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