His performance was seen by someone with the National Theatre who encouraged him to audition for the company, then headed by Laurence Olivier. He had his first break in 1968 whilst performing in a late-night pub revue for the 1968 York Festival. Career Early work Īfter his marriage ended in 1966, Baker worked in provincial rep theatre.
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He went on to become a professional actor in the late 1960s after the marriage broke down.
He took up acting around 1956, joining the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in Sidcup, where he met his first wife. He did his national service in the Royal Army Medical Corps, serving from 1955 until 1957. In his autobiography, he said he realised he wanted to break each of the Ten Commandments in order and thought he should get out before he did something serious. At age 15, he became a novice religious brother with the Brothers of Ploermel (Brothers of Christian Instruction) in Jersey and later in Shropshire, but left the monastery six years later after losing his faith. Baker attended Cheswardine Hall Boarding School in Shropshire. His father, John Stewart Baker, was a seaman and 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. Baker met his third wife Sue Jerrard whilst working at the BBC in London. He has also narrated commercials, video games, audiobooks, radio plays, music albums, and television series.īaker has been married three times, firstly to Anna Wheatcroft with whom he had two sons, the second time being to his Doctor Who co-star Lalla Ward.
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He continued to feature in regular television roles later in his career, including in the series Medics (1992–1995), Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000–2001) and Monarch of the Glen (2004–2005). His era featured many stories which became regarded as classics and he remains one of the most instantly recognisable incarnations of the character.
He went on to play the villainous Prince Koura in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad in 1973, which led to his casting in Doctor Who.ĭuring his period as the star of Doctor Who, the original series received its highest viewing figures. He was in his thirties when his professional acting career began, and his first major film role was as Grigori Rasputin in Nicholas and Alexandra in 1971, when he was 37. Upon leaving the army, he served in the Merchant Navy and then became an actor, joining the Royal National Theatre under Laurence Olivier. He gradually lost his vocation, leaving religious life at age 21 to undertake national service in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Īt age 15, Baker began study as a religious brother. His voice, which has been described as "sonorous", was voted the fourth-most recognisable in the UK in 2006. He also provided narration in the television comedy series Little Britain (2003–2006) and Little Britain USA (2008). He is well known for his portrayal of the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1974 to 1981, a longer tenure than any other actor in the title role. Thomas Stewart Baker (born 20 January 1934) is an English actor and writer.
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