G.W. Bailey
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.
Known for
The Closer
Louie Provenza
Starsky & Hutch
Slade
Starsky & Hutch
Hotel Clerk
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Alex Tibideaux
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Faraday
M*A*S*H
Sgt. Rizzo
Nip/Tuck
Wesley Kringle
Happy Days
Charlie's Angels
Mumford
Simon & Simon
Harry O
Harry O
Garner
Harry O
First Officer
St. Elsewhere
Hugh Beale
Dinosaurs
Sarge (voice)
Major Crimes
Lt. Louie Provenza
Remington Steele
Maynard Stockman
Laverne & Shirley
Lou Grant
Water Man
Lou Grant
Arlo Karp
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Lieutenant (uncredited)
DC's Stargirl
Mr. Dugan
Benson
Benson
Bartender
American Dreams
Colonel Graves
Soap
The Hobo
Short Circuit
Skroeder
How the West Was Won
Ivie
Police Academy
Lieutenant Harris
Home on the Range
Rusty (voice)
CHiPs
Drunk Driver
Flo
The Jeff Foxworthy Show
Big Jim Foxworthy
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Peter
Into Thin Air
Sergeant Frasier (uncredited)
A Winner Never Quits
Tatum
Warning Sign
Tom Schmidt
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Captain Harris
Q & A
Bartender (uncredited)
Saint Paul
Barnabas
Scorcher
General Moore
The Gifted One
Dr. Winslow
Mannequin
Captain Felix Maxwell
Hawaiian Dream
Sgt. Pierce
A Mother's Justice
Joe Comminger
Highly Functional
Dan
Runaway
Chief
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
War and Remembrance
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Harris
An American Story
Tom Cantrell
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Captain Harris
Jesus
Livio
Bed of Lies
Zeke Zbranek
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Harris
Doublecrossed
Camp
The Runaway Barge
Booker
Lucan
The Newest Pledge
Mr. Hodgkinson
Downpayment on Murder
Kyle
Love and Lies
Sgt. Halsey
Fine Things
Grossman
The Capture of Grizzly Adams
Tom Quigley
Goodnight, Beantown
Albert Addelson
The French Atlantic Affair
Jake (uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
My Boy
Chet
Dead Before Dawn
Masterson
Under Cover
Director Waugh
Burglar
Ray Kirschman
A Force of One
Erwin
Summer of My German Soldier
Corporal
Murder in Texas
Richard "Racehorse" Haynes
Roomies
Jesus
Livio
Solomon
Azarel
North Beach and Rawhide
Sheriff
Saint Paul
Barnabas
Solomon
Azarel
Seduction in a Small Town
Pat Carter
Write to Kill
Dean Sutton
Memories of M*A*S*H
Self / Luther Rizzo
No Child of Mine
Lamar Jenkins
Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story
Brother
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story
Det. Gates
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Ralph Coulter
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Holfeld
Cake: A Wedding Story
Howard Canter
Before the Storm
Director Waugh
Bitter Harvest
Jim Laszlo
The Thin Blue Lie
K.C.