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G.W. Bailey
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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 wi…
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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.
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G.W. Bailey's Filmography
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Highly Functional
as Dan
My Boy
as Chet
The Newest Pledge
as Mr. Hodgkinson
Cake: A Wedding Story
as Howard Canter
Home on the Range
as Rusty (voice)
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story
as Det. Gates
Scorcher
as General Moore
Saint Paul
as Barnabas
The Thin Blue Lie
as K.C.
Jesus
as Livio
Solomon
as Azarel
No Poster
Seduction in a Small Town
as Pat Carter
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
as Ralph Coulter
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
as Captain Harris
No Child of Mine
as Lamar Jenkins
Dead Before Dawn
as Masterson
An American Story
as Tom Cantrell
Bed of Lies
as Zeke Zbranek
Memories of M*A*S*H
as Self / Luther Rizzo
A Mother's Justice
as Joe Comminger
Write to Kill
as Dean Sutton
Doublecrossed
as Camp
Before the Storm
as Director Waugh
Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story
as Brother
Fine Things
as Grossman
Q & A
as Bartender (uncredited)
Love and Lies
as Sgt. Halsey
The Gifted One
as Dr. Winslow
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
as Harris
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
as Harris
Hawaiian Dream
as Sgt. Pierce
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
as Captain Harris
Burglar
as Ray Kirschman
Mannequin
as Captain Felix Maxwell
Downpayment on Murder
as Kyle
Short Circuit
as Skroeder
A Winner Never Quits
as Tatum
North Beach and Rawhide
as Sheriff
Into Thin Air
as Sergeant Frasier (uncredited)
Warning Sign
as Tom Schmidt
Rustlers' Rhapsody
as Peter
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Runaway
as Chief
Police Academy
as Lieutenant Harris
No Poster
There Goes the Neighborhood
as Barney
The Capture of Grizzly Adams
as Tom Quigley
Bitter Harvest
as Jim Laszlo
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
as Holfeld
A Force of One
as Erwin
Summer of My German Soldier
as Corporal
The Runaway Barge
as Booker