# Kirk Baily

Kirk Baily (February 2, 1963 – February 28, 2022) was an American actor.
He was best known for his role as Kevin "Ug" Lee on the Nickelodeon sitcom Salute Your Shorts, and later for his voice acting roles in animation and video games.

## Early life

Baily was born in Adrian, Michigan on February 2, 1963.
His father Harold Baily was a Navy veteran from Adrian, and his mother Barbara Baily (née Moats) a teacher from Ney, Ohio.
Baily cited Abbott and Costello, Dick Van Dyke, The Three Stooges and Tim Conway as early creative influences since he and his four brothers enjoyed watching them on television.

## Education

He graduated from Adrian High School in 1981, where he was a baseball player and swimmer.
Baily graduated from the Theatre program at Miami University in 1985 after starring in their production of The Front Page that same year. He was a member of Ohio Lambda, Miami University's Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
He moved to New York after college to further study theatre. After moving to Los Angeles in 1991 to pursue acting full-time, he performed with The Groundlings and The Second City while working as an acting coach and high school drama teacher.

## Career

   And then there was my favorite, Ug. Kirk Baily is the actor who played him and was just a perfect guy to have on set. The guy would throw himself into anything. There wasn’t a single thing he couldn’t do. He had a rubber face, kind of a young Don Knotts. He was just perfect. He would get stung by bees, throw himself in the lake, get knocked over backwards. The character believed he was the ultimate power at summer camp and he found out that that was not the truth and that the kids truly had the power.
Baily starred as camp counselor Kevin "Ug" Lee on the popular Nickelodeon sitcom Salute Your Shorts from 1991 to 1992.
He had a recurring role as Greg Madigen during the final season of Melrose Place in 1999.
Baily found success as a voice actor, starring as Tetsuya Kajiwara in Fushigi Yûgi, Millions Knives in Trigun, and Shin in Cowboy Bebop. He also worked doing ADR looping for film and television.

## Personal life

Baily ruptured his left ear drum after diving into Franklin Canyon Lake while filming the Salute Your Shorts episode "Ug's Girlfriend is Coming" in 1991, causing permanent hearing loss.
He was married to Peggy Ziegler from 1993 until their divorce in 2019. They had two children, Bella Clare and Bowen.
Baily and Michael Ray Bower were groomsmen for the wedding of their former Salute Your Shorts castmate Danny Cooksey in 1998.
He is survived by his partner, actress Ranjani Brow and his two children.

## Death

Baily became sick, tested positive for lung cancer in August 2021, but stated he would continue to do dubbing projects as long as he was able to. He died in Los Angeles from heart failure caused by the disease on February 28, 2022, 26 days after his 59th birthday.
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank and DC League of Super-Pets were his final projects and both were dedicated in his memory.
Sam Roberts memorialized Baily on the March 2, 2022, episode of Sam Roberts Now.
A celebration of life was held for Baily in Pasadena, California on May 21, 2022.

## Filmography
### Live-action

List of acting performances in film and television :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | Alexa | Tony | |
| 1990 | Lifestories | Philip Richardson | Episode: "Steve Burdick" |
| 1991 | Voodoo Dawn | Kevin | |
| 1991 | Absolute Strangers | Arnie | Television film |
| 1991–92 | Salute Your Shorts | Kevin 'Ug' Lee | 26 episodes |
| 1993 | Caroline at Midnight | Detective #2 | |
| 1994 | Greyhounds | Billy Bruno | Television film |
| 1994 | Silk Stalkings | Gary Holden | Episode: "Maid Service"; uncredited |
| 1994 | Models Inc. | Barry | Episode: "In Models We Trust" |
| 1995 | Houseguest | Stuart the Manager | |
| 1995 | Sisters | The Creep | Episode: "100" |
| 1995 | Black Day Blue Night | Mayor's Assistant | |
| 1996 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Tony Spencer | Episode: "Coming Out, Getting Out, Going Out"; credited as Kirk Bailey |
| 1997 | The Larry Sanders Show | Ed | Episode: "Pain Equals Funny" |
| 1997 | The 6th Man | Coach Nichols | |
| 1997 | Back in Business | Yuppie | |
| 1997 | Pacific Blue | Mike Grant | Episode: "Matters of the Heart" |
| 1998 | 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain | Carl | |
| 1998 | 7th Heaven | Joe James | Episode: "Time to Leave the Nest" |
| 1998 | Indiscreet | Larry Neal | Television film |
| 1998 | Outside Ozona | Agent Tony Cole | |
| 1999 | Melrose Place | Greg Madigan | 3 episodes |
| 1999 | Soccer Dog: The Movie | Ref | |
| 1999 | Star Trek: Voyager | Magnus Hansen | Episode: "Dark Frontier" |
| 2000 | Rocket's Red Glare | Mr. Matthews | Television film |
| 2001 | Judging Amy | Harry Winter | Episode: "Between the Wanting and the Getting" |
| 2001 | FreakyLinks | Officer Scott Hanover | Episode: "Subject: Police Siren" |
| 2001 | Felicity | Financial Aid Officer | 2 episodes; credited as Kirk Bailey |
| 2002 | NYPD Blue | Roger Simmons | Episode: "Humpty Dumpty" |
| 2004 | Life on Liberty Street | ER Intern | Television film |
| 2008 | Bottle Shock | Loan Officer | |
| 2008 | Nobel Son | Wil Cavalere | |
| 2011 | Five | Scott | Television film |
| 2015 | The3Tails Movie: A Mermaid Adventure | Head Coast Guard | |

### Voice
#### Anime

List of voice performances in anime :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1998 | Fushigi Yûgi: Memories First OAV | Tetsuya Kajiwara | Credited as Bo Williams |
| 1998 | Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play - Reflections OAV 2 | Tetsuya Kajiwara | Credited as Bo Williams |
| 1999 | Fist of the North Star | Gibara | Episode: "Tremble & Die! - Villains of Night Fog Valley!"; credited as Bo Williams |
| 1999 | Mobile Suit Gundam | Cpt. Garma Zabi | Credited as Bo Williams |
| 1999 | Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow | Cpt. Garma Zabi | Credited as Bo Williams |
| 1999 | Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory | Pilot of Bloom's Shuttle | |
| 1999 | Dual! Paralle lunlun monogatari | United Team Alliance | 3 episodes; credited as Bo Williams |
| 1999 | Cowboy Bebop | Shin | 2 episodes; credited as Bo Williams |
| 2001 | Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team | Fed Gossiper / Unit 2 | Credited as Bo Williams |
| 2001 | Gate Keepers | Train Passenger | Credited as Bo Williams |
| 2001 | Hand Maid May | Raffle Ticket Man | Credited as Bo Williams |
| 2001 | Ah! My Goddess: The Movie | Additional Voices | Credited as Bo Williams |
| 2001 | Vampire Princess Miyu | Father | Episode: "Reiha Has Come" |
| 2001 | Metropolis | Marduk / Scientist | |
| 2001 | Saint Tail | Crook 2 | Episode: "Legend of Happiness?! The Clock Tower Commotion" |
| 2002 | Armitage III: Dual Matrix | Robot Security Guard / Unit Dispatcher | |
| 2002 | Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran | Beninosuke / Junai Yoshikawa | 13 episodes |
| 2002 | .hack//Liminality Vol. 1: In the Case of Mai Minase | Masaya Makino | |
| 2002 | Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play - Eikoden | Tetsuya Kajiwara | 4 episodes; credited as Bo Williams |
| 2003 | Trigun | Millions Knives (Adult) | 8 episodes; credited as Bo Williams |
| 2003 | Rurouni Kenshin | Reisui | Episode: "The Magic of Feng Shui"; credited as Bo Williams |
| 2003 | Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | Robber D | |
| 2003 | Android Kikaider: The Animation | Ichiro Komyoji | Episode: "Kodoku na Ningyô" |
| 2003 | .hack//Liminality Vol. 4: Trismegitstus | Masaya Makino | |
| 2004 | Yukikaze | Press Reporter #2 | |
| 2004–06 | Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex | Yamaguchi / Kawashima | 13 episodes |
| 2005 | Rescue Me Mave-Chan | Classmate 1 | |
| 2011 | From Up on Poppy Hill | Additional Voices | |

#### Film

List of voice performances in feature films :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1992 | Twin Dragons | Voice | English dub |
| 2002 | Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | Additional Voices | English dub |
| 2003 | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | Additional Voices | |
| 2004 | Shaolin Soccer | Additional Voices | English dub |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | ADR Group | |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | Additional Voices | |
| 2006 | Open Season | Additional Voices | |
| 2008 | Dead Space: Downfall | Walla | Direct-to-video |
| 2008 | The Tale of Despereaux | Additional Voices | |
| 2010 | Vampires Suck | Voice Actor | |
| 2010 | Buried | 411 Male Operator | |
| 2010 | Yogi Bear | Additional Voiceover | |
| 2011 | Open Season 3 | Additional Voices | |
| 2011 | Rango | ADR Group | |
| 2011 | Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil | Voice | |
| 2011 | Spy Kids: All the Time in the World | Voice | |
| 2011 | The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol | Additional Voices | Short film |
| 2012 | Chronicle | Additional Voices | |
| 2012 | ParaNorman | Blithe Hollow Townperson | |
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | Additional Voices | |
| 2013 | Frozen | Additional Voices | |
| 2014 | Feast | Additional Characters | Short film |
| 2014 | Big Hero 6 | Additional Voices | |
| 2015 | My All American | Additional Voices | |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | ADR Group | |
| 2017 | The Star | Additional Voices | |
| 2018 | The Meg | Voice | |
| 2018 | Bumblebee | Brawn / Decepticon Soldier | |
| 2019 | Missing Link | New Worlder | |
| 2020 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | Additional Voices | |
| 2022 | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | Additional Voices | Dedicated to his memory |
| 2022 | DC League of Super-Pets | Additional Voices | Dedicated to his memory |

#### Video games

List of voice performances in video games :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Galerians | Birdman / Dr. Pascale | Credited as Bo Williams |
| 2000 | Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force | Crewman Mitch Cstalos / Malon | Credited as Kirk Bailey |
| 2003 | .hack//Infection | Additional Voices | |
| 2003 | .hack//Mutation | Additional Voices | |
| 2003 | .hack//Outbreak | Additional Voices | |
| 2004 | .hack//Quarantine | Additional Voices | |
| 2004 | Shadow Hearts: Covenant | Hien | Credited as Bo Williams |
| 2008 | Condemned 2: Bloodshot | Thieves / Vagrants / Rioters | Credited as Kirk Bailey |