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George Baker

George Baker

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.

On screen

  • New Tricks
  • Spooks
  • Midsomer Murders
  • Johnny and the Dead
  • Little Lord Fauntleroy
  • Heartbeat
  • No Job for a Lady
  • The Charmer
  • The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
  • Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
  • Dead Head
  • Screen Two
  • A Woman of Substance
  • Robin of Sherwood
  • Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
  • Q.E.D.
  • Triangle
  • The Chinese Detective
  • Bergerac
  • Lady Killers
  • Hart to Hart
  • Minder
  • Three Piece Suite
  • I, Claudius
  • Survivors
  • Zodiac
  • Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
  • Bowler
  • The Protectors
  • New Scotland Yard
  • The Persuaders!
  • The Goodies
  • Doomwatch
  • The Main Chance
  • Up Pompeii!
  • The Prisoner
  • ITV Playhouse
  • Half Hour Story
  • Gideon's Way
  • BBC Play of the Month
  • Londoners
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre
  • The Wednesday Play
  • Theatre 625
  • Doctor Who
  • Zero One
  • Maigret
  • Armchair Theatre

Behind the camera

  • The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

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