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Neil Oliver " Bing" Russell (May 5, 1926 – April 8, 2003)

(2025). 9780786452088, McFarland. .
was an American actor and Class A minor-league baseball club owner. He was the father of Hollywood actor and grandfather of ex–major league baseball player and actor .

Early life
Russell was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, the son of Ruth Stewart (née Vogel) and Warren Oliver Russell. He always wanted to become an actor and studied drama at Brattleboro High School. He grew up around the New York Yankees' spring training camp in St. Petersburg, Florida, in the 1930s and 1940s, where his father ran a service. As a result, he was an unofficial mascot of the New York Yankees, and became friendly with players including and . When was weakened by illness, he gave Russell the bat he used to hit his last home run before retiring.

Russell graduated from Dartmouth College with a business degree.

Career
Russell made his debut in the film Cavalry Patrol, and had some uncredited roles in his early career.

Best known as Deputy Clem Foster on (1959)

(2025). 9780786464777, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.
and Robert in The Magnificent Seven (1960), he guest-starred in episodes of many television series, including Playhouse 90, Highway Patrol, , The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Loretta Young Show, , Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, , Maverick, Zane Grey Theater, Route 66, Rawhide, , The Untouchables, Hazel, The Andy Griffith Show, The Twilight Zone, The Donna Reed Show, , , Combat!, Branded, The Fugitive, The Monkees, I Dream of Jeannie, Ironside, The Big Valley, Death Valley Days, Adam-12, The Virginian, Alias Smith and Jones, The Mod Squad, , The Rockford Files, The Streets of San Francisco, Emergency!, and Little House on the Prairie.

In 1963, he was cast as John Quigley, a mobster, in the episode "Five Tickets to Hell" of 's , . In the storyline, Quigley travels to , , where he robs the mint of $500,000 and kills seven men in the commission of the crime. Police Lieutenant Juan Garcia (Carlos Romero) tracks down Quigley and his three accomplices. also appears in the episode.

Russell appeared in the original pilot (filmed in November 1965) for The Monkees TV series as Rudy, a record store owner and the group's manager; after the show was by NBC, the concept of a manager was discarded and Russell's character was not retained. An edited version of this pilot, in which Russell appears, was broadcast as a regular episode of the first season, and is part of the show's syndication package to this day.

Russell much later played Vernon Presley to his son Kurt's in the television movie, Elvis (1979). Kurt, as a child actor, had appeared with the real Elvis in the film It Happened at the World's Fair, and in a later interview recalled the singer-actor, professing to be a fan, asking to meet Bing, who had accompanied his son to the set.

Russell owned the Portland Mavericks (1973–1977), the only independent team in the Short Season . Russell kept a 30-man roster because he believed that some of the players deserved to have one last season. His motto was fun. He created a park that kept all corporate sponsorship outside the gates, hired the first female general manager, Lanny Moss in professional baseball, and named the first GM/Manager. His team set a record for the highest attendance in minor league history, but lost the 1977 pennant to the Bellingham Mariners. Subsequently, Major League Baseball regained interest in Portland. The Albuquerque, NM franchise relocated to Portland (for nine years) and resurrected the Class AAA Portland Beavers name. The Portland area was recovered but was forced to pay $206,000 to Russell after he took the matter to ; it was the biggest payout in baseball history for a minor league territory. Ex-major-leaguers and never-weres who could not stop playing the game flocked to his June try-outs, which were always open to anyone who showed up. The team and archival footage of Russell were featured in the documentary The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014).

Personal life
In 1945, while working at Teddy's Restaurant in Newport, New Hampshire, a coworker introduced Russell to his future wife, Louise "Lulu" Crone. Russell and Crone married in 1946 and had four children together, including actor .

Death
Russell died from complications of on April 8, 2003, in Thousand Oaks, California.
(2025). 9781557836380, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books.

Recognition
In 1974, the named Russell minor league executive of the year.

In 2020, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.

Filmography
  • The Living Christ Series (1951) as Lazarus
  • (1953) as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
  • Soldier (1953, TV series) as Sgt. Corbett
  • The Public Defender (1954, TV series) as 2nd Cop
  • (1955) as Young Man with Girl in Bar (uncredited)
  • Kiss Me Deadly (1955) as Police Detective (uncredited)
  • Cult of the Cobra (1955) as Laundry Man (uncredited)
  • Tarantula (1955) as Deputy (uncredited)
  • (1955) as One of Casey's Air Force Buddies (uncredited)
  • You Are There (1953–1955, TV Series) as Disheartened Soldier
  • Cavalry Patrol (1956, TV Movie) as Jenner
  • The Price of Fear (1956) as Maxie (uncredited)
  • Behind the High Wall (1956) as Guard (uncredited)
  • Attack (1956) as Medic (uncredited)
  • Science Fiction Theatre (1956, TV Series) as Radio Operator
  • Highway Patrol (1956–1957, TV Series) as Toby Larkin
  • Teenage Thunder (1957) as Used-car salesman
  • (1957) as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
  • The True Story of Jesse James (1957) as Jayhawker Sergeant (uncredited)
  • Fear Strikes Out (1957) as Ballplayer Holding Trophy (uncredited)
  • The Land Unknown (1957) as Navy Radio Operator (uncredited)
  • (1956–1957, TV Series) as Bob Harris
  • The Ford Television Theatre (1957, TV Series) as Lieutenant Young
  • The Silent Service (1957, TV Series) as Lieutenant Jackson
  • The Deadly Mantis (1957) as State Trooper at Train & Bus Wrecks (uncredited)
  • Hellcats of the Navy (1957) as Frogman on Submarine (uncredited)
  • Bailout at 43,000 (1957) as Flyer at Bar (uncredited)
  • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) as Harry (Griffin bartender) (uncredited)
  • Playhouse 90 (1957, TV Series)
  • (1957) as Reporter (uncredited)
  • The Land Unknown (1957) as Radio operator (uncredited)
  • (1957, TV Series) as Police Officer
  • The Walter Winchell File (1957, TV Series)
  • (1957, TV Series) as Jim
  • Casey Jones (1957, TV Series) as Baylor
  • (1957, TV Series) as Private Cullen
  • Bombers B-52 (1957) as Operator (uncredited)
  • Ride a Violent Mile (1957) as Corporal Norman
  • Tombstone Territory (1957, TV Series) as Ollie Williams
  • Suspicion (1957, TV Series) as Mechanic
  • (1957) as Used-Car Salesman
  • Flight (1958, TV Series) as Pilot
  • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1958, TV Series) as Sergeant Turner
  • The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958) as First Tower Controller (uncredited)
  • Suicide Battalion (1958) as Lt. Chet Hall
  • The Loretta Young Show (1955–1958, TV Series) as Convict
  • (1958, TV Series) as Sergeant McKinnock
  • Cattle Empire (1958) as Douglas Hamilton
  • The Lineup (1958, TV Series) as Theodore
  • Northwest Passage (1958, TV Series) as Pvt. Ben Smith
  • (1958, TV Series) as Ed Shelby
  • Good Day for a Hanging (1959) as George Fletcher
  • Rio Bravo (1959) as Cowboy murdered in saloon (uncredited)
  • Colt .45 (1958–1959, TV Series) as Jack Lowden
  • The Horse Soldiers (1959) as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
  • Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) as Skag, Belden Hand
  • The Texan (1959, TV Series) as Larry Boland
  • (1959, TV Series) as Ken Wilson
  • Johnny Ringo (1959, TV Series) as Dick Walsh
  • Disneyland (1959, TV Series) as Arne
  • Texas John Slaughter (1959, TV Series) as Arne
  • Tales of Wells Fargo (1959, TV Series) as Captain Maynard
  • (1960, TV Series) as Edward Carse
  • (1959–1960, TV Series) as Billy Hemp
  • (1960) as Garve Tabor
  • (1960, TV Series) as Deputy U.S. Marshal Benton
  • Wrangler (1960, TV Series) as Ritter
  • Tate (1960, TV Series) as Corey
  • (1959–1960, TV Series) as Hode Evans & Sanchez
  • The Magnificent Seven (1960) as Robert, (Henry's traveling companion)
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (1956–1960, TV Series) as Cole
  • (1961–1973) (TV series) as Deputy Clem Foster
  • The Great Impostor (1961) as Morgan (uncredited)
  • Surfside 6 (1961, TV Series) as Ron Kaslow
  • Saint of Devil's Island (1961) as Gerard
  • The Brothers Brannagan (1961, TV Series) as Fenner in "Tough Guy"
  • The Blue Angels (1961, TV Series) as Denton in episode "The Duster"
  • Maverick (1957–1962, TV Series) as Luke Storm
  • Bronco (1959–1962, TV Series) as Jeb Thomas
  • Rawhide (1962, TV Series) as Jack Harris
  • The Virginian (1962 TV series) as Sgt. Eads, a member of Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the episode "Riff-Raff"
  • Alcoa Premiere (1962, TV Series) as Hogan
  • (1962, TV Series) as John
  • Have Gun - Will Travel (1958–1962, TV Series) as Andy Dawes and Sheriff Reagan
  • The Untouchables (1961–1962, TV Series) as Officer Cavanaugh
  • Stakeout! (1962) as Joe
  • The Andy Griffith Show (1963, TV Series) as Mr. Burton
  • Stoney Burke (1963, TV Series) as Neeley
  • Laramie (1960–1963, TV Series) as Reeves
  • (1963, TV Series) as Len George
  • G.E. True (1963, TV Series) as John Quigley
  • (1963) as Mr. Mulvaney
  • A Gathering of Eagles (1963) as Captain (uncredited)
  • The Twilight Zone (1961–1963, TV Series) as Ben Braden
  • One Man's Way (1964) as Tom Rayburn
  • (1964) as Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
  • The Donna Reed Show (1964, TV Series) as Bill Gayley
  • (1965, TV Series) as The Second Ranger
  • Combat! (1965, TV Series) as Gaines
  • The Hallelujah Trail (1965) as Horner (miner)
  • A Man Called Shenandoah (1965, TV Series) as Clem
  • Branded (1965–1966, TV Series) as Sheriff Gorman
  • Incident at Phantom Hill (1966) as General's Aide (uncredited)
  • The Fugitive (1963–1966, TV Series) as Davis
  • Madame X (1966) as Police Sgt. Riley
  • Billy the Kid versus Dracula (1966) as Dan 'Red' Thorpe
  • The Monroes (1966, TV Series) as Aaron
  • The Monkees (1966, TV Series) as Rudy Gunther in S1:E10, "The Monkees"
  • Run for Your Life (1966, TV Series) as Deputy
  • I Dream of Jeannie (1967, TV Series) as Amos Lincoln
  • Ride to Hangman's Tree (1967) as Keller (uncredited)
  • Dundee and the Culhane (1967, TV Series) as H.P. Graham
  • Hondo (1967, TV Series) as Thompson
  • Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) as Second Official (uncredited)
  • Journey to Shiloh (1968) as Greybeard
  • Ironside (1968, TV Series) as Cal Bristold
  • The Love Bug (1968) as Race Track Starter (uncredited)
  • The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967–1969, TV Series) as Bartender
  • The Outcasts (1969, TV Series) as Grainer
  • The Big Valley (1965–1969, TV Series) as Clint
  • Death Valley Days (1961–1969, TV Series) as Jack Alvord
  • The Virginian (1962–1969, TV Series) as Donovan
  • The Virginian (1970) as Sheriff Martin credit as Neil Russell
  • The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) as Angelo
  • Adam-12 (1969–1970, TV Series) as Johnson
  • The Young Lawyers (1970, TV Series) as McCracken
  • Yuma (1971, TV Movie) as Rol King (as Neil Russell)
  • The Million Dollar Duck (1971) as Mr. Smith
  • A Taste of Evil (1971, TV Movie) as Sheriff
  • O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971, TV Series) as Bob Rasmussen
  • Alias Smith and Jones (1972, TV Series) as Sheriff
  • Longstreet (1972, TV Series) as Police Lieutenant
  • Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972) as Alfred
  • Set This Town on Fire (1973, TV Movie) as Chuck
  • The Mod Squad (1973, TV Series) as Kerner
  • Satan's School for Girls (1973, TV Movie) as Sheriff
  • Runaway! (1973, TV Movie) as Fireman
  • (1956–1974, TV Series) as Ed Shelby
  • A Cry in the Wilderness (1974, TV Movie) as Mr. Griffey
  • The Sex Symbol (1974, TV Movie) as Public Relations Man
  • Death Sentence (1974, TV Movie) as Trooper
  • The Rockford Files (1974, TV Series) as Lieutenant
  • (1970–1974, TV Series) as George Enright
  • The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) as Herm Dally
  • The Streets of San Francisco (1973–1975, TV Series) as Dan Riggs
  • Emergency! (1973–1975, TV Series) as Captain Wilson
  • (1975, TV Series) as John Miller
  • Little House on the Prairie (1976, TV Series) as Len Coty
  • The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1976, TV Movie)
  • 's the Moneychangers (1976, TV Mini-Series) as Timberwell
  • The Loneliest Runner (1976, TV Movie) as Fred Dawkins
  • Elvis (1979, TV Movie) as Vernon Presley
  • Overboard (1987) as Sheriff Earl (Elk Cove)
  • Sunset (1988) as Studio Guard
  • Tango & Cash (1989) as Van Driver
  • Dick Tracy (1990) as Club Ritz Patron #2

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