1926-05-05 Brattleboro - Vermont - USA
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.
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The Battered Bastards of Baseball | Himself (Archive Footage) | 2014-01-20 |
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Dick Tracy | Club Ritz Patron | 1990-04-05 |
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Tango & Cash | Van Driver | 1989-12-22 |
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Overboard | Elk Cove: Sheriff Earl | 1987-12-16 |
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Elvis | Vernon Presley | 1979-02-10 |
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The Loneliest Runner | Fred Dawkins | 1976-12-20 |
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The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe | 1976-05-29 | |
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The Apple Dumpling Gang | Herm Dally | 1975-07-01 |
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Death Sentence | Trooper | 1974-10-02 |
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A Cry in the Wilderness | Mr. Griffey | 1974-03-26 |
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The Sex Symbol | Public Relations Man | 1974-09-17 |
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Runaway! | Fireman | 1973-09-29 |
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Set This Town on Fire | Chuck | 1973-01-08 |
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Satan's School for Girls | Sheriff | 1973-09-19 |
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Now You See Him, Now You Don't | Alfred | 1972-07-12 |
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A Taste of Evil | Sheriff | 1971-10-11 |
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Yuma | Rol King (as Neil Russell) | 1971-03-02 |
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The Million Dollar Duck | Mr. Smith | 1971-06-30 |
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The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes | Angelo | 1969-12-29 |
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Journey to Shiloh | Greybeard | 1968-05-10 |
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Blackbeard's Ghost | Second Track Meet Official | 1968-02-08 |
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Madame X | Police Sgt. Riley | 1966-01-01 |
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The Hallelujah Trail | Horner | 1965-06-23 |
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One Man's Way | Tom Rayburn | 1964-02-26 |
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The Stripper | Mr. Mulvaney | 1963-06-19 |
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A Gathering of Eagles | 1963-06-21 | |
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Stakeout! | Joe | 1962-10-01 |
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The Magnificent Seven | Robert | 1960-10-12 |
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Rio Bravo | Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited) | 1959-03-17 |
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Last Train from Gun Hill | Skag, Belden Hand | 1959-07-29 |
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Good Day for a Hanging | George Fletcher | 1959-01-01 |
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The Horse Soldiers | Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee | 1959-06-11 |
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Cattle Empire | Douglas Hamilton | 1958-04-28 |
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Suicide Battalion | 1958-02-28 | |
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Ride a Violent Mile | Corporal Norman | 1957-11-24 |
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The Deadly Mantis | State Trooper | 1957-05-01 |
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Bombers B-52 | Operator (uncredited) | 1957-11-22 |
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Teenage Thunder | Used-Car Salesman | 1957-01-01 |
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Drango | Lieutenant with Supply Wagon | 1957-01-01 |
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The Land Unknown | Radio Operator (uncredited) | 1957-10-15 |
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Big Leaguer | 1953-08-19 |
