George Baker
Actor
Born April 1, 1931 in 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
Chorabali
Dr. Dasgupta
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
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'
Blondes: Diana Dors
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Midsomer Murders
Charlie
Johnny and the Dead
Alderman
Little Lord Fauntleroy
The Earl of Dorincourt
Heartbeat
Maurice Dodson
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
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Chief Inspector Fred Davy
Coast to Coast
Greaves
The Canterville Ghost
Uncle Hesketh
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
Q.E.D.
Sir Harold Metcalfe
Bergerac
Higgins
The Chinese Detective
Triangle
David West
Doctor Who: Full Circle
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Hopscotch
Westlake
Lady Killers
Sir Terence O'Connor, Q.C.
North Sea Hijack
Fletcher
Minder
Altman
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
Three Piece Suite
Brad Hunter
I, Claudius
Tiberius
Intimate Games
Prof. Gottlieb
Three for All
Eddie Boyes
Survivors
Arthur Wormley
Chameli Memsaab
Berkeley
Zodiac
Mark Braun
The Firefighters
Station Officer Harrison
Bowler
Bowler
A Warm December
Dr. Henry Barlow
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 Bone Grinder
George King
The Prisoner
The New Number Two
ITV Playhouse
George King
You Only Live Twice
NASA Engineer (uncredited)
Half Hour Story
Tim Johnson
Days in the Trees
Jacques
Mister Ten Per Cent
Lord Edward
BBC Play of the Month
Rev. Morell
Alice
Rev. Charles Dodgson
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Ernest Whipple
Londoners
Bruce
Curse of the Fly
Martin Delambre
Gideon's Way
Bailey
The Wednesday Play
Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
The Finest Hours
Lord Randolph (voice)
Theatre 625
Edward Jackson
Doctor Who
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Sword of Lancelot
Sir Gawaine
Zero One
Maigret
Tread Softly Stranger
Johnny Mansell
The Moonraker
Anthony, Earl of Dawlish/The Moonraker
No Time for Tears
Dr. Nigel Barnes
These Dangerous Years
Padre
A Hill in Korea
Lt. Butler
Armchair Theatre
Mike
The Feminine Touch
Dr Jim Alcott
The Extra Day
Steven Marlow
The Woman for Joe
Joe Harrop
The Dam Busters
Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.
The Ship That Died of Shame
Bill Randall
The Intruder
Adjutant