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Raymond Bailey

Highest Rated: 93% Vertigo (1958)

Lowest Rated: 31% From the Terrace (1960)

Birthday: May 6, 1904

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA

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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Highest rated movies

93% 92% Vertigo
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93% 50% Tarantula
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86% 83% The Lineup
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83% 53% Herbie Rides Again
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31% 59% From the Terrace
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Congo Crossing
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36% Five Weeks in a Balloon
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15% The Girl He Left Behind
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Adventures of Jane Arden
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20% The Space Children
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
83% 53% Herbie Rides Again Lawyer (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 36% Five Weeks in a Balloon Randolph (Character) - 1962
31% 59% From the Terrace Mr. Eugene St.John (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 62% The Gallant Hours Maj. Gen. Archie Vandergrift (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 20% The Space Children Dr. Wahrman (Character) - 1958
86% 83% The Lineup Philip Dressler (Character) - 1958
93% 92% Vertigo Scottie's Doctor (Character) $1.8M 1958
No Score Yet 41% Darby's Rangers Brig. Gen. W.A. Wise (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Underwater Warrior Adm. Ashton (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 15% 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% 50% 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