Joe Baker

Joe Baker

actor, writer

Joe Baker was born on Dec 14, 1928 in UK. Joe Baker's big-screen debut came with Crackerjack! - Season 1 directed by Richard Evans in 1955, strarring Self. Joe Baker is known for Dumb and Dumber directed by Peter Farrelly, Jim Carrey stars as Lloyd and Jeff Daniels as Harry. The upcoming new movie Joe Baker plays is Quest for Camelot which will be released on May 15, 1998.

The son of British vaudevillians, Joe Baker performed pantomime and stand-up in London clubs and cabarets, and acted in such West End stage shows as "Joey, Joey" and "The Great Grimaldi". He starred in his own BBC-TV shows. "The Joe Baker Show", "Baker's Half Dozen", "My Man Joe", and was a favourite of King Charles III on the children's show, Crackerjack! (1955). After moving to Los Angeles in 1975, he starred in movies, TV shows, and dozens of commercials. A friend of Lou Costello's daughter Chris Costello, she once told him "You do my dad better than anyone!" He was an expert impressionist, imitating such stars as Lou Costello, John Garfield and James Cagney. He once taught Laurence Olivier how to imitate Donald Duck.

  • Birthday

    Dec 14, 1928
  • Place of Birth

    London, England, UK

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