# Ed Bakey

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

## Life and career

Bakey was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, and moved to Baltimore at an early age. He attended Baltimore City College, graduating in 1943, and began his acting career in 1945 at the Hilltop Theatre. He later moved to New York to perform at the Provincetown Playhouse. He then worked as an announcer for the television station WBAL-TV and as a director for a radio station. In 1957 he appeared on the CBS television station WJZ-TV as the clown "Pop-Pop" in The Jack Wells Show. He also played the folk singer Eddie Greensleeve in Mike Wallace's program.
In 1966, he played George Beenstock in the Broadway play Walking Happy. Bakey returned to television work in 1967, appearing in the western television series Death Valley Days. He guest-starred in television programs including Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, The F.B.I., The Big Valley, Bonanza, The Streets of San Francisco, Cannon, Cimarron Strip, Dundee and the Culhane, The Guns of Will Sonnett, Night Gallery, Police Woman, One Day at a Time, Hill Street Blues and Star Trek.
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. In 1973, he appeared in the film The Sting as "Granger". His final film credit was for the 1984 film The Philadelphia Experiment.

## Death

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

## Filmography
### Film

Film acting work by Ed Bakey :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1969 | Heaven with a Gun | Scotty Andrews | |
| 1970 | Barquero | Happy | |
| 1971 | Wild Rovers | Gambler | |
| 1972 | The Other | Chan-yu | |
| 1973 | The Sting | Granger | |
| 1974 | For Pete's | Angelo | |
| 1975 | Darktown Strutters | Reverend S. Tilly | |
| 1977 | The White Buffalo | Ben Corbett | |
| 1977 | Telefon | Carl Hassler | |
| 1978 | The Evil | Sam the Caretaker | |
| 1978 | Hot Lead and Cold Feet | Joshua | |
| 1980 | The Baltimore Bullet | Skinny | |
| 1981 | Dead & Buried | Fisherman | |
| 1982 | Zapped! | Father Gallagher | |
| 1984 | The Philadelphia Experiment | Pa Willis | Final film role |
| 1984 | Overnight Sensation | Wino | Short film |

### Television

Television acting work by Ed Bakey :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1967 | Death Valley Days | Sam Bass | Episode: "The Informer Who Cried" |
| 1968 | Tarzan | Prince | Episode: "A Gun for Jai" |
| 1968 | Cimarron Strip | Bartender | Episode: "Without Honor" |
| 1967-1969 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Jellicoe / Homer Blessing | 2 episodes |
| 1969 | Star Trek | The First Fop | Episode: "All Our Yesterdays" |
| 1967-1969 | The Big Valley | Burt Simpson / Link Mason / Floyd Stryder / Corell | 4 episodes |
| 1970 | Lancer | Leach | Episode: "The Experiment" |
| 1970 | The High Chaparral | Jubel / Bates | 2 episodes |
| 1970 | The F.B.I. | Scully | Episode: "Incident in the Desert" |
| 1971 | Love, American Style | Filbus | Segment: "Love and the Traveling Salesman" Episode: "Love and the Artful Codger/Love and the Neglected Wife/Love and the Traveling Salesman" |
| 1970-1971 | Mission: Impossible | Attendant / Dr. Kadar | 2 episodes |
| 1972 | Night Gallery | Ollie | Segment: "Lindemann's Catch" Episode: "Lindemann's Catch/A Feast of Blood/The Late Mr. Peddington" |
| 1967-1972 | Gunsmoke | Goody Stackpole / Farmer / Reverend Bright | 3 episodes |
| 1968-1972 | Bonanza | Lumis / Louby Sains / Hake | 3 episodes |
| 1973 | Chase | Sonny | Episode: "One for You, Two for Me" |
| 1973 | Dusty's Trail | — | Episode: "Two of a Kind" |
| 1973 | Incident at Vichy | Ferrand | Television film |
| 1973 | Kung Fu | Bloom | 2 episodes |
| 1974 | The Godchild | Shaw | Television film |
| 1974 | Cannon | Lt. Lincoln Gormley | Episode: "Daddy's Little Girl" |
| 1975 | The Streets of San Francisco | Rummy | Episode: "Letters from the Grave" |
| 1975 | The Honorable Sam Houston | — | Television film |
| 1975 | The Night That Panicked America | Vanderhoff | Television film |
| 1975 | Starsky and Hutch | Fifth Avenue | Episode: "Lady Blue" |
| 1976 | Lincoln | Citizen with Knife | Episode: "The Last Days"Uncredited |
| 1974-1977 | Police Woman | Mongoose / Jimmy Higgins / The Man | 3 episodes |
| 1979 | Centennial | Floyd Calendar | Episode: "The Scream of Eagles" |
| 1979 | Charlie's Angels | Ed Jackson | Episode: "Angel in a Box" |
| 1980 | Kenny Rogers as The Gambler | Eli | Television film |
| 1980 | The Georgia Peaches | Desmond Winkus | Television film |
| 1981 | Walking Tall | Mr. Shallit | Episode: "Company Town" |
| 1982 | Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn | — | Television film |
| 1981-1982 | Bret Maverick | Lyman Nickerson / Deacon Tippett | 3 episodes |
| 1982 | Voyagers! | Bastaine | Episode: "Created Equal" |
| 1982 | Johnny Belinda | — | Television film |
| 1982 | Quincy, M.E. | Jimbo | Episode: "Science for Sale" |
| 1983 | One Day at a Time | Man at Bar | Episode: "Social Insecurity" |
| 1983 | Simon & Simon | Rich Steck | Episode: "Too Much of a Good Thing" |
| 1985 | Murder, She Wrote | Monsignor Kelly | Episode: "Broadway Malady" |
| 1985 | Crazy Like a Fox | — | Episode: "Motor Homicide" |
| 1985 | Days of Our Lives | Earl Watkins | 3 episodes |
| 1986 | The New Gidget | Lovebeads | Episode: "Fighting City Hall" |
| 1986 | Hill Street Blues | Mr. Goldfarb | Episode: "Say Uncle" |
| 1987 | Highway to Heaven | Paul | Episode: "Wally" |