George Baker
Known for Acting · 113 credits
- Born
- 1931-04-01
- Died
- 2011-10-07
- Place of birth
- Varna, Bulgaria
- Also known as
- George Morris Baker
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.
Known For
TV Shows (59)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Charlie
Doctor Who
1963
as Login
Screen Two
1985
as Greaves
Spooks
2002
as Hugo Ross
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson / Louie Summers / Vera / Jacques
Hart to Hart
1979
Heartbeat
1992
as Maurice Dodson
New Tricks
2004
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Rev. Morell
Minder
1979
as Altman / Cooper
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Ernest Whipple
Bergerac
1981
as Higgins
The Persuaders!
1971
as Britten
Theatre 625
1964
as Edward Jackson / Matthew Hobhouse
Maigret
1960
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford
ITV Playhouse
1967
as George King
Gideon's Way
1965
as Bailey
Drama 61-67
1961
as Peter Evett
The Prisoner
1967
as The New Number Two
The Main Chance
1969
as Major Donovan
Doomwatch
1970
as John Mitchell
Triangle
1981
as David West
The Protectors
1972
as George Dixon
Robin of Sherwood
1984
as Sir Richard of Leaford
New Scotland Yard
1972
as John Randall
A Woman of Substance
1985
as Bruce McGill
I, Claudius
1976
as Tiberius
The Goodies
1970
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Geoffrey Harrison
Survivors
1975
as Arthur Wormley
Lady Killers
1980
as Sir Terence O'Connor, Q.C.
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983
as Whittington
Up Pompeii!
1969
as Jamus Bondus
Half Hour Story
1967
as Tim Johnson
The Chinese Detective
1981
Londoners
1965
as Bruce
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987
as Chief Inspector Fred Davy
Zero One
1962
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Mike / Pierre / Dr. Stephen Monks / Theodore Quill / Kenny Blake
Q.E.D.
1982
as Sir Harold Metcalfe
The Charmer
1987
Zodiac
1974
as Mark Braun
Dead Head
1986
as Eldridge
No Job for a Lady
1990
as Godfrey Eagan
Johnny and the Dead
1995
as Alderman
Room at the Bottom
1986
Dial M for Murder
1974
as Martin Willis
Three Piece Suite
1977
as Brad Hunter
Between the Wars
1973
as Walter Jeffries
Curtain of Fear
1964
as Stewart Caxton
Rupert of Hentzau
1964
as Rudolf Rassendyll
The Sex Game
1968
as Edwin
Bowler
1973
The Member for Chelsea
1981
as Mr. Chamberlain
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1995
as The Earl of Dorincourt
Bowler
1973
as Bowler
Movies (54)
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
as Captain Benson
You Only Live Twice
1967
as NASA Engineer (uncredited)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
as Sir Hilary Bray
Love Life
1967
as Theodore Quill
North Sea Hijack
1980
as Fletcher
The Canterville Ghost
1986
as Uncle Hesketh
Doctor Who: Full Circle
1980
as Login
The Executioner
1970
as Philip Crawford
The Dam Busters
1955
as Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.
A Hill in Korea
1956
as Lt. Butler
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969
as Lord Sutterwick
The Secret Adversary
1983
as Whittington
Hopscotch
1980
as Westlake
Print-Out
1979
as Robert Ballard
For Queen & Country
1988
as Kilcoyne
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978
as Sir Walter Bullivant
Curse of the Fly
1965
as Martin Delambre
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Mr. Lewis (archive footage) (uncredited)
Because of the Cats
1973
as Boersma
Intimate Games
1976
as Prof. Gottlieb
Three for All
1975
as Eddie Boyes
Back to the Secret Garden
2000
as Will Weatherstaff
Days in the Trees
1967
as Jacques
Blondes: Diana Dors
1999
as self
These Dangerous Years
1957
as Padre
Sword of Lancelot
1963
as Sir Gawaine
Justine
1969
as British Ambassador David Mountolive
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002
as Self
The Moonraker
1958
as Anthony, Earl of Dawlish/The Moonraker
We'll Support You Evermore
1985
as Colonel
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
Tread Softly Stranger
1958
as Johnny Mansell
The Finest Hours
1964
as Lord Randolph (voice)
Chameli Memsaab
1975
as Berkeley
Time After Time
1986
as Valentine Swift
Coast to Coast
1987
as Greaves
Mister Ten Per Cent
1967
as Lord Edward
The Extra Day
1956
as Steven Marlow
Three Piece Suite
1977
as Brad Hunter
No Time for Tears
1957
as Dr. Nigel Barnes
A Warm December
1973
as Dr. Henry Barlow
The Ship That Died of Shame
1955
as Bill Randall
The Intruder
1953
as Adjutant
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
1968
as Kenny Blake
Chorabali
2016
as Dr. Dasgupta
The Woman for Joe
1955
as Joe Harrop
Journey's End
1988
as Colonel
Alice
1965
as Rev. Charles Dodgson
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
2000
The Feminine Touch
1956
as Dr Jim Alcott
The Bone Grinder
1968
as George King
Sea Area Forties
1975
as Narrator
Bird Fancier
1985
as Albert Seers
The Firefighters
1974
as Station Officer Harrison
About George Baker
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 Yo… With 113 credits spanning from 1953 to 2016, George Baker has appeared in 54 films and 59 TV shows.
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Most Popular George Baker Movies
- The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) — as Captain Benson
- You Only Live Twice (1967) — as NASA Engineer (uncredited)
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) — as Sir Hilary Bray
- Love Life (1967) — as Theodore Quill
- North Sea Hijack (1980) — as Fletcher
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