G.W. Bailey

Actor

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.

• Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) — Lieutenant (uncredited)
• Police Academy (1984) — Lieutenant Harris
• Home on the Range (2004) — Rusty (voice)
• Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985) — Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• Short Circuit (1986) — Skroeder
• Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987) — Captain Harris
• Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988) — Harris
• Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994) — Captain Harris
• Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989) — Harris
• Mannequin (1987) — Captain Felix Maxwell
• Runaway (1984) — Chief
• Q & A (1990) — Bartender (uncredited)
• A Force of One (1979) — Erwin
• Burglar (1987) — Ray Kirschman
• Jesus (1999) — Livio
• Warning Sign (1985) — Tom Schmidt
• Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985) — Peter
• Solomon (1997) — Azarel
• Saint Paul (2000) — Barnabas
• Scorcher (2002) — General Moore
• Dead Before Dawn (1993) — Masterson
• The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (2004) — Det. Gates
• Fine Things (1990) — Grossman
• The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996) — Ralph Coulter