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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Klaus Badelt to Christophe Beck
Roy Ward Baker Biography (1916-)
Born December 19, 1916, in London, England; son of H. J. and Florence (Ward)Baker; married Joan Davies, February 14, 1948; children: one son. Addresses: Agent: Michael Whitehall, 125 Gloucester Rd., London SW7 4TE, England.
- Nationality
- English
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- director, producer
- Birth Details
- December 19, 1916
- London, England
Famous Works
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Credits; Television Director; Series
- (With others) The Saint, syndicated, 1963-66.
- (With others) The Baron, ABC, 1966.
- (With others) The Avengers, ABC, 1966-69.
- (With others) The Champions, NBC, 1968.
- (With others) The Strange Report, NBC, 1971.
- (With others) The Persuaders!, ABC, 1971-72.
- (With Don Sharp) Q.E.D., CBS, 1982.
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Fairly Secret Army, syndicated, 1987.
- Also director of The Human Jungle,
Gideon's Way, and Department S.
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Credits; Television Director; Miniseries
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The Flame Trees of Thika, PBS, 1982.
- Also director of The Good Guys, 1991-92.
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Credits; Television Director; Movies
- (Under name Roy Baker) The Spy Killer, ABC, 1969.
- (Under name Roy Baker) Foreign Exchange, ABC, 1970.
- Also director of The Masks of Death, 1984, and, with others, of Minder I, II, III, IV, and VI, 1979-88.
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Credits; Television Director; Episodic
- "The Irish R. M. Part II," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1986.
- "The Irish R. M. Part III," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1987.
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Credits; Film Director; Under Name Roy Baker
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The October Man, Eagle-Lion, 1948.
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Paper Orchid, Columbia, 1949.
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The Weaker Sex, Eagle-Lion, 1949.
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Highly Dangerous, Lippert, 1950.
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I'll Never Forget You (also known as The House on the Square), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951.
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Operation Disaster (also known as Morning Departure), Universal, 1951.
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Don't Bother to Knock, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
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Night without Sleep, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
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Inferno, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1953.
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Passage Home, General Films Distributors, 1955.
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Tiger in the Smoke, J. Arthur Rank, 1956.
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Jacqueline, J. Arthur Rank, 1956.
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A Night to Remember, J. Arthur Rank, 1958.
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The One That Got Away, J. Arthur Rank, 1958.
- (And producer) Flame in the Streets, Atlantic, 1961.
- (And producer) The Singer Not the Song, Warner Bros., 1961.
- (With Giorgio Capitani) The Valiant, United Artists, 1962.
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Two Left Feet (also see below), British Lion, 1965.
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Credits; Film Director
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The Anniversary, Hammer, 1968.
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Five Million Years to Earth (also known as Quartermass and thePit), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968.
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Moon Zero Two, Warner Bros., 1970.
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The Scars of Dracula, American Continental, 1970.
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The Vampire Lovers, American International, 1970.
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Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, American International, 1971.
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Asylum (also known as House of Crazies), Cinerama, 1972.
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And Now the Screaming Starts, Cinerama, 1973.
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The Vault of Horror (also known as Tales from the Crypt II), Cinerama, 1973.
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Dracula and the Seven Golden Vampires, Shaw-Hammer, 1978.
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The Monster Club, ITC, 1981.
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Credits; Screenplays; Under Name Roy Baker
- (With John Hopkins) Two Left Feet (based on the novel In My Solitude, by David Stuart Leslie), British Lion, 1965.
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