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