G.W. Bailey
Acting
Born: 1944-08-27 in Port Arthur, Texas, USA
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.
Known For
The Closer
Louie Provenza
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Alex Tibideaux
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Faraday
Nip/Tuck
Wesley Kringle
M*A*S*H
Sgt. Rizzo
Charlie's Angels
Mumford
Major Crimes
Lt. Louie Provenza
Remington Steele
Maynard Stockman
Happy Days
Simon & Simon
St. Elsewhere
Hugh Beale
Starsky & Hutch
Slade
Starsky & Hutch
Hotel Clerk
Dinosaurs
Sarge (voice)
Lou Grant
Water Man
Lou Grant
Arlo Karp
DC's Stargirl
Mr. Dugan
Laverne & Shirley
American Dreams
Colonel Graves
Police Academy
Lieutenant Harris
Benson
Benson
Bartender
Soap
The Hobo
Harry O
Harry O
Garner
Harry O
First Officer
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Home on the Range
Rusty (voice)
CHiPs
Drunk Driver
War and Remembrance
Jim Grigg
How the West Was Won
Ivie
Short Circuit
Skroeder
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Jeff Foxworthy Show
Big Jim Foxworthy
Burglar
Ray Kirschman
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Captain Harris
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Captain Harris
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Harris
Saint Paul
Barnabas
Mannequin
Captain Felix Maxwell