George Baker
- Acting
- April 1, 1931 · Varna, Bulgaria
- October 7, 2011
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
Filmography
- Chorabali · Dr. Dasgupta
- The 50 Greatest Television Dramas · Self
- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy · Mr. Lewis (archive footage) (uncredited)
- New Tricks
- I, Claudius: A Television Epic · Self
- Spooks · Hugo Ross
- Back to the Secret Garden · Will Weatherstaff
- Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
- Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
- Blondes: Diana Dors · Self
- Midsomer Murders · Charlie
- Johnny and the Dead · Alderman
- Little Lord Fauntleroy · The Earl of Dorincourt
- Heartbeat · Maurice Dodson
- From Doon with Death · Writer
- No Job for a Lady · Godfrey Eagan
- For Queen & Country · Kilcoyne
- Journey's End · Colonel
- The Charmer
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries · Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford, Writer
- Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel · Chief Inspector Fred Davy
- Coast to Coast · Greaves
- The Canterville Ghost · Uncle Hesketh
- Room at the Bottom
- Time After Time · Valentine Swift
- Dead Head · Eldridge
- We'll Support You Evermore · Colonel
- Bird Fancier · Albert Seers
- Screen Two · Greaves
- A Woman of Substance · Bruce McGill
- Robin of Sherwood · Sir Richard of Leaford
- The Secret Adversary · Whittington
- Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime · Whittington
- Imaginary Friends · Writer
- Q.E.D. · Sir Harold Metcalfe
- Bergerac · Higgins
- The Member for Chelsea · Mr. Chamberlain
- The Chinese Detective
- Triangle · David West
- Doctor Who: Full Circle · Login
- Hopscotch · Westlake
- Lady Killers · Sir Terence O'Connor, Q.C.
- North Sea Hijack · Fletcher
- Minder · Altman, Cooper
- Hart to Hart
- Print-Out · Robert Ballard
- The Thirty Nine Steps · Sir Walter Bullivant
- The Spy Who Loved Me · Captain Benson
- Three Piece Suite · Brad Hunter (segment "Celluloid Dreams"), Frank (segment "This Situation")
- Three Piece Suite · Brad Hunter
- I, Claudius · Tiberius
- Intimate Games · Prof. Gottlieb
- Three for All · Eddie Boyes
- Survivors · Arthur Wormley
- Chameli Memsaab · Berkeley
- Sea Area Forties · Narrator
- Dial M for Murder · Martin Willis
- Zodiac · Mark Braun
- The Firefighters · Station Officer Harrison
- Bowler
- Bowler · Bowler
- A Warm December · Dr. Henry Barlow
- Between the Wars · Walter Jeffries
- Because of the Cats · Boersma
- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
- The Protectors · George Dixon
- New Scotland Yard · John Randall
- The Persuaders! · Britten
- The Goodies
- The Executioner · Philip Crawford
- Doomwatch · John Mitchell
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service · Sir Hilary Bray
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips · Lord Sutterwick
- Up Pompeii! · Jamus Bondus
- Justine · British Ambassador David Mountolive
- The Main Chance · Major Donovan
- The Sex Game · Edwin
- The Bone Grinder · George King
- Mrs. Capper's Birthday · Kenny Blake
- The Prisoner · The New Number Two