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William Bakewell
Actor
Born May 2, 1908Died April 15, 1993 (84 years)
William Bakewell (May 2, 1908 – April 15, 1993), also known as Billy Bakewell, was an American actor, who achieved his greatest fame as one of the premiere juvenile performers of the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Bakewell, educated at Los Angeles Harvard Military School, began his film career as an extra in the silent movie Fighting Blood (1924), and went on to appear in some 170 films and television shows. He had supporting roles at the end of the silent era and reached the peak of his career around 1930. He is perhaps best remembered for playing German soldier Albert Kropp in the film classic All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), and Rodney Jordan, Joan Crawford's brother, in Dance, Fools, Dance (1931). He also co-starred in Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929) with Winnie Lightner and Lilyan Tashman. In 1933, he contributed to the founding of the Screen Actors Guild, and was member 44 of the original 50. He never achieved stardom after the Depression years, although he became familiar in dozens of films, including his short appearance as a mounted soldier in Gone with the Wind (1939) whom Scarlett O'Hara asks when the Yankee soldiers are coming to Atlanta.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army with the rank of second lieutenant. He was stationed at the 73rd Evacuation Hospital and at the Radio Section of the Special Service Division as the Post Intelligence Officer. He also worked under the department that handled distribution of recorded programs to overseas station circuits.
He starred in the Columbia Pictures serial Hop Harrigan (1946), where he played a top Air Corps pilot. He also portrayed Major Tobias Norton and a Keelboat Race Master of Ceremonies in the phenomenally popular Disney series Davy Crockett (1954-1955).
In the 1960s, he guest starred in numerous situation comedy television series, including Guestward, Ho!, Pete and Gladys, Bringing Up Buddy, The Tab Hunter Show, Mister Ed, Leave It to Beaver, The Jack Benny Program, Petticoat Junction , and Hazel. He also was cast in episodes of Peter Gunn, Sea Hunt, Wagon Train, The Roaring 20s, The Virginian, Arrest and Trial, and 87th Precinct He played the Virginia statesman George Wythe in the episode "George Mason" in the 1965 NBC documentary series, Profiles in Courage. He made his last film in 1975.
For four decades, Bakewell served on the board of Motion Picture and Television Fund. He died on April 15, 1993 of leukemia at the age of 84.
Bakewell, educated at Los Angeles Harvard Military School, began his film career as an extra in the silent movie Fighting Blood (1924), and went on to appear in some 170 films and television shows. He had supporting roles at the end of the silent era and reached the peak of his career around 1930. He is perhaps best remembered for playing German soldier Albert Kropp in the film classic All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), and Rodney Jordan, Joan Crawford's brother, in Dance, Fools, Dance (1931). He also co-starred in Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929) with Winnie Lightner and Lilyan Tashman. In 1933, he contributed to the founding of the Screen Actors Guild, and was member 44 of the original 50. He never achieved stardom after the Depression years, although he became familiar in dozens of films, including his short appearance as a mounted soldier in Gone with the Wind (1939) whom Scarlett O'Hara asks when the Yankee soldiers are coming to Atlanta.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army with the rank of second lieutenant. He was stationed at the 73rd Evacuation Hospital and at the Radio Section of the Special Service Division as the Post Intelligence Officer. He also worked under the department that handled distribution of recorded programs to overseas station circuits.
He starred in the Columbia Pictures serial Hop Harrigan (1946), where he played a top Air Corps pilot. He also portrayed Major Tobias Norton and a Keelboat Race Master of Ceremonies in the phenomenally popular Disney series Davy Crockett (1954-1955).
In the 1960s, he guest starred in numerous situation comedy television series, including Guestward, Ho!, Pete and Gladys, Bringing Up Buddy, The Tab Hunter Show, Mister Ed, Leave It to Beaver, The Jack Benny Program, Petticoat Junction , and Hazel. He also was cast in episodes of Peter Gunn, Sea Hunt, Wagon Train, The Roaring 20s, The Virginian, Arrest and Trial, and 87th Precinct He played the Virginia statesman George Wythe in the episode "George Mason" in the 1965 NBC documentary series, Profiles in Courage. He made his last film in 1975.
For four decades, Bakewell served on the board of Motion Picture and Television Fund. He died on April 15, 1993 of leukemia at the age of 84.
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Filmography
| 1975 | The Strongest Man in the World · as Professor |
| 1972 | Call Her Mom · as Jeremy's Father |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor (TV Series) · as Carnival Host |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Elroy |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief (TV Series) · as Hotel Clerk |
| 1966 | Not with My Wife, You Don't! · as Brig. Gen. Swift (uncredited) |
| 1966 | |
| 1965 | I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) · as Colonel Harris |
| 1965 | The Smothers Brothers Show (TV Series) · as Mr. Collins |
| 1965 | Green Acres (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life (TV Series) · as County Attorney Lassiter |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage (TV Series) · as Wythe |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Secretary Of War |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as D.a. |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction (TV Series) · as Ralph Craig |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial (TV Series) · as Ren Newell |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Sam Branch |
| 1961 | Hazel (TV Series) |
| 1961 | 87th Precinct (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Mister Ed (TV Series) |
| 1960 | The Roaring 20's (TV Series) · as Mr. Sorenson |
| 1960 | Insight (TV Series) · as Bill |
| 1960 | Guestward Ho! (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys (TV Series) |
| 1960 | The Tab Hunter Show (TV Series) · as Gregory Beaumont |
| 1959 | The Betty Hutton Show (TV Series) · as Fredericks |
| 1959 | Lock-Up (TV Series) · as Al |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Big Fisherman · as Minor Role |
| 1958 | Johnny Rocco · as Joe, Police Scientist |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1958 | Rescue 8 (TV Series) · as Rusty |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Hell's Five Hours · as Undetermined Role |
| 1958 | Sea Hunt (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory (TV Series) · as Walt Dickerson |
| 1957 | Harbor Command (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Casey Jones (TV Series) · as Ben Slater |
| 1957 | The Gray Ghost (TV Series) · as Col. Boyd |
| 1957 | Maverick (TV Series) |
| 1957 | M Squad (TV Series) · as Detective |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Mr. Mulenbach |
| 1957 | Bachelor Father (TV Series) · as Man #1 |
| 1957 | Leave It to Beaver (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Mr. Savage |
| 1957 | Mr. Adams and Eve (TV Series) · as Emcee |
| 1956 | Davy Crockett and the River Pirates · as Official At Keel Boat Race (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The People's Choice (TV Series) · as Bill King |
| 1955 | Highway Patrol (1955) (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier · as Maj. Tobias Norton |
| 1955 | Davy Crockett Goes to Congress · as Norton |
| 1955 | The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Bit Role |
| 1955 | The Bob Cummings Show (TV Series) · as Captain Walter 'ace' Ramage |
| 1954 | The Great Gildersleeve (TV Series) · as Wilbur Branston |
| 1954 | Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter · as Major Norton |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Major Tobias Norton |
| 1954 | Studio 57 (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) · as Mr. Endicott |
| 1954 | The Mickey Rooney Show (TV Series) · as Rogerson P. Hammerstine |
| 1954 | Lucky Me · as Motorist (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Meet Corliss Archer (TV Series) · as Richard Patterson |
| 1953 | So This Is Love · as Charles, Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1953 | I'm the Law (TV Series) |
| 1953 | You Are There (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Ray Blake |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1952 | The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1952 | Room for One More · as Milkman |
| 1952 | Radar Men from the Moon · as Ted Richards |
| 1951 | Come Fill the Cup · as Hal Ortman |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Master Of Ceremonies |
| 1951 | Gruen Guild Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | Sky King (TV Series) · as Connor |
| 1951 | Boston Blackie (TV Series) · as Ron Taylor |
| 1951 | When the Redskins Rode · as Appleby |
| 1951 | Oh! Susanna · as Lieutenant |
| 1950 | Racket Squad (TV Series) · as Rod Slader |
| 1950 | The Bigelow Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program (TV Series) · as Bert - Jack's Agent |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV Series) · as The Doctor |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Major Dort |
| 1950 | Dick Tracy (1950) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Capture · as Herb Tolin, Bolsa Grande Oil |
| 1950 | The Cisco Kid (TV Series) · as Max Rance |
| 1949 | Family Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Ames |
| 1948 | You Gotta Stay Happy · as Dick Hebert |
| 1948 | Miraculous Journey · as Cast |
| 1948 | Romance on the High Seas · as Dudley (travel Agent) |
| 1948 | So This Is New York · as Hotel Clerk |
| 1947 | King of the Bandits · as Captain Frank Mason |
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer · as Winters |
| 1947 | The Trespasser · as Bruce Coleman |
| 1947 | The Farmer's Daughter · as Windor |
| 1947 | The Fabulous Dorseys · as Eddie |
| 1946 | Hop Harrigan America's Ace of the Airways · as Hop Harrigan |
| 1943 | Yanks Ahoy · as Ens. Crosby |
| 1943 | Submarine Alert · as Agent Pomeroy - Fleming's Aide |
| 1942 | King of the Mounties · as Cpl. Hall Ross |
| 1942 | The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe · as Hugh Pleasant |
| 1942 | Dr. Kildare's Victory · as Mr. Hubbell |
| 1942 | I Live on Danger · as Mac |
| 1942 | The Dawn Express · as Tom Fielding |
| 1941 | Cheers for Miss Bishop · as Jim Forbes |
| 1940 | Seven Sinners · as Ensign |
| 1940 | The Saint Takes Over · as Shipboard Card Player |
| 1940 | Beyond Tomorrow · as David Chadwick |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind · as Mounted Officer |
| 1939 | Zenobia · as Townsman At Zeke's Recitation |
| 1939 | Hotel Imperial · as Cadet (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Duke of West Point · as Committee Captain |
| 1937 | Exiled to Shanghai · as Andrew |
| 1937 | Dangerous Holiday · as Tom Connor |
| 1937 | Quality Street · as Lieutenant Spicer |
| 1936 | The Sea Spoilers · as Lieut. Commander Mays |
| 1936 | Lady Luck · as Dave Haines |
| 1935 | Strangers All · as Dick Carter |
| 1935 | Laddie · as Robert Pryor |
| 1934 | Crimson Romance · as Adolph |
| 1934 | Straight Is the Way · as Dr. Wilkes |
| 1934 | Green Eyes · as Cliff Miller |
| 1934 | You Can't Buy Everything · as Don Bell (adult) |
| 1933 | A Man of Sentiment · as John Russell |
| 1933 | Three Cornered Moon · as Douglas Rimplegar |
| 1933 | Lucky Devils · as Slugger Jones |
| 1933 | The Secret of Madame Blanche · as Undetermined Secondary Role |
| 1932 | Back Street · as Richard Saxel |
| 1932 | While Paris Sleeps · as Paul Renoir |
| 1931 | The Spirit of Notre Dame · as Jim Stewart |
| 1931 | Guilty Hands · as Tommy Osgood |
| 1931 | A Woman of Experience · as Count Karl Runyi |
| 1931 | Politics · as Benny Emerson |
| 1931 | Daybreak · as Otto |
| 1931 | Dance, Fools, Dance · as Rodney Jordan |
| 1931 | The Great Meadow · as Jack Jarvis |
| 1931 | Reducing · as Tommy Haverly |
| 1930 | Paid · as Carney |
| 1930 | The Bat Whispers · as Brook |
| 1930 | All Quiet on the Western Front · as Albert Kropp |
| 1930 | Playing Around · as Jack |
| 1929 | Show of Shows · as Performer In 'bicycle Built For Two' Number (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Gold Diggers of Broadway · as Wally Saunders |
| 1929 | On with the Show! · as Jimmy |
| 1929 | The Iron Mask · as Louis Xiv / Twin Brother |
| 1929 | Lady of the Pavements · as A Pianist |
| 1928 | Annapolis · as Skippy |
| 1928 | The Battle of the Sexes · as The Son |
| 1927 | West Point · as 'tex' Mcneil |
| 1927 | The Shield of Honor · as Jerry Macdowell |
| 1927 | The Magic Flame · as Undetermined Secondary Role |
| 1926 | Old Ironsides · as Young Philadelphian (uncredited) |