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William Bakewell was an American actor who achieved his greatest fame as one of the leading juvenile performers of the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Born
Saturday, 02 May 1908
Died
Thursday, 15 April 1993
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| The Disney Family Album | Major Norton | 1984 |
| The Strongest Man in the World | Professor | 1975 |
| Call Her Mom | Jeremy's Father | 1972 |
| Alias Smith and Jones | Baker | 1971 |
| Nanny and the Professor | The Golf Marshal / Norm / Carnival Host / Announcer | 1970 |
| Love, American Style | Elroy (segment "Love and the Lucky Couple") | 1969 |
| It Takes a Thief | Hotel Clerk | 1968 |
| Not with My Wife, You Don't! | Brig. Gen. Swift | 1966 |
| That Girl | Bob Macintosh | 1966 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| The Disney Family Album | Major Norton | 1984 |
| The Strongest Man in the World | Professor | 1975 |
| Call Her Mom | Jeremy's Father | 1972 |
| Alias Smith and Jones | Baker | 1971 |
| Nanny and the Professor | The Golf Marshal / Norm / Carnival Host / Announcer | 1970 |
| Love, American Style | Elroy (segment "Love and the Lucky Couple") | 1969 |
| It Takes a Thief | Hotel Clerk | 1968 |
| Not with My Wife, You Don't! | Brig. Gen. Swift | 1966 |
| That Girl | Bob Macintosh | 1966 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | Colonel Harris | 1965 |
| My Brother the Angel | Mr. Collins | 1965 |
| Green Acres | Man | 1965 |
| Run for Your Life | County Attorney Lassiter | 1965 |
| Profiles in Courage | Wythe | 1964 |
| Daniel Boone | Secretary of War | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Erkle Urecal / D.A. | 1963 |
| Petticoat Junction | Actor / Herbert Allison / Ralph Craig | 1963 |
| Arrest and Trial | Ren Newell | 1963 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Chauffeur | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Sam Branch / Nate Eastman | 1962 |
| Hazel | Clerk / Fred / Tom | 1961 |
| 87th Precinct | Mr. Somers | 1961 |
| Mister Ed | Mr. Petrie | 1961 |
| The Roaring 20's | Mr. Sorenson | 1960 |
| Bringing Up Buddy | Judge Murray | 1960 |
| Guestward Ho! | Mr. Elliott | 1960 |
| Pete and Gladys | Victor | 1960 |
| The Tab Hunter Show | Gregory Beaumont | 1960 |
| The Betty Hutton Show | Fredericks | 1959 |
| Lock Up | Al | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Slatter / Henshaw | 1959 |
| The Big Fisherman | Minor Role | 1959 |
| Johnny Rocco | Joe, Police Scientist | 1958 |
| Rescue 8 | Rusty | 1958 |
| Peter Gunn | Psychiatrist | 1958 |
| Hell's Five Hours | Undetermined Role | 1958 |
| Sea Hunt | Walter Wilcox / David McGrath | 1958 |
| Tombstone Territory | Walt Dickerson | 1957 |
| Harbor Command | Officer Maxwell | 1957 |
| Casey Jones | Ben Slater | 1957 |
| The Gray Ghost | Col. Boyd | 1957 |
| Maverick | Desk Clerk | 1957 |
| M Squad | Detective | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Somers / Mr. Mulenbach | 1957 |
| Bachelor Father | Man #1 | 1957 |
| Leave It to Beaver | Mr. Purcell | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Mr. Savage | 1957 |
| Mr. Adams and Eve | Emcee | 1957 |
| Official Detective | Sam Graves | 1957 |
| Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | Official at Keel Boat Race | 1956 |
| The People's Choice | Bill King | 1955 |
| Highway Patrol | Les Curtis / Cliff Parker | 1955 |
| The Great Gildersleeve | Wilbur Branston | 1955 |
| Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier | Maj. Tobias Norton | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Bit Role | 1955 |
| The Bob Cummings Show | Dr. Stenner | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Professor / Norton / Major Tobias Norton | 1954 |
| Lassie | Mr. Endicott | 1954 |
| The Mickey Rooney Show | Rogerson P. Hammerstine | 1954 |
| Adventures of the Falcon | George Kirby | 1954 |
| Lucky Me | Jaguar Owner | 1954 |
| Meet Corliss Archer | Richard Patterson | 1954 |
| Colonel Humphrey Flack | Jones | 1953 |
| So This Is Love | Charles, Waiter | 1953 |
| I'm the Law | Serge | 1953 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Ray Blake | 1952 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| Campbell Summer Soundstage | (archive footage) | 1952 |
| Room for One More | Milkman | 1952 |
| Radar Men from the Moon | Ted Richards | 1952 |
| Retik, the Moon Menace | Ted Richards | 1952 |
| Come Fill the Cup | Hal Ortman | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Mr. Barclay | 1951 |
| Sky King | Connor | 1951 |
| Boston Blackie | Skip Clark / Ron Taylor | 1951 |
| Racket Squad | Rod Slader | 1951 |
| When the Redskins Rode | Appleby | 1951 |
| Wells Fargo Gunmaster | Charlie Lannon | 1951 |
| Oh! Susanna | Lieutenant | 1951 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Bert - Jack's Agent / Supervisor Hodges | 1950 |
| The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | The Doctor | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Robert Cooper / Michael Dailey / Major Dort | 1950 |
| The Capture | Tolin / Herb Tolin, Bolsa Grande Oil | 1950 |
| The Cisco Kid | Professor Ralph Chaney / Max Rance | 1950 |
| Fireside Theatre | Ransome / Ames / (as Bill Bakewell) | 1949 |
| You Gotta Stay Happy | Dick Hebert | 1948 |
| Night Wind | Capt. Kingston | 1948 |
| Romance on the High Seas | Dudley / Dudley (travel agent) | 1948 |
| So This Is New York | Hotel Clerk | 1948 |
| Arthur Takes Over | Lawrence White | 1948 |
| King of the Bandits | Captain Frank Mason | 1947 |
| The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Winters | 1947 |
| The Trespasser | Bruce Coleman, the Literary Editor | 1947 |
| The Farmer's Daughter | Windor | 1947 |
| The Fabulous Dorseys | Eddie | 1947 |
| Hop Harrigan America's Ace of the Airways | Hop Harrigan | 1946 |
| Front Row Center | Finley Fitzpatrick | 1945 |
| Yanks Ahoy | Ens. Crosby | 1943 |
| Submarine Alert | Agent Pomeroy - Fleming's Aide | 1943 |
| King of the Mounties | Cpl. Hall Ross / Corporal Hall Ross | 1942 |
| The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe | Hugh Pleasant | 1942 |
| The Postman Didn't Ring | Robert Harwood Jr. | 1942 |
| I Live on Danger | Mac | 1942 |
| The Dawn Express | Tom Fielding | 1942 |
| Dr. Kildare's Victory | Mr. Hubbell | 1942 |
| Cheers for Miss Bishop | Jim Forbes | 1941 |
| Seven Sinners | Ensign | 1940 |
| The Saint Takes Over | Shipboard Card Player | 1940 |
| Beyond Tomorrow | David Chadwick | 1940 |
| Gone with the Wind | Mounted Officer | 1940 |
| Those High Grey Walls | Kibitzer | 1939 |
| Zenobia | Townsman at Zeke's Recitation / Sharecropper | 1939 |
| Hotel Imperial | Cadet | 1939 |
| King of the Turf | Intern / Interne | 1939 |
| The Duke of West Point | Committee Captain | 1938 |
| The Higgins Family | Eddie Davis | 1938 |
| Exiled to Shanghai | Andrew | 1937 |
| Trapped by G-Men | Dick Withers | 1937 |
| Jungle Menace | Tom Banning | 1937 |
| Dangerous Holiday | Tom Wilson / Tom Connor | 1937 |
| Mile a Minute Love | Bob Jackson / Bob | 1937 |
| Quality Street | Lt. Spicer / Lieutenant Spicer | 1937 |
| Sea Spoilers | Lieut. Commander Mays | 1936 |
| Lady Luck | Dave Haines | 1936 |
| Happiness C.O.D. | Ken Sherridan | 1935 |
| Together We Live | Billy | 1935 |
| Manhattan Butterfly | Stevens aka Stephen Collier | 1935 |
| Strangers All | Dick Carter | 1935 |
| On Probation | Bill Coleman | 1935 |
| Laddie | Robert Pryor | 1935 |
| Sons of Steel | Roland Chadburne | 1934 |
| Crimson Romance | Adolph | 1934 |
| The Curtain Falls | Barry Graham | 1934 |
| The Party's Over | Clay | 1934 |
| Straight Is the Way | Dr. Wilkes | 1934 |
| Green Eyes | Cliff Miller | 1934 |
| Speed Wings | Jerry | 1934 |
| The Quitter | Russell Tilford | 1934 |
| You Can't Buy Everything | Don Bell (adult) / Donny 'Don' Bell as a Man | 1934 |
| Straightaway | Billy Dawson | 1933 |
| A Man of Sentiment | John Russell | 1933 |
| Three Cornered Moon | Douglas Rimplegar | 1933 |
| The Secret of Madame Blanche | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1933 |
| Lucky Devils | Slugger Jones | 1933 |
| Back Street | Richard Saxel - Walter's Son / Richard Saxel | 1932 |
| While Paris Sleeps | Paul Renoir | 1932 |
| Cheaters at Play | Maurice Perry | 1932 |
| The Spirit of Notre Dame | Jim Stewart | 1931 |
| Guilty Hands | Tommy Osgood | 1931 |
| A Woman of Experience | Count Karl Runyi | 1931 |
| Politics | Benny Emerson | 1931 |
| Daybreak | Otto | 1931 |
| Dance, Fools, Dance | Rodney Jordan / Rodney | 1931 |
| The Great Meadow | Jack Jarvis | 1931 |
| Reducing | Tommy Haverly | 1931 |
| Paid | Carney | 1930 |
| The Bat Whispers | Brook | 1930 |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Albert / Albert Kropp | 1930 |
| Playing Around | Jack | 1930 |
| Lummox | Paul Charvet | 1930 |
| Show of Shows | Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number | 1929 |
| Gold Diggers of Broadway | Wally Saunders | 1929 |
| On with the Show! | Jimmy | 1929 |
| The Iron Mask | Twin Brother / Louis XIV | 1929 |
| Lady of the Pavements | A Pianist | 1929 |
| Annapolis | Skippy | 1928 |
| The Battle of the Sexes | Billy Judson / The Son | 1928 |
| Harold Teen | Percival | 1928 |
| The Devil's Trademark | Tom Benton | 1928 |
| The Latest from Paris | Bud Dolan | 1928 |
| West Point | 'Tex' McNeil | 1928 |
| The Magic Flame | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1927 |
| Mother | Jerry Ellis | 1927 |
| The Heart Thief | Victor | 1927 |
| Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl | Salesman | 1926 |
| Old Ironsides | Young Philadelphian | 1926 |
| The Waning Sex | Minor Role | 1926 |
| The Gilded Butterfly | Party Guest | 1926 |
| The Last Edition | 'Ink' Donovan | 1925 |
