Actor
William Bailey
Biography

William Bailey was born on September 26, 1886 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA as Gordon Reineck. He was an actor and director, known for On Dangerous Ground (1917), The Penitent (1912) and Hilda Wakes (1913). He was married to Alethia Hamilton Fadden, Mary Florence Cannon and Polly Vann. He died on November 8, 1962 in Hollywood, California, USA. ...

Known For
Acting
1957 -- A Hatful of Rain | Man in Elevator (uncredited)
1954 -- Make Haste to Live | Ed Jenkins
1952 -- The Duel at Silver Creek | Townsman (uncredited)
1952 -- Here Come the Marines | Brogan the Postman
1952 -- Clash by Night | Waiter (uncredited)
1952 -- The Legend Of The Lone Ranger | Jim (uncredited)
1951 -- Cattle Queen | Warden
1951 -- The Unknown Man |
1951 -- The Texas Rangers |
1951 -- Al Jennings of Oklahoma | Robert Kyle
1950 -- Lightning Guns | Luke Atkins
1950 -- Where Danger Lives | Man (uncredited)
1950 -- Federal Man | Man in Elevator (uncredited)
1950 -- Father of the Bride | Man in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
1949 -- In the Good Old Summertime | Supper Club Patron (uncredited)
1949 -- Brand of Fear | Frank Martin
1949 -- The Great Sinner | Gambling Casino Accountant (uncredited)
1949 -- West of El Dorado | Sheriff Jack
1949 -- The Lady Gambles | Croupier (uncredited)
1949 -- Flamingo Road |
1949 -- Son of a Badman | Brad Burley
1949 -- Trails End | Sheriff
1949 -- Act of Violence | Convention Party Drunk (uncredited)
1948 -- Courtin' Trouble | Curtis
1948 -- The Three Musketeers |
1948 -- False Paradise | Mine Foreman
1948 -- Music Man |
1948 -- Silver Trails | John Chambers
1948 -- Back Trail | Sheriff (uncredited)
1948 -- The Gallant Legion | Barfly
1948 -- Campus Sleuth | Coroner
1947 -- A Double Life | Detective (uncredited)
1947 -- I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now | Audience Member (uncredited)
1947 -- Robin Hood Of Texas | Chase Car Owner
1947 -- Code of the Saddle | Sheriff Wallace
1947 -- Desperate | Traveling Salesman (uncredited)
1947 -- Sarge Goes to College | Professor
1947 -- The Egg and I | Doctor at Country Dance (Uncredited)
1946 -- Undercurrent | Party Guest (uncredited)
1945 -- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | Nightclub Patron at Ciro's (uncredited)
1944 -- Mrs. Parkington | Ball Musician (uncredited)
1944 -- Maisie Goes to Reno | Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
1944 -- Movie Pests | Man Whose Foot Gets Stepped On (uncredited)
1942 -- The Lady or the Tiger? | Party Guest
1942 -- Rio Rita | Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1942 -- Nazi Agent |
1942 -- Woman of the Year | Baseball Fan (uncredited)
1942 -- Flag of Mercy | Recruiting Sergeant
1941 -- Two-Faced Woman | Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1941 -- How to Hold Your Husband - BACK | Boo Boo's Co-Worker (uncredited)
1941 -- Whispers | Eavesdropping Husband (uncredited)
1940 -- Comrade X | Press Correspondent
1940 -- You, the People | Jim
1940 -- Third Finger, Left Hand | Ship's Officer / Man Leaving Drugstore
1940 -- Dr. Kildare's Strange Case | Spectator in Operating Theatre (uncredited)
1940 -- That Inferior Feeling | Bank Guard (uncredited)
1939 -- Another Thin Man | Freight Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1939 -- British Intelligence | British Intelligence Agent
1939 -- Miracles for Sale | Spectator in Theatre Box
1939 -- Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever | Bank Employee (uncredited)
1939 -- Angel of Mercy | Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
1938 -- Spring Madness | Train Conductor Announcing "Board"
1938 -- The Chaser | Hank
1938 -- That Mothers Might Live | Passerby (uncredited)
1938 -- Life in Sometown, U.S.A. | Husband in Courtroom (uncredited)
1938 -- Arsène Lupin Returns | Detective (uncredited)
1938 -- A Yank at Oxford | Racetrack Timekeeper (uncredited)
1937 -- I'll Take Romance | Client in Kane's Waiting Room
1937 -- It May Happen to You | Police Detective (uncredited)
1937 -- The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1937 -- We Who Are About to Die | Policeman Passenger (uncredited)
1936 -- Charlie Chan at the Opera | Detective (uncredited)
1936 -- The Accusing Finger | Reporter in Senate Chamber
1936 -- Murder with Pictures | Party Guest (uncredited)
1936 -- Hollywood Boulevard | Trocadero Patron (uncredited)
1936 -- The Witness Chair | Court Bailiff
1936 -- The Preview Murder Mystery | Studio Commissary Chief (Uncredited)
1936 -- Klondike Annie |
1936 -- I'll Name the Murderer | Hugo Van Ostrum
1936 -- Charlie Chan's Secret | Det. Harris
1935 -- Thunder Mountain | Cliff Borden
1935 -- Thunder in the Night | Party Guest
1935 -- Public Hero Number 1 | Federal Agent (uncredited)
1935 -- Shadow of Doubt | Det. Don
1934 -- Change of Heart | Man in Street
1934 -- Manhattan Melodrama | Al Barnes (uncredited)
1934 -- George White's Scandals | Harold Bestry
1934 -- David Harum | Townsman (uncredited)
1934 -- It Happened One Night | Clark (uncredited)
1933 -- The House on 56th Street | Gambler (uncredited)
1933 -- Fargo Express | Goss Partner #2
1933 -- A Man of Sentiment | Doctor
1933 -- Penthouse | Maitre D' at Pinnacle Club (uncredited)
1933 -- Made on Broadway | Attorney in Courtroom
1933 -- The Lone Avenger | Henchman Landers
1932 -- Central Park | Gangster Eddie (uncredited)
1932 -- The Midnight Patrol | Powers
1931 -- An American Tragedy |
1931 -- Bad Girl | Expectant Father of Twins (uncredited)
1931 -- Stranger in Town | Harvey Company Wholesale Sales Clerk
1930 -- The Truth About Youth | Jim - Kara's Boyfriend (uncredited)
1930 -- One Night at Susie's | John Nedlog (Uncredited)
1930 -- Back Pay | Ed
1928 -- Burning Bridges | Jim Black
1928 -- The Way of the Strong | Tiger Louie
1928 -- Man in the Rough | Jim Kane (as William Norton Bailey)
1928 -- The Flyin' Cowboy | James Bell
1927 -- Wild Beauty | Jim Kennedy
1927 -- High School Hero | Mr. Merrill
1927 -- The Masked Menace |
1927 -- The Fighting Three | Steve Clayton
1926 -- The Stolen Ranch | Sam Hardy
1926 -- The House Without a Key | Harry Jennison
1926 -- Lightning Bill | William W. Williams
1926 -- Fightin' Jack | Jack Rhodes
1926 -- Ranson's Folly | Lt. Crosby
1926 -- Lash of the Law |
1926 -- Queen o'Diamonds | LeRoy Phillips
1925 -- Lazybones | Elmer Ballister
1925 -- Fighting Youth | Harold Brennty
1925 -- The Desert Flower | Jack Royal
1924 -- The Flaming Forties | Desparde
1924 -- Gold Heels | Kendall Jr.
1924 -- The Desert Hawk | Tex Trapp
1924 -- Winner Take All | Jim Devereaux
1924 -- Against All Odds | Tom Curtis (as William N. Baily)
1924 -- The Uninvited Guest | Fred Morgan
1923 -- Three O'Clock in the Morning | Hugo von Strohm
1923 -- Is Money Everything? | Roy Pelham
1920 -- The Phantom Foe | Bob Royal
1919 -- Victory | Undetermined Role
1919 -- Three Black Eyes | Payne
1919 -- Break the News to Mother | Warren Flint
1919 -- Shadows of Suspicion | Captain Walter Byfield
1918 -- I'll Say So | August Myers
1918 -- Leap to Fame | Hoffman's Servant
1918 -- The Eagle's Eye | Heinrich von Lertz
1917 -- The Inevitable | Frank Lyons
1917 -- On Dangerous Ground | Ritter Bloem
1916 -- A Coney Island Princess |
1916 -- War Brides | Eric
1915 -- The Suburban | Jack Brambough, Donald's Pal
1915 -- Conscience | George Grant
1915 -- When It Strikes Home | Victor Hartley
1915 -- From the Valley of the Missing | Everett Brinbecombe
1914 -- The Testing Fire | Her City Beau
1914 -- The Conqueror | Frank
1914 -- The Hour and the Man | William Maxwell
1913 -- Life's Weaving | Thorwald
1913 -- The Way Perilous | Roger Crane
1913 -- The Right of Way | Brady
1912 -- The Iron Heel | Wiley's Butler
1912 -- Ghosts | A Friend of Dr. Trueman
1912 -- Back to the Old Farm | George Randall
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