William Norton Bailey (born Gardner Warren Reineck;[1][2] September 26, 1886 – November 8, 1962)[3] was an American actor and director.

William Norton Bailey was born Gardner Warren Reineck on 26 September 1886 in Omaha, Nebraska.

His parents, Rebecca Gardener Phillips and Jesse P. Reineck, his father was a Western Union telegraph operator.

The Reineck’s divorced after 1900 when Jesse was arrested, along with five other telegraph operators, for defrauding American Express.

After their marriage, William, his new wife, and his mother moved to New York City where he was a director at Vitagraph Studios.