George Baker Biography (1931-)

Born April 1, 1931, in Varna, Bulgaria; first wife, died; married second wife, Louie Ramsay, 1993; children: five daughters. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 388/396 Oxford Street, London W1N 9HE, England; c/o Terence Baker, Hatton and Baker, 18 Jermyn Street, London W1, England.;Contact: c/o Shepherd & Ford, 13 Radnor Walk, London SW3 4BP, England.

Nationality
Bulgarian
Gender
Male
Occupation
Actor, director, producer, writer
Birth Details
April 1, 1931
Varna, Bulgaria

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Stage Appearances
  • (Debut) Arthur Wells, Aren't We All?, Haymarket Theatre, London, 1953
  • Florent and France, Restless Heart, St. James's Theatre, 1957
  • Phillipe de Croze, Look After Lulu, Henry Miller Theatre, 1959
  • Nevile Strange, Towards Zero, St. James's Theatre, London, 1956
  • Henry Bolingbroke, Richard II, Old Vic Company, London, 1959
  • Page, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Old Vic Company, 1959
  • Earl of Warwick, Saint Joan, 1960
  • David Wylie, What Every Woman Knows, 1960
  • Buddy, The Glad and the Sorry Season, Piccadilly Theatre, London,1962
  • Rawdon Crawley, Vanity Fair, Queen's Theatre, London, 1962
  • Paul Sevigne, A Shot in the Dark, Lyric Theatre, London, 1963
  • Eliot Barlow, Portrait of Murder, Savoy Theatre, London, 1963
  • Gentleman Caller, The Glass Menagerie, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England, then Haymarket Theatre, 1965
  • Son, Days in the Trees, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1968
  • Regent, The Sleeping Prince, St. Martin's Theatre, London, 1968
  • Gene Garrison, I Never Sang for My Father, Duke of York's Theatre,London, 1970
  • Worcester and Clarence, Henry IV, Part I, Royal Shakespeare Company, Memorial Theatre, London, 1975
  • Claudius, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1975
  • Clarence, Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place,1975
  • Claudius, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Round House Theatre,London, 1976
  • Worcester, Henry IV, Part I, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1975
  • Austin Proctor, Cousin Vladimir, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1978
  • The Duke, Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company, Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, England, 1979
  • Major Tours
  • John Worthing, The Importance of Being Earnest, Third Witch and Porter, Macbeth, Warwick, Saint Joan, Antonio, The Merchant ofVenice, all with the Old Vic Company, U.K. and Soviet cities, 1961
  • Thomas Mendip, The Lady's Not for Burning, U.K. cities, 1971
  • Stage Work
  • Producer, The Critic, Ember's Playhouse, London, 1966
  • Director, The Sleeping Prince, St. Martin's Theatre, London, 1968
  • Director, The Lady's Not for Burning, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1978
  • Film Appearances
  • Sunshine Ahead, 1936
  • The Intruder, 1953
  • Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C., The Dam Busters, Warner Bros., 1955
  • Joe Harrop, The Woman for Joe, 1955
  • Bill Randall, The Ship That Died of Shame (also known as PT Raiders), Continental, 1956
  • Lieutenant Butler, A Hill in Korea (also known as Hell in Korea), Hal Roach, 1956
  • Johnny Mansell, Tread Softly Stranger, Bentley Films, 1956
  • Steven Marlow, The Extra Day, 1956
  • Dr. Jim Alcott, The Feminine Touch (also known as The Gentle Touch), 1957
  • Nigel Barnes, No Time for Tears, 1957
  • Padre, These Dangerous Years (also known as Dangerous Yearsand Dangerous Youth), 1957
  • Earl Anthony, The Moonraker, 1957
  • Sir Gawaine, Lancelot and Guinevere (also known as Sword of Lancelot), Universal, 1963
  • Lord Randolph, The Finest Hours, 1964
  • Martin Delambre, Curse of the Fly, Avco Embassy, 1965
  • Lord Edward, Mister Ten Percent, 1966
  • Mountolive, Justine, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
  • Lord Sutterwick, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1969
  • Sir Hilary Bray, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (also known as Iam Fleming's On Her Majesty's Secret Service and O.H.M.S.S.), United Artists, 1969
  • Philip Crawford, The Executioner, Columbia, 1970
  • Henry Barlow, A Warm December, National General, 1973
  • Eddie Boyes, Three for All, 1974
  • Professor Gottlieb, Intimate Games, 1976
  • Captain Benson, The Spy Who Loved Me, United Artists, 1977
  • Sir Walter Bullivant, The Thirty Nine Steps, 1978
  • A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, 1979
  • Westlake, Hopscotch, 1980
  • Fletcher, North Sea Hijack (also known as Assault Force andffolkes), 1980
  • Valentine Swift, Time After Time, 1985
  • Kilcoyne, For Queen and Country, Atlantic, 1989
  • Will, Back to the Secret Garden, Artisan, 2000
  • Also appeared in The Fire Fighters and Immortal.
  • Television Appearances
  • Movies
  • Common Ground (also known as Londoners: Common Ground), 1965
  • Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodson, Alice (also known as Wednesday Play: Alice), 1965
  • The Queen and Jackson (also known as Theatre 625: The Queen andJackson), 1966
  • The Big Man Coughed and Died (also known as Wednesday Play: TheBig Man Coughed and Died), 1966
  • Up and Down (also known as Theatre 625: Up and Down), 1966
  • Squadron leader Frinton, The Master, 1966
  • Days in the Trees (also known as Wednesday Play: Days in the Trees), 1967
  • George King, The Bonegrinder (also known as ITV Playhouse: TheBonegrinder), 1968
  • Whittington, The Secret Adversary, 1982
  • Uncle Hesketh, The Canterville Ghost, 1986
  • Chief inspector Fred Davy, At Bertram's Hotel (also known as Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel), 1986
  • Greaves, Coast to Coast, 1987
  • Chief Inspector Wexford, Shake Hands Forever, 1988
  • Chief Inspector Wexford, No Crying He Makes, 1988
  • Colonel, Journey's End, 1988
  • Chief Inspector Wexford, A Guilty Thing Surprised, 1988
  • Chief Inspector Wexford, Wolf to the Slaughter (also known as The Ruth Rendell Mysteries: Wolf to the Slaughter), 1989
  • Chief Inspector Wexford, The Veiled One, 1989
  • Chief Inspector Wexford, A Sleeping Life, 1989
  • Chief Inspector Wexford, No More Dying Then, 1989
  • Detective Chief Inspector Wexford, Some Lie and Some Die, 1990
  • Chief Inspector Wexford, Put on by Cunning (also known as The Ruth Rendell Mysteries: Put on by Cunning), 1990
  • Chief Inspector Wexford, The Best Man to Die (also known as TheRuth Rendell Mysteries: The Best Man to Die), 1990
  • Detective Chief Inspector Wexford, From Doon with Death (also known as The Ruth Redell Mysteries: From Doon with Death), 1991
  • Detective Chief Inspector Wexford, The Speaker of Mandarin (also known as The Ruth Rendell Mysteries: The Speaker of Mandarin), 1992
  • Chief Inspector Wexford, The Mouse in the Corner (also known as The Ruth Rendell Mysteries: The Mouse in the Corner), 1992
  • Detective Chief Inspector Wexford, Kissing the Gunner's Daughter,1992
  • Detective Chief Inspector Reg Wexford, Simisola, 1995
  • Detective Chief Inspector Reg Wexford, Road Rage, 1998
  • Detective Chief Inspector Reg Wexford, Harm Done, 2000
  • Specials
  • Blondes: Diana Dors, BBC, 1999
  • Also appeared in Fan Show; Ron Raudell Show; Guinea Pig; Death of a Salesman; The Last Troubadour; The Square Ring; Mary Stuart; Probation Officers; Far Away Music;It Happened Like This; Boule de fuif; Maigret; ZeroOne; Rupert Henzau; Miss Memory; Any Other Business;The Navigators; Call My Bluff; St. Patrick; Love Life; Seven Deadly Virtues; The Sex Games; Z Cars; Paul Temple Candida; Fenn Street; Man Outside; Main Chance; Ministry of Fear; Voyage in the Dark; Dial M for Murder; Zodiac; The Survivors Medea; Print Out; Goodbye, Darling; Chinese Detective; Triangle; The Bird Fancier; and Room at the Bottom.
  • Series
  • David Westbrook, The Truth about Melandrinos (also known as Saturday Serial: The Truth about Melandrinos), 1958
  • Detective D. H. C. `Nick' Nixon, Nick of the River, 1959
  • Stanley Bowler, Bowler, 1973
  • Sir Godfrey Eagan, No Job for a Lady, 1990-1991
  • Alderman, Johnny and the Dead, 1995
  • Episodic
  • Thallon, "End Signal," Undermind, 1965
  • Barley, "Great Plane Robbery," Gideon's Way, 1965
  • Frank Ashton, "So Dark the Night," The Baron, 1966
  • New number 2, "Arrival," The Prisoner, 1967
  • Mitchell, "Train and De-Train," Doomwatch, 1970
  • Bill Garland, "Golden Island," Fraud Squad, 1970
  • Chief Beefeater, "The Tower of London," The Goodies, 1970
  • Britten, "Chain of Events," The Persuaders, 1971
  • Randall, "Two into One Will," New Scotland Yard, 1972
  • "Your Witness," The Protectors, 1973
  • Mr. Lewis, "The Job Interview," Some Mothers Do `Ave `Em, 1973
  • Arthur Wormley, "Genesis," Survivors, 1975
  • Altman, "You Gotta Have Friends," Minder, 1980
  • Login, "Full Circle," Doctor Who, 1980
  • Gerald Harvey, "The Hit," The Gentle Touch, 1981
  • "The Great Motor Race," Q.E.D., 1982
  • Sir Richard of Leaford, "Herne's Son," Robin of Sherwood, 1984
  • Sir Richard of Leaford, "The Power of Albion," Robin of Sherwood,1984
  • Sir Richard of Leaford, "The Prophecy," Robin of Sherwood, 1984
  • George Damos, "Death Dig," Hart to Hart, 1984
  • "Gronk Zillman," Lenny Henry Tonite, BBC, 1986
  • Higgins, "A Man of Sorrows," Bergerac, BBC, 1988
  • Miniseries
  • Tiberius, I, Claudius, 1976
  • Bruce McGill, A Woman of Substance, 1983
  • Moldrum, Goodbye Mr. Chips, 1984
  • Eldridge, Dead Head, 1985
  • Maximillian Pierpont, If Tomorrow Comes, CBS, 1986
  • Chief Inspector Wexford, A New Lease of Death (also known as Ruth Rendell Mysteries: A New Lease of Death), 1991
  • Chief Inspector Wexford, Means of Evil (also known as The RuthRendell Mysteries: Means of Evil), 1991
  • Lord Dorincourt, Little Lord Fauntleroy, BBC, 1994
  • WRITINGS
  • Television Movies
  • Fatal Spring (also known as BBC2 Playhouse: Fatal Spring),1980
  • (Adaptation) From Doon with Death (also known as The Ruth Rendell Mysteries: From Doon with Death), 1991
  • Road Rage, 1998
  • Also wrote Imaginary Friends; Just a Hunch; The Hopkins; Going for Broke; The Marches of Wales; and Sister, DearSister.
  • Television Miniseries
  • (Adaptation) Ruth Rendell: The Strawberry Tree, 1996