George Baker

Personal Info

Birthday

April 1, 1931

Day of Death

2011-10-07

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Varna, Bulgaria

Also Known As

George Morris Baker

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

Midsomer Murders

Doctor Who

Minder

Spooks

Heartbeat

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

BBC Play of the Month

Bergerac

Filmography

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
2002
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
as Self
2000
Back to the Secret Garden
as Will Weatherstaff
1999
Blondes: Diana Dors
as self
1988
For Queen & Country
as Kilcoyne
Journey's End
as Colonel
1987
Coast to Coast
as Greaves
1986
The Canterville Ghost
as Uncle Hesketh
Time After Time
as Valentine Swift
1985
We'll Support You Evermore
as Colonel
Bird Fancier
as Albert Seers
1983
The Secret Adversary
as Whittington
1980
Doctor Who: Full Circle
as Login
Hopscotch
as Westlake
North Sea Hijack
as Fletcher
1979
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
Intimate Games
as Prof. Gottlieb
1975
Three for All
as Eddie Boyes
Chameli Memsaab
as Berkeley
Sea Area Forties
as Narrator
1974
The Firefighters
as Station Officer Harrison
1973
A Warm December
as Dr. Henry Barlow
Because of the Cats
as Boersma
1970
The Executioner
as Philip Crawford
1969
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
as Sir Hilary Bray
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
Love Life
as Theodore Quill
You Only Live Twice
as NASA Engineer (uncredited)
Mister Ten Per Cent
as Lord Edward
1965
Alice
as Rev. Charles Dodgson
Curse of the Fly
as Martin Delambre
1964
The Finest Hours
as Lord Randolph (voice)
1963
Sword of Lancelot
as Sir Gawaine
1958
Tread Softly Stranger
as Johnny Mansell
The Moonraker
as Anthony, Earl of Dawlish/The Moonraker
1957
No Time for Tears
as Dr. Nigel Barnes
These Dangerous Years
as Padre
1956
A Hill in Korea
as Lt. Butler
The Feminine Touch
as Dr Jim Alcott
The Extra Day
as Steven Marlow
1955
The Woman for Joe
as Joe Harrop
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
1953
The Intruder
as Adjutant