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

  • 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.
  • Fairly Secret Army, syndicated, 1987.
  • Also director of The Human Jungle, Gideon's Way, and Department S.
  • Credits; Television Director; Miniseries
  • The Flame Trees of Thika, PBS, 1982.
  • Also director of The Good Guys, 1991-92.
  • 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.
  • Credits; Television Director; Episodic
  • "The Irish R. M. Part II," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1986.
  • "The Irish R. M. Part III," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1987.
  • Credits; Film Director; Under Name Roy Baker
  • The October Man, Eagle-Lion, 1948.
  • Paper Orchid, Columbia, 1949.
  • The Weaker Sex, Eagle-Lion, 1949.
  • Highly Dangerous, Lippert, 1950.
  • I'll Never Forget You (also known as The House on the Square), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951.
  • Operation Disaster (also known as Morning Departure), Universal, 1951.
  • Don't Bother to Knock, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
  • Night without Sleep, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
  • Inferno, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1953.
  • Passage Home, General Films Distributors, 1955.
  • Tiger in the Smoke, J. Arthur Rank, 1956.
  • Jacqueline, J. Arthur Rank, 1956.
  • A Night to Remember, J. Arthur Rank, 1958.
  • 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.
  • Two Left Feet (also see below), British Lion, 1965.
  • Credits; Film Director
  • The Anniversary, Hammer, 1968.
  • Five Million Years to Earth (also known as Quartermass and thePit), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968.
  • Moon Zero Two, Warner Bros., 1970.
  • The Scars of Dracula, American Continental, 1970.
  • The Vampire Lovers, American International, 1970.
  • Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, American International, 1971.
  • Asylum (also known as House of Crazies), Cinerama, 1972.
  • And Now the Screaming Starts, Cinerama, 1973.
  • The Vault of Horror (also known as Tales from the Crypt II), Cinerama, 1973.
  • Dracula and the Seven Golden Vampires, Shaw-Hammer, 1978.
  • The Monster Club, ITC, 1981.
  • 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.