Tom Baker

Tom Baker (August 28, 1940 – September 2, 1982) was an American actor who starred in the Andy Warhol movie I, A Man (1967). He was a known drug addict and alcoholic, and a close friend of Jim Morrison of The Doors. Baker started his career as a stage actor in New York City and assisted Norman Mailer in the stage adaptation of Mailer's novel The Deer Park. Once he moved to Hollywood, he acted in a series of B movies. He also continued to do stage ... more

Tom Baker (August 28, 1940 – September 2, 1982) was an American actor who starred in the Andy Warhol movie I, A Man (1967). He was a known drug addict and alcoholic, and a close friend of Jim Morrison of The Doors. Baker started his career as a stage actor in New York City and assisted Norman Mailer in the stage adaptation of Mailer's novel The Deer Park. Once he moved to Hollywood, he acted in a series of B movies. He also continued to do stage work, directing the 1973 premiere of The Grabbing of the Fairy, a masque by Michael McClure. He produced and directed his own film, Bongo Wolf's Revenge in 1970. The cast included Severn Darden and P J Proby. A number of people from Morrison's circle of friends worked on the production including Babe Hill and Frank Lisciandro and music was provided by Mike Bloomfield and The Doors. One of Baker's co-stars in I, a Man was Valerie Solanas, who later shot Warhol in his office at The Factory. The relationship he had with Morrison and Morrison's... less