Actor

G.W. Bailey

Born 27 August 1944 · Port Arthur, Texas, USA

​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.

Films and shows

  1. 2017Highly Functional1h 25mDan
  2. 2015My Boy1h 36mChet
  3. 2012Major Crimes6 seasonsLt. Louie Provenza
  4. 2012The Newest Pledge1h 25mMr. Hodgkinson
  5. 2007Cake: A Wedding Story1h 33mHoward Canter
  6. 2005The Closer7 seasonsLouie Provenza
  7. 2004Home on the Range1h 16mRusty (voice)
  8. 2004The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story2hDet. Gates
  9. 2002Scorcher1h 31mGeneral Moore
  10. 2000The Thin Blue Lie1h 37mK.C.
  11. 1999Jesus2h 54mLivio
  12. 1999Jesus1 seasonLivio
  13. 1997Seduction in a Small Town1h 45mPat Carter
  14. 1997Solomon1 seasonAzarel
  15. 1997Solomon2h 50mAzarel
  16. 1996The Siege at Ruby Ridge2h 58mRalph Coulter
  17. 1996The Siege at Ruby Ridge1 seasonRalph Coulter
  18. 1995The Jeff Foxworthy Show2 seasonsBig Jim Foxworthy
  19. 1994Police Academy: Mission to Moscow1h 23mCaptain Harris
  20. 1993No Child of Mine1h 22mLamar Jenkins
  21. 1993Dead Before Dawn2hMasterson
  22. 1992Bed of Lies1h 40mZeke Zbranek
  23. 1992An American Story1h 34mTom Cantrell
  24. 1991A Mother's Justice1h 35mJoe Comminger
  25. 1991Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story1h 36mBrother
  26. 1991Write to Kill1h 39mDean Sutton
  27. 1991Doublecrossed1h 49mCamp
  28. 1991Under Cover1 seasonDirector Waugh
  29. 1991Before the Storm1h 29mDirector Waugh
  30. 1991Memories of M*A*S*H1h 6mSelf / Luther Rizzo
  31. 1990Love and Lies1h 37mSgt. Halsey
  32. 1990Fine Things2h 30mGrossman
  33. 1989The Gifted One1h 36mDr. Winslow
  34. 1989Police Academy 6: City Under Siege1h 24mHarris
  35. 1988Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach1h 30mHarris
  36. 1987Burglar1h 43mRay Kirschman
  37. 1987Downpayment on Murder1h 35mKyle
  38. 1987Mannequin1h 29mCaptain Felix Maxwell
  39. 1987Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol1h 28mCaptain Harris
  40. 1987Hawaiian Dream1h 54mSgt. Pierce
  41. 1986A Winner Never Quits1h 45mTatum
  42. 1986Short Circuit1h 38mSkroeder
  43. 1985Rustlers' Rhapsody1h 28mPeter
  44. 1985Warning Sign1h 39mTom Schmidt
  45. 1985North Beach and Rawhide2hSheriff
  46. 1984Police Academy1h 37mLieutenant Harris
  47. 1984Runaway1h 40mChief
  48. 1983There Goes the Neighborhood24mBarney
  49. 1983Goodnight, Beantown2 seasonsAlbert Addelson
  50. 1982The Capture of Grizzly Adams1h 33mTom Quigley
  51. 1981Murder in Texas1 seasonRichard "Racehorse" Haynes
  52. 1981Bitter Harvest1h 34mJim Laszlo
  53. 1978Summer of My German Soldier1h 40mCorporal
  54. 1975The Runaway Barge1h 12mBooker