George Baker
Born: 1931-04-01 in Varna, Bulgaria
Died: 2011-10-07
Known For: Acting
Biography
George Morris Baker (1 April 1931 – 7 October 2011) was an English actor and writer. He was best known for portraying Tiberius in I, Claudius, and Inspector Wexford in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries. Ian Fleming considered Baker to be the ideal candidate to play James Bond, but the role went to Sean Connery because Baker had prior commitments. Baker ended up appearing in different roles in the film series: he played Captain Benson in The Spy Who Loved Me, heraldry expert Sir Hilary Bray in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and a NASA engineer in You Only Live Twice.
Filmography
2016
- Chorabali as Dr. Dasgupta
2007
2005
- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as Mr. Lewis (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
2002
- Spooks as Hugo Ross
- I, Claudius: A Television Epic as Self
2000
1999
- Blondes: Diana Dors as self
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Charlie
1995
- Little Lord Fauntleroy as The Earl of Dorincourt
- Johnny and the Dead as Alderman
1992
- Heartbeat as Maurice Dodson
1991
- From Doon with Death ... (Writer)
1990
- No Job for a Lady as Godfrey Eagan
1988
- For Queen & Country as Kilcoyne
- Journey's End as Colonel
1987
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford
- Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel as Chief Inspector Fred Davy
- The Charmer
- Coast to Coast as Greaves
1986
- Dead Head as Eldridge
- The Canterville Ghost as Uncle Hesketh
- Time After Time as Valentine Swift
- Room at the Bottom
1985
- Screen Two as Greaves
- A Woman of Substance as Bruce McGill
- Bird Fancier as Albert Seers
- We'll Support You Evermore as Colonel
1984
- Robin of Sherwood as Sir Richard of Leaford
1983
- Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime as Whittington
- The Secret Adversary as Whittington
1982
- Q.E.D.
- Imaginary Friends ... (Writer)
1981
- Bergerac as Higgins
- The Chinese Detective
- Triangle as David West
1980
- The Gentle Touch
- Lady Killers as Sir Terence O'Connor, Q.C.
- Hopscotch as Westlake
- North Sea Hijack as Fletcher
- Doctor Who: Full Circle as Login
1979
- Minder as Altman
- Hart to Hart
- Print-Out as Robert Ballard
1978
- The Thirty Nine Steps as Sir Walter Bullivant
1977
- The Spy Who Loved Me as Captain Benson
- Three Piece Suite as Brad Hunter
- Three Piece Suite as Brad Hunter
1976
- I, Claudius as Tiberius
- Intimate Games as Prof. Gottlieb
1975
- Survivors as Arthur Wormley
- Chameli Memsaab as Berkeley
- Three for All as Eddie Boyes
- Sea Area Forties as Narrator
1974
- Zodiac as Mark Braun
- The Firefighters as Station Officer Harrison
1973
- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
- Because of the Cats as Boersma
- Bowler as Bowler
- A Warm December as Dr. Henry Barlow
- Bowler
1972
- The Protectors as George Dixon
- New Scotland Yard as John Randall
1971
- The Persuaders! as Britten
1970
- The Goodies
- Doomwatch as John Mitchell
- The Executioner as Philip Crawford
1969
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service as Sir Hilary Bray
- The Main Chance as Major Donovan
- Up Pompeii! as Jamus Bondus
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Lord Sutterwick
- Justine as British Ambassador David Mountolive
1968
- The Bone Grinder as George King
- Mrs. Capper's Birthday as Kenny Blake
1967
- The Prisoner as The New Number Two
- ITV Playhouse as George King
- You Only Live Twice as NASA Engineer (uncredited)
- Mister Ten Per Cent as Lord Edward
- Days in the Trees as Jacques
- Love Life as Theodore Quill
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Rev. Morell
- Gideon's Way as Bailey
- Londoners as Bruce
- Curse of the Fly as Martin Delambre
- Alice as Rev. Charles Dodgson
1964
- Theatre 625 as Edward Jackson
- The Wednesday Play as Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
- The Finest Hours as Lord Randolph (voice)
- Curtain of Fear
1963
- Doctor Who as Login
- Sword of Lancelot as Sir Gawaine
1962
1961
- Drama 61-67 as Peter Evett
1960
1958
- The Moonraker as Anthony, Earl of Dawlish/The Moonraker
- Tread Softly Stranger as Johnny Mansell
1957
- These Dangerous Years as Padre
- No Time for Tears as Dr. Nigel Barnes
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Mike
- A Hill in Korea as Lt. Butler
- The Feminine Touch as Dr Jim Alcott
- The Extra Day as Steven Marlow
1955
- The Dam Busters as Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.
- The Ship That Died of Shame as Bill Randall
- The Woman for Joe as Joe Harrop
1953
- The Intruder as Adjutant