Benny Baker


Actor

About

Also Known As
Ben Baker
Birth Place
St Joseph, Missouri, USA
Born
May 05, 1907
Died
September 20, 1994

Biography

Benny Baker was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Baker's career in acting began with his roles in various films like "Belle of the Nineties" (1934) with Mae West, the Jack Oakie musical "The Big Broadcast of 1936" (1935) and the Dick Powell musical "Thanks a Million" (1935). He also appeared in "Annapolis Farewell" (1935), "Panic on the Air" (1936) and the Tom Brown s...

Biography

Benny Baker was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Baker's career in acting began with his roles in various films like "Belle of the Nineties" (1934) with Mae West, the Jack Oakie musical "The Big Broadcast of 1936" (1935) and the Dick Powell musical "Thanks a Million" (1935). He also appeared in "Annapolis Farewell" (1935), "Panic on the Air" (1936) and the Tom Brown sports "Rose Bowl" (1936). He kept working in film throughout the forties and the fifties, starring in the comedic adaptation "Up in Arms" (1944) with Danny Kaye, the Lilli Palmer dramatic adaptation "My Girl Tisa" (1948) and the comedy "The Inspector General" (1949) with Danny Kaye. He also appeared in the comedy adaptation "Public Pigeon No. 1" (1957) with Red Skelton. Toward the end of his career, he tackled roles in the adaptation "Paint Your Wagon" (1969) with Lee Marvin, the western "Scandalous John" (1971) with Brian Keith and "Jory" (1973). He also appeared in the comedy sequel "The Sting II" (1982) with Jackie Gleason and "Monster in the Closet" (1987) with Donald Grant. Baker was most recently credited in "Night Moves" (2014). Baker passed away in September 1994 at the age of 87.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Healer (1994)
Birch Street Gym (1991)
18 Again! (1988)
Monster in the Closet (1987)
The Jerk, Too (1984)
The Sting II (1982)
Some Kind of a Nut (1969)
Cab driver
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968)
Cabdriver
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)
Regan
For Those Who Think Young (1964)
Lou
Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
Douglas
No Time for Sergeants (1958)
Jim Abel
Public Pigeon No. 1 (1957)
Frankie Frannis
Somebody Loves Me (1952)
Musician
Models Inc. (1952)
Freddy
Thunderbirds (1952)
Pvt. Charlie Klassen
Loan Shark (1952)
Tubby
Young Man With Ideas (1952)
Cynical man
Feudin' Fools (1952)
Corky
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949)
Commissioner's aide
The Inspector General (1949)
Telecki
Rose of the Yukon (1949)
Jack Wells
Manhattan Angel (1949)
Aloysius Duff
My Girl Tisa (1948)
Herman
Homicide for Three (1948)
Cab driver Timothy
Jinx Money (1948)
Augie
Smart Woman (1948)
Fat photographer
The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
Player
Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)
Looie
Up in Arms (1944)
Butterball
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Captains of the Clouds (1942)
Popcorn Kearns
Sing for Your Supper (1941)
William
The Farmer's Daughter (1940)
Monk Belden
Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
Evans
His Exciting Night (1938)
Taxi driver
Tip-Off Girls (1938)
Scotty
Touchdown, Army (1938)
Dick Mycroft
Champagne Waltz (1937)
Flip
Wild Money (1937)
Al Vogel
Double or Nothing (1937)
Sailor
Hold 'Em Navy! (1937)
[James] "Stuffy" Miller
Blonde Trouble (1937)
Maxie Schwartz
Love on Toast (1937)
Egbert
The Crime Nobody Saw (1937)
Horace Dryden
Hotel Haywire (1937)
Bertie Sterns
Drift Fence (1936)
Jim Traft
Give Us This Night (1936)
Tomasso
Panic on the Air (1936)
Andy
Lady Be Careful (1936)
Barney
Murder with Pictures (1936)
Phil Doane
Rose Bowl (1936)
[August] Dutch Schultz
Mind Your Own Business (1936)
Sparrow
Rose of the Rancho (1936)
Hill-Billy boy
Thanks a Million (1935)
Tammany
Millions in the Air (1935)
Benny
Annapolis Farewell (1935)
Zimmer
College Scandal (1935)
Cuffie Lewis
The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
The Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)
Piano player
Love in Bloom (1935)
Second boy who buys radio
The Hell Cat (1934)
Snapper Dugan
Belle of the Nineties (1934)
Blackie

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Night Moves (2014)
Camera

Cast (Short)

I'll Be Suing You (1934)
The Ballad of Paducah Jail (1934)
Three Chumps Ahead (1934)
You Bring the Ducks (1934)
You Said a Hatful! (1934)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (1984)

Life Events

Bibliography