Bing Russell had several claims to fame. He played Deputy Clem on NBC’s blockbuster western series “Bonanza.” He’s the father of movie star Kurt Russell. And he owned a baseball team. Not ...

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Richard Brody recommends watching “The Battered Bastards of Baseball,” a documentary about Bing Russell and the Mavericks, now streaming on Netflix.

Fittingly, its subject unites sports and movies—it’s centered on Bing Russell, a film and TV actor who, in 1973, at the end of a twelve-year run in supporting roles on the Western series ...