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Sir William Stanley Baker (28 February 1928 – 28 June 1976) was a Welsh actor and film producer. Known for his rugged appearance and intense, grounded screen persona, he was one of the top British male film stars of the late 1950s, and later a producer.
Actor: Zulu. Stanley Baker was unusual star material to emerge during the Fifties - when impossibly handsome and engagingly romantic leading men were almost de rigueur. Baker was forged from a rougher mould. His was good-looking, but his features were angular, taut, austere and unwelcoming.
Aug 13, 2022 · Commanding and rugged, the Welsh actor could have saved 1980s British cinema from naffness. Instead, hard living took him at 48. Stanley Baker was one of British cinema’s outstanding figures in...
Apr 26, 2024 · Roll out the red carpet as we pay tribute to Stanley Baker, a Hollywood legend whose talent knows no bounds. 🌟In this riveting series, we'll delve into Stan...
Feb 26, 2016 · Baker is a successful Welsh novelist living the fast life in Italy, whose burgeoning career and marriage unravels when he becomes infatuated with an emotionally cold, high-class call girl (Jeanne Moreau).
Mar 1, 2016 · His rugged physique and hard grace meant he was most often cast as the tough guy in crime movies and spearheaded the evolution of the British film criminal from the gentlemen thief to more ruthless figures, often working-class, in films such Hell Drivers (1957), Joseph Losey’s The Criminal and Peter Yate’s 1967 heist film, Robbery.
Welcome, classic movie aficionados! 📽️ Today, we pay homage to Stanley Baker, a true legend of the silver screen. 🌟From timeless romances to thrilling adve...
Birthday: Feb 8, 1927. Birthplace: Ferndale, Rhondda Valley, Wales, UK. Commanding Welsh leading man who began his career as a teen in 1943 and bristled through a series of British...
Stanley Baker was a Welsh actor and film producer perhaps best known for the 1964 film Zulu.
As an actor, Stanley Baker was known for his tough, rugged, masculine performances whether as a villain or as the anti-hero capable of eliciting the sympathies of the audience.