G.W. Bailey
Biography
G. W. Bailey is an American actor who began in local theater before building a long career in film and television. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, he left college in the mid-1960s to work with theater companies and settled in California in the mid-1970s. A recurring part on Harry O, a short-lived detective show, brought him to television, followed by one-off roles in series such as Starsky and Hutch and Charlie's Angels. He made his film debut in A Force of One (1979), and his breakout came as the conniving Sergeant Luther Rizzo on MASH. He went on to play Thaddeus Harris in the Police Academy movies from 1984 to 1994 and Captain Felix Maxwell in Mannequin (1987). He graduated from Southwest Texas State University with a fine arts degree in 1993, and from 2005 to 2018 he took the role of Detective Lieutenant Louie Provenza in The Closer and its spin-off Major Crimes.
82years old
Turns 83 on August 27in 290 days
- Born Port Arthur
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as George William Bailey
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 20 years1984 to 2004
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Big break
By the late 1970s, Bailey landed his breakout part as Sgt. Luther Rizzo, a conniving goldbricker who chomps cigars, in M*A*S*H.
First role
G.W. Bailey made his first movie appearance in A Force of One, which came out in 1979 and was one of Chuck Norris's early films.
Early training
In 1993 Bailey went back to college, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre that May from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.
G.W. Bailey movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Hugh Wilson directed three of these films, Roger Young two. Four actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Hugh Wilson
Roger YoungDirector, 2 films, 1997 to 1999
Also four films together1 more actor
- Bubba SmithPolice Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989), Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988), Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987) and Police Academy (1984)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What G.W. Bailey's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$471 million
12 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 12 worldwide figure; 3 never in cinemas.
- 12Worldwide figure
- 3Never in cinemas
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$145M30.9% of the total
- 2$81M17.2% of the total
- 3$77M16.3% of the total
- 4$43M9.1% of the total
- 5$41M8.6% of the total
- 6$33M7.1% of the total
- 7$20M4.1% of the total
- 8$16M3.5% of the total
$14.9 millionfrom the other 4 films with a worldwide figure, 3% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.