G.W. Bailey
Born: 1944-08-27, Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Biography
George William Bailey was born on August 27, 1944, in Port Arthur, Texas. Bailey started college at Lamar University in Beaumont and eventually transferred to Texas Tech University in Lubbock; but he did not complete his studies. He worked at local theater companies during the mid 1960s until his move to California in the 1970s. Here he began work on television series such as Starsky and Hutch (1975), Charlie's Angels (1976) and CHiPs (1977). He eventually got a movie debut role in the Chuck Norris movie A Force of One (1979) before landing the role of Luther Rizzo in MASH (1972-1983). In 1993, he returned to Texas to study again at Southwest Texas State University. In 1994, he graduated with a Bachelor's degree of Fine Arts Theatre; and, for the 1999-2000 school year, he was the Artist in Residence.
Filmography
- The Closer (2005)
- Murder, She Wrote (1984)
- Nip/Tuck (2003)
- Remington Steele (1982)
- Major Crimes (2012)
- Happy Days (1974)
- Lou Grant (1977)
- Simon & Simon (1981)
- St. Elsewhere (1982)
- Dinosaurs (1991)
- Laverne & Shirley (1976)
- DC's Stargirl (2020)
- American Dreams (2002)
- Soap (1977)
- Benson (1979)
- Harry O (1974)
- Police Academy (1984)
- War and Remembrance (1988)
- Home on the Range (2004)
- Short Circuit (1986)
- How the West Was Won (1977)
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
- Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
- Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
- Mannequin (1987)
- Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
- Saint Paul (2000)
- Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
- Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)