George Baker

Known for: Acting

Born: 1931-04-01 – 2011-10-07 (aged 80)

From: Varna, Bulgaria

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.

Filmography (113)

MOVIE★ 5.8
Chorabali
2016
as Dr. Dasgupta
MOVIE
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Mr. Lewis (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV★ 7.3
New Tricks
2004
MOVIE★ 7.0
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002
as Self
TV★ 7.7
Spooks
2002
as Hugo Ross
MOVIE★ 6.3
Back to the Secret Garden
2000
as Will Weatherstaff
MOVIE★ 6.4
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
2000
TV★ 6.8
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
MOVIE★ 9.0
Blondes: Diana Dors
1999
as self
TV★ 7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Charlie
TV★ 6.5
Johnny and the Dead
1995
as Alderman
TV★ 7.0
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1995
as The Earl of Dorincourt
TV★ 7.2
Heartbeat
1992
as Maurice Dodson
TV★ 6.3
No Job for a Lady
1990
as Godfrey Eagan
MOVIE★ 5.4
For Queen & Country
1988
as Kilcoyne
MOVIE★ 8.0
Journey's End
1988
as Colonel
TV★ 4.0
The Charmer
1987
TV★ 6.6
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford
TV★ 7.4
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987
as Chief Inspector Fred Davy
MOVIE★ 7.0
Coast to Coast
1987
as Greaves
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Canterville Ghost
1986
as Uncle Hesketh
TV★ 5.0
Room at the Bottom
1986
MOVIE★ 10.0
Time After Time
1986
as Valentine Swift
TV★ 5.8
Dead Head
1986
as Eldridge
MOVIE★ 7.8
We'll Support You Evermore
1985
as Colonel
MOVIE
Bird Fancier
1985
as Albert Seers
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Greaves
TV★ 7.6
A Woman of Substance
1985
as Bruce McGill
TV★ 7.6
Robin of Sherwood
1984
as Sir Richard of Leaford
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Secret Adversary
1983
as Whittington
TV★ 6.4
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983
as Whittington
TV★ 7.1
Q.E.D.
1982
as Sir Harold Metcalfe
TV★ 6.7
Bergerac
1981
as Higgins
TV
The Member for Chelsea
1981
as Mr. Chamberlain
TV★ 7.2
The Chinese Detective
1981
TV★ 5.8
Triangle
1981
as David West
MOVIE★ 6.2
Doctor Who: Full Circle
1980
as Login
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hopscotch
1980
as Westlake
TV★ 7.5
Lady Killers
1980
as Sir Terence O'Connor, Q.C.
MOVIE★ 6.3
North Sea Hijack
1980
as Fletcher
TV★ 7.2
Minder
1979
as Altman
TV★ 6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
MOVIE
Print-Out
1979
as Robert Ballard
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978
as Sir Walter Bullivant
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
as Captain Benson
TV★ 5.0
Three Piece Suite
1977
as Brad Hunter
MOVIE★ 6.0
Three Piece Suite
1977
as Brad Hunter
TV★ 7.8
I, Claudius
1976
as Tiberius
MOVIE★ 5.7
Intimate Games
1976
as Prof. Gottlieb
MOVIE★ 3.3
Three for All
1975
as Eddie Boyes
TV★ 7.9
Survivors
1975
as Arthur Wormley
MOVIE★ 8.0
Chameli Memsaab
1975
as Berkeley
MOVIE
Sea Area Forties
1975
as Narrator
TV
Dial M for Murder
1974
as Martin Willis
TV★ 5.0
Zodiac
1974
as Mark Braun
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Firefighters
1974
as Station Officer Harrison
TV★ 5.0
Bowler
1973
TV★ 8.0
Bowler
1973
as Bowler
MOVIE★ 6.5
A Warm December
1973
as Dr. Henry Barlow
TV★ 9.0
Between the Wars
1973
as Walter Jeffries
MOVIE★ 5.3
Because of the Cats
1973
as Boersma
TV★ 7.6
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973
TV★ 6.1
The Protectors
1972
as George Dixon
TV★ 6.3
New Scotland Yard
1972
as John Randall
TV★ 7.6
The Persuaders!
1971
as Britten
TV★ 7.6
The Goodies
1970
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Executioner
1970
as Philip Crawford
TV★ 6.4
Doomwatch
1970
as John Mitchell
MOVIE★ 6.6
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
as Sir Hilary Bray
MOVIE★ 6.7
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969
as Lord Sutterwick
TV★ 7.3
Up Pompeii!
1969
as Jamus Bondus
MOVIE★ 4.4
Justine
1969
as British Ambassador David Mountolive
TV★ 8.3
The Main Chance
1969
as Major Donovan
TV
The Sex Game
1968
as Edwin
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Bone Grinder
1968
as George King
MOVIE
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
1968
as Kenny Blake
TV★ 7.7
The Prisoner
1967
as The New Number Two
TV★ 7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
as George King
MOVIE
Love Life
1967
as Theodore Quill
MOVIE★ 6.6
You Only Live Twice
1967
as NASA Engineer (uncredited)
TV★ 7.5
Half Hour Story
1967
as Tim Johnson
MOVIE
Days in the Trees
1967
as Jacques
MOVIE★ 5.6
Mister Ten Per Cent
1967
as Lord Edward
TV★ 5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Rev. Morell
MOVIE★ 6.5
Alice
1965
as Rev. Charles Dodgson
TV★ 4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Ernest Whipple
TV
Londoners
1965
as Bruce
MOVIE★ 5.4
Curse of the Fly
1965
as Martin Delambre
TV★ 7.0
Gideon's Way
1965
as Bailey
TV
Curtain of Fear
1964
as Stewart Caxton
TV
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Geoffrey Harrison
TV★ 5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Finest Hours
1964
as Lord Randolph (voice)
TV★ 7.2
Theatre 625
1964
as Edward Jackson
TV
Rupert of Hentzau
1964
as Rudolf Rassendyll
TV★ 7.9
Doctor Who
1963
as Login
MOVIE★ 4.6
Sword of Lancelot
1963
as Sir Gawaine
TV★ 6.0
Zero One
1962
TV
Drama 61-67
1961
as Peter Evett
TV★ 7.1
Maigret
1960
MOVIE★ 7.4
Tread Softly Stranger
1958
as Johnny Mansell
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Moonraker
1958
as Anthony, Earl of Dawlish/The Moonraker
MOVIE★ 6.0
No Time for Tears
1957
as Dr. Nigel Barnes
MOVIE★ 7.3
These Dangerous Years
1957
as Padre
MOVIE★ 6.5
A Hill in Korea
1956
as Lt. Butler
TV★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Mike
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Feminine Touch
1956
as Dr Jim Alcott
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Extra Day
1956
as Steven Marlow
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Woman for Joe
1955
as Joe Harrop
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Dam Busters
1955
as Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Ship That Died of Shame
1955
as Bill Randall
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Intruder
1953
as Adjutant