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Baker's numerous television roles in the early 1970s included a supporting role in a 1970 [[BBC]] adaptation of [[Jean-Paul Sartre]]'s trilogy ''[[The Roads to Freedom]]'', a leading role as Count Steinbock in their adaptation of [[Cousin Bette]] the following year, playing opposite [[Margaret Tyzack]] and [[Helen Mirren]]. In 1972 he played Anatole Kuragin, opposite [[Anthony Hopkins]] in the BBC adaptation of ''[[War and Peace (1972 TV series)|War and Peace]]''. His regular television work continued and in ''[[Fall of Eagles]]'', Baker appeared as [[William, German Crown Prince|Crown Prince Willy]] of the [[German Empire]]. |
Baker's numerous television roles in the early 1970s included a supporting role in a 1970 [[BBC]] adaptation of [[Jean-Paul Sartre]]'s trilogy ''[[The Roads to Freedom]]'', a leading role as Count Steinbock in their adaptation of [[Cousin Bette]] the following year, playing opposite [[Margaret Tyzack]] and [[Helen Mirren]]. In 1972 he played Anatole Kuragin, opposite [[Anthony Hopkins]] in the BBC adaptation of ''[[War and Peace (1972 TV series)|War and Peace]]''. His regular television work continued and in ''[[Fall of Eagles]]'', Baker appeared as [[William, German Crown Prince|Crown Prince Willy]] of the [[German Empire]]. |
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By far his most prominent role to date came in 1974, playing the ruthless banker Paul Merroney in the |
By far his most prominent role to date came in 1974, playing the ruthless banker Paul Merroney in the BBC Sunday evening series ''[[The Brothers (1972 TV series)|The Brothers]]'',.<ref name="cambridge-news.co.uk">{{cite news |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Colin-Baker-Time-Gentleman/story-22776002-detail/story.html|title=Colin Baker: Time Gentleman|date=5 July 2012|newspaper=[[Cambridge News]]|accessdate=5 May 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221557/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Colin-Baker-Time-Gentleman/story-22776002-detail/story.html|archivedate=23 September 2015}}</ref> Baker joined the series half-way through its run, as Merroney became one of the leading characters over {{frac|3|1|2}} series from 1974–76. |
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After ''[[The Brothers (1972 TV series)|The Brothers]]'', although he worked regularly in theatre, his television work dried up for several years, although he guest-starred memorably as Bayban the Butcher in a 1980 episode of ''[[Blake's 7]]''. This led to further TV guest roles and in 1983 he featured in a BBC production of [[A.J. Cronin]]'s ''[[The Citadel (1983 miniseries)|The Citadel]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a97075/whatever-happened-to-blakes-7/|title=Whatever Happened to Blake's 7?|last=Rawson-Jones|first=Ben|date=2008-06-01|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-14}}</ref> |
After ''[[The Brothers (1972 TV series)|The Brothers]]'', although he worked regularly in theatre, his television work dried up for several years, although he guest-starred memorably as Bayban the Butcher in a 1980 episode of ''[[Blake's 7]]''. This led to further TV guest roles and in 1983 he featured in a BBC production of [[A.J. Cronin]]'s ''[[The Citadel (1983 miniseries)|The Citadel]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a97075/whatever-happened-to-blakes-7/|title=Whatever Happened to Blake's 7?|last=Rawson-Jones|first=Ben|date=2008-06-01|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-14}}</ref> |
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Colin Baker | |
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 Baker at MagicCity ComicCon 2015 | |
| Born | 8 June 1943 Waterloo, London, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Spouse(s) |
Marion Wyatt (m. 1982) |
| Children | 5 |
| Website | Colin Baker Online |
Colin Baker (born 8 June 1943) is an English actor who played Paul Merroney in the BBC drama series The Brothers from 1974 to 1976 and the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1984 to 1986. Baker's tenure as the Doctor proved to be a controversial era for the series, which included a hiatus in production and his subsequent replacement on the orders of BBC executive Michael Grade.
Early life
Colin Baker was born in Waterloo, London, England. He moved north to Rochdale with his family when he was three years old. He was educated at St Bede's College, Manchester, and originally studied to become a solicitor.[1]
At the age of 23, Baker enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).[2]
Career
Early work in television
Baker's numerous television roles in the early 1970s included a supporting role in a 1970 BBC adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre's trilogy The Roads to Freedom, a leading role as Count Steinbock in their adaptation of Cousin Bette the following year, playing opposite Margaret Tyzack and Helen Mirren. In 1972 he played Anatole Kuragin, opposite Anthony Hopkins in the BBC adaptation of War and Peace. His regular television work continued and in Fall of Eagles, Baker appeared as Crown Prince Willy of the German Empire.
By far his most prominent role to date came in 1974, playing the ruthless banker Paul Merroney in the BBC Sunday evening series The Brothers,.[3] Baker joined the series half-way through its run, as Merroney became one of the leading characters over 3+1⁄2 series from 1974–76.
After The Brothers, although he worked regularly in theatre, his television work dried up for several years, although he guest-starred memorably as Bayban the Butcher in a 1980 episode of Blake's 7. This led to further TV guest roles and in 1983 he featured in a BBC production of A.J. Cronin's The Citadel.[4]
Doctor Who (1984–1986)
Baker made his first appearance in Doctor Who as Commander Maxil in the story Arc of Infinity (1983). Baker's first appearance as the Doctor occurred at the final minutes of The Caves of Androzani, where he delivered his first few lines. Baker then made his first full story debut the following week in The Twin Dilemma.
Baker's era was interrupted by an 18-month hiatus which was announced in February 1985, midway through transmission of his first full season. The Controller of BBC1 at the time, Michael Grade, criticised Doctor Who, saying that the programme had become overly violent in 1985. Grade later admitted that he "hated" the series, which he described as a "very clunky studio show".[5][6] One new Doctor Who story, Slipback, was produced for radio during the hiatus, which starred Baker and his regular television companion Nicola Bryant.
Doctor Who returned to television for its 23rd season in September 1986. The season featured a reduction in episodes, was made entirely on video for location scenes for the first time since 1975's The Sontaran Experiment and was produced as a 14-episode-long serial called The Trial of a Time Lord. This serial was a meta-textual reference to the fact that the series itself was "on trial" at this time.[7] In 1986 Baker told an interviewer, "Tom Baker did it for seven years. ... There's a part of me which likes to have a tilt at records. I would like to think that maybe I'd still be doing it in eight years' time."[8] However, later that year Michael Grade agreed to commission another series, on the condition that Baker was replaced.[9] The BBC's Head of Series, Jonathan Powell, later said that the BBC was looking for "one last chance saloon, for an actor who would take off with the public."[10]
He was removed from the part after starring in only eleven stories and just short of three years in the series, including the hiatus, making his tenure as the Doctor the shortest at that point. After his sacking, Baker refused to return to record a regeneration sequence. Instead, his replacement, Sylvester McCoy, played the fatally injured Sixth Doctor in a blonde wig as he regenerates in the opening minutes of Time and the Rani, his face hidden by video effects as the regeneration process occurs.[3] Baker would later express regret for not returning for this scene stating that he was "brutally selfish at the time" and that he was not thinking about the fans.[11]
On 4 September 2011 at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London, Baker accepted the presidency of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society,[12] which had previously been held by Jon Pertwee and Nicholas Courtney. Baker was elected following an online poll of the society's members where he won more votes than all the other candidates combined.[13]
Doctor Who appearances in other media
From 5 June to 19 August 1989 Baker agreed to appear as the Doctor once more, in the stage play Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure, taking over from original lead Jon Pertwee who had fallen ill.[citation needed]
In 1992, Colin Baker became the first Doctor to write a published Doctor Who story, The Deal, as part of Doctor Who Magazine's Brief Encounters series. He wrote a second Brief Encounter the following year. Both featured the Sixth Doctor and Mel. In 1994 Baker wrote a comic strip, The Age of Chaos featuring the Sixth Doctor and Frobisher, and in 2001 contributed a story entitled "The Wings of A Butterfly" to a charity short story anthology based on Doctor Who, "Missing Pieces". He also presented special Doctor Who videotape releases Cybermen – The Early Years in 1992 and The Colin Baker Years in 1994, with the latter a look back at his tenure on the series highlighted by clips and his memories.
Baker reprised the role on television only once after his official run ended, in the 1993 Children in Need charity special Dimensions in Time alongside Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison and Sylvester McCoy.
In 1997 Baker provided audio dialogue for the BBC video game Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors.
1999 saw Baker voice his first Doctor Who audio adventure for Big Finish Productions, The Sirens of Time. As of June 2014 Baker has recorded 83 Sixth Doctor audio plays with more planned for future release. These audio plays are generally well received by fans and in a poll conducted by Doctor Who Magazine, Baker was voted the "greatest" of the Doctors in this format.
In recent years, Baker has appeared on a number of DVD releases of his episodes, featuring in either "making-of" documentaries or commentaries. The documentary Trials and Tribulations, included in the 2008 DVD release of The Trial of a Time Lord examines his turbulent three years on the show.
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In November 2013 Baker co-starred in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.[14]
After Doctor Who
Since leaving Doctor Who Baker has spent much of his time on the stage with appearances throughout the country in plays as diverse as Peter Nichols' Privates on Parade, Ira Levin's Deathtrap, Ray Cooney's Run for Your Wife and Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden. For many years he has been a pantomime stalwart. In 2000 he appeared in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs alongside actress Louise Jameson who had previously played the Fourth Doctor's companion Leela. In 2003 he starred in the Carl Rosa Opera Company's production of operetta H.M.S. Pinafore, directed by Timothy West. In 2008, he toured with ex-wife Liza Goddard in She Stoops To Conquer. More recent theatre appearances have seen Baker tackle the role of Inspector Morse in House of Ghosts[15] and a UK tour of The Woman in White.
In 1991 Baker played a Doctor-like character in the BBV video series The Stranger. This character appeared in six video adventures as well four audio stories. Another standalone BBV drama entitled The Airzone Solution appeared in 1993 and featured former Doctor Who actors Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison and Sylvester McCoy.
Television work during the 1990s included guest appearances in the BBC's medical drama Casualty, The Knock, Dangerfield, the first episode of Jonathan Creek, Channel 4's adaptation of A Dance to the Music of Time and as himself as the resident celebrity in 'Dictionary Corner' on the daytime quiz show Countdown, also on Channel 4.
In 2003 Baker appeared on Top Gear, participating on a one-lap run on the Top Gear track in a Honda Civic hatchback. Baker competed against a Klingon, a Cyberman, a Dalek, Darth Vader and Ming the Merciless. Baker came in 4th position, with the Cyberman coming 1st.
A 2005 guest appearance in comedy sketch show Little Britain was never transmitted but can be seen in the deleted scenes special feature on the Little Britain series 3 DVD. Other television appearances have seen Baker appear in Kingdom, Hustle and Doctors.
Away from his Doctor Who work for Big Finish Productions (see above), Baker appeared in the audio dramas Sapphire and Steel: The Mystery of the Missing Hour and the 3 part Earthsearch Mindwarp. The latter, based on a James Follett novel, was broadcast on the digital radio station BBC 7 in 2006.
In 2010, Baker narrated and provided additional voices for Candy Jar Books' comedy sci-fi audiobook Kangazang, written by Terry Cooper.
Baker's film work over the years includes The Harpist (1999), The Asylum (2000)[16] and D'Artagnan et les trois mousquetaires (2005).[16] In 2010 he filmed scenes for an independent feature film, Shadows of a Stranger.[17] Since 1995 Baker has written a regular weekly column for local newspaper Bucks Free Press. A compilation of his articles from 1995 to 2009 were published in the book, Look Who's Talking.
Baker participated in the 12th series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!,[18] finishing in 8th place out of 12 celebrities.
Personal life
Baker's first wife was actress Liza Goddard who had appeared with him in the TV series The Brothers. Their marriage lasted 18 months and ended in divorce.[19] With his second wife, actress Marion Wyatt, whom he married in 1982, Baker has four daughters.[20] They also had a son who died of sudden infant death syndrome.[21][22] Baker is a friend of American writer Stephen R. Donaldson, who dedicated his 1991 novel Forbidden Knowledge to him.[23]
Baker is a critic of fox hunting and was among more than 20 high-profile people who signed a letter to members of parliament in 2015 to oppose Conservative prime minister David Cameron's plan to amend the Hunting Act 2004.[24]
Books
- Look Who's Talking (Hirst Books), First Published December 2009. First reprint February 2010 ISBN 978-0-9557149-2-4
- Second Thoughts (Hirst Books), First Published September 2010 ISBN 978-0-9566417-6-2
- Gallimaufry: A Collection of Short Stories. First Published 30 September 2011. ISBN 1-907959-02-5.
- Sixth Sense – from the columns of the Bucks Free Press. FBS Publishing Ltd. 6 April 2017. ISBN 978-0993204371
Filmography
Audio drama
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Slipback | Sixth Doctor | |
| 1999–present | Doctor Who: The Monthly Range | ||
| 2009–2012 | Doctor Who: The Lost Stories | 11 stories | |
| 2011–2018 | Jago & Litefoot | 7 stories | |
| 2016–2017 | Doctor Who: Classic Doctors, New Monsters | 2 stories | |
| 2016 | The Diary of River Song | 2 stories |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Drive Carefully, Darling | Brain | Short |
| 1999 | The Harpist | Father Rupitsch | |
| 2000 | The Asylum | Arbuthnot | |
| 2004 | D'Artagnan et les trois mousquetaires | Rutaford | |
| 2014 | Finding Richard | Grandad | Short |
| Shadows of a Stranger | William Fallon | ||
| A Dozen Summers | The Narrator | ||
| 2015 | The Mild Bunch | John Harold | |
| 2016 | Last Man on Earth | Professor James Friedkin | Short |
| 2016 | When I Grow Up | Himself | Short |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | The Adventures of Don Quick | Rebel | Episode: "People Isn't Everything" |
| Happy Ever After | Receptionist | Episode: "The Ambassador" | |
| No – That's Me Over Here! | Uncredited | 2 episodes | |
| Roads to Freedom | Claude | 3 episodes | |
| 1971 | The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder | Reigate | Episode: "The Shadow Man |
| Public Eye | Town Hall Clerk | Episode: "The Man Who Didn't Eat Sweets" | |
| Cousin Bette | Count Wenceslas Steinbock | 5 episodes | |
| The Silver Sword | German Lieutenant | 1 episode | |
| Now Look Here | Uncredited | 1 episode | |
| 1972 | War & Peace | Anatole Kuragin | 4 episodes |
| The Moonstone | John Herncastle | 1 episode | |
| The Man Outside | Glover | Episode: "Murder Story" | |
| Villains | Reporter | Episode: "His Dad Named Him After the General" | |
| 1973 | The Edwardians | Joseph Laycock | Episode: "Daisy" |
| Harriet's Back in Town | Mike Baker | 2 episodes | |
| Orson Welles Great Mysteries | George Barclay | Episode: "A Terribly Strange Bed" | |
| 1974 | Within These Walls | David Jenkins | Episode: "Prisoner by Marriage" |
| The Carnforth Practice | Bob Anderson | Episode: "Undue Influence" | |
| Fall of Eagles | Crown Prince Willie | 2 episodes | |
| 1974–1976 | The Brothers | Paul Merroney | 46 episodes |
| 1979 | Doctors and Nurses | Mr. Bennett | Episode: Mums and Dads |
| 1980 | Blakes 7 | Bayban | Episode: "City at the Edge of the World" |
| For Maddie with Love | Uncredited | ||
| 1981 | Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective | William Lind | TV movie |
| 1982 | Juliet Bravo | Frankie Miller | Episode: "The Intruder" |
| 1983 | The Citadel | Mr. Vaughan | 1 episode |
| Doctor Who | Commander Maxil | 3 episodes | |
| 1984 | Swallows and Amazons Forever!: Coot Club | Dr. Dudgeon | TV movie |
| Swallows and Amazons Forever!: The Big Six | TV movie | ||
| 1984–1986 | Doctor Who | Sixth Doctor | 32 episodes |
| 1985 | Jim'll Fix It | Episode: "A Fix with Sontarans" | |
| 1986 | Roland Rat: The Series | Doctor Who | 1 episode |
| 1989 | Myth Makers Vol. 19: Colin Baker | Himself | Video |
| Casualty | Colin Miles | Episode: Accidents Happen | |
| 1992 | Summoned by Shadows | The Stranger | Video short |
| More Than a Messiah | Video short | ||
| Cybermen: The Early Years | Presenter | Video | |
| 1993 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Harry George Chauvel | Episode: "Palestine, October 1917" |
| Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time | Sixth Doctor | TV short | |
| The Stranger: In Memory Alone | The Stranger | Video | |
| The Airzone Solution | Arnold Davies | Video | |
| 1994 | The Zero Imperative | Peter Russell | Video |
| The Stranger: The Terror Game | The Stranger / Soloman | Video | |
| Breach of the Peace | Video | ||
| 1995 | Harry's Mad | Mr. Perkins | Episode: "Meaty Chunks" |
| Eye of the Beholder | The Stranger / Soloman | Video | |
| 1997 | The Famous Five | Fake Mr. Brent | 2 episodes |
| Jonathan Creek | Hedley Shale | The Wrestler's Tomb | |
| The Knock | Donald Dewhurst / Desmond Dewhurst | 4 episodes | |
| A Dance to the Music of Time | Canon Fenneau | Episode: "Post War" | |
| The Bill | William Guthrie | Episode: "Going Down" | |
| 1998 | Casualty | David Vincent | Episode: "An Eye for an Eye" |
| 1999 | Sunburn | John Buchanan | 1 episode |
| The Waiting Time | Giles Fleming | TV movie | |
| Dangerfield | Vicar | Episode: "Haunted" | |
| Soul's Ark | Galico | Video | |
| 2000 | Hollyoaks | The Judge | 1 episode |
| Time Gentlemen Please | Professor Baker | Episode: "Day of the Trivheads" | |
| TravelWise | Jonathan | Video | |
| 2001 | Doctors | Jack Howard | Episode: "Matters of Principle" |
| 2002 | Doctor Who: Real Time | Sixth Doctor | 6 episodes |
| 2003 | Top Gear | 1 episode | |
| 2004 | The Impressionable Jon Culshaw | Mr. Allen | 1 episode |
| 2006 | The Afternoon Play | Judge | Episode: "Your Mother Should Know" |
| Doctors | Charles Dillon | Episode: "Honourable Gentlemen" | |
| 2009 | Kingdom | Mr. Dodds | 1 episode |
| Doctors | Professor Claybourne Jarvis | Episode: "The Romantics" | |
| 2010 | Hustle | Phil | Episode: Tiger Troubles |
| 2011 | Doctors | Augustus Bloom | Episode: "Every Heart That Beats" |
| 2013 | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Himself | TV movie |
| 2015 | Star Trek Continues | Minister Amphidamas | Episode: "The White Iris" |
| 2018 | Celebrity 5 Go Camping | Himself | Episode: "S1 Ep2" |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Destiny of the Doctors | Sixth Doctor | Voice; archive sound |
| 2015 | Lego Dimensions |
References
- ^ "Colin Baker biography". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Ask Colin". Colin Baker Online. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
Having recently been digging out information about my ancestors, I would love to go back to to [sic] the end of the 18th Century and see just what it was like being a labourer on the land as my great, great great grandfather Thomas Baker was in Lound in Suffolk in the 1790s and it would enable me to go back a bit further too and find out about Thomas' parents and where they came from. I would like too to find out about my mother's Irish ancestry, which is quite difficult to uncover.
- ^ a b "Colin Baker: Time Gentleman". Cambridge News. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ Rawson-Jones, Ben (1 June 2008). "Whatever Happened to Blake's 7?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ "Amid the suits, a man who stands out". The Guardian. London, UK. 3 April 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ "Michael Grade delivers second opinion on Doctor Who: 'I was wrong'". The Guardian. London. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ DVD Commentary: Trial of a Time Lord, Discs 1–4 Region 1 Edition
- ^ David Woodward (Writer, producer, Director) (1986). They All Axed for Who (Television production). New Orleans: WYES. Event occurs at 0:05:30.
- ^ "Colin Baker". BBC Online. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ Trials and Tribulations – documentary on Colin Baker's era of Doctor Who (2008 2entertain DVD release).
- ^ Jeffery, Morgan. "Colin Baker says he was "selfish" not to film Doctor Who regeneration scene: 'I forgot about the fans'". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Colin Baker – Honorary President!". DWAS Online. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "2018 American Institutional Confidence Poll". Georgetown University Baker Center McCourt School of Public Policy. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ "The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot", BBC programmes, retrieved 26 November 2013
- ^ "Inspector Morse Has Stage Debut with Colin Baker". What's On Stage. 5 May 2010. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ a b Westthorp, Alex (16 April 2014). "Dr Who: Films of Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy". Den of Geek. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Doctor Who News: People Roundup". Gallifrey News base. 26 June 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ "Celebrities: I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!". ITV.com. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ Walne, Toby (1 April 2013). "Actress Liza Goddard: 'Money is made to be spent'". The Daily Telegraph. Marrying Dr Who and a glam rock star – a financially astute move?.
- ^ "Biography". Colin Baker Online. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ "Visits 'would help prevent deaths'". BBC News. 2 February 2000.
- ^ "Colin's Major role". BBC Three Counties Radio. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ Donaldson, Stephen R. (August 2004). "Gradual Interview". stephendonaldson.net. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "SNP to vote against Tories on fox hunting ban in England and Wales". STV. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Colin Baker at IMDb
- Colin Baker at the BFI's Screenonline
- Archive of columns by Baker at the Bucks Free Press
- Another archive of columns by Baker
- Interview with Colin Baker on Dracula and acting for theatre
- Article in the Guardian 30 October 2007
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- 1943 births
- 20th-century English male actors
- 21st-century English male actors
- Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- English male radio actors
- English male soap opera actors
- English male stage actors
- English male television actors
- Living people
- People educated at St Bede's College, Manchester