1. Raymond Thomas Bailey was an American actor on the Broadway stage, films, and television.
13 Facts About Raymond Bailey
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Raymond Bailey is best known for his role as greedy banker Milburn Drysdale in the television series The Beverly Hillbillies.
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Raymond Bailey found it was harder than he had thought and took a variety of short-term jobs.
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Raymond Bailey worked for a time as a day laborer at a movie studio in the days of silent pictures, but was fired for sneaking into a mob scene while it was being filmed.
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Raymond Bailey worked for a while as a stockbroker and a banker.
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Raymond Bailey's luck changed for the better when he actually began getting some bit parts in movies.
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Raymond Bailey appeared as the character of Mr West in the action adventure serial The Green Hornet.
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Raymond Bailey played a plantation owner in Band of Angels starring Clark Gable, Sidney Poitier and Yvonne De Carlo.
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Raymond Bailey was so keen on keeping an eye on the Clampetts that he convinced them to buy the mansion right next door to his own, in ritzy Beverly Hills.
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Raymond Bailey began feeling the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease around the time of the final episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies.
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Raymond Bailey kept in touch with former co-star Nancy Kulp but was primarily a recluse.
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Raymond Bailey died of a heart attack on April 15,1980, aged 75, in Irvine, California.
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Raymond Bailey's body was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea.