G.W. Bailey
Acting • Born 1944-08-27
Biography
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.
Filmography
91 credits
Mannequin
Movie • 1987
Captain Felix Maxwell
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Movie • 1987
Captain Harris
Short Circuit
Movie • 1986
Skroeder
Saint Paul
Movie • 2000
Barnabas
Scorcher
Movie • 2002
General Moore
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Movie • 1994
Captain Harris
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Movie • 1988
Harris
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Movie • 1989
Harris
Warning Sign
Movie • 1985
Tom Schmidt
Police Academy
Movie • 1984
Lieutenant Harris
Summer of My German Soldier
Movie • 1978
Corporal
Home on the Range
Movie • 2004
Rusty (voice)
Burglar
Movie • 1987
Ray Kirschman
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Movie • 1996
Ralph Coulter
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Movie • 1985
Peter
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story
Movie • 2004
Det. Gates
An American Story
Movie • 1992
Tom Cantrell
The Thin Blue Lie
Movie • 2000
K.C.
The Newest Pledge
Movie • 2012
Mr. Hodgkinson
A Winner Never Quits
Movie • 1986
Tatum
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Movie • 1995
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Q & A
Movie • 1990
Bartender (uncredited)
Cake: A Wedding Story
Movie • 2007
Howard Canter
Doublecrossed
Movie • 1991
Camp
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Movie • 1980
Holfeld
The Capture of Grizzly Adams
Movie • 1982
Tom Quigley
The Runaway Barge
Movie • 1975
Booker
A Mother's Justice
Movie • 1991
Joe Comminger
Seduction in a Small Town
Movie • 1997
Pat Carter
The Gifted One
Movie • 1989
Dr. Winslow
Write to Kill
Movie • 1991
Dean Sutton
Dead Before Dawn
Movie • 1993
Masterson
Runaway
Movie • 1984
Chief
Downpayment on Murder
Movie • 1987
Kyle
North Beach and Rawhide
Movie • 1985
Sheriff
Into Thin Air
Movie • 1985
Sergeant Frasier (uncredited)
Before the Storm
Movie • 1991
Director Waugh
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Movie • 1985
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Fine Things
Movie • 1990
Grossman
My Boy
Movie • 2015
Chet
No Child of Mine
Movie • 1993
Lamar Jenkins
Hawaiian Dream
Movie • 1987
Sgt. Pierce
Memories of M*A*S*H
Movie • 1991
Self / Luther Rizzo
Bed of Lies
Movie • 1992
Zeke Zbranek
Love and Lies
Movie • 1990
Sgt. Halsey
A Force of One
Movie • 1979
Erwin
Solomon
Movie • 1997
Azarel
Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story
Movie • 1991
Brother
Jesus
Movie • 1999
Livio
Bitter Harvest
Movie • 1981
Jim Laszlo
Highly Functional
Movie • 2017
Dan
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Lt. Alex Tibideaux
M*A*S*H
TV • 1972
Sgt. Rizzo
Remington Steele
TV • 1982
Maynard Stockman
Flo
TV • 1980
The Closer
TV • 2005
Louie Provenza
Benson
TV • 1979
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
Nip/Tuck
TV • 2003
Wesley Kringle
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Mumford
Happy Days
TV • 1974
Laverne & Shirley
TV • 1976
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Soap
TV • 1977
The Hobo
Harry O
TV • 1974
Lucan
TV • 1977
Under Cover
TV • 1991
Director Waugh
Roomies
TV • 1987
War and Remembrance
TV • 1988
Major Crimes
TV • 2012
Lt. Louie Provenza
Goodnight, Beantown
TV • 1983
Albert Addelson
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Hugh Beale
The French Atlantic Affair
TV • 1979
Jake (uncredited)
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Slade
Dinosaurs
TV • 1991
Sarge (voice)
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Drunk Driver
How the West Was Won
TV • 1977
Ivie
DC's Stargirl
TV • 2020
Mr. Dugan
Benson
TV • 1979
Bartender
The Jeff Foxworthy Show
TV • 1995
Big Jim Foxworthy
Murder in Texas
TV • 1981
Richard "Racehorse" Haynes
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Lt. Faraday
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Hotel Clerk
Jesus
TV • 2000
Livio
American Dreams
TV • 2002
Colonel Graves
Harry O
TV • 1974
Garner
Solomon
TV • 1997
Azarel
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Water Man
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Arlo Karp
Saint Paul
TV • 2000
Barnabas
Harry O
TV • 1974
First Officer