Raymond Bailey - wikipedia Raymond Bailey For the English cricketer and footballer, see Raymond Bailey ( sportsman ). For the Tasmanian politician, see Ray Bailey. Raymond Bailey Raymond Bailey in 1965 Raymond Thomas Bailey ( 1904 - 05 - 06 ) May 6, 1904 San Francisco, California, U.S. April 15, 1980 ( 1980 - 04 - 15 ) ( aged 75 ) Irvine, California, U.S. Resting place Ashes scattered at sea Other names Ray Bailey Occupation Actor Years active 1938 -- 1975 Spouse ( s ) Gaby Aida George Raymond Thomas Bailey ( May 6, 1904 -- April 15, 1980 ) was an American actor on the Broadway stage, films, and television. He is best known for his role as wealthy banker, Milburn Drysdale, in the television series The Beverly Hillbillies. Contents 1 Early life and attempts at acting 2 Success on the second try at acting 3 Early roles in television, Broadway and film 3.1 Television 3.2 Broadway plays 3.3 Film roles 4 Mr. Drysdale on The Beverly Hillbillies 5 Death 6 Selected filmography 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Early life and attempts at acting He was born in San Francisco, California, the son of William and Alice ( née O'Brien ) Bailey. When he was a teenager he went to Hollywood to become a movie star. He found it was harder than he had thought, however, and took a variety of short - term jobs. 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 also worked for a while as a stockbroker and a banker. Having no success receiving movie roles of any kind, Bailey then went to New York City where he had no better success obtaining roles in theatre. Eventually he began working as a merchant seaman and sailed to various parts of the world, including China, Japan, the Philippines and the Mediterranean. While docked in Hawaii, he worked on a pineapple plantation, acted at the community theatre and sang on a local radio program. Success on the second try at acting In 1938, he decided to try Hollywood again. 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 again served in the United States Merchant Marine. When the war was over he returned to Hollywood and eventually began getting bigger character roles. Early roles in television, Broadway and film Television In the early 1950s, Bailey was cast in many character roles in television series, such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Tales of Tomorrow ( episode `` Ice from Space '' ), Frontier, Crusader, My Friend Flicka ( episode `` When Bugles Blow '' ), Gunsmoke ( episodes `` General Parsley Smith '' and `` The Big Con '' ), Tightrope, State Trooper, Coronado 9, and Johnny Ringo. Other appearances were on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Private Secretary, Playhouse 90, The Rifleman, Bat Masterson, The Jack Benny Program, Yancy Derringer, Riverboat, Bourbon Street Beat, 77 Sunset Strip, Hennesey, The Twilight Zone, Bonanza, The Man and the Challenge, One Step Beyond, The Untouchables, Have Gun - Will Travel, The Tab Hunter Show, Pete and Gladys, The Donna Reed Show, Bachelor Father, Going My Way, and twice on Mister Ed. Bailey made two guest appearances on Perry Mason, playing banker Mr. Hilliard in `` The Case of the Caretaker 's Cat, '' and Dr. Bell in `` The Case of the Injured Innocent. '' During its 1960 -- 1961 season, he had a regular role on My Sister Eileen and guest - starred on Pat O'Brien 's ABC sitcom Harrigan and Son. He appeared in the 1962 -- 1963 season as Dean McGruder on CBS 's The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis. Broadway plays Bailey appeared in four Broadway plays, as Howard Haines in Last Stop ( 1944 ), playing an unknown man in The Bat ( 1953 ), A.J. Alexander in Sing Till Tomorrow ( 1953 ), and Captain Randolph Southard in The Caine Mutiny Court - Martial ( 1954 -- 1955 ), which starred Henry Fonda. Film roles Bailey 's film roles include playing a member of the board in the comedy / romance Sabrina ( 1954 ) starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden ; Mr. Benson in the drama Picnic ( 1955 ) starring William Holden and Kim Novak ; a doctor in Hitchcock 's drama / thriller Vertigo ( 1958 ) starring James Stewart and Novak ; a Colonel in the comedy No Time for Sergeants ( 1958 ) starring Andy Griffith ; the warden of San Quentin in the crime / dramas I Want to Live ! starring Susan Hayward and as Philip Dressler in The Lineup ( 1958 ) ; lawyer Brancato in the crime drama Al Capone ( 1959 ) starring Rod Steiger ; and Major General Alexander `` Archie '' Vandegrift in the World War II drama The Gallant Hours ( 1960 ). He also played a plantation owner in Band of Angels ( 1957 ) starring Clark Gable, Sidney Poitier and Yvonne De Carlo. He also played in the low - budget horror classic, Tarantula, and had a small role in Irwin Allen 's Five Weeks in a Balloon ( 1962 ). Mr. Drysdale on the Beverly Hillbillies Two years before he was cast as Milburn Drysdale, a greedy bank president, on the hit TV sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, Bailey appeared on the CBS sitcom My Sister Eileen with Shirley Bonne, Elaine Stritch, Jack Weston, Rose Marie, and Stubby Kaye. His character was D.X. Beaumont, the boss of Stritch 's character Ruth Sherwood. In The Beverly Hillbillies, Nancy Kulp portrayed Bailey 's ever loyal and by - the - book secretary, Miss Jane Hathaway. Banker Drysdale managed the millions of dollars in oil money royalties in the bank account of country gentleman Jed Clampett ( portrayed by Buddy Ebsen ). Often, Mr. Drysdale would be required to talk with Clampett about how strange `` city life '' and `` city folk '' are ( when compared to Mr. Clampett 's view of `` normal '' country folk ). On occasions when Mr. Clampett was considering withdrawing all his funds and returning to the country ( his home near Bug Tussle ), the miserly Mr. Drysdale would often panic and desperately work to try keep the family ( and their fortune ) in Beverly Hills. Bailey began visibly displaying symptoms of Alzheimer 's disease during the final episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies. He made only two film appearances after the show 's 1971 cancellation -- the Disney features Herbie Rides Again ( 1974 ) and The Strongest Man in the World ( 1975 ) -- before retiring in 1975 due the effects of the disease. In his final years, Bailey divided his time between a condo and a houseboat in Laguna Niguel, California. He kept in touch with former co-star Nancy Kulp ( whom he nicknamed `` Slim '' ) but was primarily a recluse. Death Raymond Bailey died of a heart attack on April 15, 1980, aged 75, in Irvine, California. His body was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea. He was survived by his wife, Gaby Aida George ( 1914 -- 1985 ), and was an uncle of actor William Sylvester. Selected filmography Blackwell 's Island ( 1939 ) as Cash Sutton, a Henchman ( uncredited ) Woman Doctor ( 1939 ) ( uncredited ) Made for Each Other ( 1939 ) as Salt Lake City Hospital Chemist ( uncredited ) Secret Service of the Air ( 1939 ) as Klune - Henchman Starting Fight ( uncredited ) The Adventures of Jane Arden ( 1939 ) as Vanders ' Henchman Driving Car ( uncredited ) S.O.S. Tidal Wave ( 1939 ) as Roy Nixon Daredevils of the Red Circle ( 1939 ) as Stanley, Secretary ( Chs. 1 - 3, 11 ) Hell 's Kitchen ( 1939 ) as Whitey They All Come Out ( 1939 ) as Hughie ( uncredited ) Each Dawn I Die ( 1939 ) as Convict ( uncredited ) I Stole a Million ( 1939 ) as Cabby ( uncredited ) Coast Guard ( 1939 ) as First Officer ( uncredited ) Flight at Midnight ( 1939 ) as Bill Hawks Sabotage ( 1939 ) ( uncredited ) The Roaring Twenties ( 1939 ) as 2nd Ex-Con ( uncredited ) Invisible Stripes ( 1939 ) as Bookie ( uncredited ) The Green Hornet ( 1940 ) as Mr. West ( Ch. 6 ) ( uncredited ) Black Friday ( 1940 ) as Louis Devore ( uncredited ) Forgotten Girls ( 1940 ) as Reporter ( uncredited ) Island of Doomed Men ( 1940 ) as Mystery Killer ( uncredited ) Florian ( 1940 ) as White - haired Soldier ( uncredited ) I Love You Again ( 1940 ) as First Man Greeting Wilson in Pottery Office ( uncredited ) The Secret Seven ( 1940 ) as Racketeer ( uncredited ) A Man Betrayed ( 1941 ) as Amato Henchman ( uncredited ) The People vs. Dr. Kildare ( 1941 ) as Father ( uncredited ) The Male Animal ( 1942 ) as Reporter on Porch ( uncredited ) The Mystery of Marie Roget ( 1942 ) as Gendarme ( uncredited ) Embraceable You ( 1948 ) as Truck Driver ( uncredited ) The Girl from Jones Beach ( 1949 ) as Party Guest ( uncredited ) The Kangaroo Kid ( 1950 ) as Quinn Sabrina ( 1954 ) as Member of the Board ( uncredited ) Tarantula ( 1955 ) as Townsend The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing ( 1955 ) as Judge Fitzgerald ( uncredited ) The Return of Jack Slade ( 1955 ) as Professor Picnic ( 1955 ) as Mr. Benson Time Table ( 1956 ) as Sam Hendricks ( uncredited ) Outside the Law ( 1956 ) as Philip Bormann Congo Crossing ( 1956 ) as Peter Mannering I 've Lived Before ( 1956 ) as Joseph Hackett, Federal Airways Away All Boats ( 1956 ) as RAdm. Stacy Bender ( uncredited ) The Girl He Left Behind ( 1956 ) as General The Great American Pastime ( 1956 ) as George Carruthers The Incredible Shrinking Man ( 1957 ) as Doctor Thomas Silver Band of Angels ( 1957 ) as Mr. Stuart Darby 's Rangers ( 1958 ) as Brig. Gen. W.A. Wise Underwater Warrior ( 1958 ) as Adm. Ashton Lafayette Escadrille ( 1958 ) as Amos J. Walker The Lineup ( 1958 ) as Philip Dressler Vertigo ( 1958 ) as Scottie 's Doctor No Time for Sergeants ( 1958 ) as Base Colonel The Space Children ( 1958 ) as Dr. Wahrman King Creole ( 1958 ) as Mr. Evans - School Principal I Want to Live ! ( 1958 ) as San Quentin Warden Al Capone ( 1959 ) as Lawyer Brancato Wake Me When It 's Over ( 1960 ) as Gen. Weigang The Gallant Hours ( 1960 ) as Maj. Gen. Archie Vandergrift From the Terrace ( 1960 ) as Mr. Eugene St. John The Absent Minded Professor ( 1961 ) as Admiral Olmstead The Beverly Hillbillies ( 1962 - 1971, TV Series ) as Milburn Drysdale Five Weeks in a Balloon ( 1962 ) as Randolph Herbie Rides Again ( 1974 ) as Lawyer The Strongest Man in the World ( 1975 ) as Regent Burns ( final film role ) See also Film portal Television portal References Jump up ^ Kear, Lynn ; Rossman, John ( 2012 ). The Complete Kay Francis Career Record : All Film, Stage, Radio and Television Appearances. 238 : McFarland. ISBN 9781476602875. Retrieved 19 November 2017. Jump up ^ Pollock, Christopher ( 2013 ). Reel San Francisco Stories : An Annotated Filmography of the Bay Area. Chaumont - en - Champagne, France : Castor & Pollux. p. 103. ISBN 978 - 0 - 578 - 13042 - 2. Jump up ^ `` TV Banker 's Discovery : ' Money Can Buy Happiness ' ''. El Paso Herald - Post. El Paso, TX. May 29, 1965. p. 8. 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Question: who played milburn drysdale on the beverly hillbillies
Answer: Raymond Thomas Bailey