G. W. Bailey

G. W. Bailey is one of those actors who makes every project better just by showing up, and I mean that as the highest compliment. He spent years perfecting the art of playing pompous, put-upon authority figures — Lieutenant Harris in the Police Academy films is practically a masterclass in comedic indignation — but then he turned around and gave us a genuinely textured, long-running dramatic performance as Louie Provenza on The Closer and Major Crimes, running all the way through 2018. That's a career with real range. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, the same town that gave the world Janis Joplin, he studied at Texas Tech before finding his way to the stage and screen. The fact that he was still working into his late seventies says everything about his craft and his staying power. A character actor's character actor, full stop.

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Name (English)

G. W. Bailey

Name (Japanese)

G・W・ベイリー

Reading

G・W・べいりー

Born

August 27, 1944 (age 82)

Origin

Port Arthur, Texas, United States

Occupation

actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Monkey

High school

Memorial High School

University

Texas Tech University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.%20W.%20Bailey
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%E3%83%BBW%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q381046

Tags

• Texas
• actor
• stage actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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