Born February 29, 1928· Ferndale, Rhondda, Wales, UK
† Died June 28, 1976
26Roles★ 6.5Average rating
Emerging from a Welsh coal-mining family in Glamorgan, Baker’s talent was first encouraged by a schoolteacher and later honed on the West End stage after a stint as an apprentice electrician and service as a sergeant in the Royal Army Service Corps. He entered film with minor parts in the late 1940s, gained notice as the bosun’s mate in the 1951 Hollywood-backed Captain Horatio Hornblower, and sol…
