Ed Bakey
Biography
Ed Bakey was an American film and television actor who grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, after his birth in Havre de Grace. He graduated from Baltimore City College in 1943 and started on stage in 1945 at the Hilltop Theatre, later performing at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York, and he worked as a television announcer and a radio director before appearing as the clown Pop-Pop on WJZ-TV in 1957. He played George Beenstock in the Broadway play Walking Happy in 1966 and began screen work in 1967 on Death Valley Days, becoming a frequent guest star in series such as Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Mission: Impossible and Star Trek. Among his films were The White Buffalo (1977), For Pete's Sake (1974) and Telefon (1977), and he played Granger in The Sting (1973). He died in 1988.
62years old at death
- Born Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA
- Died
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 8 years1970 to 1978
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First role
Bakey started acting on stage at the Hilltop Theatre in 1945, then relocated to New York, where he appeared at the Provincetown Playhouse.
A change of course
Bakey was the clown Pop-Pop in The Jack Wells Show, which aired in 1957 on WJZ-TV, a CBS television station.
A change of course
Bakey was an announcer at the television station WBAL-TV and also directed at a radio station before he became an actor.
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Worked with
Ed Bakey shares two films with Charles Bronson, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Victor French's page
John Carradine's page
Donald Pleasence's page
Charles Durning's page
Ed Lauter's page
All films by George Roy Hill
All films by Robert Mulligan
All films by Don Siegel
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