
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











