Ed Bakey

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Ed Bakey
Born
William Edward Baekey

(1925-11-13)November 13, 1925
Havre de Grace, Maryland, U.S.
DiedMay 4, 1988(1988-05-04) (aged 62)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materBaltimore City College
OccupationFilm and television actor
Years active1944/1945–1988

William Edward Baekey (November 13, 1925[1] – May 4, 1988)[2] was an American film and television actor.[3]

Life and career[]

Bakey was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, later being raised in Baltimore, Maryland at an early age.[4][5] He attended at Baltimore City College, later graduating in 1943,[5] in which he then began his career in 1944/1945.[4] Bakey worked at the Hilltop Theatre, in which he later moved to New York to perform at the Provincetown Playhouse.[4] In radio, he worked as a announcer for the television station WBAL-TV and radio director for a radio broadcasting station.[4][5] Bakey later served as a radio director for the radio broadcasting station WTOW in Towson, Maryland, in which he then worked for the CBS television station WJZ-TV as "Pop-Pop",[6] in 1957.[4][5]

Bakey played the role of "Eddie Greensleeve" in Mike Wallace's program, in which his character was a folk singer.[7] In 1966, he played the role of "George Beenstock" in the Broadway play, titled, Walking Happy.[5][8] Bakey began his film and television career in 1967, where he first appeared in the western television series Death Valley Days. He guest-starred in television programs, including, Gunsmoke,[5] Mission: Impossible, The F.B.I., The Big Valley,[5] Bonanza, The Streets of San Francisco, Cannon, Cimarron Strip, Dundee and the Culhane,[5] The Guns of Will Sonnett, Night Gallery, Police Woman, One Day at a Time, Hill Street Blues and Star Trek: The Original Series.[3]

Bakey film credits includes, The White Buffalo, Zapped!, Darktown Strutters, The Evil, Heaven with a Gun, For Pete's Sake, The Baltimore Bullet and Telefon.[3] In 1973, he appeared in the film The Sting,[3] which starred Paul Newman and Robert Redford, in which Bakey played the role of "Granger".[9] His final film credit was from the 1984 film The Philadelphia Experiment.[3]

Death[]

Bakey died in May 1988 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 62.[10]

Filmography[]

Year Title Role Notes
1959 Heaven with a Gun Scotty Andrews
1970 Barquero Happy
1971 Wild Rovers Gambler
1972 The Other Chan-yu
1973 The Sting Granger
1974 For Pete's Sake Angelo
1975 Darktown Strutters Reverend S. Tilly
1977 The White Buffalo Ben Corbett
1977 Telefon Carl Hassler
1978 The Evil Sam the Caretaker
1978 Hot Lead and Cold Feet Joshua
1978 The Baltimore Bullet Skinny
1981 Dead & Buried Fisherman
1982 Zapped! Father Gallagher
1984 The Philadelphia Experiment Pa Willis

References[]

  1. ^ Man Of Fifty Faces, Baltimore, Maryland, June 1960, p. 12
  2. ^ Lentz, Harris (1996). Western and Frontier Film and Television Credits 1903-1995: Section I. Actors and actresses. Section II. Directors, producers, and writers. McFarland. p. 46. ISBN 9780786402175 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Ed Bakey". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Look and Listen with Donald Kirkley". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. May 16, 1958. p. 16. Retrieved January 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Kirkley, Donald (October 8, 1967). "Baltimore's Pop Pop Moves In On Hollywood". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 202. Retrieved January 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  6. ^ Bates, Bill (2006). Havre de Grace. Arcadia Pub. p. 86. ISBN 9780738542614 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Eddie Greensleeve Is Ed Bakey". The Evening Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. March 21, 1962. p. 42. Retrieved January 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  8. ^ "Walking Happy". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  9. ^ Callan, Michael (May 2012). Robert Redford: The Biography. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 527. ISBN 9780307475961 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Films in Review: Volume 40. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 1989. p. 240 – via Google Books.

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