Acting

G.W. Bailey

Born 1944-08-27 · Port Arthur, Texas, USA

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.

Credits

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DC's Stargirl
as Mr. Dugan
2020
Highly Functional
as Dan
2017
My Boy
as Chet
2015
The Newest Pledge
as Mr. Hodgkinson
2012
Major Crimes
as Lt. Louie Provenza
2012
Cake: A Wedding Story
as Howard Canter
2007
The Closer
as Louie Provenza
2005
Home on the Range
as Rusty (voice)
2004
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story
as Det. Gates
2004
Nip/Tuck
as Wesley Kringle
2003
Scorcher
as General Moore
2002
American Dreams
as Colonel Graves
2002
Saint Paul
as Barnabas
2000
Saint Paul
as Barnabas
2000
The Thin Blue Lie
as K.C.
2000
Jesus
as Livio
1999
Jesus
as Livio
1999
Solomon
as Azarel
1997
Solomon
as Azarel
1997
Seduction in a Small Town
as Pat Carter
1997
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
as Ralph Coulter
1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
as Ralph Coulter
1996
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
1995
The Jeff Foxworthy Show
as Big Jim Foxworthy
1995
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
as Captain Harris
1994
No Child of Mine
as Lamar Jenkins
1993
Dead Before Dawn
as Masterson
1993
An American Story
as Tom Cantrell
1992
Bed of Lies
as Zeke Zbranek
1992
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
Doublecrossed
as Camp
1991
Before the Storm
as Director Waugh
1991
Dinosaurs
as Sarge (voice)
1991
Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story
as Brother
1991
Under Cover
as Director Waugh
1991
Fine Things
as Grossman
1990
Q & A
as Bartender (uncredited)
1990
Love and Lies
as Sgt. Halsey
1990
The Gifted One
as Dr. Winslow
1989
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
as Harris
1989
War and Remembrance
as Jim Grigg
1988
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
as Harris
1988
Hawaiian Dream
as Sgt. Pierce
1987
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
as Captain Harris
1987
Burglar
as Ray Kirschman
1987
Roomies
1987
Mannequin
as Captain Felix Maxwell
1987
Downpayment on Murder
as Kyle
1987
Short Circuit
as Skroeder
1986
A Winner Never Quits
as Tatum
1986
North Beach and Rawhide
as Sheriff
1985
Into Thin Air
as Sergeant Frasier (uncredited)
1985
Warning Sign
as Tom Schmidt
1985
Rustlers' Rhapsody
as Peter
1985
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1985
Runaway
as Chief
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Lt. Alex Tibideaux
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Lt. Faraday
1984
Police Academy
as Lieutenant Harris
1984
There Goes the Neighborhood
as Barney
1983
Goodnight, Beantown
as Albert Addelson
1983
St. Elsewhere
as Hugh Beale
1982
Newhart
as Kyle Nordoff
1982
Remington Steele
as Maynard Stockman
1982
The Capture of Grizzly Adams
as Tom Quigley
1982
Simon & Simon
1981
Bitter Harvest
as Jim Laszlo
1981
Murder in Texas
as Richard "Racehorse" Haynes
1981
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
as Holfeld
1980
Flo
1980
The French Atlantic Affair
as Jake (uncredited)
1979
Benson
1979
Benson
as Bartender
1979
A Force of One
as Erwin
1979
Summer of My German Soldier
as Corporal
1978
Lou Grant
as Water Man
1977
Lou Grant
as Arlo Karp
1977
CHiPs
as Drunk Driver
1977