Raymond Bailey's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Beverly Hillbillies Milburn Dry… The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Dean Magruder Conflict Judge Walsh Ford Star Jubilee Secretary S… Margie Mr. Yates My Sister Eileen Mr. Beaumont The Man and the Challenge Dr. Kramer

Main Movie Roles 1982 - It Came From Hollywood 1975 - The Strongest Man in the World 1974 - Herbie Rides Again 1962 - Five Weeks in a Balloon 1960 - From the Terrace 1959 - Al Capone 1958 - No Time For Sergeants 1958 - The Lineup 1958 - King Creole 1958 - Vertigo 1958 - I Want To Live! 1958 - Darby's Rangers 1957 - Band of Angels 1957 - The Incredible Shrinking Man 1956 - Time Table 1955 - Tarantula 1955 - Picnic 1954 - Sabrina 1941 - A Man Betrayed 1940 - Black Friday 1940 - I Love You Again 1939 - The Roaring Twenties 1939 - Made for Each Other 1939 - I Stole a Million

BIOGRAPHY:

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.


TRIVIA:

• Before joining the cast of the _"The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962)_ (qv), he could be seen without his toupee for many of his roles.
• Worked as a deckhand on a freighter in China, Japan, Hawaii, the Philippines and the Mediterranean.
• His first job in Hollywood was as a laborer, but he was fired for sneaking into a mob scene during a movie shoot.