William Bakewell
- Birthday
- May 2, 1908
Bio: William Bakewell began playing film juveniles at the age of 17. Bakewell enjoyed a flurry of activity in the early talkie era, with substantial roles in such major films as All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). By the end of the 1930s, his career had by-and-large diminished to minor roles, such as the chivalrous mounted officer in the evacuation scenes in Gone… More Bio: William Bakewell began playing film juveniles at the age of 17. Bakewell enjoyed a flurry of activity in the early talkie era, with substantial roles in such major films as All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). By the end of the 1930s, his career had by-and-large diminished to minor roles, such as the chivalrous mounted officer in the evacuation scenes in Gone With the Wind (1939). During the next decade, Bakewell fluctuated between one-scene bits and stuffed-shirt character parts, notably James Stewart's rival for the affections of Lana Turner in You Gotta Stay Happy (1948). The baby-boomer generation will always remember Bakewell as Tobias Norton in Disney's ratings-grabbing Davy Crockett episodes of the 1950s; he also played the condescending stage manager on the prime-time version of The Pinky Lee Show (1950). William Bakewell spent most of the last half of his life as a successful California Realtor. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Gone With The Wind
Room For One More
Radar Men From The Moon
Romance On The High Seas
The Bachelor And The Bobby Soxer
Filmography
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D.W. Griffith - Father Of Film (1993)
- Actor
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The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
- Professor
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Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
- Tobias Norton
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Lucky Me (1954)
- Motorist
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Room for One More (1952)
- Milkman
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