Tom Baker

1934-

Biography: life and films

Tom Baker is an English actor whose birth name is Thomas Stewart Baker. He was born in Liverpool, England on 20th January 1934.

His best films as an actor include Marco Bellocchio's Amore e rabbia (1969), Richard Compton's Angels Die Hard (1970), Gordon Hessler's The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) and Charles Kaufman's The Secret Dreams of Mona Q (1977).

Tom Baker has so far appeared in 25 films, scripted 3 films and directed 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Pier Paolo Pasolini (2 films) and Michael Reeves (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (13 films), comedy (5), Thriller (5), Horror (4), history (3), comedy-drama (3), Fantasy (3) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for Tom Baker over all films is: 2.6

Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer; d = director

Hallucination Generation (1966) [a]

The Sorcerers (1967) [w]

Beyond the Law (1968) [a]

The Winter's Tale (1968) [a]

Witchfinder General (1968) [w]

Amore e rabbia (1969) [a]

Angels Die Hard (1970) [a]

Bongo Wolf's Revenge (1970) [d,w]

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) [a]

Runaway, Runaway (1971) [a]

I racconti di Canterbury (1972) [a]

Cari genitori (1973) [a]

Luther (1973) [a]

The Vault of Horror (1973) [a]

The Young Nurses (1973) [a]

Candy Stripe Nurses (1974) [a]

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) [a]

The Mutations (1974) [a]

Rollercoaster (1977) [a]

Fyre (1979) [a]

Loose Shoes (1980) [a]

Wholly Moses! (1980) [a]

Backtime (1998) [a]

Dungeons & Dragons (2000) [a]

Last Orders (2001) [a]

Saving Santa (2013) [a]



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