Zulu
1964
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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...
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).
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...
Robbery is a 1967 British crime film directed by Peter Yates and starring Stanley Baker, Joanna Pettet and James Booth. [2] The story is a heavily fictionalised version of the 1963 Great Train Robbery.
Jan 19, 2014 · Endfield’s production partner and the film’s main star was Stanley Baker, a life-long supporter of the Labour Party. All three were committed to progressive causes, but their motives in making...
Stanley Baker as Lieutenant John Chard, a veteran commander serving with the Royal Engineers. He takes charge of the defence of Rorke's Drift by virtue of seniority, despite his distaste for the slaughter of war.
#OnThisDay 1928: Welsh actor and film producer Stanley Baker was born. In 1975, he spoke to Kane on Monday about his breakthrough role as Bennet in the Cruel Sea, being typecast as a villain and how he fought Hollywood for the right to make the 1964 war film, Zulu.
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...
