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G. W. Bailey
Bailey as "Captain Harris" in Police Academy
Born
George William Bailey

(1944-08-27) August 27, 1944 (age 80)
Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1974–present
Spouse
Eleanor Jane Goosby
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(m. 1966; div. 1999)​
Children2

George William "G.W." Bailey (born August 27, 1944) is an American stage, television and film actor. Although he appeared in many dramatic roles, he may be best remembered for his "crusty" comedic characters such as Staff Sergeant Luther Rizzo in M*A*S*H (TV series 1979–1983); Lieutenant—and later, Captain Thaddeus Harris in the Police Academy films (1984–1994), Captain Felix Maxwell in Mannequin (1987) and as Detective Lieutenant Louie Provenza from TNT's television crime drama The Closer. He currently stars in the TNT series Major Crimes, a spinoff of The Closer, continuing in his role as Lt. Provenza.[1]

Biography

Bailey was born in Port Arthur, Texas. He went to Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur with Janis Joplin and Jimmy Johnson. He started college at Lamar University in nearby Beaumont and transferred to Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He left college and spent the mid-1960s working at local theater companies before moving to California in the mid-1970s, where he landed roles on television programs of the day such as Starsky and Hutch and Charlie's Angels. His film debut was in A Force of One (1979), an early Chuck Norris film. He then got his breakout role as Rizzo in M*A*S*H. [2] He also did a star making turn as Tom Berenger's sidekick in Rustler's Rhapsody (1985).

He returned to college in 1993, and graduated from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas in May 1993, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Theatre. For the 1999–2000 school year, he was the Artist-in-Residence.[3]

In the late 1990s he starred in three of TNT's acclaimed "The Bible Series" films, Solomon (1997), Jesus (1999), and Saint Paul aka Paul The Apostle (2000; wherein he played the pivotal role of Paul's missionary companion, Barnabas).

Since 2001, Bailey has served as the Executive Director of the Sunshine Kids Foundation,[4] which provides trips and activities for hundreds of young cancer patients annually. He has been a volunteer for more than 15 years since being introduced to the organization by his goddaughter, who was diagnosed with leukemia.[4]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Willow, Molly (2007-08-27). "Shifting tone keeps 'Closer' fans tuning in". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
  2. ^ Random Roles G.W. Bailey
  3. ^ "G.W. Bailey Biography." IMDb. Retrieved June 26, 2016
  4. ^ a b "The Sunshine Kids Foundation staff". Sunshinekids.org. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
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