George Baker obituary

a versatile actor and writer best known as Inspector Wexford in the televised version of detective novels by Ruth Rendell

Of all the television detectives in recent years, George Baker Inspector Wexford, with his strawberry, blackberry West Country, the rarefied air of the fallibility and stubborn at times, was that he seemed out of life instead of an author of real estate. Sometimes heavy, sometimes bad, always welcoming, Wexford Baker had his affable former agent of the feet on the ground. The character may be a chief inspector, had a strong and credible life of the family. The actor, also a family man, had a hand in many of the adjustments was the title of Ruth Rendell Mysteries. Whatever combination of factors that gave Baker, who died at the age of 80 from pneumonia, his greatest success.

is not unknown to fame was the actor whose career took off a very promising start in 1950. British cinema has found her beautiful face almost immediately he hovered over the tables of the West End of Frederick Lonsdale Are not we all? (1953). Baker had the gift, as a character actor, decoration, more or less what is necessary -. Arrogance or shyness, charm or politeness, fear, or virility, polishing or the threat

even in films like The Dam Busters ship that died of shame (two in 1955), a hill in Korea (1956), Moonraker, tread soft Stranger (1958 times) Mr chips again and the service of Her Majesty (both 1969). It was a nice player, because he knew how to appear to listen to others.

While in the West End to see a movie in the morning and return at night for a game Baker has not only act, was co-written films for television shows and has written sometimes created for the stage. His playing BBC2 spring fatal World War I poets Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, won an award from the United Nations peace, and Baker was rightfully proud of his skill with dialogue.

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AMATEUR, however, was his Shakespeare, which earned him more respect, especially with the Old Vic (1959-1961, including a visit to the Soviet Union). His Bolingbroke Richard John Justin II was described as "frank, powerful and vindictive." Your Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Jack Worthing's Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest and Earl of Warwick in Santa Barbara Jefford in the work of Joan Shaw were also good.

Later, with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1975, in the other place in Stratford-on-Avon, continued in 1976 at the Roundhouse, north London, has arrived in the resurgence Claudio Goodbody Hamlet with Ben Kingsley in the title. Baker has made everyone sit down. In a business suit could have been a director of the company in a shareholders' meeting of a smile lit up poisonous in the game of the scene, rose with a sickly smile, as if to vomit.

Some had the opportunity to conduct a regional repertory company when, in 1965, Baker reopened the 300-seat fine Regency Theatre Royal Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, who sent the plays in Candida the touring company as artistic director. Tired of jumping from one party to another in the West End, with the taste of pleasure to people what he thought was good theater. It is bold, but it was also fun, and this for six years.

The main signs of its existence continues to be seen in the West End has come to a transfer to San Martín Theatre is to report to Terence Rattigan The Sleeping (1968) Prince, with Baker in the role of the Regent Laurence Olivier and Christopher Fry tour lady is not the fire (1971), directed by Derek Jacobi, who has reached the Old Vic

• was out of power for a period of dramatic mid-career was taking a risk, and in the 1970s started a company training films. He even considered leaving the show.
• But the CBC has come to the rescue, and unforgettable, too, was corrupt Tiberius Baker I, Claudius (1976), the adaptation of the BBC on the novel by Robert Graves on the Roman emperor Claudius s' has proven to be one of his greatest hits drama.

In 1977, Baker played Ngaio Marsh detective, Roderick Alleyn, New Zealand, the adaptation of four novels. Work continued on television in 1987, was Chief Inspector Fred Davy, the implementation of a fruity touch of Joan Hickson Miss Marple adaptation of Agatha Christie BBC At Bertram's Hotel. Although it was published at Ealing Studios, producer and director John Davies TVS happening, and he knew instantly he wanted Baker to the role that would be his triumph.

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