Biography
William Bakewell
Acting
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 p…
Career works
137
Movies
105
Series
32
Career average
6.7/10
Birth date
05/02/1908
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Date of death
04/15/1993
Filmography highlights
Movies
Bruised Celluloid
1984
The Strongest Man in the World
1975 · 6.2
Set This Town on Fire
1973 · 7.0
Call Her Mom
1972 · 6.0
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966 · 5.8
Down Liberty Road
1957 · 9.0
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956 · 6.3
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955 · 6.4
Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
1955 · 10.0
Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter
1954 · 6.5
Lucky Me
1954 · 6.8
So This Is Love
1953 · 4.3
Radar Men from the Moon
1952 · 4.7
Come Fill the Cup
1951 · 7.0
When the Redskins Rode
1951 · 5.3
Series
Alias Smith and Jones
1971 · 7.0
Nanny and the Professor
1970 · 6.7
Love, American Style
1969 · 6.2
It Takes a Thief
1968 · 7.2
That Girl
1966 · 6.2
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 · 7.8
Green Acres
1965 · 7.2
Run for Your Life
1965 · 7.1
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Profiles in Courage
1964 · 7.5
Petticoat Junction
1963 · 5.8
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · 6.9
The Virginian
1962 · 6.5
Hazel
1961 · 6.8
87th Precinct
1961 · 7.8
Mister Ed
1961 · 6.7