Bing Russell Filmography

Tango & Cash

Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance, Brion James

Synopsis: Sylvester Stallone tries his luck with his first cop buddy movie in Tango and Cash, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. Stallone is Ray Tango, a Los Angeles narcotics cop who dresses in fancy suits, wears wire-rim glasses, and talks to his stockbroker more than he talks to his mother. Kurt Russell is Read More

Sunset

Actors: Bruce Willis, James Garner, Malcolm McDowell, Mariel Hemingway, Kathleen Quinlan, Dermot Mulroney

Synopsis: Director Blake Edwards departed from his customary sex farces to direct an unusual satirical Western comedy-thriller. In 1927, legendary lawman Wyatt Earp (James Garner) comes to Hollywood to serve as an advisor to a film studio making a movie about Earp's life. He meets silent screen cowboy star Tom Mix Read More

Overboard

Actors: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann, Katherine Helmond, Michael Hagerty

Synopsis: This screwball comedy casts real-life couple Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn in a film that finds the latter returning to her roots in a role reminiscent of Private Benjamin (1980). Hawn stars as Joanna Stayton, a snooty heiress who summons carpenter Dean Proffitt (Russell) to her lavish yacht, where Read More

Elvis

Actors: Kurt Russell, Shelley Winters, Bing Russell, Season Hubley, Pat Hingle

Synopsis: The first volley in the never-ending "Presley movie" blitzkrieg, the made-for-TV Elvis: The Movie stars Kurt Russell as the King, Season Hubley as Priscilla, Pat Hingle as Col. Parker, Shelley Winters as Elvis' mom, and Bing Russell (Kurt's real-life father) as Elvis' dad. The film recounts Presley Read More

The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe

Synopsis: The third and final TV-movie in the "Joshua Cabe" saga, this ABC effort stars John McIntire as rascally rancher-turned-sheriff Joshua Cabe, a role played by Buddy Ebsen in the original The Daughters of Joshua Cabe) and by Dan Dailey in The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return. This time out, Cabe is Read More

The Streets of San Francisco: Labyrinth

Synopsis: The scene is a high-rise hotel in midtown San Francisco. Confronted by mobsters who are angry because he refused to throw a fight, an aging boxer manages to beat up two of his assailants and throw the third out the window to his death! Arriving on the scene to investigate the killer, Stone (Karl Read More

The Apple Dumpling Gang

Actors: Bill Bixby, Susan Clark, Don Knotts, Tim Conway, David Wayne

Synopsis: The Apple Dumpling Gang stars Bill Bixby as Russell Donovan, a slick frontier gambler. In Runyon-esque fashion, he is compelled to look after three precocious oprhaned kids. He can't handle the responsibilities alone, so he agrees to an in-name-only marriage to hoydenish stagecoach driver Read More

Emergency!: Pressure 165

Synopsis: This week's emergency roster includes an injured scuba diver who must be treated in a hyperbaric chamber, and a youthful gunshot victim. Also, dust explosion results in a serious fire, and danger for victims and firefighter alike. Meanwhile, on the culinary scene, John (Randolph Mantooth) is once Read More

The Rockford Files: The Dexter Crisis

Synopsis: Jim (James Garner) is dispatched to Las Vegas in search of Susan Parsons (Lee Purcell), the missing mistress of millionaire mogul Charles Dexter (Tim O'Connor). Along the way, Susan's roommate Louise (Linda Kelsey), who identifies herself as a law student, insists upon helping Jim in his Read More

Emergency!: I'll Fix It

Synopsis: In a true "Monty Python" moment, John (Randolph Mantooth) and Chet (Tim Donnelly) are pressed into service as bicycle repairmen. Of course, they also participate in Squad 51's emergency runs, which on this occasion includes the rescue of a man trapped in his own house by a supposedly dormant oil Read More

A Cry in the Wilderness

Actors: George Kennedy

Synopsis: Gilbert Wright's novel Madman's Chain had already been adapted to television by Alcoa/Goodyear Theatre by the time that Cry in the Wilderness premiered March 26, 1974. While the first version, titled Chain and the River, was a moderately suspenseful half hour, Cry in the Wilderness manages to keep Read More

Satan's School for Girls

Actors: Roy Thinnes, Kate Jackson, Pamela Franklin

Synopsis: One of the most memorable made-for-TV horror films of the 1970s, Satan's School for Girls is set an exclusive institution of learning in Salem, MA, where students have been committing suicide at an alarming rate. A young woman named Elizabeth Sayres (Pamela Franklin) enrolls at the all-girl's Read More

Emergency!: Computer Error

Synopsis: John (Randolph Mantooth) comes face to face with corporate bureaucracy when he falls victim to a credit-card computer error. On the job, the paramedics try to rescue a car-accident victim who may be pregnant, a woman who has fallen down a well, and a junkyard owner exposed to phosphorous Read More

The Streets of San Francisco: Shield of Honor

Synopsis: The SFPD's internal affairs division suspects that something is amiss when a witness under police protection is killed. Clearly, someone in the Department is a Syndicate informer--and everyone is under suspicion, even Stone (Karl Malden) and Keller (Michael Douglas). Written by Star Trek veteran Read More

Bonanza: A Lonely Man

Actors: Victor Sen Yung, Kelly Jean Peters, Peter Hobbs, Henry Wills, Bing Russell

Synopsis: The focus in "A Lonely Man" is on Victor Sen Yung as Ponderosa houseboy Hop Sing; indeed, Sen Yung is the only series regular to appear in this episode. Having fallen in love with a white woman (Kelly Jean Peters, Hop Sing runs afoul of a racist judge (Peter Hobbs), who eagerly digs up an old and Read More

Bonanza: New Man

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, David Canary, Mitch Vogel, Tim Matheson

Synopsis: Having saved Ben Cartwright's life during a prison riot, convict Griff King (played by new Bonanza regular Tim Matheson) is released into Ben's custody. In hiring Griff as a Ponderosa ranchhand, Ben faces the challenge of convincing the former prisoner to forsake his deep and abiding grudge Read More

Bonanza: Frenzy

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Kathleen Widdoes, Michael Pataki

Synopsis: Anna Kosovo (Kathleen Widdoes), a friend of Ben Cartwright, has good reason to be terrified of her antagonistic immigrant husband Nick (Michael Pataki). Trapped in her own house by her husband, Anna-and her young son-must rely upon Ben to rescue them. Written by Preston Wood and Karl Tunberg, this Read More

Bonanza: The Hidden Enemy

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, David Canary, Mike Farrell, Melissa Murphy

Synopsis: Circuitously commenting upon the drug culture of the 1970s, this Bonanza episode probes the dangers of the onetime "wonder drug" morphine. Future MASH regular Mike Farrell is cast as Dr. Will Agar, who is revealed to be a morphine addict after he inadvertently causes the death of a young patient Read More

Bonanza: The Sound of Loneliness

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Tim Matheson, Jack Albertson, Bing Russell

Synopsis: Last seen on Bonanza in the 1968 episode "A Girl Named George," Jack Albertson paid a return visit to the series in the December 5, 1972 episode "The Sound of Loneliness." Albertson is here cast as elderly widower Jonathan May, who goes to great lengths to make sure that two orphan boys will not Read More

Bonanza: The 26th Grave

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, David Canary, Mitch Vogel, Ken Howard

Synopsis: Humorist Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, makes his third Bonanza appearance, this time in the person of actor Ken Howard (fresh from his Broadway and Hollywood triumph in the musical 1776). As editor of the Virginia City Enterprise, Clemens is determined to prove that a government assayer is Read More

Death Sentence

Actors: Nick Nolte, Cloris Leachman, Laurence Luckinbill

Synopsis: Originally made for television, this story focuses on a woman selected for jury duty. During a murder trial, she discovers that the accused is the wrong man; she also finds that the real killer is after her. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

A Taste of Evil

Actors: Barbara Parkins, Bing Russell, Barbara Stanwyck, William Windom

Synopsis: Screenwriter Jimmy Sangster and John Llewellyn Moxey, longtime collaborators in the field of British psychological-horror efforts, once more combined their skills for the American TV movie Taste of Evil. Barbara Parkins plays a young rape victim, recently released from a mental institution. She Read More

Bonanza: The Silent Killer

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Meg Foster

Synopsis: "The Silent Killer" is the deadly influenza epidemic that has swept through the territory around the Ponderosa. To combat the disease, tradition-bound Doc Martin (Harry Holcombe) and Harriet Clinton (Louise Latham) set up an emergency hospital on the Cartwright spread. Further complications ensue Read More

Bonanza: The Reluctant American

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Daniel Massey

Synopsis: Londoners Leslie and Gillian Harwood (Daniel Massey and Jill Haworth) arrive in Nevada to take charge of a ranch on behalf of a British investment firm-and immediately mistake the Ponderosa for the ranch in question. Thus, the Cartwrights become involved in the couple's travails, attempting to Read More

Bonanza: Terror at 2:00

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Steve Ihnat

Synopsis: Steve Ihnat guest-stars as a self-proclaimed journalist named Gans, who shows up with his entourage in Virginia City to cover the signing of a treaty between the Paiute Indians and the Army. In truth, however, the rabidly racist Gans plans to kill everyone at the ceremony with his Gatling Gun. It Read More

Bonanza: Face of Fear

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Bradford Dillman

Synopsis: Neta (Jewel Blanch), a teenaged friend of Ben Cartwright's adopted son Jamie, witnesses the murder of Mr. Trunkett, but is too frightened to say anything about it. Meanwhile, the murderer, a man named Bannon (Bradford Dillman), impersonates the dead man in order to inherit a fortune. The danger to Read More

Bonanza: The Night Virginia City Died

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Angel Tompkins, Ray Teal

Synopsis: Bonanza's twelfth season commenced on September 13, 1970 with the episode titled "The Night Virginia City Died." Several Virginia City buildings have burned to the ground; the townsfolk are in an uproar, and the local constabulary is apparently helpless. Meanwhile, the Cartwrights have befriended Read More

Bonanza: The Wagon

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Denver Pyle, Salome Jens

Synopsis: When one of his prisoners escapes, sadistic prison-wagon boss Price Buchanan (Denver Pyle) abducts Hoss Cartwright and forces him to take the missing convict's place. Facing five years at hard labor, Hoss formulates an escape plan with another railroaded prisoner, Madge Tucker (Salome Jens). Read More

Bonanza: The Lady and the Mark

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Christopher Connelly

Synopsis: Having accumulated $67,000 from a gold strike, prospector Chris Keller (Christopher Connelly) finds himself the target of virtually every confidence trickster in the country. To save himself and his cash, Chris hides out at the Ponderosa, only to be lured into the open by lovely Charity McGill Read More

Bonanza: It's a Small World

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Michael Dunn

Synopsis: Multi-talanted dwarf actor Michael Dunn guest-stars as George Marshall, a former circus midget who, fulfilling a promise to his late wife, gives up show business to lead a normal life in Virginia City. Despite the assistance of his friend Ben Cartwright, George is unable to secure employment Read More

Bonanza: Danger Road

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Robert Lansing

Synopsis: Robert Lansing is cast as Gunny, a former Army officer dishonorably discharged for desertion, and now the owner of a small freight-hauling concern. Though Ben Cartwright cannot forgive Gunny for his dereliction of duty, he is willing to let the man prove his mettle by delivering three 30-foot Read More

Bonanza: Honest John

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Jack Elam

Synopsis: Jack Elam plays the title role in this Bonanza episode from December 20, 1970. Belying his nickname, Honest John is a prevaricating drifter, who over the protests of the Cartwrights has settled on the Ponderosa. Banking on the trust and friendship of young Jamie, Honest John finds himself in a Read More

Bonanza: For a Young Lady

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Jewel Blanch

Synopsis: Carri Sturgis (Jewel Blanch), a young friend of Ben Cartwright's adopted son Jamie, lives in terror under the cruel supervision of her Aunt Vella (Madeleine Sherwood) and Uncle Gifford (William Bramley). Inasmuch as the couple hates children, Jamie can't understand why they so desperately desire Read More

Bonanza: The Impostors

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Strother Martin, Tony Colti

Synopsis: Oscar winner Strother Martin is cast as Joad Bruder, the father of jailed stagecoach robber Randy Bruder (Anthony Colti). Aware that Joad is holding the Ponderosa money that was stolen by Randy, Joe and Hoss hatch another of their hare-brained schemes to retrieve the loot. Heading to Pineville Read More

Bonanza: The Luck of Pepper Shannon

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel, Neville Brand

Synopsis: Neville Brand guest-stars as Pepper Shannon, a stage robber whose career has been blown up to "heroic" proportions by the dime-novel brigade. Unfortunately, Ben Cartwright's adopted son Jamie idolizes Shannon, who has allowed Jamie to "capture" him to avoid being shot by his enemies. It is only Read More

Bonanza: A Darker Shadow

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Gregory Walcott

Synopsis: Joe Cartwright is dumbfounded when his friend, bank employee Wade Turner (Gregory Walcott), abruptly leaves town before his marriage to his sweetheart Sarah (Sandra Smith). Wade's abrupt exit coincides with a shortage in the bank's accounts, prompting Joe to seek out his friend and demand an Read More

Bonanza: The Deserter

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Ben Johnson

Synopsis: Ben Johnson guest-stars as Sgt. Samuel Bellis, accused of desertion, murder, and selling guns to the Indians. Bellis insists that he's innocent, and Candy believes him-but before he can clear Bellis' name, he must elude the Army patrol that is hot on the fugitive sergeant's heels. In a further Read More

Bonanza: To Stop a War

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Steve Forrest, Miriam Colon

Synopsis: An epidemic of rustling has fueled the flames of a possible range war between the cattlemen and the nesters. Ex-sheriff Dan Logan (Steve Forrest) is hired to stop the war before it starts, while rancher Slater (Warren Kemmerling), convinced that the nesters are responsible for the trouble, offers Read More

Bonanza: Emily

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Elliot Gilbert, David Canary

Synopsis: Joe Cartwright's coquettish former fiancee Emily Anderson (Beth Brickell) returns to town, quickly wrapping the moonstruck Joe around her little finger once more. Unfortunately, Emily has neglected to inform Joe that she is now married to Deputy Marshal Wade McPhail (Ron Hayes). Furthermore, the Read More

Bonanza: The Witness

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Melissa Murphy

Synopsis: Melissa Murphy is cast as Jenny Winters, who claims she can identify the outlaw Logan gang as the men who robbed a stagecoach and murdered the driver. Hoping to protect Jenny from the Logans, Joe Cartwright and Candy offer the girl shelter at the Ponderosa. What neither the good guys nor the bad Read More

Bonanza: Old Friends

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Victor Sen Yung

Synopsis: Ben Cartwright finds himself in the uncomfortable position of choosing between two old and treasured friends, both of whom abuptly re-enter his life after 27 years. Charlie Sheppard (Robert Wilke), formerly Ben's prospecting partner, is now a wanted outlaw, while Jess Waddell (Morgan Woodward) has Read More

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

Actors: Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn, William Schallert, Alan Hewitt

Synopsis: This film is another Disney comedy romp that takes place at the ubiquitous Medfield College. The plot kicks in when an interview, in which Professor Quigley (William Schallert) is denied a much-needed computer by apoplectic college president Dean Higgins (Joe Flynn), is broadcast to a student Read More

Bonanza: The Last Vote

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Tom Bosley, Wally Cox

Synopsis: As a result of a wager, Hoss and Joe Cartwright decide to enter politics, each supporting an opposing mayor candidate for the upcoming Virginia City election. Comic chaos ensues when both brothers become campaign managers for their respective candidates, and are thus forced to suck up to the man Read More

Bonanza: The Arrival of Eddie

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Jan-Michael Vincent

Synopsis: Forced to kill the father of young Eddie McKay (Jan-Michael Vincent), Hoss Cartwright tries to make amends by hiring Eddie as a Ponderosa hand. Eddie accepts the job-but only because he has entered into an unholy alliance with rancher Sam Butler (Jim Davis), who also has a grudge against the Read More

Journey to Shiloh

Actors: James Caan, Michael Sarrazin, Brenda Scott, Don Stroud, Paul Petersen

Synopsis: In this adventure, seven young west Texans ride out to volunteer for the Confederate army during the mid-point of the Civil War. The Concho County Comanches, as they call themselves, find that it is truly a long way to Shiloh, Tennessee where a major battle is about to occur. En route they Read More

Ironside: An Obvious Case of Guilt

Synopsis: Anne Baxter guest stars as Ironside's attorney friend Carolyn White, whom the authorities have tagged as the "most obvious" suspect in the murder of her cheating spouse. Convinced that Carolyn is being framed, Ironside (Raymond Burr) dedicates himself to proving his thesis, while his colleagues Read More

Ironside: The Kill a Cop

Synopsis: Vicious, cop-hating Frank Vincent (Pernell Roberts) threatens dire consequences when he is arrested on a drunk driving charge by Ed Brown (Don Galloway) and two other officers (one of whom is played by director-stuntman Hal Needham, the other by Bing Russell, father of film star Kurt Russell)). Read More

Bonanza: The Wormwood Cup

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Judi Meredith, Frank Overton

Synopsis: Both Linda Roberts (Judi Meredith) and Amos Crenshaw (Frank Overton) have sworn vengeance against Joe Cartwright. Linda thinks that Joe killed her brother, while Amos' son was shot by Joe in self-defense. The tension reaches the boiling point when Linda hires a man to assassinate Joe, then changes Read More

Bonanza: Napoleon's Children

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Michael Burns, Bob Biheller

Synopsis: Virginia City finds itself under siege from a group of highly organized juvenile delinquents, all guided by a disturbed young man (Bob Biheller) who calls himself Napoleon. Raised by his dissolute uncle (Woodrow Parfrey), a professor with a drinking problem, the boy knows his history well, and Read More

Bonanza: Joe Cartwright, Detective

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mort Mills, Ken Lynch

Synopsis: Thoroughly immersed in the mystery novel {^Inspector Foot of Scotland Yard}, Joe Cartwright begins to fancy himself an ace detective. Attempting to apply the latest Scotlard Yard techniques to prevent a bank robbery, Joe causes more trouble than he's worth-while his dad Ben and Sheriff Coffee end Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: A Secretary Is Not a Toy

Synopsis: While working as a secretary for General Peterson (Barton MacLane), Jeannie (Barbara Eden) gets the idea in her pretty little head that her master Tony (Larry Hagman) should be promoted to general as well. With a nod of the head and the blink of an eye, Jeannie sets the wheels in motion that will Read More

Bonanza: Desperate Passage

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Canary, Steve Forrest

Synopsis: The Cartwrights must carefully wend their way through Paiute territory, guarding two survivors of a recent massacre. One of the survivors, Josh Tanner (Steve Forrest), is an accused murderer. The other, Mary Burns (Tina Louise), knows that Josh is innocent, but can't-or won't-reveal this fact. Read More

Bonanza: The Gentle Ones

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Robert Walker, Jr., Lana Wood

Synopsis: Written by Frank Chase, "The Gentle Ones" is the tale of two brothers, both in the horse trading business. Kindhearted Mark (Robert Walker Jr.) is a cowboy who loves horses; his brutal sibling Frank (Pat Conway) is a rancher who likes nothing more than to "break" his horses in the most sadistic Read More

The Ride to Hangman's Tree

Actors: Jack Lord, James Farentino, Don Galloway, Melodie Johnson, Richard Anderson

Synopsis: The movie opens as two outlaws are just being rescued from being hung as thieves by an old friend. They go their separate ways, but keep running into each other across the country on their way to California as they alternately are on the good and bad side of the law. Their rescuer becomes the Read More

The Monkees: Here Come the Monkees

Actors: Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith

Synopsis: Originally titled "The Monkees," this pilot episode for the series of the same name was held back from public view until November 14, 1966, by which time the series had been on the air for ten weeks. Now rechristened "Here Come the Monkees," the episode was written by Larry Tucker and Paul Read More

Madame X

Actors: Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalban, Burgess Meredith, Constance Bennett

Synopsis: Lana Turner takes the lead in the seventh film version of Alexandre Bisson's glossy soap opera. Holly Parker (Turner) is married to respected diplomat Clay Anderson (John Forsythe), but his busy schedule prevents them from seeing each other very often. Distracted and lonely, Holly allows her head Read More

An Eye for an Eye

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Robert Lansing, Slim Pickens, Gloria Talbott, Paul Fix

Synopsis: Talion is the alternate title for the blood-splattered western An Eye for an Eye. You know that the filmmakers aren't kidding around when, in the very first scene, outlaw Slim Pickens puts a bullet into a squalling baby! Robert Lansing plays Talion, a homesteader who, after his ranch is burned to Read More

Billy the Kid vs. Dracula

Actors: Chuck Courtney, John Carradine, Melinda Plowman, Virginia Christine, Walter Janowitz

Synopsis: The venerable John Carradine gets his first chance to play the fanged count in 20 years (the last time was House of Dracula), albeit in one of the weirdest scenarios ever committed to film. Arriving in the Wild West via stagecoach, Drac installs himself in the home of a pretty rancher (Melinda Plowman Read More

The Fugitive: In a Plain Paper Wrapper

Synopsis: As "Bob Stoddard", Kimble (David Janssen) works as a bartender at the same restaurant where Susan Cartwright (Lois Nettelton) is a waitress. Recognizing Kimble from a police description, Susan's nephew Gary (Pat Cardi) and his pals decide to capture the fugitive and claim the reward, using a Read More

Branded: The Golden Fleece

Synopsis: This episode opens in a curious fashion as Jason McCord (Chuck Connors) is arrested by uniformed troops and placed in a prison van. Once incarcerated, he meets another prisonder: Former Confederate officer Randall Kirby (Harry Townes), who rambles on about overthrowing the government and Read More

Bonanza: To Bloom for Thee

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Geraldine Brooks,