Actor. Born Robert Bainter Bailey, he was raised in a prominent theatrical family, the eldest son of stage actors Edwin Bailey and Grace Lockwood. Following his formal education at the Professional Children's School, he began performing in stock companies as well as voicing characters on the radio shows "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" and "Let George Do It." While attending a dinner party at the home of his godmother, the Academy Award-winning actress, Fay Bainter, he was introduced to the comedic duo Laurel and Hardy. They, with help from Bainter, launched him in a newfound career in the motion picture industry, beginning with his appearance in "Jitterbugs" (1943). From there, he would go on to a career as a character actor appearing in over 25 features such as "The Dancing Masters" (1943), "Sunday Dinner for a Soldier" (1944), "Tampico" (1944), "The Eve of St. Mark" (1944), "Ladies of Washington" (1944), "Wing and a Prayer" (1944), "No Escape" (1953), "Not as a Stanger" (1955), "The Line Up" (1958), "Birdman of Alcatraz" (1962), and "A Tiger Walks" (1964). On television, he appeared in numerous guest roles on such series as "Mr. & Mrs. North," "Playhouse 90," "Alcoa Theatre," "Goodyear Theatre," "Tightrope," "M Squad," "The Asphalt Jungle," "Tales of Wells Fargo," "87th Precinct," "Sam Benedict" and "The Investigators." He was married to fashion model Glorianna Royston from 1936 to 1962. Following the end of "Johnny Dollar" and the death of his 9-year-old son in 1961, followed by a divorce in 1962, he withdrew from the public as well as disappearing from his family, only to resurface nearly a decade later after contacting his daughter. After receiving treatment for his debilitating alcoholism, and found purpose assisting others in their own struggles to defeat the same disease until suffering a massive stroke in 1973. The stroke left him physically incapacitated for the next 10 years until his death in 1983 at the age of 70.