Ed Bakey

William Edward Baekey (November 13, 1925[1] – May 4, 1988)[2] was an American film and television actor.[3]

Ed Bakey
Born
William Edward Baekey

(1925-11-13)November 13, 1925
Havre de Grace, Maryland, U.S.
DiedMay 4, 1988(1988-05-04) (aged 62)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materBaltimore City College
Occupation(s)Film and television actor
Years active1944/1945–1988

Life and career

Bakey was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, and moved to Baltimore at an early age.[4][5] He attended Baltimore City College, graduating in 1943,[5] and began his acting career in 1945 at the Hilltop Theatre.[4] He later moved to New York to perform at the Provincetown Playhouse.[4] He then worked as an announcer for the television station WBAL-TV and as a director for a radio station.[4][5] In 1957 he appeared on the CBS television station WJZ-TV as the clown "Pop-Pop" in The Jack Wells Show.[6][4][5] He also played the folk singer Eddie Greensleeve in Mike Wallace's program.[7]

In 1966, he played George Beenstock in the Broadway play Walking Happy.[5][8] Bakey returned to television work in 1967, appearing in the western television series Death Valley Days. He guest-starred in television programs including Gunsmoke,[5] Mission: Impossible, The F.B.I., The Big Valley,[5] Bonanza, The Streets of San Francisco, Cannon, Cimarron Strip, Dundee and the Culhane,[5] The Guns of Will Sonnett, Night Gallery, Police Woman, One Day at a Time, Hill Street Blues and Star Trek.[3]

Bakey’s film credits include The White Buffalo, Zapped!, Darktown Strutters, The Evil, Heaven with a Gun, For Pete's Sake, The Baltimore Bullet and Telefon.[3] In 1973, he appeared in the film The Sting.[3][9] His final film credit was for the 1984 film The Philadelphia Experiment.[3]

Death

Bakey died in May 1988 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 62.[10]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1959Heaven with a GunScotty Andrews
1969Star Trek: The Original SeriesThe First FopS3:E23, "All Our Yesterdays"
1970BarqueroHappy
1971Wild RoversGambler
1972The OtherChan-yu
1973The StingGranger
1974For Pete's SakeAngelo
1975Darktown StruttersReverend S. Tilly
1975Starsky & HutchFifth Avenue
1977The White BuffaloBen Corbett
1977TelefonCarl Hassler
1978The EvilSam the Caretaker
1978Hot Lead and Cold FeetJoshua
1978The Baltimore BulletSkinny
1981Dead & BuriedFisherman
1982Zapped!Father Gallagher
1984The Philadelphia ExperimentPa Willis

References
  1. Man Of Fifty Faces, Baltimore, Maryland, June 1960, p. 12{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Lentz, Harris (1996). Western and Frontier Film and Television Credits 1903-1995: Section I. Actors and actresses. Section II. Directors, producers, and writers. McFarland. p. 46. ISBN 9780786402175 – via Google Books.
  3. "Ed Bakey". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  4. "Look and Listen with Donald Kirkley". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. May 16, 1958. p. 16. Retrieved January 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. Kirkley, Donald (October 8, 1967). "Baltimore's Pop Pop Moves In On Hollywood". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 202. Retrieved January 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  6. Bates, Bill (2006). Havre de Grace. Arcadia Pub. p. 86. ISBN 9780738542614 – via Google Books.
  7. "Eddie Greensleeve Is Ed Bakey". The Evening Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. March 21, 1962. p. 42. Retrieved January 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  8. "Walking Happy". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  9. Callan, Michael (May 2012). Robert Redford: The Biography. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 527. ISBN 9780307475961 – via Google Books.
  10. Films in Review: Volume 40. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 1989. p. 240 – via Google Books.
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