William Bakewell
3 credits on HibingeTV
American actor, born in 1908. He appeared in The Bat Whispers (1930) as Brook. A child actor who transitioned to adult roles, he had a prolific career in both film and television, appearing in Gone with the Wind (1939) and numerous B-pictures. He died in 1993.
Acted In
Animation, Sci-Fi
Colonel Bleep and his companions find their holiday turned perilous when danger threatens their island base, testing the futuristic envoy's futomic powers. A Colonel Bleep episode directed by Jack Schleh. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.
Animation · Sci-Fi · Family
Dangerous Holiday
1957 - as Tom Connor
Mystery, Crime
A 1930 pre-Code mystery film directed by Roland West and produced by Joseph M. Schenck for United Artists. Based on the 1920 play The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, the film follows the mysterious criminal known as "The Bat" who terrorizes the occupants of a lonely country mansion. Notable as one of the first widescreen films, West shot the picture in both standard 35mm and an experimental 65mm format requiring two cameramen. The film stars Chester Morris, Una Merkel, and Grayce Hampton, and is widely cited as an inspiration for Bob Kane's Batman. Long thought lost, a nitrate print was discovered at the Mary Pickford Estate in 1987 and restored by UCLA. The film is in the public domain.
Mystery · Crime · Thriller
The Bat Whispers
1930 - as Brook
Music, Drama
Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey play themselves in this musical biopic tracing the brothers from their coal-country boyhood through their rise to the top of the swing era, their famous on-stage breakup, and their reunion. The plot is a sanitized version of a genuinely combative relationship, but the band sequences — including a show-stopping "Green Eyes" — are the real thing. Directed by Alfred E. Green for United Artists, with Janet Blair and Paul Whiteman. The film is in the public domain.
Music · Drama · Biography
The Fabulous Dorseys
1947 - as Eddie