Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 01, 1931
Died
Oct 07, 2011
Place of Birth
Varna, Bulgaria
Credits
115 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Chorabali
Dr. Dasgupta
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Mr. Lewis (archive footage) (uncredited)
New Tricks
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Self
Spooks
Hugo Ross
Back to the Secret Garden
Will Weatherstaff
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Blondes: Diana Dors
self
Midsomer Murders
Charlie
Johnny and the Dead
Alderman
Little Lord Fauntleroy
The Earl of Dorincourt
Heartbeat
Maurice Dodson
From Doon with Death
Writer
No Job for a Lady
Godfrey Eagan
For Queen & Country
Kilcoyne
Journey's End
Colonel
The Charmer
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Chief Inspector Fred Davy
Coast to Coast
Greaves
The Canterville Ghost
Uncle Hesketh
Room at the Bottom
Time After Time
Valentine Swift
Dead Head
Eldridge
We'll Support You Evermore
Colonel
Bird Fancier
Albert Seers
Screen Two
Greaves
A Woman of Substance
Bruce McGill
Robin of Sherwood
Sir Richard of Leaford
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Whittington
The Secret Adversary
Whittington
Imaginary Friends
Writer
Q.E.D.
Sir Harold Metcalfe
Bergerac
Higgins
The Member for Chelsea
Mr. Chamberlain
The Chinese Detective
Triangle
David West
Doctor Who: Full Circle
Login
Hopscotch
Westlake
Lady Killers
Sir Terence O'Connor, Q.C.
North Sea Hijack
Fletcher
Minder
Altman
Hart to Hart
Print-Out
Robert Ballard
The Thirty Nine Steps
Sir Walter Bullivant
The Spy Who Loved Me
Captain Benson
Three Piece Suite
Brad Hunter
Three Piece Suite
Brad Hunter