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