William Bakewell
1908-05-02 ( 116 years old ) in 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.

Movies

Bruised Celluloid 1984-01-01
The Strongest Man in the World 1975-02-06
Set This Town on Fire 1973-01-08
Call Her Mom 1972-02-15
Not With My Wife, You Don't 1966-11-02
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates 1956-07-18
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier 1955-05-25
Davy Crockett Goes to Congress 1955-01-26
Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter 1954-12-15
Lucky Me 1954-04-09
So This Is Love 1953-07-15
Radar Men from the Moon 1952-01-09
Come Fill the Cup 1951-10-24
When the Redskins Rode 1951-05-30
Wells Fargo Gunmaster 1951-05-15
The Capture 1950-04-08
You Gotta Stay Happy 1948-10-28
Night Wind 1948-09-01
Romance on the High Seas 1948-06-25
So This Is New York 1948-06-01
Arthur Takes Over 1948-04-07
King of the Bandits 1947-11-07
Messenger of Peace 1947-10-30
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer 1947-09-01
The Trespasser 1947-07-03
The Farmer's Daughter 1947-03-26
The Fabulous Dorseys 1947-02-26
Jungle Terror 1946-06-01
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways 1946-03-27
King of the Mounties 1942-10-17
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe 1942-08-28
The Postman Didn't Ring 1942-07-03
I Live on Danger 1942-06-16
The Dawn Express 1942-03-27
Dr. Kildare's Victory 1942-02-04
Seven Sinners 1940-10-25
The Saint Takes Over 1940-06-07
Beyond Tomorrow 1940-05-10
Gone with the Wind 1939-12-15
Hotel Imperial 1939-05-11
Zenobia 1939-04-21
King of the Turf 1939-02-17
The Duke of West Point 1938-12-29
The Higgins Family 1938-03-28
Exiled to Shanghai 1937-12-20
Trapped by G-Men 1937-09-09
Jungle Menace 1937-09-01
Dangerous Holiday 1937-06-06
Mile a Minute Love 1937-04-05
Quality Street 1937-03-26
Sea Spoilers 1936-09-30
Lady Luck 1936-09-13
Happiness C.O.D. 1935-10-14
Together We Live 1935-08-16
Strangers All 1935-04-01
On Probation 1935-04-01
Laddie 1935-03-18
Sons of Steel 1934-12-14
Crimson Romance 1934-10-12
The Curtain Falls 1934-10-02
The Party's Over 1934-08-30
Straight Is the Way 1934-08-10
Green Eyes 1934-06-15
Speed Wings 1934-02-05
The Quitter 1934-02-05
You Can't Buy Everything 1934-01-26
Straightaway 1933-12-22
A Man of Sentiment 1933-09-15
Three-Cornered Moon 1933-08-08
Lucky Devils 1933-02-03
Back Street 1932-08-04
While Paris Sleeps 1932-05-08
Cheaters at Play 1932-01-27
The Spirit of Notre Dame 1931-10-13
Guilty Hands 1931-08-22
A Woman of Experience 1931-07-08
Daybreak 1931-05-02
Politics 1931-02-26
Dance, Fools, Dance 1931-02-07
Reducing 1931-01-03
Paid 1930-12-30
The Bat Whispers 1930-11-13
All Quiet on the Western Front 1930-04-29
Playing Around 1930-01-10
Show of Shows 1929-11-21
Gold Diggers of Broadway 1929-08-30
On With the Show! 1929-07-13
Hot Stuff 1929-05-05
The Iron Mask 1929-02-21
Lady of the Pavements 1929-01-22
Annapolis 1928-11-18
The Battle of the Sexes 1928-10-12
Harold Teen 1928-04-28
The Latest from Paris 1928-02-04
West Point 1928-01-07
The Shield of Honor 1927-12-10
Mother 1927-05-01
The Heart Thief 1927-04-26
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl 1926-12-19
Old Ironsides 1926-12-06
Whispering Wires 1926-10-24
The Last Edition 1925-11-08

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