G. W. Bailey
Actor
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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My Boy (2015)
As: Chet
Sarah nurtures a relationship with a 2 year old boy she calls Johnny. She buys him clothes, to him and introduces him to close friends. She says he is the son of her cousin who is unable take care of him. Her friends want to believe her, but something isn't quite right about her story... "My Boy" is a partially autobiographical film and has won a long list of awards.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Giorgio Serafini
Stars: Sarah Ann Schultz | John Lathan | LaDon Drummond | Johnny Sinclair | Barbara Mealy
The Newest Pledge (2012)
As: Mr. Hodgkinson
The morning after kicking off their semester with a patriotic "stars, stripes, and strippers" party, the members of the Omega fraternity awaken to a find a baby on their doorstep. After little to no deliberation, the Omegas decide to pledge the baby. When a rival fraternity member, Rico, learns of this, he devises a plot to ruin the Omegas reputation in the eyes of the student body at ...
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Jason Michael Brescia
Stars: Jason Mewes | Mindy Sterling | Rob Steinhauser | Joseph Booton | Barry Pearl
Cake: A Wedding Story (2007)
As: Howard Canter
When two star-crossed lovers, set on eloping, are forced into having a big wedding, the bride develops a plan of her own. Unfortunately, the groom is not privy to the plan. Meanwhile, family and friends start to take sides at a reception for a wedding that never took place!
Directed by: Will Wallace
Stars: Joe Estevez | David Denman | William Zabka | Catherine Anderson Martin | G. W. Bailey
Home on the Range (2004)
As: Rusty (voice)
When a greedy outlaw schemes to take possession of the "Patch Of Heaven" dairy farm, three determined cows, a karate-kicking stallion and a colorful corral of critters join forces to save their home. The stakes are sky-high as this unlikely animal alliance risk their hides and match wits with a mysterious band of bad guys.
Runtime: 76 min.
Directed by: John Sanford | Will Finn
Stars: Jennifer Tilly | Steve Buscemi | Roseanne Barr | Judi Dench | G. W. Bailey
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (2004)
As: Det. Gates
Dean Cain portrays Scott Peterson, the California man accused of murdering his 8 month pregnant wife, Laci. Based on a true story.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Roger Young
Stars: Dean Cain | Dan Cashman | G. W. Bailey | William Cowart | Sarah Brown
Scorcher (2003)
As: General Moore
The only hope for humanity to survive a natural disaster is to detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: James Seale
Stars: Mark Rolston | John Rhys-Davies | Mark Dacascos | Rutger Hauer | Tamara Davies
The Thin Blue Lie (2000)
As: K.C.
Philadelphia, 1976. The city of Brotherly Love is waging a successful war against crime led by its tough-talking mayor, Frank Rizzo. But a maverick investigative reporter, Jonathan Neumann, has heard some troubling rumors: stories of innocent people victimized by a "goon squad" of law enforcement officers.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Roger Young
Stars: Cynthia Preston | Randy Quaid | Rob Morrow | Paul Sorvino | G. W. Bailey
Jesus (2000)
As: Livio
The film is notable for presenting a more human Jesus, compared to more solemn portrayals in earlier films; here Jesus laughs and cries like anyone else. Among other things, he weeps at Joseph’s funeral, throws stones in Lake Galilee when meeting Simon Peter and James son of Zebedee for the first time, dances at the wedding at Cana, and starts a water-splashing fight with his disciples as well. Satan ...
Runtime: 240 min.
Directed by: Roger Young
Stars: Gary Oldman | Elena Sofia Ricci | Jeremy Sisto | Jacqueline Bisset | Debra Messing
Seduction in a Small Town (1997)
As: Pat Carter
A couple's idyllic life is shattered when authorities accuse them of child abuse and take away their three young children. When they desperately search for the source of the rumors about them, their suspicions lead them to a young woman who recently arrived in their small town, but they can't believe that this person they befriended would turn the town against them.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: E. Charles Wilkinson
Stars: Joel Palmer | Brian McNamara | Dennis Weaver | Melissa Gilbert | G. W. Bailey
The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996)
As: Ralph Coulter
A mini-series dramatization of the controversial 1992 attack by federal agents on the Idaho home of Randy Weaver, a white seperatist. The ten-day siege, begun over a minor gun charge, resulted in the deaths of Weaver's son, wife and dog, and a U.S. Marshall. The incident caused major public outcry against the FBI and U.S. Marshals.
Runtime: 192 min.
Directed by: Roger Young
Stars: Randy Quaid | Kirsten Dunst | Laura Dern | Darren E. Burrows | G. W. Bailey
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
As: Thaddeus Harris
The Russians need help in dealing with the Mafia and so they seek help with the veterans of the Police Academy. They head off to Moscow, in order to find evidence against Konstantin Konali, who marketed a computer game that everyone in the world is playing.
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Alan Metter
Stars: Leslie Easterbrook | David Graf | George Gaynes | Michael Winslow | G. W. Bailey
No Child of Mine (1993)
As: Lamar Jenkins
A woman attempts to stop her daughter signing away her down syndrome grandson for adoption. Based on a true story.
Stars: Markus Flanagan | Susan Blakely | Patty Duke | Tracy Nelson | G. W. Bailey
Dead Before Dawn (1993)
As: Masterson
Based upon a true story. Wife with young family finds life becoming unbearable with her successful, but violent and abusive, husband. After filing for divorce, she quickly learns that her husband, through fear of his personal life embarrassing his clients, has commissioned an assassin to murder her before going to court. Unfortunately, for him, the hired assassin turns out to be an FBI agent. The FBI ...
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Charles Correll
Stars: Kim Coates | Matt Clark | Cheryl Ladd | Jameson Parker | G. W. Bailey
An American Story (1992)
As: Tom Cantrell
World War II has ended and many soldiers return to their houses and families. But three of them find themselves with big problems when they arrive at their home village.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: John Gray
Stars: Tom Sizemore | Brad Johnson | Josef Sommer | Kathleen Quinlan | G. W. Bailey
Bed of Lies (1992)
As: Zeke Zbranek
Bed of Lies is a fact-based 1992 made-for-ABC television docudrama starring Susan Dey and Chris Cooper.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: William A. Graham
Stars: Chris Cooper | John Anderson | Tom Nolan | Susan Dey | G. W. Bailey
A Mother's Justice (1991)
As: Joe Comminger
A young girl named Debbie is attacked by a bus stop one evening and is blindfolded and raped. Her mother, Lila, who is consumed with guilt is determined to catch the rapist...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Noel Nosseck
Stars: Blu Mankuma | Ken Foree | Carrie Hamilton | Meredith Baxter | G. W. Bailey
Memories Of M*A*S*H (1991)
As: Self / Luther Rizzo
Hosted by one-time M*A*S*H guest star Shelley Long, “Memories of M*A*S*H” included brand-new interviews with the cast as well as producers, creators and guest-stars. The 90-minute retrospective aired on November 25th, 1991 on CBS as part of its “Classic Weekend II,” which also included “The Bob Newhart 19th Anniversary Special” and “The Best of Ed Sullivan II.” Dozens of clips from over ...
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Michael Hirsch
Stars: Alan Alda | Loretta Swit | McLean Stevenson | Wayne Rogers | Shelley Long
Write to Kill (1991)
As: Dean Sutton
In this thriller, Jamie Sanford is murdered by a group of counterfeiters when he attempts to expose them in order to secure an early parole. However, when aspiring writer Clark learns of his brothers death, he sets out to exact revenge and bring the guilty to justice while being framed for his brothers murder.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Ruben Preuss
Stars: Joan Severance | Scott Valentine | Chris Mulkey | Andreas Katsulas | G. W. Bailey
Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levis Story (1991)
As: Brother
Based on the real-life experiences of Sis Levin, the wife of CNN Reporter Jerry Levin, who was taken hostage in Lebanon by Shiite Fundamentalists in 1984, and her struggle to free him.
Directed by: Roger Young
Stars: Gila Almagor | William Schallert | David Dukes | Marlo Thomas | G. W. Bailey
Fine Things (1990)
As: Grossman
Standard romantic melodrama from novelist Danielle Steele finds a couple embroiled in marital conflict with a nasty child-custody battle at its center.
Runtime: 150 min.
Directed by: Tom Moore
Stars: D.W. Moffett | Cloris Leachman | Patricia Gaul | Judith Hoag | Peter Michael Goetz
The Gifted One (1989)
As: Dr. Winslow
A young boy can transfer his body energy into ESP and heal sick people. While the subject of scientists' studies, he runs away to try to find out about his past and why he is the way he is.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Stephen Herek
Stars: John Rhys-Davies | Gregg Henry | Wendy Phillips | Peter Kowanko | G. W. Bailey
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
As: Captain Thaddeus Harris
Our favourite police men are called together to deal with a gang who rob banks and jewelers. Using their various talents as well as their extraordinary luck, the crooks stand no chance against our men and women wearing blue..
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Peter Bonerz
Stars: Leslie Easterbrook | David Graf | Michael Winslow | Bubba Smith | G. W. Bailey
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)
As: Captain Thaddeus Harris
The Police Academy misfits travel to Miami, Florida for their academy's commanding officer, Lassard, to receive a prestigious lifetime award pending his retirement, which takes a turn involving a group of jewel thieves after their stolen loot that Lassard unknowingly has in his possession.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Alan Myerson
Stars: Leslie Easterbrook | David Graf | Michael Winslow | Bubba Smith | G. W. Bailey
Hawaiian Dream (1987)
As: Inspector Pierce
Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, who have flown out of Japan and entered the country illegally for a reason. The two make a living by trafficking marijuana under the pretext of selling tea leaves, but they are in a foreign land where they don't speak the language well.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Tôru Kawashima
Stars: Tamlyn Tomita | Saburo Tokito | Taiji Tonoyama | Johnny Okura | Jun Tatara
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
As: Captain Thaddeus Harris
A new batch of recruits arrives at Police Academy, this time a group of civilian volunteers who have joined Commandant Lassard's new Citizens on Patrol program. Although the community relations project has strong governmental support, a disgusted Captain Harris is determined to see it fail.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Jim Drake
Stars: Steve Guttenberg | David Graf | Sharon Stone | Michael Winslow | Bubba Smith
Burglar (1987)
As: Ray Kirschman
Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr is a burglar by trade, and she runs a bookstore as well. Her friend Carl Hefler is a dog groomer. After a successful burglary, it's discovered that a dead body was in the house she burgled. As she's the only one who can be placed at the scene of the crime, she has to use her criminal skills to clear her name of the murder AND avoid getting charged with the burglary.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Hugh Wilson
Stars: Lesley Ann Warren | Whoopi Goldberg | John Goodman | Bobcat Goldthwait | G. W. Bailey
Mannequin (1987)
As: Captain Felix Maxwell
Jonathan Switcher, an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful mannequin he previously designed, she springs to life and introduces herself as Emmy, an Egyptian under an ancient spell. Despite interference from the store's devious manager, Jonathan and his mannequin fall in love while creating eye-catching window displays ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Michael Gottlieb
Stars: Andrew McCarthy | Kim Cattrall | James Spader | Estelle Getty | G. W. Bailey
Downpayment on Murder (1987)
As: Kyle
Directed by: Waris Hussein
Stars: David Morse | Miguel Ferrer | Ben Gazzara | Connie Sellecca | G. W. Bailey
Short Circuit (1986)
As: Skroeder
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: John Badham
Stars: Fisher Stevens | Austin Pendleton | Ally Sheedy | Steve Guttenberg | G. W. Bailey
A Winner Never Quits (1986)
As: Tatum
Fact-based story of a young boy who lost his right arm in a childhood accident, but went on to fulfill his dreams of playing major-league baseball. The story of Pete Gray.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Mel Damski
Stars: Keith Carradine | Mare Winningham | Dennis Weaver | Huckleberry Fox | G. W. Bailey
Warning Sign (1985)
As: Tom Schmidt
An accident occurs in an ultra-secret government biological weapons laboratory spreading a sinister bacteria.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Hal Barwood
Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn | Kathleen Quinlan | Sam Waterston | Yaphet Kotto | Richard Dysart
Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985)
As: Peter
While the audience watches a black and white horse opera, a narrator's voice wonders what such a movie would be like today. Rex O'Herlehan, The Singing Cowboy, finds himself in color and enters a cliche ridden town, in which the evil cattle baron (Andy Griffith) and the new Italian cowboys (who always wear raincoats no matter how hot it gets) join forces to get him and the sheep ranchers to leave.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Hugh Wilson
Stars: Tom Berenger | Marilu Henner | Patrick Wayne | Andy Griffith | G. W. Bailey
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
As: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Officer Carey Mahoney and his cohorts have finally graduated from the Police Academy and are about to hit the streets on their first assignment. Question is, are they ready to do battle with a band of graffiti-tagging terrorists? Time will tell, but don't sell short this cheerful band of doltish boys in blue.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Jerry Paris
Stars: Steve Guttenberg | David Graf | Michael Winslow | Bobcat Goldthwait | Bubba Smith
Runaway (1984)
As: Chief
In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Michael Crichton
Stars: Stan Shaw | Kirstie Alley | Gene Simmons | Tom Selleck | Cynthia Rhodes
Police Academy (1984)
As: Lt. Thaddeus Harris
New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the instructors. Not everyone is there through choice, though. Social misfit Mahoney has been forced to sign up as the only alternative to a jail sentence and ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Hugh Wilson
Stars: Kim Cattrall | Steve Guttenberg | Bubba Smith | Donovan Scott | G. W. Bailey
The Capture of Grizzly Adams (1982)
As: Tom Quigley
A wilderness-loving man must clear himself of a wrongful murder charge and rescue his daughter who may be sent to an orphanage in this made-for-TV movie.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Don Keeslar
Stars: June Lockhart | Keenan Wynn | Dan Haggerty | Kim Darby | Noah Beery, Jr.
Bitter Harvest (1981)
As: Lazlo
A farmer's herd sickens and dies, then his family and neighbors fall ill, so he bucks the state agricultural establishment as he pursues the politically-explosive investigation of how his farm, family, and friends came to be poisoned
Runtime: 94 min.
Stars: Barry Corbin | Ron Howard | Art Carney | David Knell | Tarah Nutter
Murder in Texas (1981)
As: Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes
Based on a true story, this film tells of a plastic surgeon who was suspected of causing the death of his first wife, the daughter of a wealthy member of Houston society. The doctor then marries his mistress, whom he had been keeping during his marriage. His former father-in-law, convinced that his daughter was murdered, determines to see the doctor punished.
Runtime: 200 min.
Directed by: William Hale
Stars: Sam Elliott | Katharine Ross | Andy Griffith | Farrah Fawcett | G. W. Bailey
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980)
As: Holfield
Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handful of the denizens behind the cold grey walls of "The Rock". Michael Beck plays the real-life Clarence Carnes, an Oklahoma Choctaw Indian said to be the youngest man ever incarcerated in the notorious maximum security prison. Serving a 99-year sentence for a gas station holdup and murder, Carnes makes ...
Runtime: 196 min.
Directed by: Paul Krasny
Stars: Art Carney | Telly Savalas | Alex Karras | Michael Beck | Will Sampson
A Force of One (1979)
As: Erwin
Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the martial arts.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Paul Aaron
Stars: Chuck Norris | Jennifer O'Neill | Ron O'Neal | Clu Gulager | Bill Wallace
The Runaway Barge (1975)
As: Booker
Two bargemen on the Mississippi River find themselves mixed up in a kidnapping and hijacking plot.
Runtime: 72 min.
Directed by: Boris Sagal
Stars: Nick Nolte | Bo Hopkins | Jim Davis | James Best | Tim Matheson