George Baker
April 1, 1931 (94 years old) in Varna, Bulgaria
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
Credits
- 2016 · Chorabali as Dr. Dasgupta
- 2009 · All Aboard the Starliner: The Making of 'Full Circle' as Self
- 2007 · The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self
- 2004 · New Tricks as
- 2002 · I, Claudius: A Television Epic as Self
- 2002 · Spooks as Hugo Ross
- 2000 · Back to the Secret Garden as Will Weatherstaff
- 2000 · Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' as
- 2000 · Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) as
- 1999 · Blondes: Diana Dors as self
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Charlie
- 1995 · Johnny and the Dead as Alderman
- 1995 · Little Lord Fauntleroy as The Earl of Dorincourt
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Maurice Dodson
- 1990 · No Job for a Lady as Godfrey Eagan
- 1988 · For Queen & Country as Kilcoyne
- 1988 · Journey's End as Colonel
- 1987 · The Charmer as
- 1987 · The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford
- 1987 · Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel as Chief Inspector Fred Davy
- 1987 · Coast to Coast as Greaves
- 1986 · The Canterville Ghost as Uncle Hesketh
- 1986 · Room at the Bottom as
- 1986 · Time After Time as Valentine Swift
- 1986 · Dead Head as Eldridge
- 1985 · We'll Support You Evermore as Colonel
- 1985 · Bird Fancier as Albert Seers
- 1985 · Screen Two as Greaves
- 1985 · A Woman of Substance as Bruce McGill
- 1984 · Robin of Sherwood as Sir Richard of Leaford
- 1983 · Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime as Whittington
- 1983 · The Secret Adversary as Whittington
- 1982 · Q.E.D. as
- 1981 · Bergerac as Higgins
- 1981 · The Chinese Detective as
- 1981 · Triangle as David West
- 1980 · Doctor Who: Full Circle as Login
- 1980 · Hopscotch as Westlake
- 1980 · Lady Killers as Sir Terence O'Connor, Q.C.
- 1980 · The Gentle Touch as
- 1980 · North Sea Hijack as Fletcher
- 1979 · Minder as Altman
- 1979 · Minder as Cooper
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1979 · Print-Out as Robert Ballard
- 1978 · The Thirty Nine Steps as Sir Walter Bullivant
- 1977 · The Spy Who Loved Me as Captain Benson
- 1977 · Three Piece Suite as Brad Hunter
- 1976 · I, Claudius as
- 1976 · I, Claudius as Tiberius
- 1976 · Intimate Games as Prof. Gottlieb
- 1975 · Three for All as Eddie Boyes
- 1975 · Survivors as Arthur Wormley
- 1975 · Chameli Memsaab as Berkeley
- 1975 · Sea Area Forties as Narrator
- 1974 · Zodiac as Mark Braun
- 1974 · The Firefighters as Station Officer Harrison
- 1973 · Bowler as Bowler
- 1973 · Bowler as
- 1973 · A Warm December as Dr. Henry Barlow
- 1973 · Because of the Cats as Boersma
- 1973 · Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em as
- 1972 · The Protectors as George Dixon
- 1971 · The Persuaders! as Britten
- 1970 · The Goodies as
- 1970 · The Executioner as Philip Crawford
- 1970 · Doomwatch as John Mitchell
- 1969 · On Her Majesty's Secret Service as Sir Hilary Bray
- 1969 · Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Lord Sutterwick
- 1969 · Up Pompeii! as Jamus Bondus
- 1969 · Justine as British Ambassador David Mountolive
- 1969 · The Main Chance as Major Donovan
- 1968 · The Bone Grinder as George King
- 1968 · Mrs. Capper's Birthday as Kenny Blake
- 1967 · The Prisoner as The New Number Two
- 1967 · Love Life as Theodore Quill
- 1967 · You Only Live Twice as NASA Engineer (uncredited)
- 1967 · Mister Ten Per Cent as Lord Edward
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Rev. Morell
- 1965 · Alice as Rev. Charles Dodgson
- 1965 · Londoners as Bruce
- 1965 · Curse of the Fly as Martin Delambre
- 1965 · Gideon's Way as Bailey
- 1964 · Curtain of Fear as
- 1964 · The Wednesday Play as Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
- 1964 · The Wednesday Play as Louie Summers
- 1964 · The Wednesday Play as Vera
- 1964 · The Finest Hours as Lord Randolph (voice)
- 1964 · Theatre 625 as Edward Jackson
- 1964 · Theatre 625 as Matthew Hobhouse
- 1963 · Doctor Who as Login
- 1963 · Sword of Lancelot as Sir Gawaine
- 1962 · Zero One as
- 1960 · Maigret as
- 1958 · Tread Softly Stranger as Johnny Mansell
- 1958 · The Moonraker as Anthony, Earl of Dawlish/The Moonraker
- 1957 · No Time for Tears as Dr. Nigel Barnes
- 1957 · These Dangerous Years as Padre
- 1956 · A Hill in Korea as Lt. Butler
- 1956 · Armchair Theatre as Mike
- 1956 · The Feminine Touch as Dr Jim Alcott
- 1956 · The Extra Day as Steven Marlow
- 1955 · The Woman for Joe as Joe Harrop
- 1955 · The Dam Busters as Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.
- 1955 · The Ship That Died of Shame as Bill Randall
- 1953 · The Intruder as Adjutant