Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 1, 1931
Place of Birth:
Varna, Bulgaria
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George 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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Chorabali | Dr. Dasgupta |
| 2007 | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self |
| 2002 | I, Claudius: A Television Epic | Self |
| 2000 | Back to the Secret Garden | Will Weatherstaff |
| 2000 | Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' | |
| 1999 | Blondes: Diana Dors | self |
| 1988 | For Queen & Country | Kilcoyne |
| 1988 | Journey's End | Colonel |
| 1987 | Coast to Coast | Greaves |
| 1986 | Time After Time | Valentine Swift |
| 1986 | The Canterville Ghost | Uncle Hesketh |
| 1985 | Bird Fancier | Albert Seers |
| 1985 | We'll Support You Evermore | Colonel |
| 1983 | The Secret Adversary | Whittington |
| 1980 | North Sea Hijack | Fletcher |
| 1980 | Hopscotch | Westlake |
| 1980 | Doctor Who: Full Circle | Login |
| 1979 | Print-Out | Robert Ballard |
| 1978 | The Thirty Nine Steps | Sir Walter Bullivant |
| 1977 | The Spy Who Loved Me | Captain Benson |
| 1977 | Three Piece Suite | Brad Hunter |
| 1976 | Intimate Games | Prof. Gottlieb |
| 1975 | Sea Area Forties | Narrator |
| 1975 | Three for All | Eddie Boyes |
| 1975 | Chameli Memsaab | Berkeley |
| 1974 | The Firefighters | Station Officer Harrison |
| 1973 | Because of the Cats | Boersma |
| 1973 | A Warm December | Dr. Henry Barlow |
| 1970 | The Executioner | Philip Crawford |
| 1969 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | Sir Hilary Bray |
| 1969 | Justine | British Ambassador David Mountolive |
| 1969 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Lord Sutterwick |
| 1968 | The Bone Grinder | George King |
| 1968 | Mrs. Capper's Birthday | Kenny Blake |
| 1967 | Love Life | Theodore Quill |
| 1967 | You Only Live Twice | NASA Engineer (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Mister Ten Per Cent | Lord Edward |
| 1965 | Curse of the Fly | Martin Delambre |
| 1965 | Alice | Rev. Charles Dodgson |
| 1964 | The Finest Hours | Lord Randolph (voice) |
| 1963 | Sword of Lancelot | Sir Gawaine |
| 1958 | Tread Softly Stranger | Johnny Mansell |
| 1958 | The Moonraker | Anthony, Earl of Dawlish/The Moonraker |
| 1957 | These Dangerous Years | Padre |
| 1957 | No Time for Tears | Dr. Nigel Barnes |
| 1956 | A Hill in Korea | Lt. Butler |
| 1956 | The Extra Day | Steven Marlow |
| 1956 | The Feminine Touch | Dr Jim Alcott |
| 1955 | The Ship That Died of Shame | Bill Randall |
| 1955 | The Dam Busters | Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C. |
| 1955 | The Woman for Joe | Joe Harrop |
| 1953 | The Intruder | Adjutant |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | New Tricks | |
| 2002 | Spooks | Hugo Ross |
| 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Charlie |
| 1995 | Johnny and the Dead | Alderman |
| 1995 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | The Earl of Dorincourt |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Maurice Dodson |
| 1990 | No Job for a Lady | Godfrey Eagan |
| 1987 | The Charmer | |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford |
| 1987 | Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel | Chief Inspector Fred Davy |
| 1986 | Room at the Bottom | |
| 1986 | Dead Head | Eldridge |
| 1985 | A Woman of Substance | Bruce McGill |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Greaves |
| 1984 | Robin of Sherwood | Sir Richard of Leaford |
| 1983 | Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime | Whittington |
| 1982 | Q.E.D. | |
| 1981 | Triangle | David West |
| 1981 | The Chinese Detective | |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Higgins |
| 1980 | Lady Killers | Sir Terence O'Connor, Q.C. |
| 1980 | The Gentle Touch | |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | |
| 1979 | Minder | Altman |
| 1979 | Minder | Cooper |
| 1976 | I, Claudius | Tiberius |
| 1975 | Survivors | Arthur Wormley |
| 1974 | Zodiac | Mark Braun |
| 1973 | Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em | |
| 1973 | Bowler | |
| 1973 | Bowler | Bowler |
| 1972 | The Protectors | George Dixon |
| 1971 | The Persuaders! | Britten |
| 1970 | The Goodies | |
| 1970 | Doomwatch | John Mitchell |
| 1969 | The Main Chance | Major Donovan |
| 1969 | Up Pompeii! | Jamus Bondus |
| 1967 | The Prisoner | The New Number Two |
| 1965 | Gideon's Way | Bailey |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Rev. Morell |
| 1965 | Londoners | Bruce |
| 1964 | Curtain of Fear | |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Louie Summers |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Vera |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Edward Jackson |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Matthew Hobhouse |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Login |
| 1962 | Zero One | |
| 1960 | Maigret | |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Mike |