Tom Baker

Acting

Tom Baker

Born August 23, 1940 · West Virginia, USA

Died September 2, 1982 · aged 42

American actor, best known for being a friend of Doors front man, Jim Morrison and starring in Andy Warhol's "I, A Man". Died of a drug overdose at the age of 42. Not to be confused with the better known English actor of "Doctor Who" notoriety.

Known For

More American GraffitiMore American Graffiti · 1979
More American Graffiti
5.21979
MovieComedyDrama
College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.
Wholly MosesWholly Moses · 1980
Wholly Moses
4.71980
MovieComedy
Harvey and Zoey, two tourists in Israel, discover an ancient scroll about Herschel, the man who was almost Moses. Herschel receives the command from God to free his people from slavery, but Moses keeps getting all the credit.
Love and AngerLove and Anger · 1969
Love and Anger
5.31969
MovieDrama
Five short stories with contemporary settings. In New York, people are indifferent to derelicts sleeping on sidewalks, to a woman's assault in front of an apartment building, and to a couple injured in a car crash. A man, stripped of his identity, dies in bed with actors expressing his agony. A cheerful, innocent young man walking a city street in a time of war pays a price for this innocence. A couple talks about cinema while it watches another couple talk of love and truth on the eve of one character's return to Cuba. Striking students take over a university classroom; an argument follows about revolution or incremental change.
FyreFyre · 1979
Fyre
4.81979
MovieDrama
After an innocent country girl is violently raped, her family is killed in a car accident before she can come to terms with what happened. As her feelings of shame grow into self-degradation, she turns to prostitution
In Search of AmericaIn Search of America · 1971
In Search of America
5.31971
MovieDramaTV Movie
Michael (Jeff Bridges) drops out of college with the intention of finding himself. When his parents (Carl Betz and Vera Miles) balk, he talks them into joining him in traveling the country and educating themselves about the state of things. They, along with Grandma (Ruth McDevitt) trick out an old Greyhound bus and hit the road. The picaresque plotline brings the family into contact with a variety of colorful characters. The producers of In Search of America never declared outright that the made-for-TV film was intended as a series pilot, but it ends on an ambiguous note with plenty of loose plot ends. In Search of America was first telecast March 23, 1971.
Candy Stripe NursesCandy Stripe Nurses · 1974
Candy Stripe Nurses
4.51974
MovieComedyCrime
Young, sexy nurses and their hospital adventures: free-loving Sandy tries to cure a rock star of his sexual problems, uptight Dianne has an affair with a druggie star college basketball player all while trying to expose another doctor's malpractice, and juvenile delinquent Marisa has an affair with an accused man, in turn also trying to prove his innocence.
Hallucination GenerationHallucination Generation · 1966
Hallucination Generation
4.01966
MovieDrama
A juvenile is mad at his mom so he leaves his home in San Francisco to join a charismatic LSD guru's cult in Spain and turns on, tunes in, and drops out. He also gets involved in murder.
Runaway, RunawayRunaway, Runaway · 1971
Runaway, Runaway
3.31971
MovieDramaRomance
An unhappy teenager hits the road to meet up with a man in California whom she barely knows. Along the way the naive teen stumbles around trying to do her best to get by, but eventually falls prey to some unseemly characters willing to take advantage of her.

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