Acting

George Baker

Born 1931-04-01 · Varna, Bulgaria

Died 2011-10-07

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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Chorabali
as Dr. Dasgupta
2016
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
2007
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Mr. Lewis (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
New Tricks
2004
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
as Self
2002
Spooks
as Hugo Ross
2002
Back to the Secret Garden
as Will Weatherstaff
2000
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Blondes: Diana Dors
as self
1999
Midsomer Murders
as Charlie
1997
Johnny and the Dead
as Alderman
1995
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as The Earl of Dorincourt
1995
Heartbeat
as Maurice Dodson
1992
From Doon with Death
Writer
1991
No Job for a Lady
as Godfrey Eagan
1990
For Queen & Country
as Kilcoyne
1988
Journey's End
as Colonel
1988
The Charmer
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Writer
1987
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
as Chief Inspector Fred Davy
1987
Coast to Coast
as Greaves
1987
The Canterville Ghost
as Uncle Hesketh
1986
Room at the Bottom
1986
Time After Time
as Valentine Swift
1986
Dead Head
as Eldridge
1986
We'll Support You Evermore
as Colonel
1985
Bird Fancier
as Albert Seers
1985
Screen Two
as Greaves
1985
A Woman of Substance
as Bruce McGill
1985
Robin of Sherwood
as Sir Richard of Leaford
1984
The Secret Adversary
as Whittington
1983
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
as Whittington
1983
Imaginary Friends
Writer
1982
Q.E.D.
as Sir Harold Metcalfe
1982
Bergerac
as Higgins
1981
The Member for Chelsea
as Mr. Chamberlain
1981
The Chinese Detective
1981
Triangle
as David West
1981
Doctor Who: Full Circle
as Login
1980
Hopscotch
as Westlake
1980
Lady Killers
as Sir Terence O'Connor, Q.C.
1980
North Sea Hijack
as Fletcher
1980
Minder
as Altman
1979
Minder
as Cooper
1979
Hart to Hart
1979
Print-Out
as Robert Ballard
1979
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Sir Walter Bullivant
1978
The Spy Who Loved Me
as Captain Benson
1977
Three Piece Suite
as Brad Hunter
1977
Three Piece Suite
as Brad Hunter
1977
I, Claudius
as Tiberius
1976
Intimate Games
as Prof. Gottlieb
1976
Three for All
as Eddie Boyes
1975
Survivors
as Arthur Wormley
1975
Chameli Memsaab
as Berkeley
1975
Sea Area Forties
as Narrator
1975
Dial M for Murder
as Martin Willis
1974
Zodiac
as Mark Braun
1974
The Firefighters
as Station Officer Harrison
1974
Bowler
1973
Bowler
as Bowler
1973
A Warm December
as Dr. Henry Barlow
1973
Between the Wars
as Walter Jeffries
1973
Because of the Cats
as Boersma
1973
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973
The Protectors
as George Dixon
1972
New Scotland Yard
as John Randall
1972
The Persuaders!
as Britten
1971
The Goodies
1970
The Executioner
as Philip Crawford
1970
Doomwatch
as John Mitchell
1970
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
as Sir Hilary Bray
1969
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Lord Sutterwick
1969
Up Pompeii!
as Jamus Bondus
1969
Justine
as British Ambassador David Mountolive
1969
The Main Chance
as Major Donovan
1969
The Sex Game
as Edwin
1968
The Bone Grinder
as George King
1968