Richard Bakalyan

Richard Bakalyan (January 29, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor who started his career playing juvenile delinquents in his first several films.
== Early life[edit] ==
Richard Bakalyan was born on January 29, 1931, in Watertown, Massachusetts, the son of Armenian-born William Nishan Bakalyan and Elsie Florence (née Fancy) Bakalyan, a Canadian from Nova Scotia. He had two brothers.[1] His father died in 1939, when Richard was 8.[2]
Growing up in a tough neighborhood, Bakalyan learned boxing to defend himself in street fights.[1] He served a year's probation at age 15 for unknown crimes.[3]
Bakalyan served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War.[4] After four years of service, he was honorably discharged with the rank of staff sergeant.[1]
== Career[edit] ==
=== Film[edit] ===
Early in his career he was cast as thugs, outlaws, and in military action films, like The Delinquents (1957), The Bonnie Parker Story (1958), and Up Periscope (1959).[5] During the filming of 1958's juvenile-gang drama The Cool and the Crazy, he and fellow actor Dick Jones were arrested for vagrancy for real on-location in Kansas City. They were standing on the corner between takes in "JD" outfits and the police thought that they were actual gang members. It took several hours for the film crew to explain to the police what was going on and get them released from jail.
By the mid-1960s, as he grew out of these roles, he became something of a comic heavy, often cast in family Disney films though still known in dramas. Some of his Disney projects included Never a Dull Moment (1968), The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), The Strongest Man in the World (1975), Return from Witch Mountain (1978),[1] and voice-efforts in The Fox and the Hound (1981), as 'Dinky' the finch bird.[2][6]
Bakalyan had an uncredited role in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) as the good thief on the cross. He appeared in several of Frank Sinatra's movies during the 1960s, such as Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964), None but the Brave (1965), and Von Ryan's Express (1965), becoming lifelong friends with the Sinatra family.[2] While filming Pressure Point in 1962, he met co-star Bobby Darin, who later became one of Bakalyan's closest friends.[1][7] It's reported Bakalyan was one of the last friends to see Darin, before his premature death from heart disease, in December, 1973.[8] Bakalyan played Detective Loach in Roman Polanski's 1974 film Chinatown opposite Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.[1]
=== Television[edit] ===
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Brown_Lawman_1961.JPG|right|thumb|Bakalyan and Peter Brown in Lawman (1961)
Bakalyan has also appeared on numerous television shows from the 1950s through the 2000s.[1] Early small screen performances came in Panic!, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Hawaiian Eye and The Untouchables. In 1966, he played Sgt. Piper on the World War II drama Combat! in the 4th season episode" Gitty". Later he appeared in a variety of shows, including Batman, Ellery Queen, Mannix, Love, American Style, Kojak, The Bionic Woman, Charlie's Angels, Hill Street Blues, Emergency! (1977 S6-E15), where he starred as Charley a fire apparatus mechanic, and the NBC comedy series My Name Is Earl, which was his last screen effort in October 2008.[9]
In 1968, Bakalyan was featured in "Way Down Cellar," a two-part story on Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color.[10] He was a regular on Dean Martin Presents: The Bobby Darin Amusement Company (1972) and The Bobby Darin Show (1973).[1][2]
== Personal life[edit] ==
Bakalyan was married to Elizabeth Baumann from 1952 until her death in 1967.[11]
A prolific character actor, Bakalyan was profiled in the book Names You Never Remember, With Faces You Never Forget by Justin Humphreys.[1]
== Death[edit] ==
Bakalyan died suddenly of a stroke on February 27, 2015, at the Arnot Ogden Medical Center, in Elmira, New York, aged 84.[12]
== Filmography[edit] ==
=== Film[edit] ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1954 	Attila 	 	
1957 	The Delinquents 	Eddy 	
1957 	The Delicate Delinquent 	Artie 	
1957 	Dino 	Chuck 	
1957 	The Brothers Rico 	Vic Tucci 	
1957 	Hear Me Good 	Hermie 	
1958 	The Cool and the Crazy 	Jackie Barzan 	
1958 	Juvenile Jungle 	Tic-Tac 	
1958 	The Bonnie Parker Story 	Duke Jefferson 	
1958 	Hot Car Girl 	Walter 'Duke' Willis 	
1959 	Paratroop Command 	Charlie 	
1959 	Up Periscope 	Seaman Peck 	
1959 	 	 	
Carl Thompson	 	 	
1961 	The Errand Boy 	Jason, Anastasia's Director	
1962 	Panic in Year Zero! 	Carl 	
1962 	Pressure Point 	Jimmy 	
1962 	Follow That Dream 	Sheriff 	
1963 	Operation Bikini 	Seaman Hiller 	Uncredited
1964 	Robin and the 7 Hoods 	Robbo's Hood #1 	
1964 	The Patsy 	Boy at Spring Hop 	Uncredited
1965 	None but the Brave 	Corporal Ruffino 	
1965 	The Greatest Story Ever Told 	Good Thief on Cross 	Uncredited
1965 	Donald's Fire Survival Plan 	Common Sense (voice) 	Short film
1965 	Von Ryan's Express 	Corporal Giannini 	
1966 	Follow Me, Boys! 	Umpire 	Uncredited
1967 	The St. Valentine's Day Massacre 	John Scalise 	
1968 	Never a Dull Moment 	Bobby Macoon 	
1969 	It's Tough to Be a Bird 	M.C. Bird (voice) 	Short film
1969 	The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes 	Chillie Walsh 	
1972 	Now You See Him, Now You Don't 	Cookie 	
1973 	Charley and the Angel 	Buggs 	
1974 	Chinatown 	Detective Loach 	
1975 	The Strongest Man in the World 	Cookie 	
1976 	The Shaggy D.A. 	Freddie 	
1978 	Return from Witch Mountain 	Eddie 	
1979 	Understanding Alcohol Use and Abuse	Emotion (voice) 	Short film
1979 	H.O.T.S. 	Charlie Ingels 	
1980 	The Man with Bogart's Face 	Lt. Bumbera 	
1981 	The Fox and the Hound 	Dinky (voice) 	
1984 	Blame It on the Night 	Manzini 	
1994 	Confessions of a Hitman 	Uncle Dino 	
2000 	The Mask Maker 	Mask Maker 	Short film
2001 	Dischord 	Det. Dunbarton 	
2006 	Art School Confidential 	Cranky Guard 	
=== Television[edit] ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1955 	Luke and the Tenderfoot 	Bill Bangles 	Episode: "The Boston Kid"
1957 	Official Detective 	Bob Wolfe 	Episode: "The Blind Man"
1957 	The Lineup 	 	Episode: "The 17643 Case"
1957 	Casey Jones 	Jackie 	Episode: "Way Station"
1957–1958	The Walter Winchell File 	Yutch / Sid 	2 episodes
1958 	Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer 	Lou 	Episode: "Dead Men Don't Dream"
1958 	Panic! 	Carl 	2 episodes
1958 	The Silent Service 	Torpedoman Pasqual Mignon / Motor Machinist Mate George J. McKnight	2 episodes
1958 	Bat Masterson 	Sam Teller 	Episode: "Double Trouble in Trinidad"
1959 	The D.A.'s Man 	Dunn 	Episode: "The Mob Versus O'Hara"
1959 	The Lawless Years 	Eddie Safranik / Buggsy 	2 episodes
1959 	U.S. Marshal 	Joe Savage 	Episode: "Trigger Happy"
1959 	Hotel de Paree 	Rob 	Episode: "A Rope Is for Hanging"
1959 	The Deputy 	Billy the Kid 	Episode: "The Big Four"
1959 	Peter Gunn 	Chino Amalo 	Episode: "Kidnap"
1959 	Hennesey 	Harry Benson 	Episode: "Hennesey Meets Mrs. Horatio Grief"
1959 	Tightrope! 	Loomis 	Episode: "Cold Kill"
1959 	Bold Venture 	Johnny Regis 	Episode: "Blue Moon"
1959–1961	The Rebel 	Bart Vogan / Calley Kid 	3 episodes
1960 	Wanted Dead or Alive 	Harry Quint 	Episode: "Angela"
1960 	Johnny Ringo 	Lee Rafferty 	Episode: "The Raffertys"
1960 	Mr. Lucky 	Spider 	Episode: "Big Squeeze"
1960 	Lock-Up 	Spook Chambers 	Episode: "Society Matron"
1960 	Dan Raven 	Darnell 	Episode: "The Satchel Man"
1960 	The Tall Man 	Tiger Eye 	Episode: "Tiger Eye"
1960–1963	The Untouchables 	Cully / Lucky / Benno / Monk / Prisoner / Joe Courtney 	6 episodes
1961 	The DuPont Show with June Allyson 	Lieutenant 	Episode: "End of a Mission"
1961 	Checkmate 	Cabbie 	Episode: "The Human Touch"
1961 	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 	Sergeant Wyncoup 	2 episodes
1961 	Miami Undercover 	Zip Logan 	Episode: "Auto Motive"
1961 	Holiday Lodge 	Bobo Manning 	Episode: "Never Hit a Stranger"
1961 	Lawman 	Eggers - Bank Robber 	Episode: "Trojan Horse"
1961 	Straightaway 	Mike 	Episode: "The Heist"
1961 	Las Vegas Beat 	Lt. Bernard McFeety 	Television film
1962 	The New Breed 	 	Episode: "To Sell Another Human Being"
1962 	Dr. Kildare 	Yount 	Episode: "The Burning Sky"
1962 	The Dick Powell Show 	Justin Wolf / Bartender 	2 episodes
1962–1966	Combat! 	Sgt. Piper / Sgt. Wolfson 	2 episodes
1963 	Hawaiian Eye 	Spence Merrill 	Episode: "The Long Way Home"
1963 	Laramie 	Mel Doleman 	Episode: "Broken Honor"
1963 	Wagon Train 	Muscles 	Episode: "The Sam Pulaski Story"
1964 	Channing 	Roberto 	Episode: "Memory of a Firing Squad"
1964 	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 	Charlie 	Episode: "Two Is the Number"
1964 	Ben Casey 	Abner Goetz 	Episode: "For a Just Man Falleth Seven Times"
1965 	Wendy and Me 	Pete 	Episode: "The Wendy Mob"
1965 	No Time for Sergeants 	Stanley Swackheimer 	Episode: "Whortleberry Roots for Everyone"
1965 	Vacation Playhouse 	 	Episode: "Luke and the Tenderfoot"
1965 	Branded 	Roy Barlow 	Episode: "The Richest Man in Boot Hill"
1966 	Mister Roberts 	Joe 	Episode: "Black and Blue Market"
1966 	The Monroes 	Grac 	Episode: "Night of the Wolf"
1966 	The Tammy Grimes Show 	Tony 	Episode: "How to Steal a Girl Even If It's Only Me"
1966–1968	Batman 	Verdigris / C. B. / Arbutus / Fouad Sphinx 	6 episodes
1966–1969	Gunsmoke 	Billy Holland / Teems 	2 episodes
1967 	The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. 	Brutus 	Episode: "The Phi Beta Killer Affair"
1967 	Hondo 	Cole Younger 	Episode: "Hondo and the Judas"
1967 	Cimarron Strip 	Colly Sims 	Episode: "Nobody"
1967–1972	Mannix 	Eberle / Vincent's Thug / Frank Quigley 	3 episodes
1967–1978	The Wonderful World of Disney 	Ernie Nelson / Charlie / Shortie / Jocko / Narrator (voice) 	8 episodes
1968 	Garrison's Gorillas 	Cpl. Robert Wade 	Episode: "War Games"
1968 	The Mod Squad 	Fuller 	Episode: "The Price of Terror"
1968 	Felony Squad 	Gus Levering 	Episode: "The Distant Shore"
1970 	The Partridge Family 	Skee 	Episode: "Danny and the Mob"
1971 	Love, American Style 	Burglar 	Segment: "Love and the Hiccups"
1972 	The Bobby Darin Amusement Co. 	Himself 	7 episodes
1973 	The Bobby Darin Show 	Himself / Carmine 	11 episodes
1974 	Chase 	Manduke 	Episode: "Eighty-Six Proof TNT"
1974 	The Manhunter 	Johnny Fusco 	Episode: "Jackknife"
1974–1975	Cannon 	Dieter / Andy Norlan 	2 episodes
1975 	Kolchak: The Night Stalker 	The 1st Killer 	Episode: "The Trevi Collection"
1975 	Kojak 	Proctor 	Episode: "Be Careful What You Pray For"
1975–1977	Emergency! 	Charlie / Charley / Dewey 	3 episodes
1976 	The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper 	Ernie Nelson 	Television film
1976 	Ellery Queen 	Knucks O'Neill 	Episode: "The Adventure of the Sunday Punch"
1976 	Woman of the Year 	Pinkey Barbiki 	Television film
1976 	Viva Valdez 	Moretti 	Episode: "The Apprentice"
1976 	Monster Squad 	Toil 	Episode: "Ultra Witch"
1976 	Switch 	Sgt. Kingman 	Episode: "Quicker Than the Eye"
1976 	Holmes & Yoyo 	Phillips 	Episode: "The Hostages"
1977 	The Streets of San Francisco 	Gimpy 	Episode: "Hang Tough"
1977 	Most Wanted 	Fred Conroy 	Episode: "Ms. Murder"
1977 	The Bionic Woman 	Gino Talvin 	Episode: "Once a Thief"
1977 	Pine Canyon Is Burning 	Charlie Edison 	Television film
1977 	Bunco 	Henry Durand 	Television film
1977–1978	Barnaby Jones 	Winchell / Harry Layton 	2 episodes
1978 	The Rockford Files 	Porter 	Episode: "The Gang at Don's Drive-In"
1978–1981	Vegas 	Bernie / Freddie 'Fingers' / Bronson / Marvin Hale 	5 episodes
1978–1981	Charlie's Angels 	Artie Weaver / Eddie Feducci / Thad Roper 	3 episodes
1980 	CHiPs 	O'Hare 	Episode: "The Strippers"
1980 	The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo 	Mr. Crawford 	Episode: "The Haunting of Orly Manor"
1980 	The Love Boat 	Ben 	Episode: "Celebration/Captain Papa/Honeymoon Pressure"
1981 	Border Pals 	Little Eddie 	Television film
1981 	Fantasy Island 	James 	Episode: "The Lady and the Monster/The Last Cowboy"
1981–1984	The Fall Guy 	Walt / Red Eye 	2 episodes
1982 	Herbie, the Love Bug 	Detective O'Brien 	Episode: "Herbie the Best Man"
1983 	Cagney & Lacey 	John Travis 	Episode: "Jane Doe #37"
1983 	Shooting Stars 	Snuffy 	Television film
1984 	Matt Houston 	Jimmy 	Episode: "The High Fashion Murders"
1984 	Hill Street Blues 	Flaherty 	Episode: "Fuched Again"
1985 	Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story	Frank Jacobs 	Television film
1986 	Hardcastle and McCormick 	Paul Perry 	Episode: "When I Look Back on All the Things"
1987 	Scarecrow and Mrs. King 	Meatball Bonfelli 	Episode: "The Khrushchev List"
1987 	Sledge Hammer! 	Clive Winston 	Episode: "Hammer Hits the Rock"
1987–1988	Hunter 	Kenny Dunstan 	3 episodes
1987–1990	Matlock 	Mickey Callahan / Bobby Devine 	2 episodes
1995 	Hudson Street 	Frank Rampert 	Episode: "Crime, Per Se"
1995–1996	Baywatch Nights 	Bookie / Informant / Peebles Runkin 	2 episodes
1998 	JAG 	Harold Green 	Episode: "Yesterday's Heroes"
1998 	Millennium 	Abum 	Episode: "Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me"
2004 	Las Vegas 	'Fast Tommy' Polone 	Episode: "Always Faithful"
2004 	Cold Case 	Wendell Foyt 	Episode: "The House"
2008 	My Name Is Earl 	Mr. Wallace 	Episode: "Quit Your Snitchin'"
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