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G.W. Bailey

Actor

G.W. Bailey

Born August 27, 1944 in Port Arthur, Texas, USA50 films

​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.

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Police Academy posterFirst watchPolice Academy19846.7as Lieutenant HarrisNew rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force.View film

Essential films

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Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls poster6.3Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls1995Short Circuit poster6.7Short Circuit1986Home on the Range poster6.1Home on the Range2004Mannequin poster6.9Mannequin1987Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment poster6.1Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment1985Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol poster5.5Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol1987Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach poster5.2Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach1988Police Academy 6: City Under Siege poster5.1Police Academy 6: City Under Siege1989

Filmography

50 films as actor
  1. 2017Highly FunctionalDan
  2. 2015My BoyChet
  3. 2012The Newest PledgeMr. Hodgkinson
  4. 2007Cake: A Wedding StoryHoward Canter
  5. 2004Home on the RangeRusty (voice)
  6. 2004The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson StoryDet. Gates
  7. 2002ScorcherGeneral Moore
  8. 2000Saint PaulBarnabas
  9. 2000The Thin Blue LieK.C.
  10. 1999JesusLivio
  11. 1997SolomonAzarel
  12. 1997Seduction in a Small TownPat Carter
  13. 1996The Siege at Ruby RidgeRalph Coulter
  14. 1995Ace Ventura: When Nature CallsLieutenant (uncredited)
  15. 1994Police Academy: Mission to MoscowCaptain Harris
  16. 1993No Child of MineLamar Jenkins
  17. 1993Dead Before DawnMasterson
  18. 1992An American StoryTom Cantrell
  19. 1992Bed of LiesZeke Zbranek
  20. 1991A Mother's JusticeJoe Comminger
  21. 1991Write to KillDean Sutton
  22. 1991DoublecrossedCamp
  23. 1991Before the StormDirector Waugh
  24. 1991Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin StoryBrother
  25. 1990Fine ThingsGrossman
  26. 1990Q & ABartender (uncredited)
  27. 1990Love and LiesSgt. Halsey
  28. 1989The Gifted OneDr. Winslow
  29. 1989Police Academy 6: City Under SiegeHarris
  30. 1988Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami BeachHarris
  31. 1987Hawaiian DreamSgt. Pierce
  32. 1987Police Academy 4: Citizens on PatrolCaptain Harris
  33. 1987BurglarRay Kirschman
  34. 1987MannequinCaptain Felix Maxwell
  35. 1987Downpayment on MurderKyle
  36. 1986Short CircuitSkroeder
  37. 1986A Winner Never QuitsTatum
  38. 1985North Beach and RawhideSheriff
  39. 1985Into Thin AirSergeant Frasier (uncredited)
  40. 1985Warning SignTom Schmidt
  41. 1985Rustlers' RhapsodyPeter
  42. 1985Police Academy 2: Their First AssignmentWedding Guest (uncredited)
  43. 1984RunawayChief
  44. 1984Police AcademyLieutenant Harris
  45. 1982The Capture of Grizzly AdamsTom Quigley
  46. 1981Bitter HarvestJim Laszlo
  47. 1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking StoryHolfeld
  48. 1979A Force of OneErwin
  49. 1978Summer of My German SoldierCorporal
  50. 1975The Runaway BargeBooker