American film and television actor
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| Born | William Edward Baekey
(1925-11-13)November 13, 1925
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| Died | May 4, 1988(1988-05-04) (aged 62)
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| Alma mater | Baltimore City College |
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| Occupation(s) | Film and television actor |
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| Years active | 1944/1945–1988 |
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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, and moved to Baltimore at an early age.[4][5] He attended Baltimore City College, graduating in 1943,[5] and began his acting career in 1945 at the Hilltop Theatre.[4] He later moved to New York to perform at the Provincetown Playhouse.[4] He then worked as an announcer for the television station WBAL-TV and as a director for a radio station.[4][5] In 1957 he appeared on the CBS television station WJZ-TV as the clown "Pop-Pop" in The Jack Wells Show.[6][4][5] He also played the folk singer Eddie Greensleeve in Mike Wallace's program.[7]
In 1966, he played George Beenstock in the Broadway play Walking Happy.[5][8] Bakey returned to television work in 1967, appearing 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.[3]
Bakey’s film credits include 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][9] His final film credit was for the 1984 film The Philadelphia Experiment.[3]
Death
Bakey died in May 1988 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 62.[10]
