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Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17 1951 ) is an American Actor . BIOGRAPHY Early life Russell was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Louise Crain and Bing Russell , who was a character actor best known as Deputy Clem Foster on '' Bonanza ''. Career Russell started his '' ( 1963 – 1964 ). Based on the book by Robert Lewis Taylor , this series also starred Dan O'Herlihy , Charles Bronson , and the very young Osmond Brothers . The young Russell was soon signed to a ten-year contract with the Walt Disney Company , reportedly by Walt Disney himself. He starred in many Disney films, such as '' Follow Me, Boys! '' ( 1966 ), ''The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes'' ( 1969 ), and ''The Strongest Man in the World'' ( 1975 ). Russell also had a Baseball career (Russell's father had been a baseball player for a while). In the early 1970s , Russell played second base for the minor league franchise of the California Angels (now the Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim ). He led his league in hitting with a .563 Batting Average . During a play, he was hit in the shoulder by another player running to second base. The collision tore the Rotator Cuff in one of Russell's shoulders. The injury forced his retirement from baseball in 1973 , and he returned to acting. Russell was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special ( 1979 ) for the made-for-television film ''Elvis''. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture ( 1984 ) for '' Silkwood ''. Personal life in '' Stargate '']] Russell married actress Season Hubley , whom he had met on the set of ''Elvis'' in 1979 and they had a son, Boston. In 1983 , in the middle of his divorce from Hubley, Russell met Goldie Hawn on the set of the film '' Swing Shift '' and they've been in a relationship ever since. The couple also filmed 1987's '' Overboard '' together. They had a son, Wyatt, in 1986 and Hawn's daughter Kate Hudson considers Russell to be her dad. {Link without Title} Russell is a prominent member of the United States Libertarian Party . He claims that he was often an outcast in Hollywood because of his Libertarian beliefs, and so moved to live in an area outside Aspen, Colorado , where he started to try his hand at writing (he co-wrote ''Escape from L.A.''). In February 2003 , Russell and Hawn moved to Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada , so that their son could play hockey. FILMOGRAPHY
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