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In 1974, Baker took over the role of the Doctor from Jon Pertwee to become the Fourth Doctor in the BBC TV series. Baker appeared as Moore, an artist whose paintings are imbued with voodoo power, in The Vault of Horror (1973), and as Koura, the villainous sorcerer, in Ray Harryhausen's The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973).īaker also appeared in Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1972 film version of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, as the younger husband of the Wife of Bath. He was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards for his performance, one for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and another for Best Newcomer.
His first major film role was as Grigori Rasputin in the film Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), which he got after Olivier had recommended him for the part.
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īaker's stage work led to work on television, where he gained small parts in series such as Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, Market in Honey Lane and Softly, Softly.
From 1968 to 1971, he was given small parts and understudied one of his bigger roles was the horse Rosinante in Don Quixote. His performance was seen by someone with the Royal National Theatre who encouraged him to audition for the company, which was headed at the time by Laurence Olivier. He had his first break whilst performing in a late-night pub revue for the 1968 York Festival.
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Career Early work īaker was in his thirties when his professional acting career began and he worked in provincial rep theatre. He became a professional actor in the late 1960s. He took up acting around 1956, joining the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in Sidcup. Upon leaving the army, he served in the Merchant Navy. He undertook his national service in the Royal Army Medical Corps, serving from 1955 until 1957. In his autobiography, he said he had realised that he wanted to break each of the Ten Commandments-in order-so he thought he should get out before he did something serious. He left the monastery six years later after losing his faith. At age 15, he became a novice religious brother with the Brothers of Ploermel (Brothers of Christian Instruction) in Jersey and later in Shropshire. īaker attended Cheswardine Hall Boarding School in Shropshire. His father, John Stewart Baker, was a seaman and was largely absent from the family due to being away at sea. His mother, Mary Jane ( née Fleming), was a cleaner and devout Catholic. Thomas Stewart Baker was born on Scotland Road in the Vauxhall area of Liverpool on 20 January 1934. His voice, which has been described as "sonorous", was voted the fourth-most recognisable in the UK in 2006. He also provided narration for the television comedy series Little Britain (2003–2006) and Little Britain USA (2008). Later in his career, Baker performed in the television series Medics (1992–1995), Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000–2001) and Monarch of the Glen (2004–2005). He played the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1974 to 1981.
Thomas Stewart Baker (born 20 January 1934) is an English actor and writer.
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