George Baker

George Baker

Known for
Acting
Born
April 1, 1931
Died
October 7, 2011 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Varna, Bulgaria

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

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Filmography

2016
Chorabali poster

Chorabali

Movie · as Dr. Dasgupta

2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas poster

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Movie · as Self

2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

Movie · as Mr. Lewis (archive footage) (uncredited)

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · 1 ep

2002
I, Claudius: A Television Epic poster

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

Movie · as Self

2002
Spooks poster

Spooks

TV · as Hugo Ross · 1 ep

2000
Back to the Secret Garden poster

Back to the Secret Garden

Movie · as Will Weatherstaff

2000
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' poster

Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'

Movie

2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

TV · 1 ep

1999
Blondes: Diana Dors poster

Blondes: Diana Dors

Movie · as self

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Charlie · 1 ep

1995
Johnny and the Dead poster

Johnny and the Dead

TV · as Alderman · 4 eps

1995
Little Lord Fauntleroy poster

Little Lord Fauntleroy

TV · as The Earl of Dorincourt · 6 eps

1992
Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat

TV · as Maurice Dodson · 1 ep

1990
No Job for a Lady poster

No Job for a Lady

TV · as Godfrey Eagan · 12 eps

1988
For Queen & Country poster

For Queen & Country

Movie · as Kilcoyne

1988
Journey's End poster

Journey's End

Movie · as Colonel

1987
Coast to Coast poster

Coast to Coast

Movie · as Greaves

1987
The Charmer poster

The Charmer

TV · 2 eps

1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries poster

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

TV · as Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford · 79 eps

1987
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel poster

Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

TV · as Chief Inspector Fred Davy · 2 eps

1986
Time After Time poster

Time After Time

Movie · as Valentine Swift

1986
The Canterville Ghost poster

The Canterville Ghost

Movie · as Uncle Hesketh

1986
Room at the Bottom

Room at the Bottom

TV · 13 eps

1986
Dead Head poster

Dead Head

TV · as Eldridge · 4 eps

1985
Bird Fancier poster

Bird Fancier

Movie · as Albert Seers

1985
We'll Support You Evermore poster

We'll Support You Evermore

Movie · as Colonel

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Greaves · 1 ep

1985
A Woman of Substance poster

A Woman of Substance

TV · as Bruce McGill · 3 eps

1984
Robin of Sherwood poster

Robin of Sherwood

TV · as Sir Richard of Leaford · 4 eps

1983
The Secret Adversary poster

The Secret Adversary

Movie · as Whittington

1983
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime poster

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

TV · as Whittington · 1 ep

1982
Q.E.D. poster

Q.E.D.

TV · as Sir Harold Metcalfe · 1 ep

1981
Triangle poster

Triangle

TV · as David West · 52 eps

1981
The Chinese Detective poster

The Chinese Detective

TV · 1 ep

1981
Bergerac poster

Bergerac

TV · as Higgins · 1 ep

1981
The Member for Chelsea

The Member for Chelsea

TV · as Mr. Chamberlain · 3 eps

1980
North Sea Hijack poster

North Sea Hijack

Movie · as Fletcher

1980
Hopscotch poster

Hopscotch

Movie · as Westlake

1980
Doctor Who: Full Circle poster

Doctor Who: Full Circle

Movie · as Login

1980
Lady Killers poster

Lady Killers

TV · as Sir Terence O'Connor, Q.C. · 1 ep

1979
Print-Out poster

Print-Out

Movie · as Robert Ballard

1979
Hart to Hart poster

Hart to Hart

TV · 1 ep

1979
Minder poster

Minder

TV · as Altman, Cooper · 1 ep

1978
The Thirty Nine Steps poster

The Thirty Nine Steps

Movie · as Sir Walter Bullivant

1977
The Spy Who Loved Me poster

The Spy Who Loved Me

Movie · as Captain Benson

1977
Three Piece Suite poster

Three Piece Suite

Movie · as Brad Hunter

1977
Three Piece Suite poster

Three Piece Suite

TV · as Brad Hunter (segment "Celluloid Dreams"), Frank (segment "This Situation") · 1 ep

1976
Intimate Games poster

Intimate Games

Movie · as Prof. Gottlieb

1976
I, Claudius poster

I, Claudius

TV · as Tiberius · 9 eps

1975
Sea Area Forties

Sea Area Forties

Movie · as Narrator

1975
Three for All poster

Three for All

Movie · as Eddie Boyes

1975
Chameli Memsaab poster

Chameli Memsaab

Movie · as Berkeley

1975
Survivors poster

Survivors

TV · as Arthur Wormley · 1 ep

1974
The Firefighters poster

The Firefighters

Movie · as Station Officer Harrison

1974
Zodiac poster

Zodiac

TV · as Mark Braun · 1 ep

1974
Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder

TV · as Martin Willis · 1 ep

1973
Because of the Cats poster

Because of the Cats

Movie · as Boersma

1973
A Warm December poster

A Warm December

Movie · as Dr. Henry Barlow

1973
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em poster

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

TV · as Mr. Lewis · 1 ep

1973
Bowler

Bowler

TV · 13 eps

1973
Bowler poster

Bowler

TV · as Bowler · 13 eps

1973
Between the Wars

Between the Wars

TV · as Walter Jeffries · 1 ep

1972
The Protectors poster

The Protectors

TV · as George Dixon · 1 ep

1972
New Scotland Yard poster

New Scotland Yard

TV · as John Randall · 1 ep

1971
The Persuaders! poster

The Persuaders!

TV · as Britten · 1 ep

1970
The Executioner poster

The Executioner

Movie · as Philip Crawford

1970
The Goodies poster

The Goodies

TV · 1 ep

1970
Doomwatch poster

Doomwatch

TV · as John Mitchell · 1 ep

1969
On Her Majesty's Secret Service poster

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Movie · as Sir Hilary Bray

1969
Justine poster

Justine

Movie · as British Ambassador David Mountolive

1969
Goodbye, Mr. Chips poster

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Movie · as Lord Sutterwick

1969
The Main Chance poster

The Main Chance

TV · as Major Donovan · 1 ep

1969
Up Pompeii! poster

Up Pompeii!

TV · as Jamus Bondus · 1 ep

1968
The Bone Grinder poster

The Bone Grinder

Movie · as George King

1968
Mrs. Capper's Birthday

Mrs. Capper's Birthday

Movie · as Kenny Blake

1968
The Sex Game

The Sex Game

TV · as Edwin · 1 ep

1967
Love Life

Love Life

Movie · as Theodore Quill

1967
You Only Live Twice poster

You Only Live Twice

Movie · as NASA Engineer (uncredited)

1967
Mister Ten Per Cent poster

Mister Ten Per Cent

Movie · as Lord Edward

1967
Days in the Trees poster

Days in the Trees

Movie · as Jacques

1967
The Prisoner poster

The Prisoner

TV · as The New Number Two · 1 ep

1967
ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse

TV · as George King · 1 ep

1967
Half Hour Story poster

Half Hour Story

TV · as Tim Johnson · 1 ep

1965
The Curse of the Fly poster

The Curse of the Fly

Movie · as Martin Delambre

1965
Alice poster

Alice

Movie · as Rev. Charles Dodgson

1965
Gideon's Way poster

Gideon's Way

TV · as Bailey · 1 ep

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · as Rev. Morell · 1 ep

1965
Londoners poster

Londoners

TV · as Bruce · 1 ep

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV · as Ernest Whipple · 1 ep

1964
The Finest Hours poster

The Finest Hours

Movie · as Lord Randolph (voice)

1964
Curtain of Fear

Curtain of Fear

TV · as Stewart Caxton · 6 eps

1964
The Wednesday Play poster

The Wednesday Play

TV · as Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Louie Summers, Vera, Jacques · 1 ep

1964
Theatre 625 poster

Theatre 625

TV · as Edward Jackson, Matthew Hobhouse · 1 ep

1964
Rupert of Hentzau

Rupert of Hentzau

TV · as Rudolf Rassendyll · 6 eps

1964
Thursday Theatre

Thursday Theatre

TV · as Geoffrey Harrison · 1 ep

1963
Sword of Lancelot poster

Sword of Lancelot

Movie · as Sir Gawaine

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Login · 4 eps

1962
Zero One poster

Zero One

TV · 1 ep

1961
Drama 61-67

Drama 61-67

TV · as Peter Evett · 1 ep

1960
Maigret poster

Maigret

TV · 1 ep

1958
Tread Softly Stranger poster

Tread Softly Stranger

Movie · as Johnny Mansell

1958
The Moonraker poster

The Moonraker

Movie · as Anthony, Earl of Dawlish/The Moonraker

1957
These Dangerous Years poster

These Dangerous Years

Movie · as Padre

1957
No Time for Tears poster

No Time for Tears

Movie · as Dr. Nigel Barnes

1956
A Hill in Korea poster

A Hill in Korea

Movie · as Lt. Butler

1956
The Extra Day poster

The Extra Day

Movie · as Steven Marlow

1956
The Feminine Touch poster

The Feminine Touch

Movie · as Dr Jim Alcott

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Mike, Pierre, Dr. Stephen Monks, Theodore Quill, Kenny Blake · 1 ep

1955
The Ship That Died of Shame poster

The Ship That Died of Shame

Movie · as Bill Randall

1955
The Dam Busters poster

The Dam Busters

Movie · as Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.

1955
The Woman for Joe poster

The Woman for Joe

Movie · as Joe Harrop

1953
The Intruder poster

The Intruder

Movie · as Adjutant