George Baker

Career timeline

1. 1931 · Born

   Born in Varna, Bulgaria

2. 1955 · Screen debut

   The Dam Busters (Movie)

3. 1963 · Breakthrough

   Doctor Who (TV)

4. 1987 · Writing debut

   The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV)

5. 2004 · Latest release

   New Tricks (TV)

6. 2011 · Died

   October 7, 2011

Career in numbers

4 1950s

20 1960s

18 1970s

18 1980s

5 1990s

4 2000s

• Drama46
• Comedy17
• Crime14
• Mystery12
• Action & Adventure9
• Thriller7

Highest-rated title Doctor Who 1963 7.9 Most popular title Midsomer Murders 1997 7.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside George Baker in our catalogue.

Herbert Wise

8 titles together

John Gorrie

7 titles together

Peter Hammond

7 titles together

Waris Hussein

6 titles together

Christopher Morahan

6 titles together

Stuart Burge

4 titles together

Don Sharp

4 titles together

Roger Moore

3 titles together

Bernard Hepton

3 titles together

John Mackenzie

3 titles together

1. 2004 New Tricks 7.3 TV
2. 2002 Spooks as Hugo Ross 7.7 TV
3. 2000 Back to the Secret Garden as Will Weatherstaff 6.4 Movie
4. 2000 Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) TV
5. 1997 Midsomer Murders as Charlie 7.5 TV
6. 1995 Johnny and the Dead as Alderman TV
7. 1995 Little Lord Fauntleroy as The Earl of Dorincourt TV
8. 1992 Heartbeat as Maurice Dodson 7.1 TV
9. 1990 No Job for a Lady as Godfrey Eagan TV
10. 1988 For Queen & Country as Kilcoyne 5.3 Movie
11. 1987 The Charmer TV
12. 1987 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Det. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford TV
13. 1987 Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel as Chief Inspector Fred Davy 7.4 TV
14. 1986 The Canterville Ghost as Uncle Hesketh 6.8 Movie
15. 1986 Room at the Bottom TV
16. 1986 Time After Time as Valentine Swift Movie
17. 1986 Dead Head as Eldridge TV
18. 1985 Screen Two as Greaves TV
19. 1985 A Woman of Substance as Bruce McGill TV
20. 1984 Robin of Sherwood as Sir Richard of Leaford 7.6 TV
21. 1983 Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime as Whittington TV
22. 1982 Q.E.D. as Sir Harold Metcalfe TV
23. 1981 The Chinese Detective TV
24. 1981 Triangle as David West TV
25. 1980 Hopscotch as Westlake 7.0 Movie
26. 1980 Lady Killers as Sir Terence O'Connor, Q.C. TV
27. 1980 North Sea Hijack as Fletcher 6.3 Movie
28. 1979 Minder as Altman 7.2 TV
29. 1979 Hart to Hart 6.9 TV
30. 1978 The Thirty Nine Steps as Sir Walter Bullivant 6.7 Movie
31. 1977 The Spy Who Loved Me as Captain Benson 6.8 Movie
32. 1977 Three Piece Suite as Frank (segment "This Situation") TV
33. 1976 I, Claudius as Tiberius 7.8 TV
34. 1975 Three for All as Eddie Boyes Movie
35. 1974 Dial M for Murder as Martin Willis TV
36. 1974 Zodiac as Mark Braun TV
37. 1973 Bowler as Bowler TV
38. 1973 Between the Wars as Walter Jeffries TV
39. 1973 Because of the Cats as Boersma Movie
40. 1973 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em as Mr. Lewis 7.6 TV
41. 1972 New Scotland Yard as John Randall TV
42. 1971 The Persuaders! as Britten 7.7 TV
43. 1970 The Goodies 7.7 TV
44. 1970 The Executioner as Philip Crawford Movie
45. 1970 Doomwatch as John Mitchell TV
46. 1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service as Sir Hilary Bray 6.6 Movie
47. 1969 Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Lord Sutterwick 6.8 Movie
48. 1969 Up Pompeii! as Jamus Bondus TV
49. 1969 Justine as British Ambassador David Mountolive Movie
50. 1969 The Main Chance as Major Donovan TV
51. 1967 The Prisoner as The New Number Two 7.7 TV
52. 1967 You Only Live Twice as NASA Engineer (uncredited) 6.6 Movie
53. 1967 Half Hour Story as Tim Johnson TV
54. 1965 Alice as Rev. Charles Dodgson Movie
55. 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre as Ernest Whipple TV
56. 1965 Londoners as Bruce TV
57. 1965 The Curse of the Fly as Martin Delambre 5.4 Movie
58. 1965 Gideon's Way as Bailey TV
59. 1964 Thursday Theatre as Geoffrey Harrison TV
60. 1964 The Wednesday Play as Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson TV
61. 1964 Theatre 625 as Edward Jackson TV
62. 1963 Doctor Who as Login 7.9 TV
63. 1962 Zero One TV
64. 1961 Drama 61-67 as Peter Evett TV
65. 1960 Maigret TV
66. 1958 Tread Softly Stranger as Johnny Mansell Movie
67. 1956 A Hill in Korea as Lt. Butler Movie
68. 1956 Armchair Theatre as Mike TV
69. 1955 The Dam Busters as Flight Lieutenant D. J. H. Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C. 6.9 Movie

1. 1987 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries TV

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