Bakewell, William
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born on | 2 May 1908 at 12:00 (= 12:00 noon ) | ||||
Place | Los Angeles, California, 34n03, 118w15 | ||||
Timezone | PST h8w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American actor who achieved his greatest fame as one of the leading juvenile performers of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Bakewell began his film career as an extra in the silent movie Fighting Blood (1924), and went on to appear in some 170 films and television shows. He had supporting roles at the end of the silent era and reached the peak of his career around 1930. He is perhaps best remembered for playing German soldier Albert Kropp in the film classic All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), and Rodney Jordan, Joan Crawford's brother, in Dance, Fools, Dance (1931).
In 1933, Bakewell contributed to the founding of the Screen Actors Guild, and was the 44th of the original 50 members. During World War II, Bakewell served in the U.S. Army with the rank of second lieutenant. In the 1960s, he guest-starred in numerous situation comedy television series.
Bakewell was married twice and had two children. His autobiography, Hollywood Be Thy Name--Random Recollections of a Movie Veteran From Silents to Talkies to TV, was published in 1991. He died of leukaemia in Los Angeles on 15 April 1993 at age 84.
Events
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1991 (Autobiography "Hollywood Be Thy Name")
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate (born at "12 M").
Categories
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer (Leukaemia)
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted
- Family : Relationship : Number of Divorces (One)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Two)
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease (Leukaemia)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 84)
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress (Film and TV)
- Vocation : Military : Military service (US Army, WWII)
- Vocation : Military : Military service (US Army, WWII)
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer ("Hollywood Be Thy Name")
- 1908 births
- Birthday 2 May
- Birthplace Los Angeles, CA (US)
- Sun 11 Taurus
- Moon 8 Gemini
- Asc 19 Leo
- 1993 deaths
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted
- Family : Relationship : Number of Divorces
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Military : Military service
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer