William Bakewell

William Bakewell

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Los Angeles, California, USA, 1908-05-02

Died: 1993-04-15

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1925	The Last Edition	'Ink' Donovan	50
2	1926	Whispering Wires		0
3	1926	Old Ironsides	Young Philadelphian (uncredited)	62
4	1926	Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl	Salesman	0
5	1927	The Heart Thief		0
6	1927	Mother	Jerry Ellis	0
7	1927	The Shield of Honor	Jerry MacDowell	43
8	1928	West Point	'Tex' McNeil	74
9	1928	The Latest from Paris	Bud Dolan	0
10	1928	Harold Teen	Percival	70
11	1928	The Battle of the Sexes	The Son	52
12	1928	Annapolis	Skippy	30
13	1929	Lady of the Pavements	A Pianist	46
14	1929	The Iron Mask	Louis XIV / Twin Brother	67
15	1929	Hot Stuff	Mack Moran	0
16	1929	On With the Show!	Jimmy	50
17	1929	Gold Diggers of Broadway	Wally Saunders	70
18	1929	The Show of Shows	Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)	55
19	1930	Playing Around	Jack	47
20	1930	All Quiet on the Western Front	Albert Kropp	78
21	1930	The Bat Whispers	Brook	64
22	1930	Paid	Carney	68
23	1931	Reducing	Tommy Haverly	43
24	1931	Dance, Fools, Dance	Rodney Jordan	64
25	1931	Politics	Benny Emerson	63
26	1931	Daybreak	Otto	40
27	1931	A Woman of Experience	Count Karl Runyi	52
28	1931	Guilty Hands	Tommy Osgood	61
29	1931	The Spirit of Notre Dame	Jim Stewart	63
30	1932	Cheaters at Play	Maurice Perry	0
31	1932	While Paris Sleeps	Paul Renoir	58
32	1932	Back Street	Richard Saxel	61
33	1933	Lucky Devils	Slugger Jones	63
34	1933	Three Cornered Moon	Douglas Rimplegar	57
35	1933	A Man of Sentiment	John Russell	0
36	1933	Straightaway	Billy Dawson	0
37	1934	You Can't Buy Everything	Don Bell (adult)	70
38	1934	Speed Wings	Jerry	0
39	1934	The Quitter	Russell Tilford	0
40	1934	Green Eyes	Cliff Miller	52
41	1934	Straight Is the Way	Dr. Wilkes	55
42	1934	The Party's Over	Clay	30
43	1934	The Curtain Falls	Barry Graham	50
44	1934	Crimson Romance	Adolph	35
45	1934	Sons of Steel	Roland Chadburne	50
46	1935	Laddie	Robert Pryor	0
47	1935	Strangers All	Dick Carter	55
48	1935	On Probation	Bill Coleman	0
49	1935	Together We Live	Billy	0
50	1935	Happiness C.O.D.	Ken Sherridan	60
51	1936	Lady Luck	Dave Haines	50
52	1936	Sea Spoilers	Lieut. Commander Mays	45
53	1937	Quality Street	Lieutenant Spicer	59
54	1937	Mile a Minute Love	Bob	60
55	1937	Dangerous Holiday	Tom Connor	10
56	1937	Jungle Menace	Tom Banning	50
57	1937	Trapped by G-Men	Dick Withers	0
58	1937	Exiled to Shanghai	Andrew	49
59	1938	The Higgins Family	Eddie Davis	0
60	1938	The Duke of West Point	Committee Captain	38
61	1939	King of the Turf	Intern	70
62	1939	Zenobia	Townsman at Zeke's Recitation	46
63	1939	Hotel Imperial	Cadet (uncredited)	60
64	1939	Gone with the Wind	Mounted Officer	79
65	1940	Beyond Tomorrow	David Chadwick	60
66	1940	The Saint Takes Over	Shipboard Card Player	63
67	1940	Seven Sinners	Ensign	58
68	1942	Dr. Kildare's Victory	Mr. Hubbell	58
69	1942	The Dawn Express	Tom Fielding	37
70	1942	I Live on Danger	Mac	57
71	1942	The Postman Didn't Ring	Robert Harwood Jr.	0
72	1942	The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe	Hugh Pleasant	57
73	1942	King of the Mounties	Cpl. Hall Ross	0
74	1946	Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways	Hop Harrigan	37
75	1946	Jungle Terror	Tom Branning	0
76	1947	The Fabulous Dorseys	Eddie	60
77	1947	The Farmer's Daughter	Windor	69
78	1947	The Trespasser	Bruce Coleman	50
79	1947	The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer	Winters	69
80	1947	Messenger of Peace	Pastor Willie von Adel	0
81	1947	King of the Bandits	Captain Frank Mason	40
82	1948	Arthur Takes Over	Lawrence White	20
83	1948	So This Is New York	Hotel Clerk	60
84	1948	Romance on the High Seas	Dudley (Travel Agent)	68
85	1948	Night Wind	Capt. Kingston	0
86	1948	You Gotta Stay Happy	Dick Hebert	65
87	1950	The Capture	Herb Tolin, Bolsa Grande Oil	61
88	1951	Wells Fargo Gunmaster	Charlie Lannon	0
89	1951	When the Redskins Rode	Appleby	47
90	1951	Come Fill the Cup	Hal Ortman	70
91	1952	Radar Men from the Moon	Ted Richards	45
92	1953	So This Is Love	Charles, Waiter (uncredited)	45
93	1954	Lucky Me	Motorist (uncredited)	67
94	1954	Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter	Major Norton	65
95	1955	Davy Crockett Goes to Congress	Norton	100
96	1955	Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier	Maj. Tobias Norton	64
97	1956	Davy Crockett and the River Pirates	Official at Keel Boat Race (uncredited)	64
98	1966	Not With My Wife, You Don't	Brig. Gen. Swift (uncredited)	60
99	1972	Call Her Mom	Jeremy's Father	40
100	1973	Set This Town on Fire	Desk Clerk	0
101	1975	The Strongest Man in the World	Professor	61
102	1984	Bruised Celluloid	Himself	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Major Dort	63
2	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Robert Cooper	63
3	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Michael Dailey	63
4	1951	The Adventures of Boston Blackie		40
5	1953	I'm the Law		57
6	1955	The Great Gildersleeve		0
7	1955	Highway Patrol		58
8	1957	Official Detective		0
9	1957	M Squad	Detective	52
10	1957	Maverick		68
11	1957	Leave It to Beaver		70
12	1957	Harbor Command		40
13	1958	Sea Hunt		66
14	1958	Peter Gunn		65
15	1960	Pete and Gladys		65
16	1960	Guestward, Ho!		40
17	1960	Bringing Up Buddy		0
18	1960	The Roaring 20's		0
19	1961	Mister Ed		68
20	1961	87th Precinct		75
21	1961	Hazel		68
22	1962	The Virginian	Sam Branch	65
23	1962	The Virginian	Nate Eastman	65
24	1962	The Beverly Hillbillies		69
25	1963	Petticoat Junction	Ralph Craig	58
26	1963	Petticoat Junction	Actor	58
27	1963	Petticoat Junction	Herbert	58
28	1964	Profiles in Courage	Wythe	50
29	1965	Green Acres		73
30	1965	I Dream of Jeannie	Colonel Harris	78
31	1966	That Girl		63
32	1969	Love, American Style	Elroy	61
33	1970	Nanny and the Professor	Carnival Host	60
34	1970	Nanny and the Professor	Norm	60
35	1971	Alias Smith and Jones		69

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