Cast & creator
G.W. Bailey
Best known for The Closer, Nip/Tuck, Murder, She Wrote
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.
Also known as: George William Bailey , G. W. Bailey, Джордж Уильям Бэйли, Джордж Бэйли, جی.دابلیو. بیلی
52
film credits
42
television credits
94
1951–2020 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (94)
Showing 94 of 94 credits
The Closer
Louie Provenza
2005
Nip/Tuck
Wesley Kringle
2003
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Alex Tibideaux
1984Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Faraday
1984
M*A*S*H
Sgt. Rizzo
1972
Charlie's Angels
Mumford
1976
St. Elsewhere
Hugh Beale
1982
Happy Days
1974
Simon & Simon
1981
Major Crimes
Lt. Louie Provenza
2012
Starsky & Hutch
Slade
1975Starsky & Hutch
Hotel Clerk
1975
Newhart
Kyle Nordoff
1982
Remington Steele
Maynard Stockman
1982
Dinosaurs
Sarge (voice)
1991
Lou Grant
Water Man
1977Lou Grant
Arlo Karp
1977
American Dreams
Colonel Graves
2002
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Benson
1979Benson
Bartender
1979
DC's Stargirl
Mr. Dugan
2020
Harry O
1974Harry O
Garner
1974Harry O
First Officer
1974
Soap
The Hobo
1977
CHiPs
Drunk Driver
1977
How the West Was Won
Ivie
1977
War and Remembrance
Jim Grigg
1988
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Lieutenant (uncredited)
1995
Home on the Range
Rusty (voice)
2004
Police Academy
Lieutenant Harris
1984
The Jeff Foxworthy Show
Big Jim Foxworthy
1995
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1985
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Captain Harris
1987
The French Atlantic Affair
Jake (uncredited)
1979
Lucan
1977
Goodnight, Beantown
Albert Addelson
1983
Short Circuit
Skroeder
1986
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Harris
1989
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Harris
1988
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Captain Harris
1994
Mannequin
Captain Felix Maxwell
1987
Saint Paul
Barnabas
2000
Jesus
Livio
1999
Flo
1980
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Ralph Coulter
1996Under Cover
Director Waugh
1991
Q & A
Bartender (uncredited)
1990
Summer of My German Soldier
Corporal
1978
Saint Paul
Barnabas
2000
Roomies
1987
Warning Sign
Tom Schmidt
1985
Jesus
Livio
1999
Murder in Texas
Richard "Racehorse" Haynes
1981
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Ralph Coulter
1996
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Holfeld
1980
Burglar
Ray Kirschman
1987
Solomon
Azarel
1997
Runaway
Chief
1984
A Mother's Justice
Joe Comminger
1991
A Force of One
Erwin
1979
Solomon
Azarel
1997
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story
Det. Gates
2004
No Child of Mine
Lamar Jenkins
1993
North Beach and Rawhide
Sheriff
1985
Memories of M*A*S*H
Self / Luther Rizzo
1991
Cake: A Wedding Story
Howard Canter
2007
Into Thin Air
Sergeant Frasier (uncredited)
1985
The Thin Blue Lie
K.C.
2000
Dead Before Dawn
Masterson
1993
Bed of Lies
Zeke Zbranek
1992
The Newest Pledge
Mr. Hodgkinson
2012
A Winner Never Quits
Tatum
1986
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Peter
1985
Fine Things
Grossman
1990Seduction in a Small Town
Pat Carter
1997
Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story
Brother
1991
The Gifted One
Dr. Winslow
1989
Hawaiian Dream
Sgt. Pierce
1987
Scorcher
General Moore
2002
The Capture of Grizzly Adams
Tom Quigley
1982
Downpayment on Murder
Kyle
1987
Bitter Harvest
Jim Laszlo
1981
Love and Lies
Sgt. Halsey
1990
An American Story
Tom Cantrell
1992
Doublecrossed
Camp
1991
Highly Functional
Dan
2017
My Boy
Chet
2015
Before the Storm
Director Waugh
1991
The Runaway Barge
Booker
1975
Write to Kill
Dean Sutton
1991There Goes the Neighborhood
Barney
1983