Lenny Baker

Acting

Lenny Baker

Born January 17, 1945 · Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.

Died April 12, 1982 · aged 37

Leonard Joel "Lenny" Baker (January 17, 1945 – April 12, 1982) was an American actor. He won the 1977 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for the musical I Love My Wife, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role in Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976).

Known For

The HospitalThe Hospital · 1971
The Hospital
6.61971
MovieComedyDrama
Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospital bed, it appears to Bock to be a case of unforgivable malpractice. Hours later, another doctor, who happens to be responsible for another case of malpractice, is found dead. Despondent, Bock finds himself drawn to Barbara, the daughter of a comatose missionary.
The Paper ChaseThe Paper Chase · 1973
The Paper Chase
6.81973
MovieDrama
A first-year law student struggles with balancing his coursework and his relationship with the daughter of a stern professor.
Next Stop, Greenwich VillageNext Stop, Greenwich Village · 1976
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
6.41976
MovieComedyDrama
An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.
PuebloPueblo · 1973
Pueblo
6.51973
MovieDramaTV Movie
Dramatization showing the 1968 seizure of the spy ship, Pueblo, by the North Koreans and the treatment of the Pueblo's crew during their year of captivity through flashbacks during the 1969 investigation of the affair.
Secret ServiceSecret Service · 1977
Secret Service
8.01977
MovieDramaTV Movie
Set in Richmond, Virginia in October 1864, tells the story of a Union spy working to seize control of the telegraph office.
Malatesta’s Carnival of BloodMalatesta’s Carnival of Blood · 1973
Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood
5.51973
MovieHorror
After a young man goes missing at a run-down local amusement park, his family take jobs there in an effort to uncover what happened to him and, in the process, meet a cadre of unsettling characters.
AWOLAWOL · 1972
AWOL
7.01972
MovieDramaCrime
In Sweden, young US soldier, Willy, goes a.w.o.l and teams up with other deserters in Stockholm. There, he meets leftist radical beauty, Inga, who tries to seduce him into joining her extremist group's cause.
TaxiTaxi · 1978
Taxi
7.31978
SeriesComedyDrama
Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.

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