George Baker

George Baker made his West End début in a Haymarket revival of Frederick Lonsdale’s Aren’t We All? in 1953. Family commitments led him to turn down an offer to join the Royal Shakespeare Company and he became contracted to the Associated British Pictures Corporation.

George later returned to the theatre, had three seasons at the Old Vic and his work with the RSC includes the acclaimed Days in the Trees (1966) with Peggy Ashcroft at the Aldwych Theatre. He played Broadway in Noel Coward’s Look After Lulu and for five years ran his own theatre company.  In June 2007 George was awarded an MBE for setting up a youth club in his home village of West Lavington.

The Way to Wexford: the autobiography:

“I’ve written every word myself - which isn’t bad for a dyslexic. It’s truthful, hopefully amusing and I’ve been able to cast myself as both psychiatrist and patient. Parts of the book were very difficult to write - there were often moments of pain but also a great deal of joy…” more details →

Career highlights include…

FILM: The Dam Busters (1954); The Ship that Died of Shame (1955); A Hill in Korea (1956); The Moonraker (1957); Tread Softly Stranger (1958); The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

TELEVISION: Alice (1965); Bowler (1973); I, Claudius (1976); Journey’s End (1988); Little Lord Fauntleroy  (1995); Coronation Street (2003); Midsomer Murders (2005); Spooks (2005);  Heartbeat (2007);  New Tricks  (2007).

BBC RADIO: The Rank School of Charmers (1998); Evil Under the Sun (1998);  Paradise (2001); Blind (2002); All’s Well That Ends Well (2002); A Thing in Disguise: The Visionary Life Of Joseph Paxton (2003); Mrs McGinty’s Dead (2006).  ALSO: Audio books of the Wexford novels.

WRITING for television: The Fatal Spring (United Nations Media Prize Award of Merit); Imaginary Friends; From Doon with Death; The Mouse in the Corner; The Strawberry Tree; Road Rage. For BBC Radio: The Marches of Wales; Sister Dear Sister; The Last Silence; A Clergyman’s Daughter.