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G.W. Bailey
1 FOLLOWER • 31 CREDITS • AUG 27, 1944 • 79
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​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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​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
Murder, She Wrote
CHiPs
Starsky & Hutch
Simon & Simon
Remington Steele
Charlie's Angels
Happy Days
DC's Stargirl
Laverne & Shirley
Nip/Tuck
M*A*S*H
War and Remembrance
Flo
Roomies
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Runaway
The Thin Blue Lie
Mannequin
Short Circuit
Home on the Range
The Closer
Goodnight, Beantown
No Child of Mine
St. Elsewhere
Police Academy
Rustlers' Rhapsody
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