George Baker
Date of birth: 1931-04-01
Place of birth: Varna, Bulgaria
Known for: Acting
Also known as: George Morris Baker
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.
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007-02-03
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed progra
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969-12-18
James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps where h
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977-07-07
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace
Tread Softly Stranger
1958-08-15
Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend p
Back to the Secret Garden
2000-09-02
A youngster living in a stately home discovers the magical garden Mary, Colin & Dickon stumbled acro
Justine
1969-08-06
In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewa
Sword of Lancelot
1963-06-02
Lancelot is King Arthur's most valued Knight of the Round Table and a paragon of courage and virtue.
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978-11-04
The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before
Curse of the Fly
1965-05-01
The son of the inventor of a matter-transporter, which turned him into a monster when he tried to tr
Bird Fancier
1985-01-15
There's big money in pigeon racing if you've got a fast flyer, and Joe Desmond's blue-pied hen is a
Time After Time
1986-01-26
'Oh I was naughty. And I'm still naughty so take care.' And so Leda was, all those years ago when sh
Because of the Cats
1973-03-15
A gang of six wealthy, well-dressed and well-spoken hoodlums break into a married couple's house and
The Ship That Died of Shame
1955-04-19
After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into bus
A Hill in Korea
1956-09-18
Based on real events, A Hill in Korea charts the fortunes of a small group of British soldiers servi
Sea Area Forties
1975-01-01
A BAFTA award winning documentary looking at the development of the BP Forties oil field in the Nort
Coast to Coast
1987-01-04
Two guys meet, one American, a deserter from the US army, one Brit, and they are drawn together by t
The Extra Day
1956-01-01
Director William Fairchild's 1956 British comedy takes a peek into the private lives of various perf
The Executioner
1970-09-06
A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
Three for All
1975-05-01
A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain
A Warm December
1973-05-23
Widower Dr. Matt Younger and his daughter go to London for a month of dirt-bike racing. While there,
The Feminine Touch
1956-06-19
Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at an NH
The Moonraker
1958-08-02
After the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's Commonw
These Dangerous Years
1957-07-03
A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he clash
The Intruder
1953-10-18
When Ex Colonel Merton discovers a burglar ransacking his home, he is shocked to find out that the t
The Dam Busters
1955-05-16
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industr
Intimate Games
1976-05-31
A university professor opens a sexual Pandora's box when he hands his class an assignment to explore
For Queen & Country
1988-05-17
A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.
The Bone Grinder
1968-05-13
George, an ineffectual and inoffensive clerk, and his prim wife Gladys reserve their greatest effort
Alice
1965-10-13
In this look at Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), aka Lewis Carroll, Dennis Potter mixed biograp
Love Life
1967-07-29
Can Theodore Quill, a self-styled Casanova, face the truth of his affairs?
No Time for Tears
1957-10-04
The interwoven dramas of staff and patients in Mayfield Children's Hospital, where the doctors and n
The Canterville Ghost
1986-12-31
A young American couple inherits an English castle, only to find that it is haunted by the spirit of
The Woman for Joe
1955-08-25
A carnival boss and a little person from the sideshow compete for the same woman.
You Only Live Twice
1967-06-13
A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers
The Firefighters
1974-01-01
Young auxiliary fire-fighters are suspected of arson.
North Sea Hijack
1980-02-18
When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, a
Hopscotch
1980-09-26
When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to r
The Finest Hours
1964-09-29
A biography of Winston Churchill, shown through re-creations and actual film footage and told by Ors
We'll Support You Evermore
1985-07-14
A father is intent on finding the truth as to how his soldier son met his death while serving in Nor
Doctor Who: Full Circle
1980-11-15
On the planet Alzarius in the alternate universe of E-Space, the Doctor, Romana and K9 find survivor
Journey's End
1988-01-01
A British Company in the WWI trenches await an inevitable German attack in this 1988 adaptation of R
Chorabali
2016-01-22
A whodunit thriller set in the backdrop of North Kolkata with its British Raj charm, based on Agatha
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969-11-05
Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster
Mister Ten Per Cent
1967-01-01
Percy Pointer's passion in life is the theatre, and all his spare time is devoted to the play he is
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
2000-05-16
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002-09-30
The cast and crew of I, Claudius (1976) discuss the making of the series.
The Secret Adversary
1983-10-09
After a chance meeting and an indiscreet conversation, childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Tuppenc
Chameli Memsaab
1975-01-07
The film is set in a tea garden in Assam, where a British tea estate owner Berkeley (George Baker),
Three Piece Suite
1977-01-01
Miniseries comprising short plays featuring Diana Rigg and guests.
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
1968-02-03
It is Mrs Capper's 50th birthday and for years she has quietly gone about doing her best to help oth
Print-Out
1979-05-26
Corrupt builder Ballard is approached by Bernie Fermor, a young computer engineer with a roll of nam
Blondes: Diana Dors
1999-12-26
Celebrating the life and career of legendary British blonde bombshell Diana Dors, who died in 1984.