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William Bakewell (May 2, 1908 – April 15, 1993), also known as Billy Bakewell, was an American actor, who achieved his greatest fame as one of the premiere juvenile performers of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Bakewell, educated at Los Angeles Harvard Military School, began his film career as an extra in the silent movie Fighting Blood (1924), and went on to appear in some 170 films and television shows. He had supporting roles at the end of the silent era and reached the peak of his career around 1930. He is perhaps best remembered for playing German soldier Albert Kropp in the film classic All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), and Rodney Jordan, Joan Crawford's brother, in Dance, Fools, Dance (1931). He also co-starred in Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929) with Winnie Lightner and Lilyan Tashman. In 1933, he contributed to the founding of the Screen Actors Guild, and was member 44 of the original 50. He never achieved stardom after the Depression years, although he became familiar in dozens of films, including his short appearance as a mounted soldier in Gone with the Wind (1939) whom Scarlett O'Hara asks when the Yankee soldiers are coming to Atlanta. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army with the rank of second lieutenant. He was stationed at the 73rd Evacuation Hospital and at the Radio Section of the Special Service Division as the Post Intelligence Officer. He also worked under the department that handled distribution of recorded programs to overseas station circuits. He starred in the Columbia Pictures serial Hop Harrigan (1946), where he played a top Air Corps pilot. He also portrayed Major Tobias Norton and a Keelboat Race Master of Ceremonies in the phenomenally popular Disney series Davy Crockett (1954-1955). In the 1960s, he guest starred in numerous situation comedy television series, including Guestward, Ho!, Pete and Gladys, Bringing Up Buddy, The Tab Hunter Show, Mister Ed, Leave It to Beaver, The Jack Benny Program, Petticoat Junction , and Hazel. He also was cast in episodes of Peter Gunn, Sea Hunt, Wagon Train, The Roaring 20s, The Virginian, Arrest and Trial, and 87th Precinct He played the Virginia statesman George Wythe in the episode "George Mason" in the 1965 NBC documentary series, Profiles in Courage. He made his last film in 1975. For four decades, Bakewell served on the board of Motion Picture and Television Fund. He died on April 15, 1993 of leukemia at the age of 84.

Bruised Celluloid
as Himself

The Strongest Man in the World
as Professor

Set This Town on Fire
as Desk Clerk

Call Her Mom
as Jeremy's Father

Alias Smith and Jones

Nanny and the Professor
as Carnival Host

Love, American Style
as Elroy

It Takes a Thief
as Hotel Clerk

Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as Brig. Gen. Swift (uncredited)

That Girl

I Dream of Jeannie
as Colonel Harris

Green Acres

Run for Your Life
as County Attorney Lassiter
Profiles in Courage
as Wythe

Petticoat Junction
as Ralph Craig

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Virginian
as Sam Branch

Hazel

87th Precinct

Mister Ed

The Roaring 20's
Bringing Up Buddy

Guestward, Ho!

Pete and Gladys

Peter Gunn

Sea Hunt

Harbor Command
as Officer Maxwell

Casey Jones
as Ben Slater

Leave It to Beaver

Maverick

M Squad
as Detective

Down Liberty Road
as Waldo (Uncredited)
Official Detective
as Sam Graves

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
as Official at Keel Boat Race (uncredited)

Highway Patrol
The Great Gildersleeve

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
as Maj. Tobias Norton

Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
as Norton

Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter
as Major Norton

Lucky Me
as Motorist (uncredited)

So This Is Love
as Charles, Waiter (uncredited)

I'm the Law

Radar Men from the Moon
as Ted Richards

Come Fill the Cup
as Hal Ortman

Boston Blackie

When the Redskins Rode
as Appleby

Wells Fargo Gunmaster
as Charlie Lannon
Lux Video Theatre
as Major Dort

The Capture
as Herb Tolin, Bolsa Grande Oil

You Gotta Stay Happy
as Dick Hebert

Night Wind
as Capt. Kingston

Romance on the High Seas
as Dudley (Travel Agent)

So This Is New York
as Hotel Clerk

Arthur Takes Over
as Lawrence White

King of the Bandits
as Captain Frank Mason

Messenger of Peace
as Pastor Willie von Adel

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Winters

The Trespasser
as Bruce Coleman

The Farmer's Daughter
as Windor

The Fabulous Dorseys
as Eddie