1908-05-02 Los Angeles, California, USA
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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Geschundenes Zelluloid - Das Schicksal des Kinoklassikers "Im Westen nichts Neues" | Himself | 1984-01-01 |
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The Strongest Man in the World | Professor | 1975-02-06 |
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Set This Town on Fire | Desk Clerk | 1973-01-08 |
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Call Her Mom | Jeremy's Father | 1972-02-15 |
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Not With My Wife, You Don't! | Brig. Gen. Swift (uncredited) | 1966-11-02 |
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Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | Official at Keel Boat Race (uncredited) | 1956-07-18 |
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Davy Crockett Goes to Congress | Norton | 1955-01-26 |
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Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier | Maj. Tobias Norton | 1955-05-25 |
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Lucky Me | Motorist (uncredited) | 1954-04-09 |
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Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter | Major Norton | 1954-12-15 |
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So This Is Love | Charles, Waiter (uncredited) | 1953-07-15 |
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Radar Men from the Moon | Ted Richards | 1952-01-09 |
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When the Redskins Rode | Appleby | 1951-05-30 |
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Come Fill the Cup | Hal Ortman | 1951-10-24 |
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Wells Fargo Gunmaster | Charlie Lannon | 1951-05-15 |
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The Capture | Herb Tolin, Bolsa Grande Oil | 1950-04-08 |
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Night Wind | Capt. Kingston | 1948-09-01 |
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You Gotta Stay Happy | Dick Hebert | 1948-10-28 |
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Arthur Takes Over | Lawrence White | 1948-04-07 |
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So This Is New York | Hotel Clerk | 1948-06-01 |
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Romance on the High Seas | Dudley (Travel Agent) | 1948-06-25 |
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The Farmer's Daughter | Windor | 1947-03-26 |
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The Fabulous Dorseys | Eddie | 1947-02-26 |
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Winters | 1947-09-01 |
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Messenger of Peace | Pastor Willie von Adel | 1947-10-30 |
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King of the Bandits | Captain Frank Mason | 1947-11-07 |
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The Trespasser | Bruce Coleman | 1947-07-03 |
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Jungle Terror | Tom Branning | 1946-06-01 |
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Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways | Hop Harrigan | 1946-03-27 |
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The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe | Hugh Pleasant | 1942-08-28 |
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King of the Mounties | Cpl. Hall Ross | 1942-10-17 |
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I Live on Danger | Mac | 1942-06-16 |
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The Postman Didn't Ring | Robert Harwood Jr. | 1942-07-03 |
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Dr. Kildare's Victory | Mr. Hubbell | 1942-02-04 |
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The Dawn Express | Tom Fielding | 1942-03-27 |
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The Saint Takes Over | Shipboard Card Player | 1940-06-07 |
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Beyond Tomorrow | David Chadwick | 1940-05-10 |
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Seven Sinners | Ensign | 1940-10-25 |
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Hotel Imperial | Cadet (uncredited) | 1939-05-11 |
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King of the Turf | Intern | 1939-02-17 |
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Gone with the Wind | Mounted Officer | 1939-12-15 |
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Zenobia | Townsman at Zeke's Recitation | 1939-04-21 |
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The Duke of West Point | Committee Captain | 1938-12-29 |
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The Higgins Family | Eddie Davis | 1938-03-28 |
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Dangerous Holiday | Tom Connor | 1937-06-06 |
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Jungle Menace | Tom Banning | 1937-09-01 |
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Quality Street | Lieutenant Spicer | 1937-03-26 |
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Mile a Minute Love | Bob | 1937-04-05 |
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Trapped by G-Men | Dick Withers | 1937-09-09 |
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Exiled to Shanghai | Andrew | 1937-12-20 |
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Lady Luck | Dave Haines | 1936-09-13 |
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Sea Spoilers | Lieut. Commander Mays | 1936-09-30 |
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On Probation | Bill Coleman | 1935-04-01 |
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Together We Live | Billy | 1935-08-16 |
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Happiness C.O.D. | Ken Sherridan | 1935-10-14 |
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Strangers All | Dick Carter | 1935-04-01 |
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Laddie | Robert Pryor | 1935-03-18 |
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The Party's Over | Clay | 1934-08-30 |
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The Quitter | Russell Tilford | 1934-02-05 |
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The Curtain Falls | Barry Graham | 1934-10-02 |
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Green Eyes | Cliff Miller | 1934-06-15 |
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Sons of Steel | Roland Chadburne | 1934-12-14 |
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Speed Wings | Jerry | 1934-02-05 |
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Crimson Romance | Adolph | 1934-10-12 |
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Straight Is the Way | Dr. Wilkes | 1934-08-10 |
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You Can't Buy Everything | Don Bell (adult) | 1934-01-26 |
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Three-Cornered Moon | Douglas Rimplegar | 1933-08-08 |
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Straightaway | Billy Dawson | 1933-12-22 |
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A Man of Sentiment | John Russell | 1933-09-15 |
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Lucky Devils | Slugger Jones | 1933-02-03 |
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Cheaters at Play | Maurice Perry | 1932-01-27 |
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Back Street | Richard Saxel | 1932-08-04 |
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While Paris Sleeps | Paul Renoir | 1932-05-08 |
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The Spirit of Notre Dame | Jim Stewart | 1931-10-13 |
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Daybreak | Otto | 1931-05-02 |
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Guilty Hands | Tommy Osgood | 1931-08-22 |
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A Woman of Experience | Count Karl Runyi | 1931-07-08 |
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Dance, Fools, Dance | Rodney Jordan | 1931-02-07 |
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Politics | Benny Emerson | 1931-02-26 |
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Reducing | Tommy Haverly | 1931-01-03 |
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All Quiet on the Western Front | Albert Kropp | 1930-04-29 |
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Playing Around | Jack | 1930-01-10 |
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Paid | Carney | 1930-12-30 |
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The Bat Whispers | Brook | 1930-11-13 |
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On With the Show! | Jimmy | 1929-07-13 |
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Gold Diggers of Broadway | Wally Saunders | 1929-08-30 |
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Die Lady von der Straße | A Pianist | 1929-01-22 |
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Show of Shows | Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited) | 1929-11-21 |
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The Iron Mask | Louis XIV / Twin Brother | 1929-02-21 |
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Hot Stuff | Mack Moran | 1929-05-05 |
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Annapolis | Skippy | 1928-11-18 |
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The Battle of the Sexes | The Son | 1928-10-12 |
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West Point | 'Tex' McNeil | 1928-01-07 |
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The Latest from Paris | Bud Dolan | 1928-02-04 |
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Harold Teen | Percival | 1928-04-28 |
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Mother | Jerry Ellis | 1927-05-01 |
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The Heart Thief | 1927-04-26 | |
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The Shield of Honor | Jerry MacDowell | 1927-12-10 |
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Whispering Wires | 1926-10-24 | |
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Old Ironsides | Young Philadelphian (uncredited) | 1926-12-06 |
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Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl | Salesman | 1926-12-19 |
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The Last Edition | 'Ink' Donovan | 1925-11-08 |
