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G.W. Bailey

  • Birthplace: Port Arthur, Texas, USA
  • Birthday: August 27, 1944

This imposing, gray-haired character actor has specialized in playing dads and authority figures in everything from heavy drama to mindless comedy. The Texas native left college in the late 1960s to work in local theater companies, eventually moving to California in the mid-70s. Once there, he did bits on shows like "Starsky and Hutch" and "Charlie's Angels" while keeping up his theater work, playing Shakespearean roles in Los Angeles companies.

He began playing small roles in TV movies such as "The Runaway Barge&…more

Career Milestones

  • 2001

    Had one of the leads in the Off-Broadway musical "Roadside"

  • 1996

    Cast as father "Big Jim" on sitcom "The Jeff Foxworthy Show" (NBC)

  • 1992

    Returned to Southwest Texas State University (worked as artist-in-residence after 1996 graduation)

  • 1984

    Played Lt. Harris in the first of five "Police Academy" movies

  • 1981

    First leading role in a TV-movie, as police captain in "Hardcase" (NBC)

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