George Baker

Acting

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.

Filmography 112

Movies (54)

Chorabali
2016
Dr. Dasgupta
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
Self
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
Mr. Lewis (archive footage) (uncredited)
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002
Self
Back to the Secret Garden
2000
Will Weatherstaff
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
2000
Blondes: Diana Dors
1999
self
For Queen & Country
1988
Kilcoyne
Journey's End
1988
Colonel
Coast to Coast
1987
Greaves
The Canterville Ghost
1986
Uncle Hesketh
Time After Time
1986
Valentine Swift
We'll Support You Evermore
1985
Colonel
Bird Fancier
1985
Albert Seers
The Secret Adversary
1983
Whittington
Doctor Who: Full Circle
1980
Login
Hopscotch
1980
Westlake
North Sea Hijack
1980
Fletcher
Print-Out
1979
Robert Ballard
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978
Sir Walter Bullivant
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Captain Benson
Three Piece Suite
1977
Brad Hunter
Intimate Games
1976
Prof. Gottlieb
Three for All
1975
Eddie Boyes
Chameli Memsaab
1975
Berkeley
Sea Area Forties
1975
Narrator
The Firefighters
1974
Station Officer Harrison
A Warm December
1973
Dr. Henry Barlow
Because of the Cats
1973
Boersma
The Executioner
1970
Philip Crawford