After touring in the Barry Conners play The Patsy for 23 weeks in 1929, Bailey retired from performing, believing that talking films were making theatre unprofitable. Film career Bailey was brought out of retirement in 1932 by Stuart F. Doyle to play Dad Rudd in a film version of On Our Selection, which he also co-wrote. He received £400 plus 60% of the profits which, for that movie, came to an estimated £14,000 by the end of 1934. Bailey played Dad Rudd in three more films, contributing to the script as well for each film. All four Rudd films were directed by Ken G. Hall who also directed an adaptation of The Squatter's Daughter. After Dad Rudd, MP (1940), Bailey retired for good, apart from a brief appearance in a propaganda short made for the war effort, South West Pacific (1943). Personal life Bailey married fellow actor Ivy Gorrick in 1902 and they had one child, a daughter, Doreen. His wife died in 1932 and Bailey never remarried. His habits included lawn bowls, boating and travelling with his daughter. In 1937 it was estimated that Bailey had earned £200,000 from On Our Selection. He died a wealthy man with an estate worth £32,527. Filmography The Squatter's Daughter (1910) – original play, actor, director The Christian (1911) – actor On Our Selection (1932) – actor, co-writer, original play The Squatter's Daughter (1933) – original play only Grandad Rudd (1935) – actor, co-writer Dad and Dave Come to Town – actor, co-writer Dad Rudd, MP (1940) – actor, co-writer South West Pacific (1943) – actor Select theatre credits Criterion Comedy Burlesque Opera (1895) – actor in tour around New South Wales True Til Death (1896) – actor Harbour Lights (1896) – actor The Profligate (1896) – actor The American Girl or, A Play Without a Plot (1898) - actor The World Against Her (1898) – actor The Southern Cross (1898) – actor East Lynne (1899) – actor The Ladder of Life – actor The Squatter's Daughter, or, The Land of the Wattle (1907) – actor, co-writer White Australia or, The Empty North (1909) – actor The Man from Outback (1909) – co-writer, actor The Bushwoman (1909) The Winning Ticket (1910) – actor The Christian (1911) My Mate (1911) – actor On Our Selection (1912) – actor, co-writer, producer The Native Born (1913) – co-writer, actor, producer What Happened to Mary (1914) –