George Baker
Born in Varna, Bulgaria — Apr 01 1931• Died Oct 07 2011
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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 Liv…
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Midsomer Murders
Charlie
Doctor Who
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Minder
Altman
Heartbeat
Maurice Dodson
Bergerac
Higgins
BBC Play of the Month
Rev. Morell
Spooks
Hugo Ross
Hart to Hart
New Tricks
Theatre 625
Edward Jackson
Gideon's Way
Bailey
Screen Two
Greaves
Drama 61-67
Peter Evett
The Persuaders!
Britten
The Wednesday Play
Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford
Maigret
The Prisoner
The New Number Two
The Main Chance
Major Donovan
Robin of Sherwood
Sir Richard of Leaford
Doomwatch
John Mitchell
I, Claudius
Tiberius
The Goodies
The Protectors
George Dixon
Survivors
Arthur Wormley
You Only Live Twice
NASA Engineer (uncredited)
Lady Killers
Sir Terence O'Connor, Q.C.
A Woman of Substance
Bruce McGill
The Gentle Touch
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Sir Hilary Bray
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
The Spy Who Loved Me
Captain Benson
Zodiac
Mark Braun
Up Pompeii!
Jamus Bondus
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Whittington
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Triangle
David West
Londoners
Bruce
The Chinese Detective
ITV Playhouse
George King
Three Piece Suite
Brad Hunter
Q.E.D.
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Chief Inspector Fred Davy
Zero One
Dead Head
Eldridge
Armchair Theatre
Mike
The Charmer
North Sea Hijack
Fletcher
Johnny and the Dead
Alderman
Hopscotch
Westlake
Room at the Bottom
Little Lord Fauntleroy
The Earl of Dorincourt
Intimate Games
Prof. Gottlieb
The Dam Busters
Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
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The Intruder
Adjutant
The Thirty Nine Steps
Sir Walter Bullivant
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Lord Sutterwick
The Moonraker
Anthony, Earl of Dawlish/The Moonraker
The Executioner
Philip Crawford
Curse of the Fly
Martin Delambre
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Mr. Lewis (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Hill in Korea
Lt. Butler
Justine
British Ambassador David Mountolive
The Canterville Ghost
Uncle Hesketh
Sword of Lancelot
Sir Gawaine
The Secret Adversary
Whittington
Bowler
Bowler
Coast to Coast
Greaves
Three for All
Eddie Boyes
These Dangerous Years
Padre
The Ship That Died of Shame
Bill Randall
Because of the Cats
Boersma
Time After Time
Valentine Swift
Bird Fancier
Albert Seers
Journey's End
Colonel
For Queen & Country
Kilcoyne
Three Piece Suite
Brad Hunter
A Warm December
Dr. Henry Barlow
Back to the Secret Garden
Will Weatherstaff
Mister Ten Per Cent
Lord Edward
Bowler
The Feminine Touch
Dr Jim Alcott
No Time for Tears
Dr. Nigel Barnes
Tread Softly Stranger
Johnny Mansell
Imaginary Friends
Writing
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Self
Love Life
Theodore Quill
From Doon with Death
Writing
The Extra Day
Steven Marlow
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
Kenny Blake
Sea Area Forties
Narrator
We'll Support You Evermore
Colonel
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
Doctor Who: Full Circle
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The Woman for Joe
Joe Harrop
Blondes: Diana Dors
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Alice
Rev. Charles Dodgson
The Firefighters
Station Officer Harrison
The Finest Hours
Lord Randolph (voice)
Curtain of Fear
The Bone Grinder
George King
Chameli Memsaab
Berkeley
Print-Out
Robert Ballard
Chorabali
Dr. Dasgupta