William Bailey was born on September 26, 1886 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA as Gordon Reineck. He was an actor and director, known for On Dangerous Ground (1917), The Penitent (1912) and Hilda Wakes (1913). He was married to Alethia Hamilton Fadden, Mary Florence Cannon and Polly Vann. He died on November 8, 1962 in Hollywood, California, USA.

KNOWN FOR

MGM Parade
1955
It Happened One Night
1934
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
The Three Musketeers
1948
Woman of the Year
1942
Father of the Bride
1950
In the Good Old Summertime
1949
The Lady Gambles
1949
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
The Egg and I
1947
The Texas Rangers
1951
The Duel at Silver Creek
1952

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
173
Directing
1
1957
A Hatful of Rain
as Man in Elevator (uncredited)
1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1955
Tall Man Riding
as Townsman (uncredited)
1955
MGM Parade
1954
Make Haste to Live
as Ed Jenkins
1952
Here Come the Marines
as Brogan the Postman
1952
Clash by Night
as Waiter (uncredited)
1952
The Duel at Silver Creek
as Townsman (uncredited)
1952
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger
as Jim (uncredited)
1951
The Texas Rangers
1951
The Unknown Man
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1951
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
as Robert Kyle
1951
Cattle Queen
as Warden
1950
Federal Man
as Man in Elevator (uncredited)
1950
Lightning Guns
as Luke Atkins
1950
Where Danger Lives
as Man (uncredited)
1950
Father of the Bride
as Man in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
1950
Devil's Doorway
as Posse Member (uncredited)
1950
Mark of the Gorilla
as Game Preserve Officer
1949
The Lady Gambles
as Croupier (uncredited)
1949
Brand of Fear
as Frank Martin
1949
Act of Violence
as Convention Party Drunk (uncredited)
1949
In the Good Old Summertime
as Supper Club Patron (uncredited)
1949
The Great Sinner
as Gambling Casino Accountant (uncredited)
1949
Trails End
as Sheriff
1949
West of El Dorado
as Sheriff Jack
1949
Son of a Badman
as Brad Burley
1949
Flamingo Road
1948
False Paradise
as Mine Foreman
1948
Silver Trails
as John Chambers
1948
The Three Musketeers
1948
The Gallant Legion
as Barfly
1948
Campus Sleuth
as Coroner
1948
Courtin' Trouble
as Curtis
1948
Music Man
as Mr. Larkin
1948
Back Trail
as Sheriff (uncredited)
1948
Silver River
as Man (uncredited)
1947
Desperate
as Traveling Salesman (uncredited)
1947
A Double Life
as Detective (uncredited)
1947
Robin Hood Of Texas
as Chase Car Owner
1947
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
as Audience Member (uncredited)
1947
Code of the Saddle
as Sheriff Wallace
1947
Sarge Goes to College
as Professor
1947
The Egg and I
as Doctor at Country Dance (Uncredited)
1946
Undercurrent
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Nightclub Patron at Ciro's (uncredited)
1944
Mrs. Parkington
as Ball Musician (uncredited)
1944
Movie Pests
as Man Whose Foot Gets Stepped On (uncredited)
1944
Maisie Goes to Reno
as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
1942
Flag of Mercy
as Recruiting Sergeant
1942
Nazi Agent
1942
The Lady or the Tiger?
as Party Guest
1942
Woman of the Year
as Baseball Fan (uncredited)
1942
Rio Rita
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1941
Two-Faced Woman
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1941
Whispers
as Eavesdropping Husband (uncredited)
1941
How to Hold Your Husband - BACK
as Boo Boo's Co-Worker (uncredited)
1940
That Inferior Feeling
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
1940
You, the People
as Jim
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Ship's Officer / Man Leaving Drugstore
1940
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as Spectator in Operating Theatre (uncredited)
1940
Comrade X
as Press Correspondent
1939
Another Thin Man
as Freight Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1939
Miracles for Sale
as Spectator in Theatre Box
1939
British Intelligence
as British Intelligence Agent
1939
Angel of Mercy
as Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
1939
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Bank Employee (uncredited)
1938
A Yank at Oxford
as Racetrack Timekeeper (uncredited)
1938
Spring Madness
as Train Conductor Announcing "Board"
1938
That Mothers Might Live
as Passerby (uncredited)
1938
Arsène Lupin Returns
as Detective (uncredited)
1938
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
as Husband in Courtroom (uncredited)
1938
The Chaser
as Hank
1937
It May Happen to You
as Police Detective (uncredited)
1937
We Who Are About to Die
as Policeman Passenger (uncredited)
1937
I'll Take Romance
as Client in Kane's Waiting Room
1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1936
Charlie Chan's Secret
as Det. Harris
1936
I'll Name the Murderer
as Hugo Van Ostrum
1936
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Studio Commissary Chief (Uncredited)
1936
Klondike Annie
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
as Trocadero Patron (uncredited)
1936
Murder with Pictures
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1936
The Witness Chair
as Court Bailiff
1936
Charlie Chan at the Opera
as Detective (uncredited)
1936
The Accusing Finger
as Reporter in Senate Chamber
1935
Shadow of Doubt
as Det. Don
1935
Thunder Mountain
as Cliff Borden
1935
Thunder in the Night
as Party Guest
1935
Public Hero Number 1
as Federal Agent (uncredited)
1935
Straight from the Heart
1934
David Harum
as Townsman (uncredited)
1934
Change of Heart
as Man in Street (uncredited)
1934
George White's Scandals
as Harold Bestry
1934
It Happened One Night
as Clark (uncredited)
1934
Manhattan Melodrama
as Al Barnes (uncredited)
1933
The House on 56th Street
as Gambler (uncredited)
1933
The Lone Avenger
as Henchman Landers
1933
A Man of Sentiment
as Doctor
1933
Fargo Express
as Goss Partner #2
1933
Penthouse
as Maitre D' at Pinnacle Club (uncredited)
1933
Made on Broadway
as Attorney in Courtroom
1932
Central Park
as Gangster Eddie (uncredited)
1932
The Midnight Patrol
as Powers
1931
An American Tragedy
1931
Bad Girl
as Expectant Father of Twins (uncredited)
1931
Stranger in Town
as Harvey Company Wholesale Sales Clerk
1931
West of Broadway
as Herbert, the Maitre D' (uncredited)
1930
Back Pay
as Ed
1930
One Night at Susie's
as John Nedlog (Uncredited)
1930
The Truth About Youth
as Jim - Kara's Boyfriend (uncredited)
1928
Man in the Rough
as Jim Kane (as William Norton Bailey)
1928
The Flyin' Cowboy
as James Bell
1928
Burning Bridges
as Jim Black
1928
The Way of the Strong
as Tiger Louie
1928
Waterfront
as Brute Mullin
1928
Hit of the Show
as Tremaine
1927
The Fighting Three
as Steve Clayton
1927
High School Hero
as Mr. Merrill
1927
The Masked Menace
1927
Wild Beauty
as Jim Kennedy
1927
Melting Millions
1926
Queen o'Diamonds
as LeRoy Phillips
1926
Fightin' Jack
as Jack Rhodes
1926
The Stolen Ranch
as Sam Hardy
1926
The House Without a Key
as Harry Jennison
1926
Ranson's Folly
as Lt. Crosby
1926
Lash of the Law
as Jim Stanley
1926
Lightning Bill
as William W. Williams
1925
The Desert Flower
as Jack Royal
1925
Lazybones
as Elmer Ballister
1925
Fighting Youth
as Harold Brennty
1925
Bustin' Thru
as Harvey Gregg
1925
My Neighbor's Wife
as Greed's Assistant
1924
Against All Odds
as Tom Curtis (as William N. Baily)
1924
The Desert Hawk
as Tex Trapp
1924
The Uninvited Guest
as Fred Morgan
1924
Winner Take All
as Jim Devereaux
1924
The Flaming Forties
as Desparde
1924
Gold Heels
as Kendall Jr.
1924
The Cyclone Rider
as Reynard Trask
1923
Is Money Everything?
as Roy Pelham
1923
Three O'Clock in the Morning
as Hugo von Strohm
1921
The Yellow Arm
as Jerry Engleson
1920
The Phantom Foe
as Bob Royal
1919
Shadows of Suspicion
as Captain Walter Byfield
1919
Victory
as Undetermined Role
1919
Three Black Eyes
as Payne
1919
Break the News to Mother
as Warren Flint
1919
Speedy Meade
as Cal Merchant
1918
Leap to Fame
as Hoffman's Servant
1918
I'll Say So
as August Myers
1918
The Eagle's Eye
as Heinrich von Lertz
1917
On Dangerous Ground
as Ritter Bloem
1917
The Inevitable
as Frank Lyons
1917
The Pride of New York
as Harold Whitley
1917
Richard the Brazen
as Fitzgeorge
1916
War Brides
as Eric
1916
A Coney Island Princess
1916
A Million a Minute
as Mark Seager
1915
When It Strikes Home
as Victor Hartley
1915
From the Valley of the Missing
as Everett Brinbecombe
1915
Conscience
as George Grant
1915
The Suburban
as Jack Brambough, Donald's Pal
1914
The Hour and the Man
as William Maxwell
1914
The Conqueror
as Frank
1914
The Testing Fire
as Her City Beau
1913
The Way Perilous
as Roger Crane
1913
The Right of Way
as Brady
1913
Life's Weaving
as Thorwald
1912
Back to the Old Farm
as George Randall
1912
The Iron Heel
as Wiley's Butler
1912
Ghosts
as A Friend of Dr. Trueman