Bing Russell

Neil Oliver " Bing " Russell ( born May 5, 1926 in Brattleboro, Vermont, † April 8, 2003 in Thousand Oaks, California ) was an American actor and later owner of a baseball club. He is the father of Kurt Russell.

Life

Russell was first active as a professional baseball, but he already is in the high school drama began in 1951 and his film and television career. In the first years of his roles were very small and usually not in the credits, as in the film noir classic Kiss Me Deadly, and in the horror film classic Tarantula. Soon, his career focused on the Western genre; he was seen in almost all Western successful series of the 1950s and 1960 as Gunsmoke, west of Santa Fe, The people of the Virginian and one thousand miles of dust. Known in the worldwide television audience he was through his role as Deputy Clem Foster in Bonanza, he played 1961-1972 in 55 episodes. He also appeared in supporting roles in Western classics such as Rio Bravo and The Magnificent Seven. In the 1970s he was mostly seen in guest roles in various television series and appeared alongside his son Kurt Russell in the Disney productions Wore Tennis shoes and it crashes, it hisses, To have seen is nothin ' on. In 1979, he starred in John Carpenter's biopic Elvis Presley as Vernon, the father of Elvis Presley, represented by his son Kurt. He stepped into the 1980s in some other film project of his son, however, had his focus shifted back to the sport from the spectacle.

He was owner of the baseball team Portland Mavericks, who took in the Minor League. His grandson was the Major League Baseball player Matt Franco.

Filmography (selection)

Film

TV