William Edward Baekey (November 13, 1925[1] – May 4, 1988)[2] was an American film and television actor.[3]
Ed Bakey | |
|---|---|
| Born | William Edward Baekey November 13, 1925 Havre de Grace, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | May 4, 1988 (aged 62) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Baltimore City College |
| Occupation(s) | Film and television actor |
| Years active | 1944/1945–1988 |
Life and career edit
Bakey was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, and moved to Baltimore at an early age.[4][5] He attended Baltimore City College, graduating in 1943,[5] and began his acting career in 1945 at the Hilltop Theatre.[4] He later moved to New York to perform at the Provincetown Playhouse.[4] He then worked as an announcer for the television station WBAL-TV and as a director for a radio station.[4][5] In 1957 he appeared on the CBS television station WJZ-TV as the clown "Pop-Pop" in The Jack Wells Show.[6][4][5] He also played the folk singer Eddie Greensleeve in Mike Wallace's program.[7]
In 1966, he played George Beenstock in the Broadway play Walking Happy.[5][8] Bakey returned to television work in 1967, appearing in the western television series Death Valley Days. He guest-starred in television programs including Gunsmoke,[5] Mission: Impossible, The F.B.I., The Big Valley,[5] Bonanza, The Streets of San Francisco, Cannon, Cimarron Strip, Dundee and the Culhane,[5] The Guns of Will Sonnett, Night Gallery, Police Woman, One Day at a Time, Hill Street Blues and Star Trek.[3]
Bakey’s film credits include The White Buffalo, Zapped!, Darktown Strutters, The Evil, Heaven with a Gun, For Pete's Sake, The Baltimore Bullet and Telefon.[3] In 1973, he appeared in the film The Sting.[3][9] His final film credit was for the 1984 film The Philadelphia Experiment.[3]
Death edit
Bakey died in May 1988 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 62.[10]
Filmography edit
Film edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Heaven with a Gun | Scotty Andrews | |
| 1970 | Barquero | Happy | |
| 1971 | Wild Rovers | Gambler | |
| 1972 | The Other | Chan-yu | |
| 1973 | The Sting | Granger | |
| 1974 | For Pete's | Angelo | |
| 1975 | Darktown Strutters | Reverend S. Tilly | |
| 1977 | The White Buffalo | Ben Corbett | |
| 1977 | Telefon | Carl Hassler | |
| 1978 | The Evil | Sam the Caretaker | |
| 1978 | Hot Lead and Cold Feet | Joshua | |
| 1980 | The Baltimore Bullet | Skinny | |
| 1981 | Dead & Buried | Fisherman | |
| 1982 | Zapped! | Father Gallagher | |
| 1984 | The Philadelphia Experiment | Pa Willis | Final film role |
| 1984 | Overnight Sensation {{{last}}} | Wino | Short film |
Television edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Death Valley Days | Sam Bass | Episode: "The Informer Who Cried" |
| 1968 | Tarzan | Prince | Episode: "A Gun for Jai" |
| 1968 | Cimarron Strip | Bartender | Episode: "Without Honor" |
| 1967-1969 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Jellicoe / Homer Blessing | 2 episodes |
| 1969 | Star Trek | The First Fop | Episode: "All Our Yesterdays" |
| 1967-1969 | The Big Valley | Burt Simpson / Link Mason / Floyd Stryder / Corell | 4 episodes |
| 1970 | Lancer | Leach | Episode: "The Experiment" |
| 1970 | The High Chaparral | Jubel / Bates | 2 episodes |
| 1970 | The F.B.I. | Scully | Episode: "Incident in the Desert" |
| 1971 | Love, American Style | Filbus | Segment: "Love and the Traveling Salesman" Episode: "Love and the Artful Codger/Love and the Neglected Wife/Love and the Traveling Salesman" |
| 1970-1971 | Mission: Impossible | Attendant / Dr. Kadar | 2 episodes |
| 1972 | Night Gallery | Ollie | Segment: "Lindemann's Catch" Episode: "Lindemann's Catch/A Feast of Blood/The Late Mr. Peddington" |
| 1967-1972 | Gunsmoke | Goody Stackpole / Farmer / Reverend Bright | 3 episodes |
| 1968-1972 | Bonanza | Lumis / Louby Sains / Hake | 3 episodes |
| 1973 | Chase | Sonny | Episode: "One for You, Two for Me" |
| 1973 | Dusty's Trail | — | Episode: "Two of a Kind" |
| 1973 | Incident at Vichy | Ferrand | Television film |
| 1973 | Kung Fu | Bloom | 2 episodes |
| 1974 | The Godchild | Shaw | Television film |
| 1974 | Cannon | Lt. Lincoln Gormley | Episode: "Daddy's Little Girl" |
| 1975 | The Streets of San Francisco | Rummy | Episode: "Letters from the Grave" |
| 1975 | The Honorable Sam Houston | — | Television film |
| 1975 | The Night That Panicked America | Vanderhoff | Television film |
| 1975 | Starsky and | Fifth Avenue | Episode: "Lady Blue" |
| 1976 | Lincoln | Citizen with Knife | Episode: "The Last Days" Uncredited |
| 1974-1977 | Police Woman | Mongoose / Jimmy Higgins / The Man | 3 episodes |
| 1979 | Centennial | Floyd Calendar | Episode: "The Scream of Eagles" |
| 1979 | Charlie's Angels | Ed Jackson | Episode: "Angel in a Box" |
| 1980 | Kenny Rogers as The Gambler | Eli | Television film |
| 1980 | The Georgia Peaches | Desmond Winkus | Television film |
| 1981 | Walking Tall | Mr. Shallit | Episode: "Company Town" |
| 1982 | Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn | — | Television film |
| 1981-1982 | Bret Maverick | Lyman Nickerson / Deacon Tippett | 3 episodes |
| 1982 | Voyagers! | Bastaine | Episode: "Created Equal" |
| 1982 | Johnny Belinda | — | Television film |
| 1982 | Quincy M.E. | Jimbo | Episode: "Science for Sale" |
| 1983 | One Day at a Time | Man at Bar | Episode: "Social Insecurity" |
| 1983 | Simon & Simon | Rich Steck | Episode: "Too Much of a Good Thing" |
| 1985 | Murder, She Wrote | Monsignor Kelly | Episode: "Broadway Malady" |
| 1985 | Crazy Like a Fox | — | Episode: "Motor Homicide" |
| 1985 | Days of Our Lives | Earl Watkins | 3 episodes |
| 1986 | The New Gidget\The New Gidget (TV Series) | Lovebeads | Episode: "Fighting City Hall" |
| 1986 | Hill Street Blues | Mr. Goldfarb | Episode: "Say Uncle" |
| 1987 | Highway to Heaven | Paul | Episode: "Wally" |
References edit
- ^ Man Of Fifty Faces, Baltimore, Maryland, June 1960, p. 12
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Lentz, Harris (1996). Western and Frontier Film and Television Credits 1903-1995: Section I. Actors and actresses. Section II. Directors, producers, and writers. McFarland. p. 46. ISBN 9780786402175 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e "Ed Bakey". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Look and Listen with Donald Kirkley". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. May 16, 1958. p. 16. Retrieved January 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Kirkley, Donald (October 8, 1967). "Baltimore's Pop Pop Moves In On Hollywood". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 202. Retrieved January 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bates, Bill (2006). Havre de Grace. Arcadia Pub. p. 86. ISBN 9780738542614 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Eddie Greensleeve Is Ed Bakey". The Evening Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. March 21, 1962. p. 42. Retrieved January 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Walking Happy". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ Callan, Michael (May 2012). Robert Redford: The Biography. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 527. ISBN 9780307475961 – via Google Books.
- ^ Films in Review: Volume 40. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 1989. p. 240 – via Google Books.
