Biography
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.
Filmography
all 101
TV Shows 55
Movies 46
self 1
Writer 1
The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)
Dick Tracy (1990)
Tango & Cash (1989)
Overboard (1987)
Elvis (1979)
The New Mickey Mouse Club (1977)
The Loneliest Runner (1976)
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1976)
The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
Death Sentence (1974)
The Sex Symbol (1974)
The Rockford Files (1974)
Petrocelli (1974)
A Cry in the Wilderness (1974)
Runaway! (1973)
Satan's School for Girls (1973)
Set This Town on Fire (1973)
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)
Emergency! (1972)
A Taste of Evil (1971)
The Million Dollar Duck (1971)
Yuma (1971)
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
The Mod Squad (1968)
The Outcasts (1968)
Journey to Shiloh (1968)
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
Mannix (1967)
The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)
Hondo (1967)
Dundee and the Culhane (1967)
Ironside (1967)
The Monkees (1966)
The Monroes (1966)
An Eye for an Eye (1966)
Madame X (1966)
I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
The Big Valley (1965)
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
Branded (1965)
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
The Munsters (1964)
One Man's Way (1964)
The Fugitive (1963)
A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
The Stripper (1963)
How the West Was Won (1962)
Stoney Burke (1962)
Stakeout! (1962)
General Electric True (1962)
The Virginian (1962)
Sam Benedict (1962)
Ben Casey (1961)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Route 66 (1960)
Surfside 6 (1960)
Stagecoach West (1960)
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Wrangler (1960)
Tate (1960)
The Alaskans (1959)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Johnny Ringo (1959)
Laramie (1959)
Bonanza (1959)
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Black Saddle (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
Good Day for a Hanging (1959)
The Rifleman (1958)
The Texan (1958)
The Donna Reed Show (1958)
Bronco (1958)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
Cattle Empire (1958)
Suicide Battalion (1958)
Ride a Violent Mile (1957)
Bombers B-52 (1957)
The Land Unknown (1957)
Harbor Command (1957)
Maverick (1957)
Sugarfoot (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
The Deadly Mantis (1957)
Teenage Thunder (1957)
Drango (1957)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
Attack (1956)
Man Called X (1956)
Navy Log (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
A Life at Stake (1955)
Lassie (1954)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
Big Leaguer (1953)
The Living Christ (1951)
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GenderMale
Birthday1926-05-05
Deathday2003-04-08 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceBrattleboro, United States of America
Height
ChildrenKurt Russell
FatherWarren Oliver Russell
MotherRuth Vogel
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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