Richard Bakalyan

Richard Bakalyan was an American character actor, who appeared in various Disney productions throughout the 1970s. He well-known roles were Chillie Walsh in The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Cookie from the film's sequels, and Dinky from The Fox and the Hound.
Born in Watertown, Massachusetts; Bakalyan was in and out of trouble much of younger years. Despite his crimes, he enlisted in the U.S. Ar Force during Korean War and was honorably discharged with the rank of staff sergeant. His acting career saw him casted as thugs, outlaws, or lawman in films, such as The Delinquents, The Bonnie Parker Story, The Cool and the Crazy, Robin and the 7 Hoods, None but the Brave, Pressure Point, Chinatown, Follow That Dream, The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, and a cameo in The Greatest Story Ever Told as the good thief on the cross at Jesus' crucifixion. His television credits included Combat, Peter Gunn, The Untouchables, Wagon Train, Batman, Love, American Style, Kojak, The Mod Squad, The Partridge Family, The Bobby Darin Show, The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, Vegas, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Matlock, Charlie's Angels, Emergency!, Baywatch Nights, and My Name Is Earl.
Bakalyan died on February 27, 2015, at the Arnot Ogden Medical Center, in Elmira, New York, aged 84.
==Filmography==
Year	Film 	Role(s)
1966	Donald's Fire Survival Plan 	Donald's Common Sense (voice)
1967	A Boy Called Nuthin' 	Shortie
1968	Way Down Cellar 	Charlie
1968	Never a Dull Moment 	Bobby Macoon
1969	It's Tough to Be a Bird 	M.C. Bird (voice)
1969	The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes 	Chillie Walsh
1972	Now You See Him, Now You Don't 	Cookie
1973	Charley and the Angel 	Buggs
1975	The Strongest Man in the World 	Cookie
1976	The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper	Ernie Nelson
1976	The Shaggy D.A. 	Freddie
1978	Return from Witch Mountain 	Eddie
1978	The Young Runaways 	Jocko
1979	Understanding Alcohol Use and Abuse	Emotion (voice)
1981	The Fox and the Hound 	Dinky (voice)
1982	Herbie, the Love Bug 	Detective O'Brien
==Roles==
1966-donald-fire-survival-plan-02.jpg|Donald's Common Sense(Donald's Fire Survival Plan; 1966 version)
Richard bakalyan and dick van dyke.jpg|Bobby Macoon(Never a Dull Moment)
1969-bird-2.jpg|M.C. Bird(It's Tough to Be a Bird)
Richard bakalyan in the computer wore tennis shoes.jpg|Chillie Walsh(The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes)
Cookie.PNG|Cookie(Now You See Him, Now You Don't, The Strongest Man in the World)
Richard bakalyan in charley and the angel.JPG|Buggs(Charley and the Angel)
Krcc91.jpg|Ernie Nelson(The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper)
Richard bakalyan in the shaggy DA.jpg|Freddie(The Shaggy D.A.)
1979-alcohol-10.jpg|Emotion(Understanding Alcohol Use and Abuse)
Fox1-disneyscreencaps com-1288.jpg|Dinky(The Fox and the Hound)
==Gallery==
Ward kimball richard bakalyan ted berman.jpg|Bakalyan with Ward Kimball and Ted Berman during production of It's Tough to Be a Bird.
==External links==
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