George Baker
Known For
Acting
Born
1931-04-01 in Varna, Bulgaria
Died
2011-10-07
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.
Most Known For
Midsomer Murders
as Charlie
Doctor Who
as Login
Minder
as Altman
Minder
as Cooper
Heartbeat
as Maurice Dodson
Spooks
as Hugo Ross
Hart to Hart
BBC Play of the Month
as Rev. Morell
Bergerac
as Higgins
New Tricks
Theatre 625
as Edward Jackson
Theatre 625
as Matthew Hobhouse
The Persuaders!
as Britten
The Wednesday Play
as Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
The Wednesday Play
as Louie Summers
The Wednesday Play
as Vera
The Prisoner
as The New Number Two
The Spy Who Loved Me
as Captain Benson
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
as Sir Hilary Bray
Screen Two
as Greaves