George Baker
Born April 1, 1931 · 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The Spy Who Loved Me
You Only Live Twice
The Dam Busters
North Sea Hijack
The Thirty Nine Steps
Because of the Cats
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
The Executioner
The Canterville Ghost
Doctor Who: Full Circle
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Back to the Secret Garden
Hopscotch
The Secret Adversary
Three for All
Justine
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Intimate Games
Sword of Lancelot
The Ship That Died of Shame
For Queen & Country
We'll Support You Evermore
A Hill in Korea
Days in the Trees
Curse of the Fly
The Moonraker
Chameli Memsaab
A Warm December
These Dangerous Years
Blondes: Diana Dors
Print-Out
The Intruder
No Time for Tears
The Feminine Touch
The Woman for Joe
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
Time After Time
Tread Softly Stranger
Mister Ten Per Cent
The Extra Day
Chorabali
Three Piece Suite
TV Shows
BBC Play of the Month
Screen Two
Theatre 625
The Wednesday Play
Spooks
Hart to Hart
ITV Playhouse
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Gideon's Way
New Tricks
Bergerac
The Persuaders!
Maigret
Triangle
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Prisoner
The Main Chance
The Goodies
New Scotland Yard
The Protectors
Robin of Sherwood
I, Claudius
Doomwatch
A Woman of Substance
Survivors
Zero One
Lady Killers
Half Hour Story
Londoners
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Up Pompeii!
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
The Chinese Detective
Q.E.D.
Armchair Theatre
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Zodiac
The Charmer
Johnny and the Dead
Dead Head
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Bowler
