Birthday
1908/05/02
Day of death
1993/04/15 (85 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also know as
Billy Bakewell, William Bakewell Jr., Bill Bakewell
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 ar...Read more
(1930) All Quiet on the Western Front
as Albert Kropp
(1939) Gone with the Wind
as Mounted Officer
(1935) Laddie
as Robert Pryor
(1942) Dr. Kildare's Victory
as Mr. Hubbell
(1942) I Live on Danger
as Mac
(1954) Lucky Me
as Motorist (uncredited)
(1947) The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Winters
(1940) Seven Sinners
as Ensign
(1948) Romance on the High Seas
as Dudley (Travel Agent)
(1950) The Capture
as Herb Tolin, Bolsa Grande Oil
(1935) Together We Live
as Billy
(1928) West Point
as 'Tex' McNeil
(1933) Three-Cornered Moon
as Douglas Rimplegar
(1926) Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
as Salesman
(1942) The Dawn Express
as Tom Fielding
(1929) Gold Diggers of Broadway
as Wally Saunders
(1955) Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
as Norton
(1934) Green Eyes
as Cliff Miller
(1931) Dance, Fools, Dance
as Rodney Jordan
(1937) Trapped by G-Men
as Dick Withers
(1929) On With the Show!
as Jimmy
(1931) Guilty Hands
as Tommy Osgood
(1947) The Trespasser
as Bruce Coleman
(1931) Politics
as Benny Emerson
(1935) Strangers All
as Dick Carter
(1934) Straight Is the Way
as Dr. Wilkes
(1934) You Can't Buy Everything
as Don Bell (adult)
(1936) Lady Luck
as Dave Haines
(1935) Happiness C.O.D.
as Ken Sherridan
(1935) On Probation
as Bill Coleman
(1937) Dangerous Holiday
as Tom Connor
(1947) King of the Bandits
as Captain Frank Mason
(1937) Jungle Menace
as Tom Banning
(1934) Crimson Romance
as Adolph
(1952) Radar Men from the Moon
as Ted Richards
(1937) Exiled to Shanghai
as Andrew
(1931) Reducing
as Tommy Haverly
(1929) Show of Shows
as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
(1930) Playing Around
as Jack
(1933) Straightaway
as Billy Dawson
(1934) Speed Wings
as Jerry
(1925) The Last Edition
as 'Ink' Donovan
(1929) The Iron Mask
as Louis XIV / Twin Brother
(1933) A Man of Sentiment
as John Russell
(1934) Sons of Steel
as Roland Chadburne
(1931) A Woman of Experience
as Count Karl Runyi
(1928) Harold Teen
as Percival
(1930) The Bat Whispers
as Brook
(1932) While Paris Sleeps
as Paul Renoir
(1933) Lucky Devils
as Slugger Jones
(1934) The Curtain Falls
as Barry Graham
(1973) Set This Town on Fire
as Desk Clerk
(1939) Zenobia
as Townsman at Zeke's Recitation
(1955) Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
as Maj. Tobias Norton
(1984) Bruised Celluloid
as Himself
(1927) The Shield of Honor
as Jerry MacDowell
(1932) Cheaters at Play
as Maurice Perry
(1931) Daybreak
as Otto
(1946) Jungle Terror
as Tom Branning
(1940) The Saint Takes Over
as Shipboard Card Player
(1934) The Quitter
as Russell Tilford
(1966) Not With My Wife, You Don't
as Brig. Gen. Swift (uncredited)
(1937) Mile a Minute Love
as Bob
(1951) When the Redskins Rode
as Appleby
(1938) The Higgins Family
as Eddie Davis
(1936) Sea Spoilers
as Lieut. Commander Mays
(1942) The Postman Didn't Ring
as Robert Harwood Jr.
(1928) Annapolis
as Skippy
(1928) The Battle of the Sexes
as The Son
(1956) Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
as Official at Keel Boat Race (uncredited)
(1946) Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
as Hop Harrigan
(1940) Beyond Tomorrow
as David Chadwick
(1926) Old Ironsides
as Young Philadelphian (uncredited)
(1947) The Fabulous Dorseys
as Eddie
(1947) The Farmer's Daughter
as Windor
(1932) Back Street
as Richard Saxel
(1942) The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Hugh Pleasant
(1937) Quality Street
as Lieutenant Spicer
(1947) Messenger of Peace
as Pastor Willie von Adel
(1939) Hotel Imperial
as Cadet (uncredited)
(1942) King of the Mounties
as Cpl. Hall Ross
(1951) Wells Fargo Gunmaster
as Charlie Lannon
(1951) Come Fill the Cup
as Hal Ortman
(1953) So This Is Love
as Charles, Waiter (uncredited)
(1929) Hot Stuff
as Mack Moran
(1975) The Strongest Man in the World
as Professor
(1928) The Latest from Paris
as Bud Dolan
(1930) Paid
as Carney
(1939) King of the Turf
as Intern
(1934) The Party's Over
as Clay
(1948) Night Wind
as Capt. Kingston
(1948) Arthur Takes Over
as Lawrence White
(1954) Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter
as Major Norton
(1927) Mother
as Jerry Ellis
(1938) The Duke of West Point
as Committee Captain
(1948) So This Is New York
as Hotel Clerk
(1927) The Heart Thief
as ---
(1948) You Gotta Stay Happy
as Dick Hebert
(1931) The Spirit of Notre Dame
as Jim Stewart
(1972) Call Her Mom
as Jeremy's Father
(1929) Lady of the Pavements
as A Pianist
(1926) Whispering Wires
as ---
(1961) Mister Ed
as ---
(1965) Green Acres
as ---
(1965) I Dream of Jeannie
as Colonel Harris
(1966) That Girl
as ---
(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as ---
(1971) Alias Smith and Jones
as ---
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as Ralph Craig
(1958) Sea Hunt
as ---
(1957) Leave It to Beaver
as ---
(1960) Bringing Up Buddy
as ---
(1961) 87th Precinct
as ---
(1970) Nanny and the Professor
as Carnival Host
(1955) Highway Patrol
as ---
(1962) The Virginian
as Sam Branch
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Major Dort
(1958) Peter Gunn
as ---
(1957) M Squad
as Detective
(1961) Hazel
as ---
(1960) Pete and Gladys
as ---
(1964) Profiles in Courage
as Wythe
(1960) Guestward, Ho!
as ---
(1953) I'm the Law
as ---
(1957) Official Detective
as ---
(1960) The Roaring 20's
as ---
(1957) Harbor Command
as ---
(1955) The Great Gildersleeve
as ---
(1951) The Adventures of Boston Blackie
as ---
(1957) Maverick
as ---
(1962) The Virginian
as Nate Eastman
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as Actor
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as Herbert
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Robert Cooper
(1970) Nanny and the Professor
as Norm
(1969) Love, American Style
as Elroy