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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Down Liberty Road | Waldo (Uncredited) | 1957-01-01 |
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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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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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When the Redskins Rode | Appleby | 1951-05-30 |
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The Capture | Herb Tolin, Bolsa Grande Oil | 1950-04-08 |
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You Gotta Stay Happy | Dick Hebert | 1948-10-28 |
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Romance on the High Seas | Dudley (Travel Agent) | 1948-06-25 |
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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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Night Wind | Capt. Kingston | 1948-09-01 |
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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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King of the Bandits | Captain Frank Mason | 1947-11-07 |
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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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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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Yanks Ahoy | Ens. Crosby (uncredited) | 1943-06-29 |
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The Dawn Express | Tom Fielding | 1942-03-27 |
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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 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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The Saint Takes Over | Shipboard Card Player | 1940-06-07 |
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Seven Sinners | Ensign | 1940-10-25 |
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Beyond Tomorrow | David Chadwick | 1940-05-10 |
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King of the Turf | Intern | 1939-02-17 |
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Hotel Imperial | Cadet (uncredited) | 1939-05-11 |
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Zenobia | Townsman at Zeke's Recitation | 1939-04-21 |
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Gone with the Wind | Mounted Officer | 1939-12-15 |
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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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Jungle Menace | Tom Banning | 1937-09-01 |
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Dangerous Holiday | Tom Connor | 1937-06-06 |
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Exiled to Shanghai | Andrew | 1937-12-20 |
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Mile a Minute Love | Bob | 1937-04-05 |
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Quality Street | Lieutenant Spicer | 1937-03-26 |
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Trapped by G-Men | Dick Withers | 1937-09-09 |
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Sea Spoilers | Lieut. Commander Mays | 1936-09-30 |
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Lady Luck | Dave Haines | 1936-09-13 |
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Laddie | Robert Pryor | 1935-03-18 |
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Strangers All | Dick Carter | 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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On Probation | Bill Coleman | 1935-04-01 |
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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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Speed Wings | Jerry | 1934-02-05 |
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The Curtain Falls | Barry Graham | 1934-10-02 |
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You Can't Buy Everything | Don Bell (adult) | 1934-01-26 |
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Green Eyes | Cliff Miller | 1934-06-15 |
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The Party's Over | Clay | 1934-08-30 |
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Sons of Steel | Roland Chadburne | 1934-12-14 |
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The Quitter | Russell Tilford | 1934-02-05 |
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Three Cornered Moon | Douglas Rimplegar | 1933-08-04 |
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Straightaway | Billy Dawson | 1933-12-22 |
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Lucky Devils | Slugger Jones | 1933-02-03 |
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A Man of Sentiment | John Russell | 1933-09-15 |
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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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Cheaters at Play | Maurice Perry | 1932-01-27 |
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The Spirit of Notre Dame | Jim Stewart | 1931-10-13 |
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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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Guilty Hands | Tommy Osgood | 1931-08-22 |
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Politics | Benny Emerson | 1931-02-26 |
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Daybreak | Otto | 1931-05-02 |
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Reducing | Tommy Haverly | 1931-01-03 |
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Paid | Carney | 1930-12-30 |
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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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The Bat Whispers | Brook | 1930-11-13 |
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The Iron Mask | Louis XIV / Twin Brother | 1929-02-21 |
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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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On With the Show! | Jimmy | 1929-07-13 |
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Hot Stuff | Mack Moran | 1929-05-05 |
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The Show of Shows | Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited) | 1929-11-21 |
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West Point | 'Tex' McNeil | 1928-01-07 |
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Harold Teen | Percival | 1928-04-28 |
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Annapolis | Skippy | 1928-11-18 |
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The Devil's Trademark | Tom Benton | 1928-04-07 |
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The Latest from Paris | Bud Dolan | 1928-02-04 |
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The Battle of the Sexes | The Son | 1928-10-12 |
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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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Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl | Salesman | 1926-12-19 |
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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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The Last Edition | 'Ink' Donovan | 1925-11-08 |
