William Bakewell
Born in Los Angeles, California, USA — May 02 1908• Died Apr 15 1993
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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…
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Love, American Style
Elroy
Maverick
The Virginian
Sam Branch
The Beverly Hillbillies
Petticoat Junction
Ralph Craig
Green Acres
I Dream of Jeannie
Colonel Harris
Leave It to Beaver
M Squad
Detective
Mister Ed
That Girl
Peter Gunn
Run for Your Life
County Attorney Lassiter
Sea Hunt
Alias Smith and Jones
Highway Patrol
Gone with the Wind
Mounted Officer
Hazel
Nanny and the Professor
Carnival Host
Lux Video Theatre
Major Dort
Pete and Gladys
The Roaring 20's
87th Precinct
Profiles in Courage
Wythe
Boston Blackie
I'm the Law
Official Detective
Sam Graves
Guestward, Ho!
Harbor Command
Officer Maxwell
All Quiet on the Western Front
Albert Kropp
Casey Jones
Ben Slater
The Great Gildersleeve
Bringing Up Buddy
The Strongest Man in the World
Professor
Quality Street
Lieutenant Spicer
Come Fill the Cup
Hal Ortman
Romance on the High Seas
Dudley (Travel Agent)
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
Brig. Gen. Swift (uncredited)
The Iron Mask
Louis XIV / Twin Brother
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
Maj. Tobias Norton
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Winters
Paid
Carney
Three Cornered Moon
Douglas Rimplegar
The Capture
Herb Tolin, Bolsa Grande Oil
Green Eyes
Cliff Miller
Zenobia
Townsman at Zeke's Recitation
You Gotta Stay Happy
Dick Hebert
Seven Sinners
Ensign
Lucky Me
Motorist (uncredited)
A Woman of Experience
Count Karl Runyi
Politics
Benny Emerson
The Farmer's Daughter
Windor
The Fabulous Dorseys
Eddie
King of the Mounties
Cpl. Hall Ross
Straight Is the Way
Dr. Wilkes
The Quitter
Russell Tilford
The Show of Shows
Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
So This Is New York
Hotel Clerk
So This Is Love
Charles, Waiter (uncredited)
Back Street
Richard Saxel
Playing Around
Jack
Dance, Fools, Dance
Rodney Jordan
Radar Men from the Moon
Ted Richards
I Live on Danger
Mac
The Trespasser
Bruce Coleman
The Bat Whispers
Brook
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
Official at Keel Boat Race (uncredited)
Set This Town on Fire
Desk Clerk
Speed Wings
Jerry
Call Her Mom
Jeremy's Father
The Heart Thief
Old Ironsides
Young Philadelphian (uncredited)
Night Wind
Capt. Kingston
Beyond Tomorrow
David Chadwick
Lady Luck
Dave Haines
Lucky Devils
Slugger Jones
Reducing
Tommy Haverly
Harold Teen
Percival
Guilty Hands
Tommy Osgood
Strangers All
Dick Carter
Hot Stuff
Mack Moran
Crimson Romance
Adolph
The Curtain Falls
Barry Graham
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
Hugh Pleasant
The Spirit of Notre Dame
Jim Stewart
West Point
'Tex' McNeil
You Can't Buy Everything
Don Bell (adult)
Jungle Menace
Tom Banning
Wells Fargo Gunmaster
Charlie Lannon
Arthur Takes Over
Lawrence White
The Dawn Express
Tom Fielding
A Man of Sentiment
John Russell
The Higgins Family
Eddie Davis
Messenger of Peace
Pastor Willie von Adel
The Shield of Honor
Jerry MacDowell
The Saint Takes Over
Shipboard Card Player
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
Hop Harrigan
Sons of Steel
Roland Chadburne
Jungle Terror
Tom Branning
Sea Spoilers
Lieut. Commander Mays
Dangerous Holiday
Tom Connor
Happiness C.O.D.
Ken Sherridan
Lady of the Pavements
A Pianist
The Duke of West Point
Committee Captain
Hotel Imperial
Cadet (uncredited)
Mother
Jerry Ellis
Straightaway
Billy Dawson
Bruised Celluloid
Himself
King of the Bandits
Captain Frank Mason
Dr. Kildare's Victory
Mr. Hubbell
Together We Live
Billy
Laddie
Robert Pryor
King of the Turf
Intern
On Probation
Bill Coleman
Exiled to Shanghai
Andrew
Mile a Minute Love
Bob
The Battle of the Sexes
The Son
When the Redskins Rode
Appleby
The Last Edition
'Ink' Donovan
On With the Show!
Jimmy
The Party's Over
Clay
Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
Norton
Trapped by G-Men
Dick Withers
The Postman Didn't Ring
Robert Harwood Jr.
Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter
Major Norton
The Latest from Paris
Bud Dolan
Whispering Wires
Yanks Ahoy
Ens. Crosby (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of Broadway
Wally Saunders
Daybreak
Otto
While Paris Sleeps
Paul Renoir
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
Salesman
Annapolis
Skippy
Cheaters at Play
Maurice Perry
The Devil's Trademark
Tom Benton