Ed Bakey was born on November 13, 1925 in Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA as William Edward Baekey. He was an actor, known for The Sting (1973), The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) and Dead & Buried (1981). He was married to Anita Susemihl Bakey. He died on May 4, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
November 13, 1925, Havre de Grace, Maryland, United States
Died
May 4, 1988, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA
Profession
Actor
Spouse
Anita Susemihl Bakey (m. 1950–1988)
Children
Winita Bakey, Lewellyn Bakey
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Fact
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Before the ABC-TV "Tommy Seven Show", Ed created the same pathetique clown character for the WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland, where he hosted/performed the "Pop-Pop Show" in 1958-9, before ABC-TV (channel 7) brought him to New York in 1960, calling him "Tommy Seven".
2
His nickname "Blade" was given to him in 1967, when he arrived in Hollywood and did guest shots on one of many western television series directed by Virgil W. Vogel, who gave him the nickname because he said Ed's profile was so strong, it could cut the screen like a knife--hence "Blade" was all he ever called him and the name stuck.
3
Spouse: Anita - opera singer/director/voice teacher/actor.
4
Daughters: Winita - born 9/4/1954; Lewellyn - born 5/21/1957.
5
In 1960 he recorded the "Humorous Folksongs by Greensleeves" album, creating the adult comedy character "Eddie Greensleeves", a millionaire folk singer who never sang for money. This character was created at the request of Westinghouse Television in New York and Ed appeared as a repeat guest on Westinghouse Television's Mike Wallace's PM East (1961) in 1961-62, as well as two appearances as the same character on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) in 1962, one with "Fat" Jack E. Leonard and the other with Soupy Sales, hosting.
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Was the host/performer of a local NYC-based kids TVsShow, "The Tommy Seven Show". It was seen weekday evenings and mornings and Sunday mornings on WABC TV Ch.7 in NYC from Monday September 12, 1960 to Friday, May 24, 1963, and from Sunday, April 29,1961, to Sunday, July 15, 1961.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Highway to Heaven
1987
TV Series
Paul
Hill Street Blues
1986
TV Series
Mr. Goldfarb
Crazy Like a Fox
1985
TV Series
Murder, She Wrote
1985
TV Series
Monsignor Kelly
The Fall Guy
1984
TV Series
The Philadelphia Experiment
1984
Pa Willis
Simon & Simon
1983
TV Series
Rich Steck
One Day at a Time
1983
TV Series
Man at Bar
Quincy M.E.
1982
TV Series
Jimbo
Johnny Belinda
1982
TV Movie
Voyagers!
1982
TV Series
Bastaine
Zapped!
1982
Father Gallagher
Bret Maverick
1981-1982
TV Series
Lyman Nickerson / Deacon Tippett
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
1982
TV Movie
Dead & Buried
1981
Fisherman
Walking Tall
1981
TV Series
Mr. Shallit
The Georgia Peaches
1980
TV Movie
Desmond Winkus
Kenny Rogers as The Gambler
1980
TV Movie
Eli
The Baltimore Bullet
1980
Skinny
Charlie's Angels
1979
TV Series
Ed Jackson
Centennial
1979
TV Mini-Series
Floyd Calendar
Hot Lead and Cold Feet
1978
Joshua
The Evil
1978
Sam the Caretaker
Telefon
1977
Carl Hassler
The White Buffalo
1977
Ben Corbett
Police Woman
1974-1977
TV Series
Mongoose / Jimmy Higgins / The Man
Lincoln
1976
TV Mini-Series
Citizen with Knife
Starsky and Hutch
1975
TV Series
Fifth Avenue
The Night That Panicked America
1975
TV Movie
Vanderhoff
Darktown Strutters
1975
Reverend S. Tilly
The Honorable Sam Houston
1975
TV Movie
The Streets of San Francisco
1975
TV Series
Rummy
Cannon
1974
TV Series
Lt. Lincoln Gormley
The Godchild
1974
TV Movie
Shaw
For Pete's Sake
1974
Angelo
Kung Fu
1974
TV Series
Bloom
The Sting
1973
Granger
Incident at Vichy
1973
TV Movie
Ferrand
Dusty's Trail
1973
TV Series
Chase
1973
TV Series
Sonny
Bonanza
1968-1972
TV Series
Lumis / Louby Sains / Hake
Gunsmoke
1967-1972
TV Series
Stackpole / Farmer / Reverend Bright
The Other
1972
Chan-yu
Night Gallery
1972
TV Series
Ollie (segment "Lindemann's Catch")
Mission: Impossible
1970-1971
TV Series
Attendant / Dr. Kadar
Love, American Style
1971
TV Series
Filbus (segment "Love and the Traveling Salesman")
Wild Rovers
1971
Gambler
The F.B.I.
1970
TV Series
Scully
The High Chaparral
1970
TV Series
Jubel / Bates
Barquero
1970
Happy
Lancer
1970
TV Series
Leach
Heaven with a Gun
1969
Scotty Andrews
The Big Valley
1967-1969
TV Series
Burt Simpson / Link Mason / Floyd Stryder / ...
Star Trek
1969
TV Series
The First Fop
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967-1969
TV Series
Jellicoe / Homer Blessing
Cimarron Strip
1968
TV Series
Bartender
Tarzan
1968
TV Series
Prince
Death Valley Days
1967
TV Series
Sam Bass
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Mike Douglas Show
1964
TV Series
Himself - Comedian
The Tonight Show
1962
TV Series
Himself - Vocalist
The Jack Paar Tonight Show
1962
TV Series
Himself
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Year
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Character
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