Colin Baker

Colin Baker

Known for
Acting
Born
June 8, 1943 (age 83)
Birthplace
Waterloo, London, England, UK

Biography

Colin Baker (born 8 June 1943) is an English actor who played Paul Merroney in the BBC drama series The Brothers from 1974 to 1976 and the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1984 to 1986. Baker's tenure as the Doctor proved to be a controversial era for the series, which included a hiatus in production and his subsequent replacement on the orders of BBC executive Michael Grade.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Danny Boy

Danny Boy

Movie · as Fred

2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War poster

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Movie · as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

2025
A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage poster

A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage

Movie · as Ebenezer Scrooge

2024
Doctor Who at the Proms poster

Doctor Who at the Proms

Movie · as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)

2023
Secrets of a Wallaby Boy poster

Secrets of a Wallaby Boy

Movie · as Bruce (voice)

2023
Buckle Up poster

Buckle Up

Movie · as Nick

2023
Talking Doctor Who poster

Talking Doctor Who

Movie · as Self / The Doctor (6) (archive footage)

2023
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals poster

Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals

Movie · as Self - archive

2023
Christmas at the Holly Day Inn poster

Christmas at the Holly Day Inn

Movie · as Ben

2023
Tales of the Tardis poster

Tales of the Tardis

TV · as The Doctor · 1 ep

2022
Minacious poster

Minacious

Movie · as DS Rawlins

2022
Remembers… poster

Remembers…

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
You Might Get Lost poster

You Might Get Lost

Movie · as Conrad

2021
The Ghosts of Borley Rectory poster

The Ghosts of Borley Rectory

Movie · as Charles Sutton

2020
The Big Night In poster

The Big Night In

Movie · as Self

2019
Doctor Who: The Trial poster

Doctor Who: The Trial

Movie · as Self

2019
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years poster

The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years

Movie

2019
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner poster

Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner

Movie · as Himself

2019
The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited poster

The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited

Movie · as Self

2018
Remembering Deborah Watling poster

Remembering Deborah Watling

Movie · as Self

2018
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa poster

Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa

TV · as Self · 46 eps

2016
Last Man on Earth poster

Last Man on Earth

Movie · as Professor James Friedkin

2015
A Dozen Summers poster

A Dozen Summers

Movie · as The Narrator

2015
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Charles Dickens

2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song poster

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Movie · as The Doctor (6) (picture) (uncredited)

2014
Shadows of a Stranger poster

Shadows of a Stranger

Movie · as William Fallon

2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison poster

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

Movie · as Self

2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion poster

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion

Movie · as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)

2013
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty poster

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

Movie · as Self

2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot poster

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Movie · as Self

2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor poster

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Movie · as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)

2013
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor poster

Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor

Movie · as Self

2013
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS poster

Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS

Movie · as Self

2013
Doctor Who at the Proms poster

Doctor Who at the Proms

Movie · as The Doctor (6) (archive footage) (uncredited)

2013
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited poster

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

TV · as Self · 11 eps

2013
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars poster

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2012
BBC Comedy Feeds

BBC Comedy Feeds

TV · 1 ep

2011
Pointless Celebrities poster

Pointless Celebrities

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep

2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 poster

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

Movie

2008
Trials and Tribulations poster

Trials and Tribulations

Movie

2008
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord poster

The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord

Movie

2008
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor poster

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Movie · as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)

2008
The Ties That Bind Us poster

The Ties That Bind Us

Movie · as The Sixth Doctor / Commander Maxil (archive footage)

2008
Now, Get Out of That poster

Now, Get Out of That

Movie

2007
Davros Connections poster

Davros Connections

Movie · as (archival audio)

2007
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (documentary) poster

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (documentary)

Movie

2007
Kingdom poster

Kingdom

TV · as Mr. Dodds · 1 ep

2006
Built for War: The Sontaran Story poster

Built for War: The Sontaran Story

Movie

2006
Lords and Luddites: Making 'The Mark of the Rani' poster

Lords and Luddites: Making 'The Mark of the Rani'

Movie

2005
Doctor Who: A New Dimension poster

Doctor Who: A New Dimension

Movie · as Self

2005
Doctor Who Confidential poster

Doctor Who Confidential

TV · 10 eps

2004
Hustle poster

Hustle

TV · as Phil · 1 ep

2003
The Story of Doctor Who poster

The Story of Doctor Who

Movie

2003
Adventures in Time and Spain poster

Adventures in Time and Spain

Movie · as (archive footage)

2003
The Afternoon Play poster

The Afternoon Play

TV · as Judge · 1 ep

2002
Doctor Who: Real Time poster

Doctor Who: Real Time

Movie · as The Doctor

2002
Doctor Who: Real Time poster

Doctor Who: Real Time

TV · as The Doctor · 6 eps

2002
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! poster

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

TV · as Self · 13 eps

2001
The Home Whovian poster

The Home Whovian

Movie

2000
TravelWise poster

TravelWise

Movie · as Jonathan Pike

2000
The Asylum poster

The Asylum

Movie · as Arbuthnot

1999
The Waiting Time poster

The Waiting Time

Movie · as Giles Fleming

1999
Soul's Ark poster

Soul's Ark

Movie · as Galico

1999
The Harpist poster

The Harpist

Movie

1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert

Movie · as Chauvel

1999
Adventures in Space and Time poster

Adventures in Space and Time

Movie · as Himself

1999
Carnival of Monsters poster

Carnival of Monsters

Movie

1999
Sunburn poster

Sunburn

TV · as John Buchanan · 1 ep

1997
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up poster

Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up

Movie

1997
Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek

TV · as Hedley Shale · 1 ep

1997
A Dance to the Music of Time poster

A Dance to the Music of Time

TV · as Canon Fenneau · 4 eps

1995
The Stranger: Eye of the Beholder poster

The Stranger: Eye of the Beholder

Movie · as The Stranger / Soloman

1995
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen poster

Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen

Movie

1995
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond poster

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

Movie

1994
Doctor Who: The Colin Baker Years poster

Doctor Who: The Colin Baker Years

Movie · as Self - Presenter

1994
PROBE: The Zero Imperative poster

PROBE: The Zero Imperative

Movie · as Peter Russell

1994
The Stranger: The Terror Game poster

The Stranger: The Terror Game

Movie · as The Stranger / Soloman

1994
The Stranger: Breach of the Peace poster

The Stranger: Breach of the Peace

Movie · as The Stranger / Soloman

1994
Stranger than Fiction poster

Stranger than Fiction

Movie

1994
The Knock poster

The Knock

TV · as Donald Dewhurst, Desmond Dewhurst · 3 eps

1993
The Airzone Solution poster

The Airzone Solution

Movie · as Arnold Davies

1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time poster

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Movie · as The 6th Doctor

1993
The Stranger: In Memory Alone poster

The Stranger: In Memory Alone

Movie · as The Stranger

1993
30 Years in the TARDIS poster

30 Years in the TARDIS

Movie · as Himself

1993
Bigger Inside Than Out poster

Bigger Inside Than Out

Movie · as Narrator

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
Doctor Who: Cybermen - The Early Years poster

Doctor Who: Cybermen - The Early Years

Movie · as Self - Host

1992
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah poster

The Stranger: More Than a Messiah

Movie · as The Stranger

1991
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event

Movie

1991
The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows poster

The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows

Movie · as The Stranger

1991
Pebble Mill

Pebble Mill

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
The Stranger poster

The Stranger

TV · as The Stranger · 8 eps

1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes II poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes II

Movie

1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes III poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes III

Movie

1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes IV

Movie

1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes V poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes V

Movie

1986
Who's Who poster

Who's Who

Movie

1986
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes VI

Movie

1986
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe poster

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe

Movie · as The Doctor

1986
Doctor Who: Mindwarp poster

Doctor Who: Mindwarp

Movie · as The Doctor

1986
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet poster

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet

Movie · as The Doctor

1986
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids poster

Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids

Movie · as The Doctor

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Colin Miles, David Vincent · 1 ep

1985
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos poster

Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos

Movie · as The Doctor

1985
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen poster

Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen

Movie · as The Doctor

1985
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani poster

Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani

Movie · as The Doctor

1985
Doctor Who: Timelash poster

Doctor Who: Timelash

Movie · as The Doctor

1985
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks poster

Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

Movie · as The Doctor

1985
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors poster

Doctor Who: The Two Doctors

Movie · as The Doctor

1985
A Fix with Sontarans poster

A Fix with Sontarans

Movie · as The Doctor

1985
Doctor Who's Who's Who poster

Doctor Who's Who's Who

TV · as Doctor Who · 1 ep

1984
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani poster

Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani

Movie · as The Doctor

1984
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma poster

Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma

Movie · as The Doctor

1984
Swallows and Amazons Forever!

Swallows and Amazons Forever!

TV · as Dr. Dudgeon · 8 eps

1983
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity poster

Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity

Movie · as Commander Maxil

1982
Countdown poster

Countdown

TV · 6 eps

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective poster

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

Movie · as William Lind

1978
Blake's 7 poster

Blake's 7

TV · as Bayban · 1 ep

1975
Jim'll Fix It poster

Jim'll Fix It

TV · as Doctor Who · 1 ep

1974
Fall of Eagles poster

Fall of Eagles

TV · as Crown Prince Willie · 1 ep

1974
The Carnforth Practice poster

The Carnforth Practice

TV · as Bob Anderson · 1 ep

1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries poster

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

TV · as George Barclay · 1 ep

1972
War & Peace poster

War & Peace

TV · as Anatole Kuragin · 4 eps

1972
The Brothers poster

The Brothers

TV · as Paul Merroney · 92 eps

1972
The Moonstone poster

The Moonstone

TV · as John Herncastle · 1 ep

1972
The Edwardians poster

The Edwardians

TV · as Joseph Laycock · 1 ep

1972
Villains poster

Villains

TV · as Reporter · 1 ep

1971
Cousin Bette poster

Cousin Bette

TV · as Count Wenceslas Steinbock · 5 eps

1970
The Roads to Freedom poster

The Roads to Freedom

TV · as Claude · 13 eps

1970
The Adventures of Don Quick poster

The Adventures of Don Quick

TV · as Rebel · 1 ep

1969
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder poster

The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder

TV · as Reigate · 1 ep

1969
Happy Ever After

Happy Ever After

TV · as Receptionist · 1 ep

1965
Public Eye poster

Public Eye

TV · as Town Hall Clerk · 1 ep

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Commander Maxil, The Doctor · 3 eps