Art Baker


Actor

About

Also Known As
Arthur Shank
Birth Place
New York City, New York, USA
Born
January 07, 1898
Died
August 26, 1966
Cause of Death
Heart Attack

Biography

Art Baker was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Baker's earliest roles were in film, including the comedic fantasy "Once Upon a Time" (1944) with Cary Grant, "Abie's Irish Rose" (1946) and "The Farmer's Daughter" (1947). He also appeared in the drama "The Beginning or the End" (1947) with Brian Donlevy and the drama "Daisy Kenyon" (1947) with Joan Crawford. He continue...

Biography

Art Baker was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Baker's earliest roles were in film, including the comedic fantasy "Once Upon a Time" (1944) with Cary Grant, "Abie's Irish Rose" (1946) and "The Farmer's Daughter" (1947). He also appeared in the drama "The Beginning or the End" (1947) with Brian Donlevy and the drama "Daisy Kenyon" (1947) with Joan Crawford. He continued to work steadily in film throughout the forties, appearing in the drama "The Walls of Jericho" (1948) with Cornel Wilde, the Louis Hayward spy thriller "Walk a Crooked Mile" (1948) and the William Bendix mystery "Cover-Up" (1949). He also appeared in "Night Unto Night" (1949) with Ronald Reagan. Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in the Gregory Peck western "Only the Valiant" (1951), "Artists and Models" (1955) with Dean Martin and the Nico Minardos crime feature "Twelve Hours to Kill" (1960). He also appeared in the Walter Pidgeon adventure "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1961) and the biopic "Young Dillinger" (1965) with Nick Adams. Baker last acted in the action picture "The Wild Angels" (1966) with Peter Fonda. Baker passed away in August 1966 at the age of 68.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Wild Angels (1966)
Thomas
Young Dillinger (1965)
Warden
Swingin' Along (1962)
TV announcer [see note]
Twelve Hours to Kill (1960)
Capt. Johns
Artists and Models (1956)
Himself
Living It Up (1954)
Radio announcer
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
Radio announcer
The Du Pont Story (1951)
Chemical director
Only the Valiant (1951)
Capt. Jennings
Cause for Alarm! (1951)
Superintendant
The Underworld Story (1950)
Lt. Tilton
Hot Rod (1950)
Judge Langham
Task Force (1949)
Senator Vincent
Easy Living (1949)
Howard Vollmer
Impact (1949)
Defense attorney
Take One False Step (1949)
[Professor] Henry Pritchard
Massacre River (1949)
Col. James Reid
Night unto Night (1949)
Dr. Poole
Cover Up (1949)
Stu Weatherby
Any Number Can Play (1949)
Mr. Reardon
State of the Union (1948)
Leith, radio announcer
The Walls of Jericho (1948)
Peddigrew
Silver River (1948)
Major Wilson
The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948)
Mr. Kurlick
A Southern Yankee (1948)
Colonel Clifford M. Baker
Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)
Dr. Frederick Townsend
Homecoming (1948)
Mr. Williams
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Lucile's attorney
Dark Delusion (1947)
Dr. Sanford Burson
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
A[nders] J. Finley
The Beginning or the End (1947)
President [Harry S.] Truman
Abie's Irish Rose (1946)
Dr. [Jacob] Samuels
Spellbound (1945)
Lt. Cooley
Once Upon a Time (1944)
Gabriel Heatter
Victory Through Air Power (1943)
Narrator
Slightly Honorable (1939)
Radio announcer
Prairie Moon (1938)
Arthur Dean
Stand-In (1937)
Director of photography
Partners in Crime (1937)
Radio announcer
Artists and Models (1937)
Second radio announcer

Cast (Short)

Wells Fargo Days (1944)
Narrator
Roaring Guns (1944)
Narrator
Gun to Gun (1944)
Narrator
Trial by Trigger (1944)
Narrator

Life Events

Bibliography