Stanley Baker Net Worth
Stanley Baker Net Worth is
$8 Million
Stanley Baker Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Stanley Baker was unusual star material to emerge during the Fifties - when impossibly handsome and engagingly romantic leading men were almost de rigueur. Baker was forged from a rougher mould. His was good-looking, but his features were angular, taut, austere and unwelcoming. His screen persona was taciturn, even surly, and the young actor ... | Date Of Birth | February 28, 1928, Ferndale, United Kingdom |
| Died | June 28, 1976, Málaga, Spain |
| Place Of Birth | Ferndale, Rhondda Valley, Wales, UK |
| Height | 5' 10" (1.78 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Producer |
| Spouse | Ellen Martin (m. 1950–1976) |
| Children | Glyn Baker, Sally Baker, Adam Baker, Martin Baker |
| Star Sign | Pisces |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Often played tough working class characters |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | I did enjoy working with Ursula Andress. People like Honor Blackman are professional actresses with whom there is no bother. |
| 2 | [on working with Jeanne Moreau in Eva (1962)] She was fine, but I don't subscribe to the opinion held in certain circles that she's infallible and the greatest actress to appear on the screen. |
| 3 | I thought, "Yes, Rich [Richard Burton] has gone a little further than usual, but he's going to be his old self again before long. Oh, what a fool he made of us. Well, not really us. Only himself . . . I loved Rich very much, and thank God we became friends again, but I didn't like what he did to Sybil. He lost himself when he met Elizabeth Taylor. |
| 4 | [Of Sybil Williams] We came from the same village. We were close friends. When I heard that Rich [Richard Burton] and Sybil had got together, I thought, "The lucky bastard". She was the best thing that ever happened to him. |
| 5 | Mine is a hell of a face, but it keeps me in work because there aren't many like it. |
| 6 | [on Elia Kazan] He chose the actors that he wanted, made the film he wanted to make, and he made it the way he wanted to make it with absolutely no contribution or interference from the major distributors at that time. That was a major step forward at that time in the film industry. He was a pioneer and he made it possible for other people. |
| 7 | I personally like big acting, like that of Anthony Quinn. He is the quintessence, if you'll pardon the pun, of the actor who is able to control big emotion for the screen. A lot of lightweight performances on the screen don't work for me because I can't see anything behind them. With Quinn, it's difficult not to see everything behind it. |
| 8 | I was a complete dud at school. I hated school. I got into awful trouble. Before I met Welsh school teacher Glyn Morse every teacher thought of me as a good-for-nothing. |
| 9 | If it hadn't been for one man, just one man who luckily took me up, I would have always hated school and I would probably have ended up as one of the criminals I've played too many times on the screen. |
| 10 | I made up my mind years ago, that the best parts in films always went to the villain. I was determined to corner the bad man's market. |
| 11 | I'm a dedicated Socialist first of all, I suppose, because ... I saw the things that happened to ... my family, and to the people around me. That sort of existence must stay in your mind. |
| 12 | It's impossible to direct yourself in a movie. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | His favorite director (and close friend) was Joseph Losey, who, in turn, claimed that Baker was one of his two favorite leading men, the other being Dirk Bogarde. Bogarde worked with him on five films, Baker on four. However, when Losey cast both of them in Accident (1967), the last film he did with either one, he insisted that they had greatly disliked each other. (After Baker's death, Bogarde insisted that he had, in fact, been "very fond of him"; the two actors had worked together previously in Campbell's Kingdom (1957). |
| 2 | He was considered for the role of James Bond in Dr. No (1962) before his Hell Drivers (1957) co-star Sean Connery was cast. |
| 3 | The part that would have been played by Baker in 1979's "Zulu Dawn" was enacted by Burt Lancaster. |
| 4 | Bore a striking resemblance to his contemporary fellow actor, Australian Rod Taylor. |
| 5 | Although he regretted not accepting the part of James Bond himself, Baker was a friend of and outspoken admirer of Sir Sean Connery's work in the role. |
| 6 | Baker served in the Royal Army Service Corps from 1946-1948. |
| 7 | In a floral tribute sent to Stanley Baker's funeral, Zulu leader Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi who had worked with him in Zulu (1964) described him as "the most decent white man I have ever met". |
| 8 | Although born in Wales, Baker spent most of his formative years in England since his parents moved to London in the mid-1930s. |
| 9 | Turned down many Hollywood offers during the 1950s because he wanted to keep the British film industry going. Nevertheless he was much in demand for American films. The producers of Helen of Troy (1956) were so desperate to cast him that they did not mind which part he played. |
| 10 | He was offered the role of James Bond in Dr. No (1962), but turned it down because he was unwilling to commit to a three-picture contract. Baker may have regretted this decision, since a few years later he asked producer Albert R. Broccoli about the possibility of playing a villain in a Bond movie. |
| 11 | He had intended to produce Zulu Dawn (1979). |
| 12 | He was awarded the freedom of Ferndale, and in a ceremony which he attended in 1970, the local council placed a plaque on the house where he was born. |
| 13 | His father lost a leg in an accident in the mine and was thereafter unemployed until the Second World War took men away into the services. His elder brother Freddie, a miner, died of pneumoconiosis early in 1976 after many years of debilitation and sickness. |
| 14 | His breakthrough as an actor came in 1950 in Christopher Fry's anti-war play "A Sleep of Prisoners" alongside Denholm Elliott and Leonard White. The production later toured the United States. |
| 15 | With the success of Concrete Jungle (1960), Baker all but displaced his polar opposite Dirk Bogarde to become Britain's most popular star. However, Zulu (1964) was his last huge success. His career was damaged by the commercial failure of Sands of the Kalahari (1965) and Robbery (1967), although the latter received favourable reviews. |
| 16 | He was a close friend of Richard Burton from childhood until they fell out in 1967. |
| 17 | He formed Diamond Films for the making of Zulu (1964). And later Oakhurst Productions. |
| 18 | In May 1972 he was one of the co-organisers of the Great Western Bardney Pop Festival in Lincoln. |
| 19 | His wife Ellen and Richard Burton believed Baker's performance in How Green Was My Valley (1975) was so good because he was playing his own father. |
| 20 | At his peak he earned £120,000 for each film he made, at a time when the average house cost just £3,000. He owned a large house in London and a holiday villa in Spain, while his children attended private schools in England. |
| 21 | At the time of his death he had been planning to play a rapist in a film, with his Zulu (1964) co-star Michael Caine playing a detective. |
| 22 | At the beginning of his career he struggled to break into films, but a few days before his 22nd birthday he was given the role of the bosun in Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951). |
| 23 | In November 2006 a Lounge dedicated to his life and work was opened by his widow, Lady Ellen Baker and his sons at Ferndale Rugby club in the village of his birth. |
| 24 | At the beginning of his career he was typecast as villains until Laurence Olivier invited him to play Henry Tudor in Richard III (1955). |
| 25 | He was warned not to address a CND rally prior to the release of Zulu (1964), in case his left-wing political activism hurt the film's performance in the United States. |
| 26 | A dedicated socialist, he made political broadcasts for Harold Wilson's Labour Party in Wales and was active in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). |
| 27 | Awarded a knighthood in Harold Wilson's resignation Honour's List in June 1976. At the time his knighthood was announced, Baker thought he had beaten his lung cancer following surgery in February of that year. However, although the tumour in his lung had been removed, it had spread into his chest and attached itself to his heart. Since no further surgery was possible, he had only a maximum of nine weeks to live anyway. Three weeks after the announcement of his knighthood, Baker was hospitalized in Spain with pneumonia. As he had died without making the journey to be formally knighted at Buckingham Palace, he cannot be referred to as Sir Stanley, but Queen Elizabeth II agreed that his widow Ellen Martin could use the title "Lady Baker". |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orzowei, il figlio della savana | 1977 | TV Mini-Series | Paul |
| How Green Was My Valley | 1975-1976 | TV Mini-Series | Gwilym Morgan |
| Bride to Be | 1975 | Pedro de Vargas | |
| Zorro | 1975/I | Col. Huerta | |
| BBC Play of the Month | 1974 | TV Series | Robinson Crusoe De Flores |
| Late Night Drama | 1974 | TV Series | |
| Who Killed Lamb? | 1974 | TV Movie | Detective Inspector Jamieson |
| Innocent Bystanders | 1972 | John Craig | |
| Popsy Pop | 1971 | Inspector Silva | |
| A Lizard in a Woman's Skin | 1971 | Inspector Corvin | |
| Perfect Friday | 1970 | Mr. Graham | |
| The Games | 1970 | Bill Oliver | |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | 1970 | TV Series | Sam Tennant |
| The Last Grenade | 1970 | Maj. Harry Grigsby | |
| Where's Jack? | 1969 | Jonathan Wild | |
| The Girl with a Pistol | 1968 | Dr. Tom Osborne | |
| Robbery | 1967 | Paul Clifton | |
| Accident | 1967 | Charley | |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1966-1967 | TV Series | Frank G. Wheatley / Frank 'Gannon' Wheatley / C.C. Conover |
| Code Name: Heraclitus | 1967 | TV Movie | Frank G. Wheatley |
| ITV Play of the Week | 1966 | TV Series | John Ellis |
| Sands of the Kalahari | 1965 | Mike Bain | |
| One of Them Is Named Brett | 1965 | Narrator | |
| Who Has Seen the Wind? | 1965 | TV Movie | Janos |
| Dingaka | 1964 | Tom Davis | |
| Drama 61-67 | 1964 | TV Series | Chief Insp. Tom Dyke |
| Zulu | 1964 | Lieutenant John Chard R. E. | |
| The Man Who Finally Died | 1963 | Joe Newman | |
| In the French Style | 1963 | Walter Beddoes | |
| A Prize of Arms | 1962 | Turpin | |
| Sodom and Gomorrah | 1962 | Astaroth | |
| Eva | 1962 | Tyvian Jones | |
| The Guns of Navarone | 1961 | Brown | |
| BBC Sunday-Night Play | 1960 | TV Mini-Series | Big Tom |
| Concrete Jungle | 1960 | Johnny Bannion | |
| Hell Is a City | 1960 | Inspector Harry Martineau | |
| Jet Storm | 1959 | Capt. Bardow | |
| Chance Meeting | 1959 | Insp. Morgan | |
| Yesterday's Enemy | 1959 | Captain Langford | |
| The Angry Hills | 1959 | Conrad Heisler | |
| Armchair Theatre | 1958 | TV Series | Luce Dorell |
| BBC Sunday-Night Theatre | 1950-1958 | TV Series | Petruchio Captain Bluntschli Richard Eynesham ... |
| Sea Fury | 1958 | Abel Hewson | |
| Violent Playground | 1958 | Det. Sgt, Jack Truman | |
| Campbell's Kingdom | 1957 | Owen Morgan | |
| Hell Drivers | 1957 | Tom Yately | |
| Checkpoint | 1956 | O'Donovan | |
| Hell in Korea | 1956 | Cpl. Ryker | |
| Child in the House | 1956 | Stephen Lorimer | |
| Who Goes Home? | 1956 | TV Movie | Tony Spencer |
| Jane Eyre | 1956 | TV Series | Mr. Rochester |
| Alexander the Great | 1956 | Attalus | |
| Helen of Troy | 1956 | Achilles | |
| Richard III | 1955 | Henry, Earl of Richmond | |
| Twist of Fate | 1954 | Louis Galt | |
| The Good Die Young | 1954 | Mike Morgan | |
| Hell Below Zero | 1954 | Erik Bland | |
| Knights of the Round Table | 1953 | Modred | |
| The Tell-Tale Heart | 1953/II | Short | Edgar Allan Poe |
| Paratrooper | 1953 | Breton | |
| The Cruel Sea | 1953 | Bennett | |
| A Cradle of Willow | 1952 | TV Movie | Martin |
| Whispering Smith Investigates | 1952 | 1st Reporter | |
| Home to Danger | 1951 | Willie Dougan | |
| Cloudburst | 1951 | Milkman | |
| Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | 1951 | Mr. Harrison (Bosun) | |
| Rush Job | 1951 | TV Movie | Sid Bonner |
| The Rossiter Case | 1951 | Joe | |
| Something in the City | 1950 | Policeman (uncredited) | |
| Lilli Marlene | 1950 | Evans | |
| Marion | 1950 | TV Movie | Tom Price |
| Eye Witness | 1950 | Police Sgt. Bannoch, Trial Witness | |
| The Luck of the Graces | 1949 | TV Movie | |
| The Hidden Room | 1949 | Policeman (uncredited) | |
| Choir Practice | 1949 | TV Movie | Geraint Llewellyn |
| All Over the Town | 1949 | Barnes | |
| Underground Guerrillas | 1943 | Petar |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perfect Friday | 1970 | producer - uncredited | |
| Colosseum and Juicy Lucy | 1970 | Short producer | |
| The Italian Job | 1969 | producer - uncredited | |
| Where's Jack? | 1969 | producer | |
| The Other People | 1968 | producer - uncredited | |
| Robbery | 1967 | producer | |
| Sands of the Kalahari | 1965 | producer | |
| Zulu | 1964 | producer |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collector's World | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cinema | 1972 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| A Quest for Life | 1972 | Documentary short | Narrator |
| Film Night | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| Film Review | 1968 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| Dee Time | 1967 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Heart of Show Business | 1967 | TV Movie | Himself - Narrator |
| Showman | 1963 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Secombe and Friends | 1959 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z | 1956 | TV Series | Himself |
| This Is Show Business | 1952 | TV Series | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brontes at the BBC | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Mr. Rochester |
| The Many Faces of... | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Lieutenant John Chard R. E. |
| Welsh Greats | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Arena | 2001 | TV Series documentary | |
| Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca | 1975 | ||
| Sax Rohmer's The Castle of Fu Manchu | 1969 | Running Man |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series | How Green Was My Valley (1975) |
| 1960 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best British Actor | Yesterday's Enemy (1959) |
Known for movies
Zulu (1964)
as Lieutenant John Chard R. E.
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
as Brown
Accident (1967)
as Charley
Hell Drivers (1957)
as Tom Yately