# Bing Russell

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{{Short description|American actor and baseball club owner (1926–2003)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Bing Russell
| image        = Bing_Russell.jpg
| caption      =
| birth_name   = Neil Oliver Russell
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1926|5|5|mf=y}}
| birth_place  = [Brattleboro, Vermont](/source/Brattleboro%2C_Vermont), U.S.
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|2003|4|8|1926|5|5|mf=y}}
| death_place  = [Thousand Oaks, California](/source/Thousand_Oaks%2C_California), U.S.
| other_names  = 
| occupation   = Actor, owner of the [Portland Mavericks](/source/Portland_Mavericks)
| years_active = {{start date|1951}}–{{end date|1990}}
| spouse       = {{marriage|Louise Crone|1946}}
| children     = 4, including [Kurt](/source/Kurt_Russell)
| relatives    = [Matt Franco](/source/Matt_Franco) (grandson)<br />[Wyatt Russell](/source/Wyatt_Russell) (grandson) 
}}

'''Neil Oliver''' "'''Bing'''" '''Russell''' (May 5, 1926 – April 8, 2003)<ref name="opa">{{cite book |last1=Lentz |first1=Harris M. III |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture |date=2008 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5208-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sXrGCwAAQBAJ&q=%22Bing+Russell%22&pg=PA342 |access-date=September 2, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> was an American actor and [Class A minor-league baseball](/source/Class_A_minor-league_baseball) club owner. He was the father of Hollywood actor [Kurt Russell](/source/Kurt_Russell) and grandfather of ex–major league baseball player [Matt Franco](/source/Matt_Franco) and actor [Wyatt Russell](/source/Wyatt_Russell).{{Citation needed |date=May 2021}}

==Early life==
Russell was born in [Brattleboro, Vermont](/source/Brattleboro%2C_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](/source/New_York_Yankees)' spring training camp in [St. Petersburg, Florida](/source/St._Petersburg%2C_Florida), in the 1930s and 1940s, where his father ran a [floatplane](/source/floatplane) service.  As a result, he was an unofficial mascot of the [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees), and became friendly with players including [Lefty Gomez](/source/Lefty_Gomez) and [Joe DiMaggio](/source/Joe_DiMaggio).<ref name="bat">{{cite web | url=http://insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/2011/11/from-gehrig-to.html | title=From Gehrig to Bing to Kurt to Matt: A bat, and the story that went with it | publisher=Farther off the wall (blog) | access-date=November 12, 2011 | last=Hoffarth | first=Tom | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308001532/http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/2011/11/from-gehrig-to.html | archive-date=March 8, 2012  }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=September 2019}} When [Lou Gehrig](/source/Lou_Gehrig) was weakened by illness, he gave Russell the bat he used to hit his last home run before retiring.<ref name="bat"/>{{Unreliable source?|date=September 2019}}

Russell graduated from [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College) with a business degree.<ref name=lat/>

==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 ''[Bonanza](/source/Bonanza)'' (1959)<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=122|edition=2nd}}</ref> and Robert in ''[The Magnificent Seven](/source/The_Magnificent_Seven)'' (1960), he guest-starred in episodes of many television series, including ''[Playhouse 90](/source/Playhouse_90)'', ''[Highway Patrol](/source/Highway_Patrol_(U.S._TV_series))'', ''[Wagon Train](/source/Wagon_Train)'', ''[The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp](/source/The_Life_and_Legend_of_Wyatt_Earp)'', ''[The Loretta Young Show](/source/The_Loretta_Young_Show)'', ''[Johnny Ringo](/source/Johnny_Ringo)'', ''[Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color](/source/Walt_Disney_anthology_television_series)'', ''[The Rifleman](/source/The_Rifleman)'', ''[Maverick](/source/Maverick_(TV_series))'', ''[Zane Grey Theater](/source/Dick_Powell's_Zane_Grey_Theatre)'', ''[Route 66](/source/Route_66_(TV_series))'', ''[Rawhide](/source/Rawhide_(TV_series))'', ''[Ben Casey](/source/Ben_Casey)'', ''[The Untouchables](/source/The_Untouchables_(1959_TV_series))'', ''[Hazel](/source/Hazel_(TV_series))'', ''[The Andy Griffith Show](/source/The_Andy_Griffith_Show)'', ''[The Twilight Zone](/source/The_Twilight_Zone)'', ''[The Donna Reed Show](/source/The_Donna_Reed_Show)'', ''[The Munsters](/source/The_Munsters)'', ''[Gunsmoke](/source/Gunsmoke)'', ''[Combat!](/source/Combat!_(TV_series))'', ''[Branded](/source/Branded_(TV_series))'', ''[The Fugitive](/source/The_Fugitive_(1963_TV_series))'', ''[The Monkees](/source/The_Monkees_(TV_series))'', ''[I Dream of Jeannie](/source/I_Dream_of_Jeannie)'', ''[Ironside](/source/Ironside_(1967_TV_series))'', ''[The Big Valley](/source/The_Big_Valley)'', ''[Death Valley Days](/source/Death_Valley_Days)'', ''[Adam-12](/source/Adam-12)'', ''[The Virginian](/source/The_Virginian_(TV_series))'', ''[Alias Smith and Jones](/source/Alias_Smith_and_Jones)'', ''[The Mod Squad](/source/The_Mod_Squad)'', ''[Mannix](/source/Mannix)'', ''[The Rockford Files](/source/The_Rockford_Files)'', ''[The Streets of San Francisco](/source/The_Streets_of_San_Francisco)'', ''[Emergency!](/source/Emergency!)'', and ''[Little House on the Prairie](/source/Little_House_on_the_Prairie_(TV_series))''.

In 1963, he was cast as John Quigley, a [Chicago](/source/Chicago) mobster, in the episode "Five Tickets to Hell" of [Jack Webb](/source/Jack_Webb)'s [CBS](/source/CBS) [anthology series](/source/anthology_series), ''[GE True](/source/GE_True)''. In the storyline, Quigley travels to [Chihuahua](/source/Chihuahua_City), [Mexico](/source/Mexico), where he robs the mint of $500,000 and kills seven men in the commission of the crime. Police Lieutenant Juan Garcia ([Carlos Romero](/source/Carlos_Romero_(actor))) tracks down Quigley and his three accomplices. [BarBara Luna](/source/BarBara_Luna) also appears in the episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/GeneralElectricTrue.htm|title=''GE True''|publisher=Classic Television Archive|access-date=March 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005085734/http://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/GeneralElectricTrue.htm|archive-date=October 5, 2016}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=September 2019}}

Russell appeared in the original pilot for [''The Monkees''](/source/The_Monkees_(TV_series)) television series, filmed in November 1965, playing Rudy, a record store owner who also served as the group’s manager. After NBC [approved the series](/source/Green-light), the concept of the band having a manager was dropped, and Russell’s character was written out. However, an edited version of the pilot featuring Russell was later broadcast as a regular first-season episode and remains part of the show’s [syndication](/source/television_syndication) package.

Russell much later played Vernon Presley to his son Kurt's [Elvis Presley](/source/Elvis_Presley) in the television movie, ''[Elvis](/source/Elvis_(1979_film))'' (1979). Kurt, as a child actor, had appeared with the real Elvis in the film ''[It Happened at the World's Fair](/source/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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FhGY_sVsfM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/1FhGY_sVsfM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Campus Insiders: Kurt Russell Recalls Encounter With His Dad And Elvis Presley|website=YouTube|date=December 17, 2015 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Russell owned the [Portland Mavericks](/source/Portland_Mavericks) (1973–1977), the only independent team in the Short Season [Northwest League](/source/Northwest_League). 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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1093835/2/index.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215181539/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1093835/2/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2013|title=Sports Illustrated vault: Scorecard: Lanny Moss|website=CNN}}</ref> in professional baseball, and named the first [Asian American](/source/Asian_Americans) 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](/source/Major_League_Baseball) regained interest in Portland.  The Albuquerque, NM franchise relocated to Portland (for nine years) and resurrected the [Class AAA](/source/Triple-A_(baseball)) Portland Beavers name. The Portland area was recovered but was forced to pay $206,000 to Russell after he took the matter to [arbitration](/source/arbitration); 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](/source/The_Battered_Bastards_of_Baseball)'' (2014).

== Personal life ==
In 1945, while working at Teddy's Restaurant in [Newport, New Hampshire](/source/Newport%2C_New_Hampshire), a co-worker introduced Russell to his future wife, Louise "Lulu" Crone.<ref name="obit">{{cite web |date=27 January 2016 |title=Alfreda L. Couitt of Unity, New Hampshire Obituary 1922 - 2016 |url=http://www.stringerfh.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/15066/id/3575427 |access-date=9 January 2017 |website=Stringer Funeral Home}}</ref> Russell and Crone married in 1946 and had four children together, including actor [Kurt Russell](/source/Kurt_Russell).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Louise "Lulu" Russell's Obituary (1928 - 2021) The Oregonian |url=https://obits.oregonlive.com/us/obituaries/oregon/name/louise-russell-obituary?id=31876478 |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Legacy.com}}</ref>

==Death==
Russell died from complications of [cancer](/source/cancer) on April 8, 2003, in [Thousand Oaks, California](/source/Thousand_Oaks%2C_California).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Willis |first=John |title=Screen World |publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-55783-638-0 |page=364}}</ref>

==Recognition==
In 1974, the ''[Sporting News](/source/Sporting_News)'' named Russell minor league executive of the year.<ref name="lat">{{cite news |title=Bing Russell: A 53-Year-Old Maverick |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35555009/bing_russell/ |access-date=September 2, 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 3, 1976  |page=33|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref>

In 2020, he was inducted into the [Hall of Great Westerners](/source/Hall_of_Great_Westerners) of the [National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum](/source/National_Cowboy_%26_Western_Heritage_Museum).<ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Great Westerners |url=https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/performers/bing-russell/ |website=National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum |access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{{div col|colwidth=26em}}
*''[The Living Christ Series](/source/The_Living_Christ_Series)'' (1951) as Lazarus
*''[Big Leaguer](/source/Big_Leaguer)'' (1953) as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
*''Soldier'' (1953, TV series) as Sgt. Corbett
*''The Public Defender'' (1954, TV series) as 2nd Cop
*''[Crashout](/source/Crashout)'' (1955) as Young Man with Girl in Bar (uncredited)
*''[Kiss Me Deadly](/source/Kiss_Me_Deadly)'' (1955) as Police Detective (uncredited)
*''[Cult of the Cobra](/source/Cult_of_the_Cobra)'' (1955) as Laundry Man (uncredited)
*''[Tarantula](/source/Tarantula_(film))'' (1955) as Deputy (uncredited)
*''[Lucy Gallant](/source/Lucy_Gallant)'' (1955) as One of Casey's Air Force Buddies (uncredited)
*''[You Are There](/source/You_Are_There_(series))'' (1953–1955, TV Series) as Disheartened Soldier
*''Cavalry Patrol'' (1956, TV Movie) as Jenner
*''[The Price of Fear](/source/The_Price_of_Fear_(1956_film))'' (1956) as Maxie (uncredited)
*''Behind the High Wall'' (1956) as Guard (uncredited)
*''[Attack](/source/Attack_(1956_film))'' (1956) as Medic (uncredited)
*''[Science Fiction Theatre](/source/Science_Fiction_Theatre)'' (1956, TV Series) as Radio Operator
*''[Highway Patrol](/source/Highway_Patrol_(U.S._TV_series))'' (1956–1957, TV Series) as Toby Larkin
*''Teenage Thunder'' (1957) as Used-car salesman
*''[Drango](/source/Drango)'' (1957) as Lieutenant with Supply Wagon
*''The True Story of Jesse James'' (1957) as Jayhawker Sergeant (uncredited)
*''[Fear Strikes Out](/source/Fear_Strikes_Out)'' (1957) as Ballplayer Holding Trophy (uncredited)
*''[The Land Unknown](/source/The_Land_Unknown)'' (1957) as Navy Radio Operator (uncredited)
*''[Navy Log](/source/Navy_Log)'' (1956–1957, TV Series) as Bob Harris
*''[The Ford Television Theatre](/source/The_Ford_Television_Theatre)'' (1957, TV Series) as Lieutenant Young
*''The Silent Service'' (1957, TV Series) as Lieutenant Jackson
*''[The Deadly Mantis](/source/The_Deadly_Mantis)'' (1957) as State Trooper at Train & Bus Wrecks (uncredited)
*''[Hellcats of the Navy](/source/Hellcats_of_the_Navy)'' (1957) as Frogman on Submarine (uncredited)
*''[Bailout at 43,000](/source/Bailout_at_43%2C000)'' (1957) as Flyer at Bar (uncredited)
*''[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral](/source/Gunfight_at_the_O.K._Corral_(film))'' (1957) as Harry (Griffin bartender) (uncredited)
*''[Playhouse 90](/source/Playhouse_90)'' (1957, TV Series)
*''[Beau James](/source/Beau_James)'' (1957) as Reporter (uncredited)
*''[The Land Unknown](/source/The_Land_Unknown)'' (1957) as Radio operator (uncredited)
*''[The Web](/source/The_Web)'' (1957, TV Series) as Police Officer
*''The Walter Winchell File'' (1957, TV Series)
*''[Harbor Command](/source/Harbor_Command)'' (1957, TV Series) as Jim
*''[Casey Jones](/source/Casey_Jones_(TV_series))'' (1957, TV Series) as Baylor
*''[Wagon Train](/source/Wagon_Train)'' (1957, TV Series) as Private Cullen
*''[Bombers B-52](/source/Bombers_B-52)'' (1957) as Operator (uncredited)
*''[Ride a Violent Mile](/source/Ride_a_Violent_Mile)'' (1957) as Corporal Norman
*''[Tombstone Territory](/source/Tombstone_Territory)'' (1957, TV Series) as Ollie Williams
*''[Suspicion](/source/Suspicion_(American_TV_series))'' (1957, TV Series) as Mechanic
*''[Teenage Thunder](/source/Teenage_Thunder)'' (1957) as Used-Car Salesman
*''[Flight](/source/Flight_(1958_TV_series))'' (1958, TV Series) as Pilot
*''[The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp](/source/The_Life_and_Legend_of_Wyatt_Earp)'' (1958, TV Series) as Sergeant Turner
*''[The Lady Takes a Flyer](/source/The_Lady_Takes_a_Flyer)'' (1958) as First Tower Controller (uncredited)
*''[Suicide Battalion](/source/Suicide_Battalion)'' (1958) as Lt. Chet Hall
*''[The Loretta Young Show](/source/The_Loretta_Young_Show)'' (1955–1958, TV Series) as Convict
*''[Sugarfoot](/source/Sugarfoot)'' (1958, TV Series) as Sergeant McKinnock
*''Cattle Empire'' (1958) as Douglas Hamilton
*''[The Lineup](/source/The_Lineup_(TV_series))'' (1958, TV Series) as Theodore
*''[Northwest Passage](/source/Northwest_Passage_(TV_series))'' (1958, TV Series) as Pvt. Ben Smith
*''[Gunsmoke](/source/Gunsmoke)'' (1958, TV Series) as Ed Shelby
*''[Good Day for a Hanging](/source/Good_Day_for_a_Hanging)'' (1959) as George Fletcher
*''[Rio Bravo](/source/Rio_Bravo_(film))'' (1959) as Cowboy murdered in saloon (uncredited)
*''[Colt .45](/source/Colt_.45_(TV_series))'' (1958–1959, TV Series) as Jack Lowden
*''[The Horse Soldiers](/source/The_Horse_Soldiers)'' (1959) as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee
*''[Last Train from Gun Hill](/source/Last_Train_from_Gun_Hill)'' (1959) as Skag, Belden Hand
*''[The Texan](/source/The_Texan_(TV_series))'' (1959, TV Series) as Larry Boland
*''[Black Saddle](/source/Black_Saddle)'' (1959, TV Series) as Ken Wilson
*''[Johnny Ringo](/source/Johnny_Ringo_(TV_series))'' (1959, TV Series) as Dick Walsh
*''[Disneyland](/source/Disney_anthology_television_series)'' (1959, TV Series) as Arne
*''[Texas John Slaughter](/source/Texas_John_Slaughter_(TV_series))'' (1959, TV Series) as Arne
*''[Tales of Wells Fargo](/source/Tales_of_Wells_Fargo)'' (1959, TV Series) as Captain Maynard
*''[The Alaskans](/source/The_Alaskans)'' (1960, TV Series) as Edward Carse
*''[Wanted: Dead or Alive](/source/Wanted%3A_Dead_or_Alive_(TV_series))'' (1959–1960, TV Series) as Billy Hemp
*''[Gunsmoke](/source/Gunsmoke)'' (1960) as Garve Tabor
*''[Shotgun Slade](/source/Shotgun_Slade)'' (1960, TV Series) as Deputy U.S. Marshal Benton
*''[Wrangler](/source/Wrangler_(TV_series))'' (1960, TV Series) as Ritter
*''[Tate](/source/Tate_(TV_series))'' (1960, TV Series) as Corey
*''[The Rifleman](/source/The_Rifleman)'' (1959–1960, TV Series) as Hode Evans & Sanchez
*''[The Magnificent Seven](/source/The_Magnificent_Seven)'' (1960) as Robert, (Henry's traveling companion)
*''[Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater](/source/Dick_Powell's_Zane_Grey_Theater)'' (1956–1960, TV Series) as Cole
*''[Bonanza](/source/Bonanza)'' (1961–1973) (TV series) as Deputy Clem Foster
*''[The Great Impostor](/source/The_Great_Impostor)'' (1961) as Morgan (uncredited)
*''[Surfside 6](/source/Surfside_6)'' (1961, TV Series) as Ron Kaslow
*''Saint of Devil's Island'' (1961) as Gerard
*''[The Brothers Brannagan](/source/The_Brothers_Brannagan)'' (1961, TV Series) as Fenner in "Tough Guy"
*''The Blue Angels'' (1961, TV Series) as Denton in episode "The Duster"
*''[Maverick](/source/Maverick_(TV_series))'' (1957–1962, TV Series) as Luke Storm
*''[Bronco](/source/Bronco_(TV_series))'' (1959–1962, TV Series) as Jeb Thomas
*''[Rawhide](/source/Rawhide_(TV_series))'' (1962, TV Series) as Jack Harris
*''[The Virginian](/source/The_Virginian_(TV_series))'' (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
*''[Ben Casey](/source/Ben_Casey)'' (1962, TV Series) as John
*''[Have Gun - Will Travel](/source/Have_Gun_-_Will_Travel)'' (1958–1962, TV Series) as Andy Dawes and Sheriff Reagan
*''[The Untouchables](/source/The_Untouchables_(1959_TV_series))'' (1961–1962, TV Series) as Officer Cavanaugh
*''Stakeout!'' (1962) as Joe
*''[The Andy Griffith Show](/source/The_Andy_Griffith_Show)'' (1963, TV Series) as Mr. Burton
*''[Stoney Burke](/source/Stoney_Burke_(TV_series))'' (1963, TV Series) as Neeley
*''[Laramie](/source/Laramie_(TV_series))'' (1960–1963, TV Series) as Reeves
*''[Sam Benedict](/source/Sam_Benedict)'' (1963, TV Series) as Len George
*''[G.E. True](/source/G.E._True)'' (1963, TV Series) as John Quigley
*''[The Stripper](/source/The_Stripper)'' (1963) as Mr. Mulvaney
*''[A Gathering of Eagles](/source/A_Gathering_of_Eagles)'' (1963) as Captain (uncredited)
*''[The Twilight Zone](/source/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series))'' (1961–1963, TV Series) as Ben Braden
*''[One Man's Way](/source/One_Man's_Way)'' (1964) as Tom Rayburn
*''[Cheyenne Autumn](/source/Cheyenne_Autumn)'' (1964) as Braden's Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
*''[The Donna Reed Show](/source/The_Donna_Reed_Show)'' (1964, TV Series) as Bill Gayley
*''[The Munsters](/source/The_Munsters)'' (1965, TV Series) as The Second Ranger
*''[Combat!](/source/Combat!)'' (1965, TV Series) as Gaines
*''[The Hallelujah Trail](/source/The_Hallelujah_Trail)'' (1965) as Horner (miner)
*''[A Man Called Shenandoah](/source/A_Man_Called_Shenandoah)'' (1965, TV Series) as Clem
*''[Branded](/source/Branded_(TV_series))'' (1965–1966, TV Series) as Sheriff Gorman
*''Incident at Phantom Hill'' (1966) as General's Aide (uncredited)
*''[The Fugitive](/source/The_Fugitive_(1963_TV_series))'' (1963–1966, TV Series) as Davis
*''[Madame X](/source/Madame_X_(1966_film))'' (1966) as Police Sgt. Riley
*''[Billy the Kid versus Dracula](/source/Billy_the_Kid_versus_Dracula)'' (1966) as Dan 'Red' Thorpe
*''[The Monroes](/source/The_Monroes_(1966_TV_series))'' (1966, TV Series) as Aaron
*''[The Monkees](/source/The_Monkees_(TV_series))'' (1966, TV Series) as Rudy Gunther in S1:E10, "The Monkees"
*''[Run for Your Life](/source/Run_for_Your_Life_(TV_series))'' (1966, TV Series) as Deputy
*''[I Dream of Jeannie](/source/I_Dream_of_Jeannie)'' (1967, TV Series) as Amos Lincoln
*''Ride to Hangman's Tree'' (1967) as Keller (uncredited)
*''[Dundee and the Culhane](/source/Dundee_and_the_Culhane)'' (1967, TV Series) as H.P. Graham
*''[Hondo](/source/Hondo_(TV_series))'' (1967, TV Series) as Thompson
*''[Blackbeard's Ghost](/source/Blackbeard's_Ghost)'' (1968) as Second Official (uncredited)
*''[Journey to Shiloh](/source/Journey_to_Shiloh)'' (1968) as Greybeard
*''[Ironside](/source/Ironside_(1967_TV_series))'' (1968, TV Series) as Cal Bristold
*''[The Love Bug](/source/The_Love_Bug)'' (1968) as Race Track Starter (uncredited)
*''[The Guns of Will Sonnett](/source/The_Guns_of_Will_Sonnett)'' (1967–1969, TV Series) as Bartender
*''[The Outcasts](/source/The_Outcasts_(U.S._TV_series))'' (1969, TV Series) as Grainer
*''[The Big Valley](/source/The_Big_Valley)'' (1965–1969, TV Series) as Clint
*''[Death Valley Days](/source/Death_Valley_Days)'' (1961–1969, TV Series) as Jack Alvord
*''[The Virginian](/source/The_Virginian_(TV_series))'' (1962–1969, TV Series) as Donovan
*''[The Virginian](/source/The_Virginian_(TV_series))'' (1970) as Sheriff Martin credit as Neil Russell 
*''[The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes](/source/The_Computer_Wore_Tennis_Shoes)'' (1969) as Angelo
*''[Adam-12](/source/Adam-12)'' (1969–1970, TV Series) as Johnson
*''[The Young Lawyers](/source/The_Young_Lawyers)'' (1970, TV Series) as McCracken
*''[Yuma](/source/Yuma_(1971_film))'' (1971, TV Movie) as Rol King (as Neil Russell)
*''[The Million Dollar Duck](/source/The_Million_Dollar_Duck)'' (1971) as Mr. Smith
*''[A Taste of Evil](/source/A_Taste_of_Evil)'' (1971, TV Movie) as Sheriff
*''[O'Hara, U.S. Treasury](/source/O'Hara%2C_U.S._Treasury)'' (1971, TV Series) as Bob Rasmussen
*''[Alias Smith and Jones](/source/Alias_Smith_and_Jones)'' (1972, TV Series) as Sheriff
*''[Longstreet](/source/Longstreet_(TV_series))'' (1972, TV Series) as Police Lieutenant
*''[Now You See Him, Now You Don't](/source/Now_You_See_Him%2C_Now_You_Don't)'' (1972) as Alfred
*''Set This Town on Fire'' (1973, TV Movie) as Chuck
*''[The Mod Squad](/source/The_Mod_Squad)'' (1973, TV Series) as Kerner
*''[Satan's School for Girls](/source/Satan's_School_for_Girls_(1973_film))'' (1973, TV Movie) as Sheriff
*''[Runaway!](/source/Runaway!_(1973_film))'' (1973, TV Movie) as Fireman
*''[Gunsmoke](/source/Gunsmoke)'' (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](/source/Death_Sentence_(1974_film))'' (1974, TV Movie) as Trooper
*''[The Rockford Files](/source/The_Rockford_Files)'' (1974, TV Series) as Lieutenant
*''[Mannix](/source/Mannix)'' (1970–1974, TV Series) as George Enright
*''[The Apple Dumpling Gang](/source/The_Apple_Dumpling_Gang_(film))'' (1975) as Herm Dally
*''[The Streets of San Francisco](/source/The_Streets_of_San_Francisco)'' (1973–1975, TV Series) as Dan Riggs
*''[Emergency!](/source/Emergency!)'' (1973–1975, TV Series) as Captain Wilson
*''[Petrocelli](/source/Petrocelli)'' (1975, TV Series) as John Miller
*''[Little House on the Prairie](/source/Little_House_on_the_Prairie_(TV_series))'' (1976, TV Series) as Len Coty
*''The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe'' (1976, TV Movie)
*''[Arthur Hailey](/source/Arthur_Hailey)'s the Moneychangers'' (1976, TV Mini-Series) as Timberwell
*''The Loneliest Runner'' (1976, TV Movie) as Fred Dawkins
*''[Elvis](/source/Elvis_(1979_film))'' (1979, TV Movie) as Vernon Presley
*''[Overboard](/source/Overboard_(1987_film))'' (1987) as Sheriff Earl (Elk Cove)
*''[Sunset](/source/Sunset_(1988_film))'' (1988) as Studio Guard
*''[Tango & Cash](/source/Tango_%26_Cash)'' (1989) as Van Driver
*''[Dick Tracy](/source/Dick_Tracy_(1990_film))'' (1990) as Club Ritz Patron #2
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== References ==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|751032|Bing Russell}}
* {{IBDB name|83437}}
* [http://ponderosascenery.homestead.com/files/castbios/clem.html ''Bonanza'' Cast Biographies—Bing Russell]
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=62198 ''The New York Times'' Movies profile]{{Dead link|date=January 2023}}
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