​George William Bailey was born on August 27, 1944, in Port Arthur, Texas. Bailey started college at Lamar University in Beaumont and eventually transferred to Texas Tech University in Lubbock; but he did not complete his studies. He worked at local theater companies during the mid 1960s until his move to California in the 1970s. Here he began work on television series such as Starsky and Hutch (1975), Charlie's Angels (1976) and CHiPs (1977). He eventually got a movie debut role in the Chuck Norris movie A Force of One (1979) before landing the role of Luther Rizzo in MASH (1972-1983). In 1993, he returned to Texas to study again at Southwest Texas State University. In 1994, he graduated with a Bachelor's degree of Fine Arts Theatre; and, for the 1999-2000 school year, he was the Artist in Residence.

Filmography

• DC's Stargirl — Mr. Dugan
• 2017Highly Functional — Dan
• 2015My Boy — Chet
• Major Crimes — Lt. Louie Provenza
• 2012The Newest Pledge — Mr. Hodgkinson
• 2007Cake: A Wedding Story — Howard Canter
• The Closer — Louie Provenza
• 2004Home on the Range — Rusty (voice)
• 2004The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story — Det. Gates
• Nip/Tuck — Wesley Kringle
• American Dreams — Colonel Graves
• 2002Scorcher — General Moore
• 2000Saint Paul — Barnabas
• Saint Paul — Barnabas
• 2000The Thin Blue Lie — K.C.
• 1999Jesus — Livio
• Jesus — Livio
• 1997Seduction in a Small Town — Pat Carter
• 1997Solomon — Azarel
• Solomon — Azarel
• 1996The Siege at Ruby Ridge — Ralph Coulter
• The Siege at Ruby Ridge — Ralph Coulter
• 1995Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls — Lieutenant (uncredited)
• The Jeff Foxworthy Show — Big Jim Foxworthy
• 1994Police Academy: Mission to Moscow — Captain Harris
• 1993Dead Before Dawn — Masterson
• 1993No Child of Mine — Lamar Jenkins
• 1992An American Story — Tom Cantrell
• 1992Bed of Lies — Zeke Zbranek
• 1991A Mother's Justice — Joe Comminger
• 1991Before the Storm — Director Waugh
• Dinosaurs — Sarge (voice)
• 1991Doublecrossed — Camp
• 1991Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story — Brother
• Under Cover — Director Waugh
• 1991Write to Kill — Dean Sutton
• 1990Fine Things — Grossman
• 1990Love and Lies — Sgt. Halsey
• 1990Q & A — Bartender (uncredited)
• 1989Police Academy 6: City Under Siege — Harris
• 1989The Gifted One — Dr. Winslow
• 1988Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach — Harris
• War and Remembrance — Jim Grigg
• 1987Burglar — Ray Kirschman
• 1987Downpayment on Murder — Kyle
• 1987Hawaiian Dream — Sgt. Pierce
• 1987Mannequin — Captain Felix Maxwell
• 1987Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol — Captain Harris
• Roomies
• 1986A Winner Never Quits — Tatum
• 1986Short Circuit — Skroeder
• 1985Into Thin Air — Sergeant Frasier (uncredited)
• 1985North Beach and Rawhide — Sheriff
• 1985Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment — Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• 1985Rustlers' Rhapsody — Peter
• 1985Warning Sign — Tom Schmidt
• Murder, She Wrote — Lt. Alex Tibideaux, Lt. Faraday
• 1984Police Academy — Lieutenant Harris
• 1984Runaway — Chief
• Goodnight, Beantown — Albert Addelson
• 1983There Goes the Neighborhood — Barney
• Newhart — Kyle Nordoff
• Remington Steele — Maynard Stockman
• St. Elsewhere — Hugh Beale
• 1982The Capture of Grizzly Adams — Tom Quigley
• 1981Bitter Harvest — Jim Laszlo
• Murder in Texas — Richard "Racehorse" Haynes
• Simon & Simon
• 1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story — Holfeld
• Flo
• 1979A Force of One — Erwin
• Benson — Bartender
• The French Atlantic Affair — Jake (uncredited)
• 1978Summer of My German Soldier — Corporal
• CHiPs — Drunk Driver
• How the West Was Won — Ivie
• Lou Grant — Water Man, Arlo Karp
• Lucan
• Soap — The Hobo
• Charlie's Angels — Mumford
• Laverne & Shirley
• Starsky & Hutch — Slade, Hotel Clerk
• 1975The Runaway Barge — Booker
• Happy Days
• Harry O — Garner, First Officer
• M*A*S*H — Sgt. Rizzo
• Hallmark Hall of Fame

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1991Memories of M*A*S*H — Self / Luther Rizzo