George Baker

Known for: Acting
Born: April 1, 1931, Varna, Bulgaria
Died: October 7, 2011
Movies: 56

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.6

You Only Live Twice

1967

6.8

The Spy Who Loved Me

1977

6.6

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969

7.0

Hopscotch

1980

6.9

The Dam Busters

1955

6.3

North Sea Hijack

1980

5.4

Curse of the Fly

1965

5.3

For Queen & Country

1988

6.8

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1969

6.8

The Thirty Nine Steps

1978

Filmography

2016	Chorabali	Dr. Dasgupta
2007	The 50 Greatest Television Dramas	Self
2005	The Funny Blokes of British Comedy	Mr. Lewis (archive footage) (uncredited)
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	The Canterville Ghost	Uncle Hesketh
1986	Time After Time	Valentine Swift
1985	We'll Support You Evermore	Colonel
1985	Bird Fancier	Albert Seers
1983	The Secret Adversary	Whittington
1980	Doctor Who: Full Circle	Login
1980	Hopscotch	Westlake
1980	North Sea Hijack	Fletcher
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	Three for All	Eddie Boyes
1975	Chameli Memsaab	Berkeley
1975	Sea Area Forties	Narrator
1974	The Firefighters	Station Officer Harrison
1973	A Warm December	Dr. Henry Barlow
1973	Because of the Cats	Boersma
1970	The Executioner	Philip Crawford
1969	On Her Majesty's Secret Service	Sir Hilary Bray
1969	Goodbye, Mr. Chips	Lord Sutterwick
1969	Justine	British Ambassador David Mountolive
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
1967	Days in the Trees	Jacques
1965	Alice	Rev. Charles Dodgson
1965	Curse of the Fly	Martin Delambre
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	No Time for Tears	Dr. Nigel Barnes
1957	These Dangerous Years	Padre
1956	A Hill in Korea	Lt. Butler
1956	The Feminine Touch	Dr Jim Alcott
1956	The Extra Day	Steven Marlow
1955	The Woman for Joe	Joe Harrop
1955	The Dam Busters	Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.
1955	The Ship That Died of Shame	Bill Randall
1953	The Intruder	Adjutant

Directing, Writing & Producing

1991	From Doon with Death	Writer
1982	Imaginary Friends	Writer

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