, Cole
1956Attack as Medic
1956The Man Called X (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955Navy Log (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1955Gunsmoke (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Simon Fletcher, Ed Shelby, Tabor, Head, Walsh, Arnold Rolfing
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Sergeant Turner
1955Cult of the Cobra as Unknown
1955A Life at Stake as Bartender (uncredited)
1954Lassie (1 Episode) as Unknown
1954Public Defender (1 Episode) as 2nd Cop
1953Letter to Loretta (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Convict, Jim Murphy, Newsman, Sergeant
1953Big Leaguer as Unknown
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1 Episode) as Assistant Director
1951The Living Christ (12 Episodes) as Lazarus
Writing
1966An Eye for an Eye ... Writer