WATN: G.W. Bailey

G.W. BAILEY

AS

CAPTAIN THADDEUS HARRIS

(1€“2, 4-7)

As Police Academy's villain of the piece, Captain Harris was constantly the butt of most of the other officer€™s jokes. Since going grey in the seventies, Bailey has pretty much been playing the same roles for the last thirty years. He will always be remembered for Captain Harris but Bailey€™s resume has some quite impressive appearances besides his Police Academy role. In the years leading up to Police Academy, Bailey appeared in numerous TV guest starring roles, most famously a recurring role as Sgt. Rizzo on M*A*S*H and a recurring role on St. Elsewhere. He went on to reprise his role as Harris in all but one of the Police Academy sequels. Since Police Academy Bailey€™s career had faltered slightly, with the exception of an appearance on Nip/Tuck and voicing an animated dog in 2004€™s Home on the Range.

That all changed when he was cast as a series regular on The Closer alongside Kyra Sedgwick, where he can curently be seen as Det. Lt. Provenza.