
William Bakewell
Highest Rated: 100% Old Ironsides (1926)
Lowest Rated: 64% The Bat Whispers (1930)
Birthday: May 02, 1908
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
American actor William Bakewell had a long career in television and film that began in the silent era, but he achieved his greatest fame early. He debuted as a teenager, his first credit coming in the 1925 melodrama "The Last Edition." He starred in the 1927 romance "West Point" with a young Joan Crawford, and appeared with the actress again in the 1931 crime drama "Dance, Fools, Dance." He had a role in the musical "Gold Diggers of Broadway" in 1929, but it was his role in a film a year later that may be his most enduring legacy. Bakewell played the young soldier Albert in "All Quiet on the Western Front," a grittily realistic World War I drama that was considered groundbreaking. As the '30s wore on, his starring parts became supporting roles or small parts such as one in "Gone with the Wind." He played in "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer" in 1947, as well as having a starring role in the film serial "Hop Harrigan," before appearing with more frequency on TV. He had a role as Major Norton in the very popular Davy Crockett episodes of "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" in the mid '50s and had guest roles on sitcoms like "Hazel" and "Petticoat Junction" in the '60s. Bakewell continued making occasional appearances in films, with his last role coming in the 1975 family comedy "The Strongest Man in the World." He also helped found the Screen Actors Guild in 1933.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | 12% | Lucky Me | Motorist (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Come Fill the Cup | Hal Ortman (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 11% | The Capture | Herb Tolin (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Country Parson | Pastor Willie von Adel (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | 44% | You Gotta Stay Happy | Dick Hebert (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Arthur Takes Over | Lawrence White (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | 28% | The Fabulous Dorseys | Eddie (Character) | - | 1947 |
78% | 78% | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Winters (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Yanks Ahoy | Ens. Crosby (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Submarine Alert | Agent Pomeroy (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dawn Express | Tom Fielding (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Postman Didn't Ring | Robert Harwood Jr. (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare's Victory | Mr. Hubbell (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Roaring Speedboat | Bob (Character) | - | 1939 |
91% | 92% | Gone With the Wind | Mounted officer (Character) | $198.7M | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Exiled to Shanghai | Andrew (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lady Luck | Unknown (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happiness C.O.D. | Ken Sherridan (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sons of Steel | Roland Chadburne (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Party's Over | Unknown (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Green Eyes | Cliff Miller (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Curtain Falls | Barry Graham (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You Can't Buy Everything | Donny "Don" Bell as a man (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lucky Devils | Slugger Jones (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Three Cornered Moon | Douglas Rimplegar (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | While Paris Sleeps | Paul Renoir (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheaters at Play | Maurice Perry (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | 54% | Guilty Hands | Tommy Osgood (Character) | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Politics | Benny Emerson (Character) | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Dance, Fools, Dance | Rodney (Character) | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Reducing | Tommy Haverly (Character) | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Paid | B.M. Carney (Character) | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daybreak | Otto (Character) | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Spirit of Notre Dame | Jim Stewart (Character) | - | 1931 |
64% | 53% | The Bat Whispers | Brook (Character) | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Playing Around | Jack (Character) | - | 1930 |
98% | 89% | All Quiet on the Western Front | Albert (Character) | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lady of the Pavements | A Pianist (Character) | - | 1929 |
100% | 76% | The Iron Mask |
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- | 1929 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On With the Show | Jimmy (Character) | - | 1929 |
100% | No Score Yet | Gold Diggers of Broadway | Unknown (Character) | - | 1929 |
No Score Yet | 58% | The Battle of the Sexes | The Son (Character) | - | 1928 |
No Score Yet | 50% | West Point | "Tex" McNeil (Character) | - | 1928 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Latest From Paris | Bud Dolan (Character) | - | 1928 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harold Teen | Percival (Character) | - | 1928 |
100% | 60% | Old Ironsides | Unknown (Character) | - | 1926 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Good Life | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Green Acres | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That Girl | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967-1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Dream of Jeannie | Colonel Harris (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Petticoat Junction | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hazel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goldie | Fredericks (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie | Mr. Endicott (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Timmy & Lassie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Highway Patrol | Cliff Parker (Guest Star) | 1957 |
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