![]() During its 1960-1961 season, he had a regular role on My Sister Eileen (TV series) and guest starred on Pat O'Brien's ABC sitcom Harrigan and Son. His numerous appearances include episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Tales of Tomorrow (episode "Ice from Space"), Frontier (1955 TV series), Crusader (TV series), My Friend Flicka (TV series) (episode "When Bugles Blow"), Gunsmoke, Tightrope (TV series), State Trooper (TV series), Coronado 9]], he appeared twice The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Playhouse 90, The Rifleman, The Jack Benny Program, Perry Mason (TV series), 77 Sunset Strip, The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series), Bonanza, The Man and the Challenge, The Untouchables (1959 TV series), Have Gun-Will Travel, The Tab Hunter Show, and appearing twice on Mister Ed. In the early 1950s, he began being cast in a lot of character roles in TV programs. When the war was over he returned to Hollywood and eventually began getting bigger character roles.Įarly roles in television, Broadway, and movies 1950s television His luck changed for the better when he actually began getting some bit parts in movies, but after the United States entered World War II he joined the Merchant Marine and went back to sea. In 1938, he decided to try Hollywood again. While docked in Hawaii, he worked on a pineapple plantation, acted at the community theatre and sang on a local radio program. Eventually he became a crewman on a freighter and began sailing to various parts of the world, including China, Japan, the Philippines and the Mediterranean. Having no success getting any kind of movie roles, Bailey then went to New York where he had no better success getting roles in theatre. He also worked for a while as a stockbroker and a banker. He worked for a time as a day laborer at a movie studio in the days of silent pictures, but was fired for sneaking into a mob scene while it was being filmed. He found it was harder than he had thought, however, and took a variety of short-term jobs. When he was a teenager he went to Hollywood to become a movie star. He was born in San Francisco, California, the son of William and Alice (née O'Brien) Bailey. 3 Early roles in television, Broadway, and movies.
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