George Baker
Acting • Born 1931-04-01 – Died 2011-10-07
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.
Filmography
106 credits
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Movie • 2007
Self
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Movie • 1969
Sir Hilary Bray
The Spy Who Loved Me
Movie • 1977
Captain Benson
Tread Softly Stranger
Movie • 1958
Johnny Mansell
Back to the Secret Garden
Movie • 2000
Will Weatherstaff
Justine
Movie • 1969
British Ambassador David Mountolive
Sword of Lancelot
Movie • 1963
Sir Gawaine
The Thirty Nine Steps
Movie • 1978
Sir Walter Bullivant
Curse of the Fly
Movie • 1965
Martin Delambre
Bird Fancier
Movie • 1985
Albert Seers
Time After Time
Movie • 1986
Valentine Swift
Because of the Cats
Movie • 1973
Boersma
The Ship That Died of Shame
Movie • 1955
Bill Randall
A Hill in Korea
Movie • 1956
Lt. Butler
Sea Area Forties
Movie • 1975
Narrator
Coast to Coast
Movie • 1987
Greaves
The Extra Day
Movie • 1956
Steven Marlow
The Executioner
Movie • 1970
Philip Crawford
Three for All
Movie • 1975
Eddie Boyes
A Warm December
Movie • 1973
Dr. Henry Barlow
The Feminine Touch
Movie • 1956
Dr Jim Alcott
The Moonraker
Movie • 1958
Anthony, Earl of Dawlish/The Moonraker
These Dangerous Years
Movie • 1957
Padre
The Intruder
Movie • 1953
Adjutant
The Dam Busters
Movie • 1955
Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Intimate Games
Movie • 1976
Prof. Gottlieb
For Queen & Country
Movie • 1988
Kilcoyne
The Bone Grinder
Movie • 1968
George King
Alice
Movie • 1965
Rev. Charles Dodgson
Love Life
Movie • 1967
Theodore Quill
No Time for Tears
Movie • 1957
Dr. Nigel Barnes
The Canterville Ghost
Movie • 1986
Uncle Hesketh
The Woman for Joe
Movie • 1955
Joe Harrop
You Only Live Twice
Movie • 1967
NASA Engineer (uncredited)
The Firefighters
Movie • 1974
Station Officer Harrison
North Sea Hijack
Movie • 1980
Fletcher
Hopscotch
Movie • 1980
Westlake
The Finest Hours
Movie • 1964
Lord Randolph (voice)
We'll Support You Evermore
Movie • 1985
Colonel
Doctor Who: Full Circle
Movie • 1980
Login
Journey's End
Movie • 1988
Colonel
Chorabali
Movie • 2016
Dr. Dasgupta
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Movie • 1969
Lord Sutterwick
Mister Ten Per Cent
Movie • 1967
Lord Edward
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
Movie • 2000
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Movie • 2002
Self
The Secret Adversary
Movie • 1983
Whittington
Chameli Memsaab
Movie • 1975
Berkeley
Three Piece Suite
Movie • 1977
Brad Hunter
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
Movie • 1968
Kenny Blake
Print-Out
Movie • 1979
Robert Ballard
Blondes: Diana Dors
Movie • 1999
self
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Movie • 2005
Mr. Lewis (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Prisoner
TV • 1967
The New Number Two
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Login
Triangle
TV • 1981
David West
Gideon's Way
TV • 1965
Bailey
The Protectors
TV • 1972
George Dixon
The Persuaders!
TV • 1971
Britten
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Maurice Dodson
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV • 2000
The Goodies
TV • 1970
Spooks
TV • 2002
Hugo Ross
The Chinese Detective
TV • 1981
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Robin of Sherwood
TV • 1984
Sir Richard of Leaford
Survivors
TV • 1975
Arthur Wormley
Doomwatch
TV • 1970
John Mitchell
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
TV • 1973
New Tricks
TV • 2004
The Charmer
TV • 1987
Lady Killers
TV • 1980
Sir Terence O'Connor, Q.C.
Zero One
TV • 1962
Maigret
TV • 1960
Room at the Bottom
TV • 1986
Bowler
TV • 1973
Curtain of Fear
TV • 1964
Minder
TV • 1979
Altman
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV • 1987
Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford
The Main Chance
TV • 1969
Major Donovan
The Gentle Touch
TV • 1980
Minder
TV • 1979
Cooper
Q.E.D.
TV • 1982
Johnny and the Dead
TV • 1995
Alderman
Little Lord Fauntleroy
TV • 1995
The Earl of Dorincourt
Dead Head
TV • 1986
Eldridge
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
TV • 1987
Chief Inspector Fred Davy
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Higgins
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Mike
Bowler
TV • 1973
Bowler
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
TV • 1983
Whittington
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Charlie
The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Greaves
Up Pompeii!
TV • 1969
Jamus Bondus
The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Louie Summers
The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Vera
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Rev. Morell
Londoners
TV • 1965
Bruce
No Job for a Lady
TV • 1990
Godfrey Eagan
Zodiac
TV • 1974
Mark Braun
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Edward Jackson
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Matthew Hobhouse
I, Claudius
TV • 1976
Tiberius
Drama 61-67
TV • 1961
Peter Evett
A Woman of Substance
TV • 1985
Bruce McGill