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- Born
- 1908
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Hollywood be thy name
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Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
William Bakewell (May 2, 1908 – April 15, 1993), also known as Billy Bakewell, was an American actor, who achieved his greatest fame as one of the premiere juvenile performers of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Bakewell, educated at Los Angeles Harvard Military School, began his film career as an extra in the silent movie Fighting Blood (1924), and went on to appear in some 170 films and…
Known for
- Bruised Celluloid — Himself1984
- The Strongest Man in the World — Professor1975
- Set This Town on Fire — Desk Clerk1973
- Call Her Mom — Jeremy's Father1972
- Alias Smith and Jones1971
- Nanny and the Professor — Carnival Host1970
- Nanny and the Professor — Norm1970
- Love, American Style — Elroy1969
- It Takes a Thief — Hotel Clerk1968
- Not With My Wife, You Don't! — Brig. Gen. Swift (uncredited)1966
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1931
- Active to
- 2023-07-11
audio drama
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Jennifer Holt
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- William Bakewell in The Fabulous Dorseys.jpg
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- Commons category
- William Bakewell
- cause of death
- leukemia
- date of birth
- 1908-05-02
- date of death
- 1993-04-15
- writing language
- English language
- manner of death
- natural causes
- different from
- William Lincoln Bakewell
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