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Photograph of Welsh actor, Stanley Baker (1). Autographed ‘Best wishes, Stanley Baker’ — Stanley Baker, Welsh actor photograph (1)

Stanley Baker

(1928–76)

British actor (d. 48) | The Cruel Sea (1953), The Guns of Navarone (1961), Accident (1967)

Virile Welsh actor who rose from character roles to stardom, projecting honesty or villainy with equal appeal

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Photograph of Welsh actor, Stanley Baker (1). Autographed ‘Best wishes, Stanley Baker’ — Stanley Baker, Welsh actor photograph (1)

Poster from Violent Playground (1958) (1) featuring Anne Heywood, Stanley Baker and David McCallum — Violent Playground (1958) poster (1) | Anne Heywood, Stanley Baker, David McCallum

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Personal Details

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Died

Born

Stanley Baker was born in Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taff on 28^th February, 1928.
Died

Stanley Baker died in Málaga, Spain on 28^th June, 1976, aged 48.

Watch Stanley Baker on British television

- The Guns of Navarone (1961)
- In 1943, a sabotage team is sent to destroy two giant guns on a Turkish island.
- Today at 6.30am on Sky Cinema Greats HD
- Tomorrow at 1.10am on Sky Cinema Greats HD
- Wednesday at 8.40am on Sky Cinema Greats HD
- Zulu (1964)
- In 1879 British soldiers stand fast against the Zulus at Rorke’s Drift.
- Tomorrow at 8.45am on Sky Cinema Greats HD
- Saturday at 3.10am on Sky Cinema Greats HD
- Campbell’s Kingdom (1957)
- A young man who thinks he is dying arrives in the Canadian Rockies to take over his father’s oil valley, but a scheming contractor opposes him.
- Tomorrow at 12.55pm on Film4 HD
- Wednesday at 11am on Film4 HD
- Hell Below Zero (1954)
- An American adventurer accompanies the daughter of a whaling captain to the Antarctic to discover who killed her father.
- Monday at 9pm on GREAT! movies classic
- Monday at 10pm on GREAT! movies classic Plus 1
- 26^th May at 7.05pm on GREAT! movies classic
- 26^th May at 8.05pm on GREAT! movies classic Plus 1
- 28^th May at 7.05pm on GREAT! movies classic
- 28^th May at 8.05pm on GREAT! movies classic Plus 1
- The Red Beret (1953)
- In 1940, an American with a guilt complex joins the British paratroopers.
- 29^th May at 7.10pm on GREAT! movies action