Ed Bakey
Ed Bakey | |
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 Bakey in 1967 | |
| Born | William Edward Baekey November 13, 1925 Havre de Grace, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | May 4, 1988 (aged 62) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | Baltimore City College |
| Occupations | Film and television actor |
| Years active | 1944/1945–1988 |
William Edward Baekey (November 13, 1925[1] – May 4, 1988) was an American film and television actor.[2]
Life and career
[edit]Bakey was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, and moved to Baltimore, Maryland at an early age.[3][4] He attended Baltimore City College, graduating in 1943,[4] and began his stage career in 1945 at the Hilltop Theatre.[3] He later moved to New York to perform at the Provincetown Playhouse.[3] He then worked as an announcer for the television station WBAL-TV and as a director for a radio station.[3][4] In 1957 he appeared on the CBS television station WJZ-TV as the clown Pop-Pop in The Jack Wells Show.[5][3][4] He also played the folk singer Eddie Greensleeve in Mike Wallace's radio program.[6]
In 1966, Bakey played George Beenstock in the Broadway play Walking Happy.[7] He began his screen career in 1967, appearing in the western television series Death Valley Days. He guest-starred in television programs including Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, The F.B.I., The Big Valley, Bonanza, The Streets of San Francisco, Cannon, Cimarron Strip, Dundee and the Culhane,[4] The Guns of Will Sonnett, Night Gallery, Police Woman, One Day at a Time, Hill Street Blues and Star Trek.[2]
Bakey appeared in films such as The White Buffalo, Zapped!, Darktown Strutters, The Evil, Heaven with a Gun, For Pete's Sake, The Baltimore Bullet and Telefon. In 1973, he appeared in the film The Sting, playing Granger.[2][8] His final film credit was for the 1984 film The Philadelphia Experiment.[2]
Death
[edit]Bakey died on May 4, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 62.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ↑ Man Of Fifty Faces, Baltimore, Maryland, June 1960, p. 12
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 1 2 3 4 "Ed Bakey". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on November 3, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Look and Listen with Donald Kirkley". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. May 16, 1958. p. 16. Retrieved January 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 4 5 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.
- ↑ Bates, Bill (2006). Havre de Grace. Arcadia Pub. p. 86. ISBN 9780738542614 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Eddie Greensleeve Is Ed Bakey". The Evening Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. March 21, 1962. p. 42. Retrieved January 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Walking Happy". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ↑ Callan, Michael (May 2012). Robert Redford: The Biography. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 527. ISBN 9780307475961 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Films in Review: Volume 40. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 1989. p. 240 – via Google Books.
- ↑ 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.
External links
[edit]- Ed Bakey at IMDb
- Ed Bakey at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
- Rotten Tomatoes profile