Cast
William Bakewell
Acting
Cast
William Bakewell
Known for
Acting
Born
1908-05-02
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
1993-04-15
Also known as Billy Bakewell, William Bakewell Jr., Bill Bakewell
Biography
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.
Gone with the Wind
as Mounted Officer
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Albert Kropp
Quality Street
as Lieutenant Spicer
Lucky Devils
as Slugger Jones
The Strongest Man in the World
as Professor
Night Wind
as Capt. Kingston
Zenobia
as Townsman at Zeke's Recitation
Strangers All
as Dick Carter
The Capture
as Herb Tolin, Bolsa Grande Oil
Crimson Romance
as Adolph
Daybreak
as Otto
Straightaway
as Billy Dawson
West Point
as 'Tex' McNeil
Sons of Steel
as Roland Chadburne
Radar Men from the Moon
as Ted Richards
Lady Luck
as Dave Haines
Jungle Menace
as Tom Banning
Seven Sinners
as Ensign
On Probation
as Bill Coleman
Mother
as Jerry Ellis
The Farmer's Daughter
as Windor
Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
as Norton
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
as Maj. Tobias Norton
Lucky Me
as Motorist (uncredited)
The Saint Takes Over
as Shipboard Card Player
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Winters
Back Street
as Richard Saxel
Romance on the High Seas
as Dudley (Travel Agent)
Beyond Tomorrow
as David Chadwick
Playing Around
as Jack
The Iron Mask
as Louis XIV / Twin Brother
So This Is Love
as Charles, Waiter (uncredited)
Trapped by G-Men
as Dick Withers
So This Is New York
as Hotel Clerk
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
as Official at Keel Boat Race (uncredited)
Paid
as Carney
Arthur Takes Over
as Lawrence White
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as Brig. Gen. Swift (uncredited)
Jungle Terror
as Tom Branning
Dance, Fools, Dance
as Rodney Jordan
Hotel Imperial
as Cadet (uncredited)
Guilty Hands
as Tommy Osgood
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Dick Hebert
The Duke of West Point
as Committee Captain
King of the Mounties
as Cpl. Hall Ross
Sea Spoilers
as Lieut. Commander Mays
Old Ironsides
as Young Philadelphian (uncredited)
The Fabulous Dorseys
as Eddie
Bruised Celluloid
as Himself
On With the Show!
as Jimmy
Yanks Ahoy
as Ens. Crosby (uncredited)
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Hugh Pleasant
The Party's Over
as Clay
Come Fill the Cup
as Hal Ortman
Three Cornered Moon
as Douglas Rimplegar
The Bat Whispers
as Brook
Dangerous Holiday
as Tom Connor
Green Eyes
as Cliff Miller
The Quitter
as Russell Tilford
King of the Bandits
as Captain Frank Mason
The Curtain Falls
as Barry Graham
I Live on Danger
as Mac
Politics
as Benny Emerson
The Spirit of Notre Dame
as Jim Stewart
Exiled to Shanghai
as Andrew
Speed Wings
as Jerry
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
as Hop Harrigan
Set This Town on Fire
as Desk Clerk
The Dawn Express
as Tom Fielding
A Woman of Experience
as Count Karl Runyi
Mile a Minute Love
as Bob
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
as Salesman
Messenger of Peace
as Pastor Willie von Adel
Lady of the Pavements
as A Pianist
King of the Turf
as Intern
The Higgins Family
as Eddie Davis
Annapolis
as Skippy
Harold Teen
as Percival
Cheaters at Play
as Maurice Perry
Dr. Kildare's Victory
as Mr. Hubbell
Reducing
as Tommy Haverly
Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter
as Major Norton
Together We Live
as Billy
A Man of Sentiment
as John Russell
While Paris Sleeps
as Paul Renoir
Straight Is the Way
as Dr. Wilkes
Laddie
as Robert Pryor
Call Her Mom
as Jeremy's Father
Happiness C.O.D.
as Ken Sherridan
Wells Fargo Gunmaster
as Charlie Lannon
The Shield of Honor
as Jerry MacDowell
Hot Stuff
as Mack Moran
The Trespasser
as Bruce Coleman
The Latest from Paris
as Bud Dolan
When the Redskins Rode
as Appleby
The Last Edition
as 'Ink' Donovan
The Heart Thief
Gold Diggers of Broadway
as Wally Saunders
You Can't Buy Everything
as Don Bell (adult)
Whispering Wires
The Postman Didn't Ring
as Robert Harwood Jr.
The Battle of the Sexes
as The Son
The Devil's Trademark
as Tom Benton
Down Liberty Road
as Waldo (Uncredited)