Acting

Frank Baker

Born October 10, 1892 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Died December 30, 1980 · aged 88

No biography available.

Known For

A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

Sex and the Single Girl · 1964

Sex and the Single Girl

★ 6.51964

MovieComedyRomance

A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.

The Sound of Music · 1965

The Sound of Music

★ 7.71965

MovieDramaFamily

In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution—but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.

A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.

Herbie Rides Again · 1974

Herbie Rides Again

★ 6.21974

MovieRomanceComedy

The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.

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A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Sex and the Single Girl · 1964

Sex and the Single Girl

★ 6.51964

MovieComedyRomance

A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.

Pretzel Vendor (uncredited)

The Sound of Music · 1965

The Sound of Music

★ 7.71965

MovieDramaFamily

Party Guest (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

Party Guest (uncredited)

Waiter (uncredited)

A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.

Gentleman (uncredited)

Herbie Rides Again · 1974

Herbie Rides Again

★ 6.21974

MovieRomanceComedy

The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.

Man at Building Presentation (uncredited)

The Man Who Knew Too Much · 1956

The Man Who Knew Too Much

★ 7.41956

MovieThrillerMystery

An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.

Royal Albert Hall Attendee (uncredited)

Around the World in 80 Days · 1956

Around the World in 80 Days

★ 6.71956

MovieAdventureComedy

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

(uncredited)

Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.

Stunts

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance · 1962

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

★ 7.81962

MovieWestern

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.

Gambler (uncredited)

The Wings of Eagles · 1957

The Wings of Eagles

★ 6.31957

MovieDramaWar

The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.

Police Officer (uncredited)

Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.

Pedestrian (uncredited)

Bedknobs and Broomsticks · 1971

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

★ 7.01971

MovieFamilyAnimation

Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.

Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

Judgment at Nuremberg · 1961

Judgment at Nuremberg

★ 8.01961

MovieDramaHistory

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Inherit the Wind · 1960

Inherit the Wind

★ 7.61960

MovieDrama

Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.

Townsman (uncredited)

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.

Policeman (uncredited)

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

Bit Part (uncredited)

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

Pedestrian (uncredited)

The Tall Men · 1955

The Tall Men

★ 6.41955

MovieWesternAdventure

Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.

Saloon Dealer (uncredited)

National Velvet · 1945

National Velvet

★ 7.21945

MovieDramaFamily

Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.

Villager (uncredited)

White Christmas · 1954

White Christmas

★ 7.21954

MovieComedyMusic

Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.

Anniversary Party Guest (uncredited)

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.

Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Get Smart · 1965

Get Smart

★ 8.01965

SeriesComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

Maxwell Smart, a hilariously inept and maladroit secret agent for CONTROL, battles the nefarious—though equally incompetent—KAOS.

Gambler (uncredited)

The Twilight Zone · 1959

The Twilight Zone

★ 8.51959

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyMystery

An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.

Hotel Guest

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.

Norman

Shadow of the Noose · 1989

Shadow of the Noose

★ 9.01989

SeriesDrama

A look at the real cases and personal demons of Sir Edward Marshall Hall, Edwardian London's most celebrated barrister. Presiding over trials that made headlines and drew large crowds to the public gallery, the Old Bailey defence counsel was Britain's first legal celebrity. A champion of justice for all, Marshall Hall earns a reputation as The Great Defender as he pleads the innocence of clients other lawyers refuse to represent.

Lambert