Raymond Bailey
Born and raised in San Francisco, Raymond Bailey left for Hollywood as a teen to pursue acting professionally. He began as a day laborer on movie sets, and later became a banker and stock broker, and even a deckhand across the Pacific Rim. By the end of the 1930s he tried to give Hollywood another shot, and soon was snagging small roles in dozens of films throughout the 1940s. In the 1950s he landed many bit parts in television on such popular shows as the anthology thriller series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and popular western drama "Gunsmoke," while sporadically appearing on Broadway. During the 1950s he also turned up in a number of notable films in minor roles, including in the Oscar-winning romance "Picnic," the Humphrey Bogart/Audrey Hepburn romantic comedy "Sabrina," and Hitchcock's mind-bending masterpiece, "Vertigo." It wasn't until 1962 that Bailey landed the role of a lifetime as Milburn Drysdale on the long running hit series "The Beverly Hillbillies," a part which he played from 1962 to 1971. The role essentially capped off his career, though he did appear in two features afterwards: the Disney family comedy "Herbie Rides Again" and the magic potion adventure "The Strongest Man in the World." He died at the age of 75 of a heart attack.
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Raymond Bailey
Filmography
Movies
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83% |
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Herbie Rides Again | Lawyer (Character) | - | 1974 |
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Five Weeks in a Balloon | Randolph (Character) | - | 1962 |
31% |
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From the Terrace | Mr. Eugene St.John (Character) | - | 1960 |
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The Gallant Hours | Maj. Gen. Archie Vandergrift (Character) | - | 1960 |
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The Space Children | Dr. Wahrman (Character) | - | 1958 |
86% |
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The Lineup | Philip Dressler (Character) | - | 1958 |
93% |
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Vertigo | Scottie's Doctor (Character) | $1.8M | 1958 |
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Darby's Rangers | Brig. Gen. W.A. Wise (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Underwater Warrior | Adm. Ashton (Character) | - | 1958 |
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The Girl He Left Behind | General (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great American Pastime | George Carruthers (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Congo Crossing | Peter Mannering (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I've Lived Before | Joseph Hackett (Character) | - | 1956 |
93% |
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Tarantula | Townsend (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adventures of Jane Arden | Vanders' Henchman Driving Car (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | S.O.S. Tidal Wave | Roy Nixon (Character) | - | 1939 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Beverly Hillbillies | Milburn Drysdale (Character) | 1962 1965 1967-1971 |
92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Supervisor (Character) | 1959 1961 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dobie Gillis | Dean Magruder (Character) | 1961-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 1962-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Jeff Harrison (Character) | 1955-1958 1960 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Burch (Guest Star) | 1961-1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Three Sons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Joey Bishop Show | Mr. Collins (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Jim Brenton (Guest Star) | 1960-1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Dr. Bell (Guest Star) | 1959 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Timmy & Lassie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie | General Steele (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | John Harkins (Guest Star) | 1959-1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bat Masterson | Tom Noble (Guest Star) | 1958 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Surfside 6 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Johnny Ringo | Mr. King (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Step Beyond | Unknown (Character) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rifleman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Shaneways (Guest Star) | 1955 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Screen Directors Playhouse | Unknown (Character) | 1955-1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marshal Dillon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Medic | Jim Kellogg (Guest Star) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown (Character) | 1952-1953 |