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person_profile-William Bakewell

William Bakewell Died at age: 84

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

May 02, 1908

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Apr 15, 1993

Biography of

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.

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Filmography of

William Bakewell

Found 98 Movies in total

... 1975

Call Her Mom

Jeremy's Father ( Actor )

... 1972

Not With My Wife, You Don't

Brig. Gen. Swift (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1966

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

Official at Keel Boat Race (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1956

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

Maj. Tobias Norton ( Actor )

... 1955

... 1955

Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter

Major Norton ( Actor )

... 1954

Lucky Me

Motorist (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1954

So This Is Love

Charles, Waiter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1953

Radar Men from the Moon

Ted Richards ( Actor )

... 1952

Come Fill the Cup

Hal Ortman ( Actor )

... 1951

When the Redskins Rode

Appleby ( Actor )

... 1951

Wells Fargo Gunmaster

Charlie Lannon ( Actor )

... 1951

The Capture

Herb Tolin, Bolsa Grande Oil ( Actor )

... 1950

You Gotta Stay Happy

Dick Hebert ( Actor )

... 1948

Night Wind

Capt. Kingston ( Actor )

... 1948

Romance on the High Seas

Dudley (Travel Agent) ( Actor )

... 1948

So This Is New York

Hotel Clerk ( Actor )

... 1948

Arthur Takes Over

Lawrence White ( Actor )

... 1948

King of the Bandits

Captain Frank Mason ( Actor )

... 1947

... 1947

The Trespasser

Bruce Coleman ( Actor )

... 1947

The Farmer's Daughter

Windor ( Actor )

... 1947

The Fabulous Dorseys

Eddie ( Actor )

... 1947

Jungle Terror

Tom Branning ( Actor )

... 1946

... 1946

King of the Mounties

Cpl. Hall Ross ( Actor )

... 1942

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

Hugh Pleasant ( Actor )

... 1942

The Postman Didn't Ring

Robert Harwood Jr. ( Actor )

... 1942

I Live on Danger

Mac ( Actor )

... 1942

The Dawn Express

Tom Fielding ( Actor )

... 1942

Dr. Kildare's Victory

Mr. Hubbell ( Actor )

... 1942

Seven Sinners

Ensign ( Actor )

... 1940

The Saint Takes Over

Shipboard Card Player ( Actor )

... 1940

Beyond Tomorrow

David Chadwick ( Actor )

... 1940

Gone with the Wind

Mounted Officer ( Actor )

... 1939

Hotel Imperial

Cadet (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Zenobia

Townsman at Zeke's Recitation ( Actor )

... 1939

King of the Turf

Intern ( Actor )

... 1939

The Duke of West Point

Committee Captain ( Actor )

... 1938

The Higgins Family

Eddie Davis ( Actor )

... 1938

Trapped by G-Men

Dick Withers ( Actor )

... 1937

Jungle Menace

Tom Banning ( Actor )

... 1937

Dangerous Holiday

Tom Connor ( Actor )

... 1937

Mile a Minute Love

Bob ( Actor )

... 1937

Quality Street

Lieutenant Spicer ( Actor )

... 1937

Sea Spoilers

Lieut. Commander Mays ( Actor )

... 1936

Lady Luck

Dave Haines ( Actor )

... 1936

Happiness C.O.D.

Ken Sherridan ( Actor )

... 1935

Together We Live

Billy ( Actor )

... 1935

On Probation

Bill Coleman ( Actor )

... 1935

Strangers All

Dick Carter ( Actor )

... 1935

Laddie

Robert Pryor ( Actor )

... 1935

Sons of Steel

Roland Chadburne ( Actor )

... 1934

Crimson Romance

Adolph ( Actor )

... 1934

The Curtain Falls

Barry Graham ( Actor )

... 1934

The Party's Over

Clay ( Actor )

... 1934

Straight Is the Way

Dr. Wilkes ( Actor )

... 1934

Green Eyes

Cliff Miller ( Actor )

... 1934

The Quitter

Russell Tilford ( Actor )

... 1934

Speed Wings

Jerry ( Actor )

... 1934

You Can't Buy Everything

Don Bell (adult) ( Actor )

... 1934

Straightaway

Billy Dawson ( Actor )

... 1933

A Man of Sentiment

John Russell ( Actor )

... 1933

Three-Cornered Moon

Douglas Rimplegar ( Actor )

... 1933

Lucky Devils

Slugger Jones ( Actor )

... 1933

Back Street

Richard Saxel ( Actor )

... 1932

While Paris Sleeps

Paul Renoir ( Actor )

... 1932

Cheaters at Play

Maurice Perry ( Actor )

... 1932

The Spirit of Notre Dame

Jim Stewart ( Actor )

... 1931

Guilty Hands

Tommy Osgood ( Actor )

... 1931

A Woman of Experience

Count Karl Runyi ( Actor )

... 1931

Daybreak

Otto ( Actor )

... 1931

Politics

Benny Emerson ( Actor )

... 1931

Dance, Fools, Dance

Rodney Jordan ( Actor )

... 1931

Reducing

Tommy Haverly ( Actor )

... 1931

Paid

Carney ( Actor )

... 1930

The Bat Whispers

Brook ( Actor )

... 1930

All Quiet on the Western Front

Albert Kropp ( Actor )

... 1930

Playing Around

Jack ( Actor )

... 1930

Show of Shows

Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929

Gold Diggers of Broadway

Wally Saunders ( Actor )

... 1929

On With the Show!

Jimmy ( Actor )

... 1929

Hot Stuff

Mack Moran ( Actor )

... 1929

The Iron Mask

Louis XIV / Twin Brother ( Actor )

... 1929

Lady of the Pavements

A Pianist ( Actor )

... 1929

Annapolis

Skippy ( Actor )

... 1928

The Battle of the Sexes

The Son ( Actor )

... 1928

Harold Teen

Percival ( Actor )

... 1928

The Latest from Paris

Bud Dolan ( Actor )

... 1928

West Point

'Tex' McNeil ( Actor )

... 1928

The Shield of Honor

Jerry MacDowell ( Actor )

... 1927

Mother

Jerry Ellis ( Actor )

... 1927

... 1927

... 1926

Old Ironsides

Young Philadelphian (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1926

... 1926

The Last Edition

'Ink' Donovan ( Actor )

... 1925