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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1908-05-02
- event Death Date 1993-04-15
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 5
- info Birth Place Los Angeles, California, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by William Bakewell
7.8
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930-04-29
8
Gone with the Wind
1939-03-12
0
Laddie
1935-03-18
5.8
Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942-02-04
5.7
I Live on Danger
1942-06-16
6.7
Lucky Me
1954-04-09
7
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947-09-01
6
Seven Sinners
1940-10-25
6.8
Romance on the High Seas
1948-06-25
5.8
The Capture
1950-04-08
0
Together We Live
1935-08-16
7.4
West Point
1928-01-07
5.2
Three-Cornered Moon
1933-08-08
0
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
1926-12-19
4
The Dawn Express
1942-03-27
0
Gold Diggers of Broadway
1929-08-30
10
Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
1955-01-26
5
Green Eyes
1934-06-15
6.5
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931-02-07
0
Trapped by G-Men
1937-09-09
5
On With the Show!
1929-07-13
5.8
Guilty Hands
1931-08-22
5
The Trespasser
1947-07-03
6.3
Politics
1931-02-26
5.5
Strangers All
1935-04-01
5.5
Straight Is the Way
1934-08-10
7
You Can't Buy Everything
1934-01-26
5
Lady Luck
1936-09-13
6
Happiness C.O.D.
1935-10-14
0
On Probation
1935-04-01
0
Dangerous Holiday
1937-06-06
4
King of the Bandits
1947-11-07
5
Jungle Menace
1937-09-01
6
Crimson Romance
1934-10-12
4.4
Radar Men from the Moon
1952-01-09
4.9
Exiled to Shanghai
1937-12-20
3.8
Reducing
1931-01-03
5.5
Show of Shows
1929-11-21
4.7
Playing Around
1930-01-10
0
Straightaway
1933-12-22
0
Speed Wings
1934-02-05
5
The Last Edition
1925-11-08
6.7
The Iron Mask
1929-02-21
0
A Man of Sentiment
1933-09-15
5
Sons of Steel
1934-12-14
5.2
A Woman of Experience
1931-07-08
7
Harold Teen
1928-04-28
6.3
The Bat Whispers
1930-11-13
5.8
While Paris Sleeps
1932-05-08
6.3
Lucky Devils
1933-02-03
0
The Curtain Falls
1934-10-02
0
Set This Town on Fire
1973-01-08
4.6
Zenobia
1939-04-21
6.4
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955-05-25
0
Bruised Celluloid
1984-01-01
4.3
The Shield of Honor
1927-12-10
0
Cheaters at Play
1932-01-27
4
Daybreak
1931-05-02
0
Jungle Terror
1946-06-01
6.3
The Saint Takes Over
1940-06-07
0
The Quitter
1934-02-05
6
Not With My Wife, You Don't
1966-11-02
6
Mile a Minute Love
1937-04-05
4.7
When the Redskins Rode
1951-05-30
0
The Higgins Family
1938-03-28
4.7
Sea Spoilers
1936-09-30
0
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942-07-03
3
Annapolis
1928-11-18
5.3
The Battle of the Sexes
1928-10-12
6.3
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956-07-18
3.7
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
1946-03-27
6.2
Beyond Tomorrow
1940-05-10
6
Old Ironsides
1926-12-06
6
The Fabulous Dorseys
1947-02-26
7
The Farmer's Daughter
1947-03-26
6.1
Back Street
1932-08-04
5.7
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
1942-08-28
5.8
Quality Street
1937-03-26
0
Messenger of Peace
1947-10-30
6
Hotel Imperial
1939-05-11
0
King of the Mounties
1942-10-17
0
Wells Fargo Gunmaster
1951-05-15
7
Come Fill the Cup
1951-10-24
5.5
So This Is Love
1953-07-15
0
Hot Stuff
1929-05-05
6.1
The Strongest Man in the World
1975-02-06
0
The Latest from Paris
1928-02-04
6.8
Paid
1930-12-30
7
King of the Turf
1939-02-17
3
The Party's Over
1934-08-30
0
Night Wind
1948-09-01
2
Arthur Takes Over
1948-04-07
6.5
Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter
1954-12-15
0
Mother
1927-05-01
3.8
The Duke of West Point
1938-12-29
6
So This Is New York
1948-06-01
0
The Heart Thief
1927-04-26
6.4
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948-10-28
6.3
The Spirit of Notre Dame
1931-10-13
4
Call Her Mom
1972-02-15
4.6
Lady of the Pavements
1929-01-22
6.7
Mister Ed
1961-01-05
7.3
Green Acres
1965-09-15
7.9
I Dream of Jeannie
1965-09-18
6.1
That Girl
1966-09-08
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962-09-26
6.9
Alias Smith and Jones
1971-01-05
5.9
Petticoat Junction
1963-09-24
6.5
Sea Hunt
1958-01-04
7.1
Leave It to Beaver
1957-10-04
0
Bringing Up Buddy
1960-10-10
7.7
87th Precinct
1961-09-25
5.6
Nanny and the Professor
1970-01-21
5.8
Highway Patrol
1955-10-03
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
6.5
Peter Gunn
1958-09-22
5.5
Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02
5.2
M Squad
1957-09-20
7
Hazel
1961-09-28
6.5
Pete and Gladys
1960-09-19
5
Profiles in Courage
1964-11-08
4
Guestward, Ho!
1960-09-29
5
I'm the Law
1953-02-13
0
Official Detective
1957-01-01
0
The Roaring 20's
1960-10-15
4
Harbor Command
1957-10-11
0
The Great Gildersleeve
1955-09-20
4
The Adventures of Boston Blackie
1951-09-08
6.9
Maverick
1957-09-22
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
5.9
Petticoat Junction
1963-09-24
5.9
Petticoat Junction
1963-09-24
5.5
Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02
5.6
Nanny and the Professor
1970-01-21
5.8
Love, American Style
1969-09-29