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

Born

Apr 01, 1931

Varna, Bulgaria

Died

Oct 07, 2011

Known For

Acting

Movies

54 acting

2 crew

Popularity

0.8

movie

Known For

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969

as Sir Hilary Bray

You Only Live Twice

1967

as NASA Engineer (uncredited)

The Spy Who Loved Me

1977

as Captain Benson

North Sea Hijack

1980

as Fletcher

Hopscotch

1980

as Westlake

The Dam Busters

1955

as Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969 • as Sir Hilary Bray

★ 6.6

You Only Live Twice

1967 • as NASA Engineer (uncredited)

★ 6.6

The Spy Who Loved Me

1977 • as Captain Benson

★ 6.8

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1969 • as Lord Sutterwick

★ 6.7

North Sea Hijack

1980 • as Fletcher

★ 6.3

Justine

1969 • as British Ambassador David Mountolive

★ 4.4

Hopscotch

1980 • as Westlake

★ 7.0

movie

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

2005 • as Mr. Lewis (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 6.5

The Dam Busters

1955 • as Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.

★ 6.9

The Canterville Ghost

1986 • as Uncle Hesketh

★ 6.7

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007 • as Self

The Thirty Nine Steps

1978 • as Sir Walter Bullivant

★ 6.8

Because of the Cats

1973 • as Boersma

★ 5.3

The Moonraker

1958 • as Anthony, Earl of Dawlish/The Moonraker

★ 6.9

Intimate Games

1976 • as Prof. Gottlieb

★ 5.7

Back to the Secret Garden

2000 • as Will Weatherstaff

★ 6.3

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

2002 • as Self

★ 7.0

The Ship That Died of Shame

1955 • as Bill Randall

★ 7.3

The Secret Adversary

1983 • as Whittington

★ 6.9

A Warm December

1973 • as Dr. Henry Barlow

★ 6.5

For Queen & Country

1988 • as Kilcoyne

★ 5.4

A Hill in Korea

1956 • as Lt. Butler

★ 6.5

Three for All

1975 • as Eddie Boyes

★ 3.3

Curse of the Fly

1965 • as Martin Delambre

★ 5.4

The Feminine Touch

1956 • as Dr Jim Alcott

★ 6.8

Alice

1965 • as Rev. Charles Dodgson

★ 6.5

Sword of Lancelot

1963 • as Sir Gawaine

★ 4.6

Three Piece Suite

1977 • as Brad Hunter

★ 6.0

Coast to Coast

1987 • as Greaves

★ 7.0

Time After Time

1986 • as Valentine Swift

★ 10.0

No Time for Tears

1957 • as Dr. Nigel Barnes

★ 6.0

Print-Out

1979 • as Robert Ballard

The Executioner

1970 • as Philip Crawford

★ 5.9

These Dangerous Years

1957 • as Padre

★ 7.3

Mister Ten Per Cent

1967 • as Lord Edward

★ 5.6

Tread Softly Stranger

1958 • as Johnny Mansell

★ 7.4

We'll Support You Evermore

1985 • as Colonel

★ 7.8

Chorabali

2016 • as Dr. Dasgupta

★ 5.8

Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'

Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'

2000

★ 6.4

Doctor Who: Full Circle

1980 • as Login

★ 6.2

Blondes: Diana Dors

1999 • as self

★ 9.0

movie

Mrs. Capper's Birthday

1968 • as Kenny Blake

Journey's End

1988 • as Colonel

★ 8.0

The Intruder

1953 • as Adjutant

★ 7.6

The Woman for Joe

1955 • as Joe Harrop

★ 7.0

movie

Love Life

1967 • as Theodore Quill

Chameli Memsaab

1975 • as Berkeley

★ 8.0

The Finest Hours

1964 • as Lord Randolph (voice)

★ 6.8

Bird Fancier

1985 • as Albert Seers

The Extra Day

1956 • as Steven Marlow

★ 7.1

The Bone Grinder

1968 • as George King

★ 8.0

movie

Sea Area Forties

1975 • as Narrator

The Firefighters

1974 • as Station Officer Harrison

★ 9.0

Days in the Trees

1967 • as Jacques