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William Bakewell is a Actor American born on 2 may 1908

William Bakewell

William Bakewell
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Nationality USA
Birth 2 may 1908
Death 15 april 1993 (at 84 years)

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.

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Filmography of William Bakewell (82 films)

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The Strongest Man in the World, 1h32
Directed by Vincent McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about education, Comedy science fiction films, Children's films
Actors Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Johnny Flynn, Eve Arden, Cesar Romero, Phil Silvers
Roles Professor
Rating59% 2.951072.951072.951072.951072.95107
Medfield College's Dean Higgins (Joe Flynn) is being fired for financial mismanagement because of extreme over-spending by Prof. Quigley's science class. Higgins finds out the high costs are for renting a cow to experiment on; they are feeding it various concoctions to make it fatter. In a rage, Higgins fires Quigley (yet again) then threatens to have his entire class thrown out of college. When the dean slams the door as he leaves, Dexter Riley's (Kurt Russell) chemical experiment mixes with that of another student, Richard Schuyler's vitamin cereal mix.
Johnny Rocco, 1h24
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Eyer, Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray, Russ Conway, James Flavin, William Bakewell
Roles Joe the Police Scientist
Rating61% 3.0836253.0836253.0836253.0836253.083625
Young Johnny Rocco (Richard Eyer) is disturbed after seeing his gangster father Tony (Stephen McNally) involved in a murder. The gang, fearing young Johnny might tip the police, decide to silence both him and his father. Frightened, Johnny seeks help from schoolteacher Miss
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates, 1h21
Directed by Norman Foster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Children's films
Actors Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Jeff York, Kenneth Tobey, Clem Bevans, Mort Mills
Roles Keelboat Race Master of Ceremonies (uncredited cameo)
Rating65% 3.295123.295123.295123.295123.29512
Davy Crockett and George "Georgie" Russel are loaded with pelts as they make their way to the Mississippi River after a successful season of trapping and hunting in Kentucky. There they encounter Mike Fink, a blowhard keelboat captain who refuses to take them downriver, unless they pay a ridiculously high fee. That evening, Fink gets Georgie drunk and convinces him to keelboat race down the Mississippi with the season's pelts as wager.
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, 1h33
Directed by Norman Foster
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, William Bakewell, Pat Hogan, Mike Mazurki, Helene Stanley
Roles Maj. Tobias Norton
Rating68% 3.4439653.4439653.4439653.4439653.443965
Tennessee wilderness settlers Davy Crockett and best friend George "Georgie" Russell volunteer to fight with General Andrew Jackson in the Creek War. After a victorious battle, Crockett and Russell return home over the protestations of their superiors. Returning the next season, the pair find that the pursuing American forces have reached a stalemate chasing the remnant Creek forces through the swamps.
Lucky Me
Lucky Me (1954)
, 1h40
Directed by Jack Donohue
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Doris Day, Robert Cummings, Phil Silvers, Eddie Foy, Jr., Nancy Walker, Martha Hyer
Roles Motorist (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.0022853.0022853.0022853.0022853.002285
Candy Williams (Doris Day) is a member of a struggling Vaudeville troupe that is stranded in Miami when creditors take all their money. After the troupe's leader Hap Schneider (Phil Silvers) tries to scam a restaurant out of dinner, they are forced to work in the hotel to pay for the meal. While cleaning a hallway, Flo Neely (Nancy Walker) hears Dick Carson (Robert Cummings) singing songs that are for his new Broadway show. She tells Hap and Duke McGee (Eddie Foy Jr.) that Dick is staying in the hotel.
Radar Men from the Moon
Directed by Fred C. Brannon
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Space adventure films, Films about music and musicians, Sur la Lune, Musical films, Space opera
Actors George D. Wallace, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft, William Bakewell, Clayton Moore, Peter Brocco
Roles Ted Richards
Rating46% 2.3092952.3092952.3092952.3092952.309295
Commando Cody (George Wallace) is a civilian researcher and inventor with a number of employees. He uses a streamlined helmet and a sonic-powered rocket backpack attached to a leather flying jacket. Cody also uses a rocket ship capable of reaching the Moon. When the U. S. finds itself under attack from a mysterious force that can wipe out entire military bases and industrial complexes, Cody surmises (correctly) that the Earth is coming under attack from our own Moon. He then flies his rocket ship there and confronts the Moon's dictator, Retik (Roy Barcroft), who boldly announces his plans to both conquer Earth and then move the Moon's entire population here using spaceships.
Come Fill the Cup, 1h53
Directed by Gordon Douglas, Don Alvarado
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about writers, Films about journalists, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Gangster films
Actors James Cagney, Gig Young, Phyllis Thaxter, Raymond Massey, James Gleason, Sheldon Leonard
Roles Hal Ortman
Rating68% 3.4400253.4400253.4400253.4400253.440025
Lew Marsh is a good newspaper reporter with a bad habit; he drinks too much and is fired. He also loses the woman he loves, colleague Paula Arnold, after passing out drunk one day in the street.
The Capture, 1h31
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Western
Actors Lew Ayres, Teresa Wright, Victor Jory, Jacqueline White, Jimmy Hunt, Barry Kelley
Roles Herb Tolin, Bolsa Grande Oil
Rating59% 2.951422.951422.951422.951422.95142
Lin Vanner (Lew Ayres), is manager of an oil company. The payroll has been stolen in a hold-up. His fiance urges him to pursue the suspect in hope that he will gain recognition. Deducing the road the robber may have taken over the border with Mexico, he goes along to intercept him. He shoots a man who shouts back at him and does not raise his hands when challenged by Lin.
Romance on the High Seas, 1h39
Directed by Michael Curtiz, Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Don DeFore, Doris Day, Oscar Levant, S.Z. Sakall
Roles Dudley (Travel Agent)
Rating69% 3.4963353.4963353.4963353.4963353.496335
Elvira Kent (Janis Paige) and her husband Michael (Don DeFore) suspect each other of cheating. For their wedding anniversary, Elvira books an ocean cruise to Rio de Janeiro but her husband claims that unexpected business will prevent him from going. Seeing an opportunity, Elvira pretends to take the trip alone, but in fact sends singer Georgia Garrett (Doris Day), a woman she'd met at the travel agency, in her place and under her name. By secretly staying behind, Elvira hopes to find out if Michael is indeed sneaking around behind her back. Michael, however, is suspicious over Elvira's supposed willingness to go on the trip alone, and so hires private detective Peter Virgil (Jack Carson) to see if she is sneaking around behind his back.
You Gotta Stay Happy, 1h40
Directed by H. C. Potter, John Sherwood
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Joan Fontaine, James Stewart, Eddie Albert, Roland Young, Percy Kilbride, Willard Parker
Roles Dick Hebert
Rating66% 3.344033.344033.344033.344033.34403
Marvin Payne (Stewart) is a World War II army air force veteran trying to make it on a shoe-string with a startup air-freight business. On an overnight stay in New York he has the misfortune of being roomed next to the reluctant bride Dee Dee Dillwood (Fontaine) and her rather formal husband Henry Benson. A ruckus causes Payne to become enmeshed in the world of Miss Dillwood. Hiding from her husband, Payne assumes the rather vague Miss Dillwood is a penniless country girl come to the city, who has descended to sleeping with married men to get by. He grudgingly agrees to give her a lift out of town and encourages her to go back to her parents. All the while Payne does not realize that Miss Dillwood is independently wealthy, and the married man she was to sleep with was the man she had just exchanged vows with that afternoon. Meanwhile, Payne's fellow veteran and co-pilot, Bullets Baker (Albert) encourages Payne to relax and enjoy life. His encouragements to join him and a couple of young ladies for a few laughs fall on deaf ears. It is with great surprise than that Baker finds a girl in the straight-laced Payne's room the following morning. A rough and tumble flight across country result in a number of surprises, not the least of which is that Marvin discovers he cares for the tag-along Miss Dillwood.
The Fabulous Dorseys, 1h28
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Janet Blair, Tommy Dorsey, William Lundigan, Sara Allgood, Arthur Shields, Andrew Tombes
Roles Eddie
Rating56% 2.807542.807542.807542.807542.80754
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