George Baker (born 1 April 1931) is an English actor.
Baker was born in Varna, Bulgaria. His father was an Irish diplomat and he attended Lancing College, Sussex; he then appeared as an actor in repertory theatre and at the Old Vic. His third wife, Louie Ramsay, is his Ruth Rendell Mysteries onscreen wife Dora. In the 1950s he had a brief affair with Brigitte Bardot.
His first major film role was in the 1950s swashbuckler, The Moonraker. However,...
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George Baker (born 1 April 1931) is an English actor.
Baker was born in Varna, Bulgaria. His father was an Irish diplomat and he attended Lancing College, Sussex; he then appeared as an actor in repertory theatre and at the Old Vic. His third wife, Louie Ramsay, is his Ruth Rendell Mysteries onscreen wife Dora. In the 1950s he had a brief affair with Brigitte Bardot.
His first major film role was in the 1950s swashbuckler, The Moonraker. However, he has become better known as a television actor. He was one of the many actors to portray the role of "Number Two" in the series The Prisoner, appearing in the series' first episode. He was also in the first episode of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, playing a company boss interviewing the show's hapless main character. In the 1976 drama serial, I, Claudius, he played the emperor Tiberius Caesar.
In the late 1970s, he starred as Inspector Roderick Alleyn in four adaptations of the mystery novels of Ngaio Marsh with New Zealand settings, in a...
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