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 e ... xtra 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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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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I Dream of Jeannie
as Colonel Harris
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1965
Petticoat Junction
as Ralph Craig
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1963
The Virginian
as Sam Branch
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Lux Video Theatre
as Major Dort
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1950
M Squad
as Detective
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1957
Profiles in Courage
as Wythe
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 08, 1964
The Virginian
as Nate Eastman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Petticoat Junction
as Actor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1963
Petticoat Junction
as Herbert
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1963
Lux Video Theatre
as Robert Cooper
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1950
Nanny and the Professor
as Norm
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 21, 1970
Love, American Style
as Elroy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1969
Sea Hunt
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 04, 1958
Mister Ed
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 05, 1961
Green Acres
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1965
That Girl
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1962
Alias Smith and Jones
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 05, 1971
Leave It to Beaver
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1957
Bringing Up Buddy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1960
87th Precinct
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1961
Nanny and the Professor
as Carnival Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 21, 1970
Highway Patrol
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1955
Peter Gunn
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1958
Hazel
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 28, 1961
Pete and Gladys
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1960
Guestward, Ho!
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1960
I'm the Law
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 13, 1953
Official Detective
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 1957
The Roaring 20's
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1960
Harbor Command
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 1957
The Great Gildersleeve
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1955
The Adventures of Boston Blackie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1951
Maverick
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1957
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