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.
Born: 27 August 1944
Played In
DC's Stargirl
Mr. Dugan
Highly Functional
Dan
My Boy
Chet
The Newest Pledge
Mr. Hodgkinson
Major Crimes
Lt. Louie Provenza
Cake: A Wedding Story
Howard Canter
The Closer
Louie Provenza
Home on the Range
Rusty (voice)
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story
Det. Gates
Nip/Tuck
Wesley Kringle
Scorcher
General Moore
American Dreams
Colonel Graves
Saint Paul
Barnabas
Saint Paul
Barnabas
The Thin Blue Lie
K.C.
Jesus
Livio
Jesus
Livio
Solomon
Azarel
Solomon
Azarel
Seduction in a Small Town
Pat Carter
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Ralph Coulter
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Ralph Coulter
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Lieutenant (uncredited)
The Jeff Foxworthy Show
Big Jim Foxworthy
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Captain Harris
No Child of Mine
Lamar Jenkins
Dead Before Dawn
Masterson
An American Story
Tom Cantrell
Bed of Lies
Zeke Zbranek
A Mother's Justice
Joe Comminger
Memories of M*A*S*H
Self / Luther Rizzo
Write to Kill
Dean Sutton
Doublecrossed
Camp
Before the Storm
Director Waugh
Dinosaurs
Sarge (voice)
Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story
Brother
Under Cover
Director Waugh
Fine Things
Grossman
Q & A
Bartender (uncredited)
Love and Lies
Sgt. Halsey
The Gifted One
Dr. Winslow
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Harris
War and Remembrance
Jim Grigg
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Harris
Hawaiian Dream
Sgt. Pierce
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Captain Harris
Burglar
Ray Kirschman
Roomies
Mannequin
Captain Felix Maxwell
Downpayment on Murder
Kyle
Short Circuit
Skroeder
A Winner Never Quits
Tatum
North Beach and Rawhide
Sheriff
Into Thin Air
Sergeant Frasier (uncredited)
Warning Sign
Tom Schmidt
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Peter
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Runaway
Chief
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Alex Tibideaux
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Faraday
Police Academy
Lieutenant Harris
Goodnight, Beantown
Albert Addelson
St. Elsewhere
Hugh Beale
Remington Steele
Maynard Stockman
The Capture of Grizzly Adams
Tom Quigley
Simon & Simon
Bitter Harvest
Jim Laszlo
Murder in Texas
Richard "Racehorse" Haynes
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Holfeld
Flo
The French Atlantic Affair
Jake (uncredited)
Benson
Benson
Bartender
A Force of One
Erwin
Summer of My German Soldier
Corporal
Lou Grant
Water Man
Lou Grant
Arlo Karp
CHiPs
Drunk Driver
Soap
The Hobo
Lucan
How the West Was Won
Ivie
Charlie's Angels
Mumford
Laverne & Shirley
Starsky & Hutch
Slade
Starsky & Hutch
Hotel Clerk
The Runaway Barge
Booker
Harry O
Harry O
Garner
Harry O
First Officer
Happy Days
M*A*S*H
Sgt. Rizzo
Hallmark Hall of Fame