G.W. Bailey Biography

Fast Facts

• Was a high-school classmate of singer Janis Joplin and football coach Jimmy Johnson in Port Arthur, TX
• Was a member of the Actors Theatre of Louisville during the 1970s with future Family Ties star Michael Gross
• Moved to California in 1975, where he made his TV-movie debut in The Runaway Barge; his feature-film debut came four years later in A Force of One
• Landed recurring role as Sgt
• Luther Rizzo on M*A*S*H in 1981
• Appeared in the music video for Richard Marx's "Don't Mean Nothing" (1988)
• His goddaughter's leukemia inspired him to begin working with the Sunshine Kids Foundation; he was appointed its executive director in 2001