George Baker: the man who might have been James Bond

Daily Telegraph UK ^

[Perdogg]

George Baker, RIP

[Perdogg]

ping

[Liz]

Baker was great in the last of legendary "Fly" movies----The Curse of the Fly.

Martin Delambre (George Baker) is driving to Montreal one night when he sees a young girl running cald only in in her underwear (Carole Gray). They fall in love and are soon married. However, they both hold secrets: she has recently escaped from a mental asylum; he and his father Henri Delambre (Brian Donlevy) are engaged in radical experiments in teleportation, and they have already had horrific consequences. Martin also suffers recessive fly genes which cause him to age rapidly and he needs a serum to keep him young. Pictured with Bert Kwok (Closeau's houseman Cato in Pink Panther films).

[vladimir998]

RIP. He was great as Tiberius.

[sushiman]

He was fabulous as Tiberius in I CLAUDIUS . Have the series on DVD . Time to watch again methinks . RIP Mr. Baker .

[hattend]

The Dambusters

One of my favorite movies. Made me a fan of the Lancaster.

[Focault's Pendulum]

[Liz]

Avro Lancaster modified to represent those used in the "Dam Busters" film, at Coventry airport 19 June 1954.

[miss marmelstein]

I remember his Tiberius, too. Have the DVD. He managed to be cruel, crazy and hilarious at the same time.

RIP, George Baker!

[vladimir998]

I loved the novels too. Robert Graves was a good author. By the way, your Freeper nickname is also the title of one of my favorite books from Umberto Eco from 20 years ago.

Boy, time goes by fast doesn’t it?

[vladimir998]

He was great. At least he got to live a long life. I always felt sorry for the other Baker - Stanely Baker. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Baker

[Focault's Pendulum]

I loved the novels too. Robert Graves was a good author.

I read them also. Livia was one of favorite villains. Another take on her was on the HBO series ROME. A young Octavian says he will beat her often.

[miss marmelstein]

I was always a big fan of Stanley Baker - died way too young.

Zulu is one of my favs. He starred and produced it.

[ken5050]

Dam Busters is a superb film. Tidbit..in the movie, based on true facts, the squadcron commander has a dog, a black Lab, whose name is “Nigger”, and the name is uttered several times during the film. Later on, in the 60’s the name was scrubbed from the film prints..

[LibertarianLiz]

I have been watching Midsomer Murders on Netflix streaming and caught an episode with George Baker in it. I had not heard that he had died last week. RIP.

[miss marmelstein]

The books ARE wonderful - I read them during the series and my paperbacks had the beautiful graphic from the show.

Derek Jacobi, Sian Phillips, John Hurt, George Baker. Wow! What a crowd. I’m forgetting the name of the actor who played Augustus. And I’ve seen him dozens of time on stage!

[achilles2000]

Stanley Baker was a Marxist who used movies to advance his views, partly by slandering others. The depictions of the preacher and others in Zulu were deliberate lies intended to undermine Western Civilization. He didn’t die soon enough.

[miss marmelstein]

Oh. Dear. God.

Why do they all write to me?! Answer me, Lord, why do they all write to me???????

[achilles2000]

Why do they all write to me?!”

Because you posted?

Because you’re charming? ;-)

[hattend]

Yeah, I seem to always had watched the edited version of the movie because when I bought the DVD a few years back, I heard the word “Nigger” a few times and said, “Hmmm, I don’t remember that!”