Jimmy Baird (born 1948)
is an American film and television actor. He is known for playing Pee Wee Jenkins in the American
western
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television series ''
Fury''.
Life and career
Baird was born in
Seattle, Washington
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. He began his screen career in 1954, appearing in the television series ''Public Defender''. He made his film debut in the same year in the film ''
There's No Business Like Show Business
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''.
After that, Baird appeared in the 1955 film ''
The Seven Little Foys'' playing
Eddie Foy Jr.
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In 1957 Baird joined the cast of the
western
Western may refer to:
Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that id ...
television series ''
Fury'' as Pee Wee Jenkins, the friend of Joey Newton (
Bobby Diamond
Robert LeRoy Diamond (August 23, 1943May 15, 2019) was an American actor active in the 1950s and 1960s before retiring from the profession and becoming a lawyer. He is best known as the child lead in the television series '' Fury''.
Early life ...
).
[ ] He guest-starred in television programs including ''
Rawhide
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Entertainment
* ''Rawhide'' (1926 film), a Western directed by Richard Thorpe
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'', ''
The Lone Ranger
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He first appeared in 1933 in a ...
'', ''
Have Gun, Will Travel
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'', ''
Mr. Novak
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'', ''
Bronco
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The harder they buck, the more desirable they are for ro ...
'', ''
The Danny Thomas Show
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'', ''
The Real McCoys
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'', ''
U.S. Marshal
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'', ''
The Restless Gun
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'', ''
Lassie
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'', ''
The Twilight Zone
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'' S3 E37 "The Changing of the Guard" 1962, ''
Maverick'', and ''
My Friend Flicka
''My Friend Flicka'' is a 1941 novel by Mary O'Hara, about Ken McLaughlin, the son of a Wyoming rancher, and his mustang horse Flicka. It was the first in a trilogy, followed by ''Thunderhead'' (1943) and ''Green Grass of Wyoming'' (1946). The ...
''.
Baird co-starred and appeared in films such as ''
I'll Give My Life'', ''
The Return of Dracula'', ''
The Black Orchid'', ''
Rebel Without a Cause
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'', ''
Operation Eichmann'' and ''
A Dog's Best Friend''.
References
External links
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Rotten Tomatoes profile
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1948 births
Living people
Actors from Seattle
Male actors from Seattle
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male child actors
20th-century American male actors
Western (genre) television actors