Editing Raymond Bailey (section)

==Early life and attempts at acting==
Bailey was born in [[San Francisco]], California,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kear|first1=Lynn|last2=Rossman|first2=John|title=The Complete Kay Francis Career Record: All Film, Stage, Radio and Television Appearances|date=2012|publisher=McFarland|location=238|isbn=9781476602875|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wzi1QjokREkC&q=%22Raymond+Bailey%22+actor&pg=PA238|access-date=19 November 2017|language=en}}</ref> the son of William and Alice ([[Married and maiden names|née]] O'Brien) Bailey. When he was a teenager he went to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] to become a movie star. He found it was harder than he had thought, however, and took a variety of short-term jobs. He worked for a time as a [[day laborer]] at a movie studio in the days of silent pictures, but was fired for sneaking into a mob scene while it was being filmed. He also worked for a while as a stockbroker and a banker.

Having no success receiving movie roles of any kind, Bailey then went to [[New York City]] where he had no better success obtaining roles in [[Theater|theatre]]. Eventually, he began working as a merchant seaman and sailed to various parts of the world, including China, Japan, the Philippines and the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]]. While docked in [[Hawaii]], he worked on a [[pineapple|pineapple plantation]], acted at the [[community theatre]] and sang on a local radio program.