Raymond Bailey

Raymond Bailey

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Raymond Bailey was born on May 06, 1904 in USA. Raymond Bailey's big-screen debut came with Made for Each Other directed by John Cromwell in 1939, strarring Salt Lake City Hospital Chemist (uncredited). Raymond Bailey is known for The Beverly Hillbillies directed by Joseph Depew, Buddy Ebsen stars as Jed Clampett and Irene Ryan as Daisy Moses. The upcoming new movie Raymond Bailey plays is The Strongest Man in the World which will be released on Feb 06, 1975.

Raymond Bailey was a great example of "If at first you don't succeed..." After high school, Bailey headed for Hollywood with the intent on becoming a movie star, but soon found it tougher than he thought. Instead Bailey went into a high finance career working as stockbroker and banker. He made a second stab at Hollywood, and again had no success. He then became a seaman, working on various freighters and travelling all over the world. Bailey also worked on a pineapple plantation in Hawaii, and tried his luck in the local theatre. Deciding to give Hollywood one more try in 1938, he got lucky getting several small parts in the movies which eventually evolved into bigger character roles. When television became big, Bailey was in demand for parts and it was there he got his most famous part on the hit sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), as (ironically) banker Milburn Drysdale, whose fists were tighter than Elly May's pants. After the show ended, he did a few movie roles.

  • Birthday

    May 06, 1904
  • Place of Birth

    San Francisco, California, USA

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