Portrait of G.W. Bailey

G.W. Bailey

Acting

Biography

​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.

Born: August 27, 1944

Place of Birth: Port Arthur, Texas, USA

Filmography

2020
DC's Stargirl

as Mr. Dugan

2015
My Boy

as Chet

2012
The Newest Pledge

as Mr. Hodgkinson

2012
Major Crimes

as Lt. Louie Provenza

2007
Cake: A Wedding Story

as Howard Canter

2005
The Closer

as Louie Provenza

2004
Home on the Range

as Rusty (voice)

2003
Nip/Tuck

as Wesley Kringle

2002
Scorcher

as General Moore

2002
American Dreams

as Colonel Graves

2000
Saint Paul

as Barnabas

2000
Saint Paul

as Barnabas

2000
Jesus

as Livio

1999
Jesus

as Livio

1997
Solomon

as Azarel

1997
Solomon

as Azarel

1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge

as Ralph Coulter

1995
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

as Lieutenant (uncredited)

1995
The Jeff Foxworthy Show

as Big Jim Foxworthy

1993
No Child of Mine

as Lamar Jenkins

1993
Dead Before Dawn

as Masterson

1992
An American Story

as Tom Cantrell

1992
Bed of Lies

as Zeke Zbranek

1991
A Mother's Justice

as Joe Comminger

1991
Memories of M*A*S*H

as Self / Luther Rizzo

1991
Write to Kill

as Dean Sutton

1991
1991
Before the Storm

as Director Waugh

1991
Dinosaurs

as Sarge (voice)

1990
Fine Things

as Grossman

1990
Q & A

as Bartender (uncredited)

1990
Love and Lies

as Sgt. Halsey

1989
The Gifted One

as Dr. Winslow

1987
Hawaiian Dream

as Sgt. Pierce

1987
Burglar

as Ray Kirschman

1987
Mannequin

as Captain Felix Maxwell

1986
Short Circuit

as Skroeder

1985
Into Thin Air

as Sergeant Frasier (uncredited)

1985
Warning Sign

as Tom Schmidt

1985
1985
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

1984
Runaway

as Chief

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Lt. Alex Tibideaux

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Lt. Faraday

1984
Police Academy

as Lieutenant Harris

1983
Goodnight, Beantown

as Albert Addelson

1982
St. Elsewhere

as Hugh Beale

1982
Remington Steele

as Maynard Stockman

1981
Bitter Harvest

as Jim Laszlo

1981
Murder in Texas

as Richard "Racehorse" Haynes

1980
1979
The French Atlantic Affair

as Jake (uncredited)

1979
1979
Benson

as Bartender

1979
1977
Lou Grant

as Water Man

1977
Lou Grant

as Arlo Karp

1977
CHiPs

as Drunk Driver

1977
Soap

as The Hobo

1977
1976
1975
1975
Starsky & Hutch

as Hotel Clerk

1975
1974
Harry O

as Garner

1974
Harry O

as First Officer

1972
M*A*S*H

as Sgt. Rizzo

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