One day in early May 1932, a short, well-dressed man disembarked from a train in White River Junction, Vermont, adjusting his spectacles and sniffing the air of an unfamiliar New England spring.
Best known as Deputy Sheriff Clem on Bonanza, character actor Bing Russell ’47, Tu’48, became notorious in his real-life role as owner of a team of minor league misfits.
A look back at the singular, turbulent life of twice-expelled Walter Wanger (rhymes with “danger”), class of 1915, who became one of Hollywood’s most prolific, if not law-abiding, producers.
