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G.W. Bailey

​George William Bailey was born on August 27, 1944, in Port Arthur, Texas. Bailey started college at Lamar University in Beaumont and eventually transferred to Texas Tech University in Lubbock; but he did not complete his studies. He worked at local theater companies during the mid 1960s until his move to California in the 1970s. Here he began work on television series such as Starsky and Hutch (1975), Charlie's Angels (1976) and CHiPs (1977). He eventually got a movie debut role in the Chuck Norris movie A Force of One (1979) before landing the role of Luther Rizzo in MASH (1972-1983). In 1993, he returned to Texas to study again at Southwest Texas State University. In 1994, he graduated with a Bachelor's degree of Fine Arts Theatre; and, for the 1999-2000 school year, he was the Artist in Residence.

Filmography

2004
Home on the Range

as Rusty (voice)

Movie
1995
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

as Lieutenant (uncredited)

Movie
1994
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

as Captain Harris

Movie
1986
Short Circuit

as Skroeder

Movie
1984
Police Academy

as Lieutenant Harris

Movie
2005
The Closer

as Louie Provenza

TV Show