Mainstream acting While living in the
San Francisco Bay Area, Bailey 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, work with the
improvisational theatre group, The Pitschel Players, and appearances with other Bay Area theater companies. Bailey also appeared in the
Sun Ra film
Space Is the Place (1974). Bailey is best known for the role of C.C. McNamara on the
Sid and Marty Krofft children's
television program
Wonderbug (1976). He also appeared in two episodes of
Happy Days as "Sticks" Downey, the drummer of Richie's band;
M*A*S*H (1972),
Good Times (1975), and in the sketch comedy film
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977).
Adult films 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, 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 had often called on him to participate in the explicit sex scenes, somewhere around the time of the "Miss Jones" movies, he had largely, for the most part, 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. According to the
Internet Adult Film Database, Bailey appeared in more than 140 films and produced one movie. In addition to acting in adult films, Bailey also worked as a dialogue coach and occasional director. == Death ==