George Baker
ActingAlso Known As
George Morris 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.
Movies
(53 total)
You Only Live Twice
as NASA Engineer (uncredited)
The Spy Who Loved Me
as Captain Benson
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
as Sir Hilary Bray
Hopscotch
as Westlake
The Dam Busters
as Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C.
North Sea Hijack
as Fletcher
Curse of the Fly
as Martin Delambre
For Queen & Country
as Kilcoyne
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Lord Sutterwick
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Sir Walter Bullivant
Back to the Secret Garden
as Will Weatherstaff
The Canterville Ghost
as Uncle Hesketh
A Hill in Korea
as Lt. Butler
Because of the Cats
as Boersma
Tread Softly Stranger
as Johnny Mansell
Sword of Lancelot
as Sir Gawaine
A Warm December
as Dr. Henry Barlow
Intimate Games
as Prof. Gottlieb
Justine
as British Ambassador David Mountolive
The Executioner
as Philip Crawford
TV Shows
(53 total)
Doctor Who
as Login
Midsomer Murders
as Charlie
The Prisoner
as The New Number Two
Spooks
as Hugo Ross
I, Claudius
as Tiberius
The Persuaders!
as Britten
Robin of Sherwood
as Sir Richard of Leaford
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
as Chief Inspector Fred Davy
Heartbeat
as Maurice Dodson
Minder
as Altman
Minder
as Cooper
Survivors
as Arthur Wormley
Bergerac
as Higgins
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
as Whittington
The Protectors
as George Dixon