John Bailey (American actor)
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| Born | John Anthony Bailey June 4, 1947 Ohio, United States |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Other names | Jack Baker |
| Occupation | Actor |
John Anthony Bailey (June 4, 1947 – November 13, 1994), also known as Jack Baker, was an American actor.[1]
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Life
John Anthony Bailey was born on June 4, 1947 in Ohio, U.S. Bailey lived in San Francisco, California during the early 1970s where he attended Merritt College in Oakland and performed in numerous stage and film productions. His performances included Richard Wesley's The Black Terror, for John Cochran's Black Repertory West, J. E. Franklin's Black Girl with Adilah Barnes, work with the improvisational theatre group, The Pitschel Players, and appearances with other San Francisco Bay Area theater companies. Bailey also appeared in the Sun Ra film Space Is the Place (made in 1972 and released in 1974).
Career
Bailey is best known for the role of C.C. McNamara on the Sid and Marty Krofft children's television program Wonderbug (1976).[2] He also appeared in two episodes of Happy Days as "Sticks", the drummer of Richie's band; M*A*S*H (1972), Good Times (1975) and in the feature film, The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977).
During the 1980s, Bailey began a career in pornographic films under the pseudonym Jack Baker. In 1984, he appeared in Let Me Tell Ya 'bout White Chicks,[3] produced and directed by Gregory Dark. His other collaborations with Dark include New Wave Hookers (1985), The Devil in Miss Jones 3: A New Beginning and The Devil in Miss Jones 4: The Final Outrage (both 1986).
Although his pornographic career initially called on him to participate in the explicit sex scenes, somewhere around the time of the "Miss Jones" movies, he had ceased performing hardcore sex on-screen and became known as a "non-sex" actor in the business. His adult roles (particularly for the Dark Brothers) often were comedic in nature, and poked fun at racial stereotypes.[citation needed]
According to the Internet Adult Film Database, Bailey appeared in more than 140 films and produced one movie.[citation needed]
Death
Bailey died of bladder cancer in 1994, at the age of 47, in Los Angeles, California. He was buried in The Los Angeles County Cemetery. He is survived by his brothers Tom and Ted, Grandmother Ruth and two children John and Alida.
References
External links
- Jack Baker at the Internet Movie Database
- Jack Baker at the Internet Adult Film Database
- Jack Baker at the Adult Film Database
- Articles with hCards
- Articles with unsourced statements from August 2015
- 1947 births
- 1994 deaths
- Male actors from Ohio
- Pornographic film actors from Ohio
- African-American male actors
- African-American pornographic film actors
- African-American writers
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Cancer deaths in California
- Deaths from bladder cancer
- American male pornographic film actors
- Male actors from Los Angeles, California
- Merritt College alumni
- 20th-century American male actors
