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

1995

Johnny and the Dead as Alderman
Little Lord Fauntleroy as The Earl of Dorincourt

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

The Canterville Ghost as Uncle Hesketh
Time After Time as Valentine Swift
Room at the Bottom
Dead Head as Eldridge

1985

Screen Two as Greaves
Bird Fancier as Albert Seers
A Woman of Substance as Bruce McGill
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

Imaginary Friends ... (Writer)
Q.E.D.

1981

Bergerac as Higgins
Triangle as David West
The Chinese Detective

1980

The Gentle Touch
Hopscotch as Westlake
North Sea Hijack as Fletcher
Lady Killers as Sir Terence O'Connor, Q.C.
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

1976

I, Claudius as Tiberius
Intimate Games as Prof. Gottlieb

1975

Survivors as Arthur Wormley
Three for All as Eddie Boyes
Chameli Memsaab as Berkeley
Sea Area Forties as Narrator

1974

The Firefighters as Station Officer Harrison
Zodiac as Mark Braun

1973

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Because of the Cats as Boersma
A Warm December as Dr. Henry Barlow
Bowler
Bowler as Bowler

1972

The Protectors as George Dixon

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
Justine as British Ambassador David Mountolive
Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Lord Sutterwick
Up Pompeii! as Jamus Bondus

1968

Mrs. Capper's Birthday as Kenny Blake
The Bone Grinder as George King

1967

You Only Live Twice as NASA Engineer (uncredited)
The Prisoner as The New Number Two
Mister Ten Per Cent as Lord Edward
Love Life as Theodore Quill

1965

BBC Play of the Month as Rev. Morell
Gideon's Way as Bailey
Alice as Rev. Charles Dodgson
Curse of the Fly as Martin Delambre
Londoners as Bruce

1964

The Wednesday Play as Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Theatre 625 as Edward Jackson
The Finest Hours as Lord Randolph (voice)
Curtain of Fear

1963

Doctor Who as Login
Sword of Lancelot as Sir Gawaine

1962

Zero One

1960

Maigret

1958

The Moonraker as Anthony, Earl of Dawlish/The Moonraker
Tread Softly Stranger as Johnny Mansell

1957

No Time for Tears as Dr. Nigel Barnes
These Dangerous Years as Padre

1956

A Hill in Korea as Lt. Butler
The Extra Day as Steven Marlow
The Feminine Touch as Dr Jim Alcott
Armchair Theatre as Mike

1955

The Ship That Died of Shame as Bill Randall
The Dam Busters as Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.
The Woman for Joe as Joe Harrop

1953

The Intruder as Adjutant