George Baker
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1 April 1931
Died7 October 2011 (age 80)
Place of birthVarna, Bulgaria
Known credits115
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.
Chorabali
2016 · Dr. Dasgupta
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007 · Self
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Mr. Lewis (archive footage) (uncredited)
New Tricks
2004
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002 · Self
Spooks
2002 · Hugo Ross
Back to the Secret Garden
2000 · Will Weatherstaff
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Blondes: Diana Dors
1999 · self
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Charlie
Johnny and the Dead
1995 · Alderman
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1995 · The Earl of Dorincourt
Heartbeat
1992 · Maurice Dodson
From Doon with Death
1991 · Writer
No Job for a Lady
1990 · Godfrey Eagan
For Queen & Country
1988 · Kilcoyne
Journey's End
1988 · Colonel
The Charmer
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Writer
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987 · Chief Inspector Fred Davy
Coast to Coast
1987 · Greaves
The Canterville Ghost
1986 · Uncle Hesketh
Room at the Bottom
1986
Time After Time
1986 · Valentine Swift
Dead Head
1986 · Eldridge
We'll Support You Evermore
1985 · Colonel
Bird Fancier
1985 · Albert Seers
Screen Two
1985 · Greaves
A Woman of Substance
1985 · Bruce McGill
Robin of Sherwood
1984 · Sir Richard of Leaford
The Secret Adversary
1983 · Whittington
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983 · Whittington
Imaginary Friends
1982 · Writer
Q.E.D.
1982 · Sir Harold Metcalfe
Bergerac
1981 · Higgins
The Member for Chelsea
1981 · Mr. Chamberlain
The Chinese Detective
1981
Triangle
1981 · David West
Doctor Who: Full Circle
1980 · Login
Hopscotch
1980 · Westlake
Lady Killers
1980 · Sir Terence O'Connor, Q.C.
North Sea Hijack
1980 · Fletcher
Minder
1979 · Altman
Minder
1979 · Cooper
Hart to Hart
1979
Print-Out
1979 · Robert Ballard
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