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Neil Oliver "Bing" Russell was an American actor and Class A minor-league baseball club owner. He was the father of Golden Globe Award-nominated actor Kurt Russell and grandfather of ex-major league baseball player Matt Franco.
Birth Name
Neil Oliver Russell
Born
Wednesday, 05 May 1926
Died
Tuesday, 08 April 2003
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Battered Bastards of Baseball | Self - Maverick's Owner | 2014 |
| Dick Tracy | Club Ritz Patron | 1990 |
| Tango & Cash | Van Driver | 1989 |
| Sunset | Studio Guard | 1988 |
| Overboard | Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl | 1987 |
| Elvis | Vernon Presley | 1979 |
| The Loneliest Runner | Fred Dawkins | 1976 |
| Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers | Timberwell | 1976 |
| The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe | 1976 | |
| The Apple Dumpling Gang | Herm Dally | 1975 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Battered Bastards of Baseball | Self - Maverick's Owner | 2014 |
| Dick Tracy | Club Ritz Patron | 1990 |
| Tango & Cash | Van Driver | 1989 |
| Sunset | Studio Guard | 1988 |
| Overboard | Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl | 1987 |
| Elvis | Vernon Presley | 1979 |
| The Loneliest Runner | Fred Dawkins | 1976 |
| Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers | Timberwell | 1976 |
| The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe | 1976 | |
| The Apple Dumpling Gang | Herm Dally | 1975 |
| Death Sentence | Trooper | 1974 |
| The Sex Symbol | Public Relations Man | 1974 |
| Petrocelli | John Miller | 1974 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Len Coty | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Lieutenant | 1974 |
| A Cry in the Wilderness | Mr. Griffey | 1974 |
| Runaway! | Fireman | 1973 |
| Satan's School for Girls | Sheriff | 1973 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Detective Dan Riggs / Inspector Landers | 1972 |
| Now You See Him, Now You Don't | Alfred | 1972 |
| Emergency! | Carl Wilson / David Winslow / Richard Freeman | 1972 |
| A Taste of Evil | Sheriff | 1971 |
| The Million Dollar Duck | Mr. Smith | 1971 |
| O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | Bob Rasmussen | 1971 |
| Yuma | Rol King / Rol King (as Neil Russell) | 1971 |
| Longstreet | Police Lieutenant | 1971 |
| Alias Smith and Jones | Sheriff | 1971 |
| The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes | Angelo | 1969 |
| The Young Lawyers | McCracken | 1969 |
| The Love Bug | Track Starter | 1968 |
| Mod Squad | Kerner | 1968 |
| The Outcasts | Grainger | 1968 |
| Adam-12 | Johnson / Sgt. Bell | 1968 |
| Journey to Shiloh | Greybeard | 1968 |
| Blackbeard's Ghost | Second Track Meet Official | 1968 |
| Mannix | George Enright / Larry Hammond / Pete Sangree / Ray Jordan / Sheriff | 1967 |
| Ironside | Cal Bristold / Monterey County Sheriff | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Deputy Driscoll | 1967 |
| The Guns of Will Sonnett | Charlie - Henchman / Chet / Jeb Bates - Bartender / Pete | 1967 |
| Hondo | Thompson | 1967 |
| Dundee and the Culhane | H.P. Graham | 1967 |
| The Ride to Hangman's Tree | Keller | 1967 |
| Iron Horse | Ed Rainey | 1966 |
| The Monkees | Rudy | 1966 |
| The Monroes | Aaron | 1966 |
| Billy the Kid Versus Dracula | Dan 'Red' Thorpe | 1966 |
| Incident at Phantom Hill | General's Aide | 1966 |
| Madame X | Police Sgt. Riley | 1966 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | Amos Lincoln | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Henry Cobb | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Slade / Sheriff / Sheriff Jim Dolan / Rancher / Mac / Joe Garrett / Jack Tolliver / Dan Kelsey / Clint | 1965 |
| Run for Your Life | Deputy | 1965 |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Clem | 1965 |
| The Hallelujah Trail | Horner - Miner / Horner | 1965 |
| Branded | Sheriff Gorman / Thomas Teal | 1965 |
| Cheyenne Autumn | Braden's Telegraph Operator | 1964 |
| One Man's Way | Tom Rayburn | 1964 |
| The Munsters | The Second Ranger | 1964 |
| The Fugitive | First Officer / Matt Davis / Officer #1 / Officer Westphal / Sgt. Eggins | 1963 |
| A Gathering of Eagles | Captain | 1963 |
| The Stripper | Mr. Mulvaney | 1963 |
| How the West Was Won | Man | 1962 |
| Combat! | Gaines | 1962 |
| Stoney Burke | Neeley | 1962 |
| Stakeout! | Joe | 1962 |
| G.E. True | John Quigley | 1962 |
| Empire | Carl Berger | 1962 |
| Wide Country | Chelsey Burroughs | 1962 |
| The Virginian | The Man / Sheriff Martin / Sgt. Eads / Sam Fuller / Ned Smith / Luke / John Rudd / Gabe Sloan / Earl Maddox / Donovan | 1962 |
| It's a Man's World | Danny | 1962 |
| Sam Benedict | Len George | 1962 |
| Shannon | Police Lt. Jack Island | 1961 |
| Alcoa Premiere | Hogan | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | John | 1961 |
| Ripcord | Airliner Pilot | 1961 |
| Hazel | Alex | 1961 |
| Kraft Mystery Theater | (archive footage) | 1961 |
| The Great Impostor | Morgan | 1960 |
| Route 66 | Frank Satterfield | 1960 |
| Stagecoach West | Jerry / Jacks / Fritz | 1960 |
| Surfside 6 | Ron Kaslow | 1960 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Mr. Burton | 1960 |
| The Blue Angels | Denton | 1960 |
| The Brothers Brannagan | Fenner | 1960 |
| Wrangler | Ritter | 1960 |
| Tate | Corey | 1960 |
| The Magnificent Seven | Robert | 1960 |
| Mission of Danger | Pvt Ben Smith | 1960 |
| Shotgun Slade | Deputy U.S. Marshal Benton | 1959 |
| The Alaskans | Edward Carse | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Ben Braden / George Cousins | 1959 |
| Johnny Ringo | Dick Walsh | 1959 |
| Laramie | Reb / Reeves / Sam Purdy / Tex | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Deputy Clem Foster / Sheriff Clem Foster / Sheriff Walker / Sheriff Clem / Poindexter / Major Reynolds / Deputy Clem / Clem | 1959 |
| Tightrope | Duke Castle | 1959 |
| Last Train from Gun Hill | Skag / Skag, Belden Hand | 1959 |
| The Horse Soldiers | Dunker / Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee | 1959 |
| Rio Bravo | Cowboy Murdered in Saloon | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Deputy Martinson / Frankie Brendon / Officer Cavanaugh / Officer Pete Garrett | 1959 |
| Black Saddle | Ken Wilson / Lee Curry | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Jack Harris | 1959 |
| Good Day for a Hanging | George Fletcher | 1959 |
| Flight | Pilot | 1958 |
| U.S. Marshal | Tex Reynolds | 1958 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Guard | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Sanchez / Hode Evans | 1958 |
| The Texan | Larry Boland | 1958 |
| The Donna Reed Show | Bill Gayley | 1958 |
| Bronco | Rance Crosby / Johnny Rawlins / Jeb Thomas | 1958 |
| Northwest Passage | Pvt. Ben Smith | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Clay / Billy Hemp | 1958 |
| Cattle Empire | Douglas Hamilton | 1958 |
| Suicide Battalion | Lt. Chet Hall | 1958 |
| The Lady Takes a Flyer | First Tower Controller | 1958 |
| Ride a Violent Mile | Corporal Norman | 1957 |
| Bombers B-52 | Operator | 1957 |
| Colt .45 | Jack Lowden / Jed Coy | 1957 |
| Tombstone Territory | Ollie Williams | 1957 |
| Harbor Command | Jim | 1957 |
| Casey Jones | Baylor | 1957 |
| Suspicion | Smitty | 1957 |
| Maverick | Jed Haines / Luke Storm / Russ Aikens / Tyler Brink | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Private Cullen | 1957 |
| Sugarfoot | Sergeant McKinnock / Hank Gibson | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Andy Dawes / Sheriff Reagan | 1957 |
| The Land Unknown | Radio Operator | 1957 |
| The Web | Police Officer | 1957 |
| Beau James | Reporter | 1957 |
| Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Harry - Griffin Bartender | 1957 |
| The Deadly Mantis | State Trooper / State Trooper at Train & Bus Wrecks | 1957 |
| Hellcats of the Navy | Frogman on Submarine | 1957 |
| Bailout at 43,000 | Flyer at Bar | 1957 |
| The Silent Service | Lt. Jackson / Lt. Cmdr. Arnold F. Schade / Jarvis | 1957 |
| Code 3 | Ambulance Driver | 1957 |
| The True Story of Jesse James | Jayhawker Sergeant | 1957 |
| Fear Strikes Out | Ballplayer Holding Trophy | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Gig / Tom / Capt. Oliver Maynard | 1957 |
| Men of Annapolis | Neilson / Mobley / Knoll | 1957 |
| Teenage Thunder | Used-Car Salesman | 1957 |
| Drango | Lieutenant with Supply Wagon | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Cole / Deputy Stover / Sam - Henchman | 1956 |
| Dr. Christian | Burt | 1956 |
| Attack | Medic | 1956 |
| Behind the High Wall | Guard | 1956 |
| The Price of Fear | Maxie | 1956 |
| Tarantula | Deputized Townsman | 1955 |
| Lucy Gallant | One of Casey's Air Force Buddies | 1955 |
| Highway Patrol | Toby Larkin / Joe Macklin / Eddie Beekman | 1955 |
| Navy Log | Bob Harris / Lieutenant Webster | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Arnold Rolfing / Barfly / Ed Shelby / Head / Simon Fletcher / Tabor / Townsman / Walsh | 1955 |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Sergeant Turner / Sheriff Charlie Bassett | 1955 |
| Kiss Me Deadly | Police Detective | 1955 |
| Science Fiction Theatre | Radio Operator | 1955 |
| Cult of the Cobra | Laundry Man | 1955 |
| A Life at Stake | Bartender | 1955 |
| Crashout | Young Man with Girl in Bar | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Angelo / Mr. Smith / Second Official / Track Starter / Herm Dally / Customer in pub whose coat is stolen / Arne / Alfred | 1954 |
| The Lineup | Theodore | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | (unconfirmed) | 1954 |
| Lassie | Sheriff Ed | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Jim Silby / 2nd Cop | 1954 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Convict / Jim Murphy / Newsman / Sergeant | 1953 |
| Big Leaguer | Undetermined Role | 1953 |
| You Are There | Disheartened Soldier / Lendall Pitts / Sgt. Boston Corbett | 1953 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Lt. Young | 1952 |
| Cavalcade of America | Asst. Ranger Chuck Owens | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Smitty / Scragg / Peters / John Rogers / Jake Conlan / Jack Short / Jack Alvord / Emmet Cashman / Ed Harper | 1952 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Assistant Director / Nat Strong | 1951 |
| The Living Christ Series | Lazarus | 1951 |
