William Bailey

Personal Info

Birthday

September 25, 1886

Day of Death

1962-11-08

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Also Known As

Gordon Reineck

William Norton Bailey

William N. Bailey

Wm. Norton Bailey

W.N. 'Bill' Bailey

Bill Bailey

William N. Baily

Gardner Warren Reineck

William Bailey

Biography

William Bailey was born on September 26, 1886 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA as Gordon Reineck. He was an actor and director, known for On Dangerous Ground (1917), The Penitent (1912) and Hilda Wakes (1913). He was married to Alethia Hamilton Fadden, Mary Florence Cannon and Polly Vann. He died on November 8, 1962 in Hollywood, California, USA.

Known For

Two-Faced Woman

It Happened One Night

Father of the Bride

In the Good Old Summertime

Where Danger Lives

Manhattan Melodrama

Act of Violence

Clash by Night

Filmography

1957
A Hatful of Rain
as Man in Elevator (uncredited)
1954
Make Haste to Live
as Ed Jenkins
1952
The Duel at Silver Creek
as Townsman (uncredited)
Here Come the Marines
as Brogan the Postman
Clash by Night
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger
as Jim (uncredited)
1951
Cattle Queen
as Warden
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
as Robert Kyle
1950
Lightning Guns
as Luke Atkins
Where Danger Lives
as Man (uncredited)
Devil's Doorway
as Posse Member (uncredited)
Federal Man
as Man in Elevator (uncredited)
Father of the Bride
as Man in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
1949
In the Good Old Summertime
as Supper Club Patron (uncredited)
Brand of Fear
as Frank Martin
The Great Sinner
as Gambling Casino Accountant (uncredited)
West of El Dorado
as Sheriff Jack
The Lady Gambles
as Croupier (uncredited)
Son of a Badman
as Brad Burley
Trails End
as Sheriff
Act of Violence
as Convention Party Drunk (uncredited)
1948
Courtin' Trouble
as Curtis
False Paradise
as Mine Foreman
Silver Trails
as John Chambers
Back Trail
as Sheriff (uncredited)
The Gallant Legion
as Barfly
Campus Sleuth
as Coroner
1947
A Double Life
as Detective (uncredited)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Robin Hood Of Texas
as Chase Car Owner
Code of the Saddle
as Sheriff Wallace
Desperate
as Traveling Salesman (uncredited)
Sarge Goes to College
as Professor
The Egg and I
as Doctor at Country Dance (Uncredited)
1946
Undercurrent
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Nightclub Patron at Ciro's (uncredited)
1944
Mrs. Parkington
as Ball Musician (uncredited)
Maisie Goes to Reno
as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Movie Pests
as Man Whose Foot Gets Stepped On (uncredited)
1942
The Lady or the Tiger?
as Party Guest
Rio Rita
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Woman of the Year
as Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Flag of Mercy
as Recruiting Sergeant
1941
Two-Faced Woman
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
How to Hold Your Husband - BACK
as Boo Boo's Co-Worker (uncredited)
Whispers
as Eavesdropping Husband (uncredited)
1940
Comrade X
as Press Correspondent
You, the People
as Jim
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Ship's Officer / Man Leaving Drugstore
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as Spectator in Operating Theatre (uncredited)
That Inferior Feeling
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
1939
Another Thin Man
as Freight Elevator Operator (uncredited)
British Intelligence
as British Intelligence Agent
Miracles for Sale
as Spectator in Theatre Box
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Bank Employee (uncredited)
Angel of Mercy
as Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
1938
Spring Madness
as Train Conductor Announcing "Board"
The Chaser
as Hank
That Mothers Might Live
as Passerby (uncredited)
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
as Husband in Courtroom (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin Returns
as Detective (uncredited)
A Yank at Oxford
as Racetrack Timekeeper (uncredited)
1937
I'll Take Romance
as Client in Kane's Waiting Room
It May Happen to You
as Police Detective (uncredited)
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
We Who Are About to Die
as Policeman Passenger (uncredited)
1936
Charlie Chan at the Opera
as Detective (uncredited)
The Accusing Finger
as Reporter in Senate Chamber
Murder with Pictures
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Trocadero Patron (uncredited)
The Witness Chair
as Court Bailiff
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Studio Commissary Chief (Uncredited)
I'll Name the Murderer
as Hugo Van Ostrum
Charlie Chan's Secret
as Det. Harris
1935
Thunder Mountain
as Cliff Borden
Thunder in the Night
as Party Guest
Public Hero Number 1
as Federal Agent (uncredited)
Shadow of Doubt
as Det. Don
1934
Change of Heart
as Man in Street (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
as Al Barnes (uncredited)
George White's Scandals
as Harold Bestry
David Harum
as Townsman (uncredited)
It Happened One Night
as Clark (uncredited)
1933
The House on 56th Street
as Gambler (uncredited)
Fargo Express
as Goss Partner #2
A Man of Sentiment
as Doctor
Penthouse
as Maitre D' at Pinnacle Club (uncredited)
Made on Broadway
as Attorney in Courtroom
The Lone Avenger
as Henchman Landers
1932
Central Park
as Gangster Eddie (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
as Powers
1931
West of Broadway
as Herbert, the Maitre D' (uncredited)
Bad Girl
as Expectant Father of Twins (uncredited)
Stranger in Town
as Harvey Company Wholesale Sales Clerk
1930
The Truth About Youth
as Jim - Kara's Boyfriend (uncredited)
One Night at Susie's
as John Nedlog (Uncredited)
Back Pay
as Ed
1928
Burning Bridges
as Jim Black
The Way of the Strong
as Tiger Louie
Man in the Rough
as Jim Kane (as William Norton Bailey)
The Flyin' Cowboy
as James Bell
1927
Wild Beauty
as Jim Kennedy
High School Hero
as Mr. Merrill
The Fighting Three
as Steve Clayton
1926
The Stolen Ranch
as Sam Hardy
The House Without a Key
as Harry Jennison
Lightning Bill
as William W. Williams
Fightin' Jack
as Jack Rhodes
Ranson's Folly
as Lt. Crosby
Queen o'Diamonds
as LeRoy Phillips
1925
Lazybones
as Elmer Ballister
Fighting Youth
as Harold Brennty
The Desert Flower
as Jack Royal
1924
The Flaming Forties
as Desparde
Gold Heels
as Kendall Jr.
The Desert Hawk
as Tex Trapp
Winner Take All
as Jim Devereaux
Against All Odds
as Tom Curtis (as William N. Baily)
The Uninvited Guest
as Fred Morgan
1923
Three O'Clock in the Morning
as Hugo von Strohm
Is Money Everything?
as Roy Pelham
1920
The Phantom Foe
as Bob Royal
1919
Victory
as Undetermined Role
Three Black Eyes
as Payne
Break the News to Mother
as Warren Flint
Shadows of Suspicion
as Captain Walter Byfield
1918
I'll Say So
as August Myers
Leap to Fame
as Hoffman's Servant
The Eagle's Eye
as Heinrich von Lertz
1917
The Inevitable
as Frank Lyons
On Dangerous Ground
as Ritter Bloem
1916
War Brides
as Eric
1915
The Suburban
as Jack Brambough, Donald's Pal
Conscience
as George Grant
When It Strikes Home
as Victor Hartley
From the Valley of the Missing
as Everett Brinbecombe
1914
The Testing Fire
as Her City Beau
The Conqueror
as Frank
The Hour and the Man
as William Maxwell
1913
Life's Weaving
as Thorwald
The Way Perilous
as Roger Crane
The Right of Way
as Brady
1912
The Iron Heel
as Wiley's Butler
Ghosts
as A Friend of Dr. Trueman
Back to the Old Farm
as George Randall