Personal Info
Birth date
1886-09-25 (138 Years)
Day of death
1962-11-08
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
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.
Filmography
It Happened One Night
7.823
Overview:
A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.Charlie Chan's Secret
6.8
Overview:
Allen Colby, heir to a huge fortune, is presumed drowned after an ocean liner sinks off the coast of Honolulu. Mysteriously, Colby reappears at his mansion only to be murdered soon after. When his body is discovered during a seance, everyone in attendance becomes a suspect, and it's up to Chan to find the murderer before he or she strikes again.The Three Musketeers
6.709
Overview:
Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their mission to protect France.The Texas Rangers
5.7
Overview:
It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorious outlaws into a gang the Rangers are unable to cope with. So the Ranger Major releases two men from prison who are familiar with the movements and locations used by Bass and his men and sends them out to find him.Father of the Bride
6.981
Overview:
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.A Double Life
6.211
Overview:
A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.Two-Faced Woman
6.4
Overview:
A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.A Hatful of Rain
6.74
Overview:
A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.Another Thin Man
7.09
Overview:
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.Flamingo Road
7
Overview:
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.Clash by Night
6.669
Overview:
An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend.Manhattan Melodrama
7
Overview:
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.Nazi Agent
6.6
Overview:
Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front for espionage.The Egg and I
7
Overview:
World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.The Duel at Silver Creek
7.014
Overview:
When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silver Kid joins forces with the local marshal to free the tiny town of Silver City from the clutches of the dastardly villains.Woman of the Year
6.913
Overview:
Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.British Intelligence
5.7
Overview:
During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also a spy, and help him transmit secret war plans back to Germany.Arsène Lupin Returns
5.8
Overview:
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy and alluring society woman, while one of the two rivals is none other than Arsène Lupin, the notorious jewel thief everybody thought dead, now living under the assumed name of René Farrand. As for the other suitor he is an American, a former F.B.I. sleuth turned private eye by the name of Steve Emerson. Steve not only suspects Farrand of being Lupin but when someone attempts to steal a precious emerald necklace from Lorraine's uncle, Count de Brissac, he is persuaded Lupin is the culprit. Is Emerson right or wrong? Which of the two men will win over Lorraine's heart?Make Haste to Live
5.8
Overview:
A single mother in New Mexico senses her own death in the hands of a mysterious stalker.Hollywood Boulevard
2.5
Overview:
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for magazine-publisher Jordan Winston. When Blakeford's daughter, Patricia, ask him to desist for the sake of his ex-wife, Carlotta Blakeford, he attempts to break his contract with Winston.The Unknown Man
4.8
Overview:
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.In the Good Old Summertime
6.6
Overview:
Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.Bad Girl
5.9
Overview:
A man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage.Campus Sleuth
NYR
Overview:
A photographer is murdered just outside of where a college dance is being held. The body is discovered by Lee Watson, but promptly disappears, as it's whisked around the campus by an ex-con night watchman. However, he is not the killer, and Freddie, Betty, Dodie, and Lee set out to find the culprit, who managed to put a big damper on the big dance.Where Danger Lives
6.387
Overview:
A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to outrun the law.The Lady Gambles
5.9
Overview:
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.A Yank at Oxford
6.7
Overview:
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.Made on Broadway
6.5
Overview:
A satire about the power of publicity. Robert Montgomery plays Jeff Bidwell, a dashing Broadway press agent who has his own private club where he cultivates the rich and powerful. With the help of his selfless ex-wife (Madge Evans), Jeff molds an illiterate, suicidal young woman (Sally Eilers) into a celebrity socialite.The Accusing Finger
4.7
Overview:
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die. The woman he loves and his investigator rival for her affections rally to find the real killer, while he is confronted by the misery of life on death row.Acting
1957A Hatful of Rain as Man in Elevator (uncredited)
1954Make Haste to Live as Ed Jenkins
1952The Duel at Silver Creek as Townsman (uncredited)
1952Here Come the Marines as Brogan the Postman
1952Clash by Night as Waiter (uncredited)
1952The Legend Of The Lone Ranger as Jim (uncredited)
1951Cattle Queen as Warden
1951The Unknown Man as Unknown
1951The Texas Rangers as Unknown
1951Al Jennings of Oklahoma as Robert Kyle
1950Lightning Guns as Luke Atkins
1950Where Danger Lives as Man (uncredited)
1950Devil's Doorway as Posse Member (uncredited)
1950Federal Man as Man in Elevator (uncredited)
1950Father of the Bride as Man in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
1949In the Good Old Summertime as Supper Club Patron (uncredited)
1949Brand of Fear as Frank Martin
1949The Great Sinner as Gambling Casino Accountant (uncredited)
1949West of El Dorado as Sheriff Jack
1949The Lady Gambles as Croupier (uncredited)
1949Flamingo Road as Unknown
1949Son of a Badman as Brad Burley
1949Trails End as Sheriff
1949Act of Violence as Convention Party Drunk (uncredited)
1948Courtin' Trouble as Curtis
1948The Three Musketeers as Unknown
1948False Paradise as Mine Foreman
1948Music Man as Unknown
1948Silver Trails as John Chambers
1948Back Trail as Sheriff (uncredited)
1948The Gallant Legion as Barfly
1948Campus Sleuth as Coroner
1947A Double Life as Detective (uncredited)
1947I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now as Audience Member (uncredited)
1947Robin Hood Of Texas as Chase Car Owner
1947Code of the Saddle as Sheriff Wallace
1947Desperate as Traveling Salesman (uncredited)
1947Sarge Goes to College as Professor
1947The Egg and I as Doctor at Country Dance (Uncredited)
1946Undercurrent as Party Guest (uncredited)
1945Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood as Nightclub Patron at Ciro's (uncredited)
1944Mrs. Parkington as Ball Musician (uncredited)
1944Maisie Goes to Reno as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
1944Movie Pests as Man Whose Foot Gets Stepped On (uncredited)
1942The Lady or the Tiger? as Party Guest
1942Rio Rita as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1942Nazi Agent as Unknown
1942Woman of the Year as Baseball Fan (uncredited)
1942Flag of Mercy as Recruiting Sergeant
1941Two-Faced Woman as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1941How to Hold Your Husband - BACK as Boo Boo's Co-Worker (uncredited)
1941Whispers as Eavesdropping Husband (uncredited)
1940Comrade X as Press Correspondent
1940You, the People as Jim
1940Third Finger, Left Hand as Ship's Officer / Man Leaving Drugstore
1940Dr. Kildare's Strange Case as Spectator in Operating Theatre (uncredited)
1940That Inferior Feeling as Bank Guard (uncredited)
1939Another Thin Man as Freight Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1939British Intelligence as British Intelligence Agent
1939Miracles for Sale as Spectator in Theatre Box
1939Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever as Bank Employee (uncredited)
1939Angel of Mercy as Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
1938Spring Madness as Train Conductor Announcing "Board"
1938The Chaser as Hank
1938That Mothers Might Live as Passerby (uncredited)
1938Life in Sometown, U.S.A. as Husband in Courtroom (uncredited)
1938Arsène Lupin Returns as Detective (uncredited)
1938A Yank at Oxford as Racetrack Timekeeper (uncredited)
1937I'll Take Romance as Client in Kane's Waiting Room
1937It May Happen to You as Police Detective (uncredited)
1937The Last of Mrs. Cheyney as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1937We Who Are About to Die as Policeman Passenger (uncredited)
1936Charlie Chan at the Opera as Detective (uncredited)
1936The Accusing Finger as Reporter in Senate Chamber
1936Murder with Pictures as Party Guest (uncredited)
1936Hollywood Boulevard as Trocadero Patron (uncredited)
1936The Witness Chair as Court Bailiff
1936The Preview Murder Mystery as Studio Commissary Chief (Uncredited)
1936Klondike Annie as Unknown
1936I'll Name the Murderer as Hugo Van Ostrum
1936Charlie Chan's Secret as Det. Harris
1935Thunder Mountain as Cliff Borden
1935Thunder in the Night as Party Guest
1935Public Hero Number 1 as Federal Agent (uncredited)
1935Straight from the Heart as Unknown
1935Shadow of Doubt as Det. Don
1934Change of Heart as Man in Street (uncredited)
1934Manhattan Melodrama as Al Barnes (uncredited)
1934George White's Scandals as Harold Bestry
1934David Harum as Townsman (uncredited)
1934It Happened One Night as Clark (uncredited)
1933The House on 56th Street as Gambler (uncredited)
1933Fargo Express as Goss Partner #2
1933A Man of Sentiment as Doctor
1933Penthouse as Maitre D' at Pinnacle Club (uncredited)
1933Made on Broadway as Attorney in Courtroom
1933The Lone Avenger as Henchman Landers
1932Central Park as Gangster Eddie (uncredited)
1932The Midnight Patrol as Powers
1931West of Broadway as Herbert, the Maitre D' (uncredited)
1931An American Tragedy as Unknown
1931Bad Girl as Expectant Father of Twins (uncredited)
1931Stranger in Town as Harvey Company Wholesale Sales Clerk
1930The Truth About Youth as Jim - Kara's Boyfriend (uncredited)
1930One Night at Susie's as John Nedlog (Uncredited)
1930Back Pay as Ed
1928Burning Bridges as Jim Black
1928The Way of the Strong as Tiger Louie
1928Man in the Rough as Jim Kane (as William Norton Bailey)
1928The Flyin' Cowboy as James Bell
1927Wild Beauty as Jim Kennedy
1927High School Hero as Mr. Merrill
1927The Masked Menace as Unknown
1927The Fighting Three as Steve Clayton
1926The Stolen Ranch as Sam Hardy
1926The House Without a Key as Harry Jennison
1926Lightning Bill as William W. Williams
1926Fightin' Jack as Jack Rhodes
1926Ranson's Folly as Lt. Crosby
1926Lash of the Law as Unknown
1926Queen o'Diamonds as LeRoy Phillips
1925Lazybones as Elmer Ballister
1925Fighting Youth as Harold Brennty
1925The Desert Flower as Jack Royal
1924The Flaming Forties as Desparde
1924Gold Heels as Kendall Jr.
1924The Desert Hawk as Tex Trapp
1924Winner Take All as Jim Devereaux
1924Against All Odds as Tom Curtis (as William N. Baily)
1924The Uninvited Guest as Fred Morgan
1923Three O'Clock in the Morning as Hugo von Strohm
1923Is Money Everything? as Roy Pelham
1920The Phantom Foe as Bob Royal
1919Victory as Undetermined Role
1919Three Black Eyes as Payne
1919Break the News to Mother as Warren Flint
1919Shadows of Suspicion as Captain Walter Byfield
1918I'll Say So as August Myers
1918Leap to Fame as Hoffman's Servant
1918The Eagle's Eye as Heinrich von Lertz
1917The Inevitable as Frank Lyons
1917On Dangerous Ground as Ritter Bloem
1916A Coney Island Princess as Unknown
1916War Brides as Eric
1915The Suburban as Jack Brambough, Donald's Pal
1915Conscience as George Grant
1915When It Strikes Home as Victor Hartley
1915From the Valley of the Missing as Everett Brinbecombe
1914The Testing Fire as Her City Beau
1914The Conqueror as Frank
1914The Hour and the Man as William Maxwell
1913Life's Weaving as Thorwald
1913The Way Perilous as Roger Crane
1913The Right of Way as Brady
1912The Iron Heel as Wiley's Butler
1912Ghosts as A Friend of Dr. Trueman
1912Back to the Old Farm as George Randall