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Ed Bakey
Born
William Edward Baekey

(1925-11-13)November 13, 1925
DiedMay 4, 1988(1988-05-04) (aged 62)
Alma materBaltimore City College
Occupation(s)Film and television actor
Years active1944/1945–1988

William Edward Baekey (November 13, 1925[1] – May 4, 1988)[2] was an American film and television actor.[3]

Life and career

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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

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Bakey died in May 1988 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 62.[10]

Filmography

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Film

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Film acting work by Ed Bakey
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

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Television acting work by Ed Bakey
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

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  1. ^ Man Of Fifty Faces, Baltimore, Maryland, June 1960, p. 12{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Ed Bakey". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  4. ^ 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. Open access icon
  5. ^ 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. Open access icon
  6. ^ Bates, Bill (2006). Havre de Grace. Arcadia Pub. p. 86. ISBN 9780738542614 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Eddie Greensleeve Is Ed Bakey". The Evening Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. March 21, 1962. p. 42. Retrieved January 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ "Walking Happy". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  9. ^ Callan, Michael (May 2012). Robert Redford: The Biography. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 527. ISBN 9780307475961 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Films in Review: Volume 40. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 1989. p. 240 – via Google Books.
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