Joby Baker

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Joby Baker
Baker on Good Morning World in 1967
Born (1934-03-26) March 26, 1934 (age 90)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)Actor, painter
Years active1952–1984
Spouses
(m. 1959; div. 1961)
Joyce H. Winter
(m. 1961; div. 1975)
(m. 1984; died 2012)
Megan Moore
(m. 2014)
Children5

Joseph N. "Joby" Baker (born March 26, 1934) is a Canadian actor and painter, long-based in the United States.[1]

Career

Baker was born in

television series. In 1962, he appeared on Perry Mason as Kenneth Carter in "The Case of the Bogus Books". He appeared as a semi-regular in the first season of the WWII TV series Combat!
as Pvt. Kelly.

Other television series appearances included The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Dr. Kildare and The Dick Van Dyke Show. In 1960, he co-starred with Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson in The Wackiest Ship in the Army.[2] He appeared in the Elvis Presley movie Girl Happy (1965), and in all three Gidget movies.

In 1967, Baker was cast as a travelling magician, Dr. William Davis, in the episode "The Saga of Dr. Davis" on the

syndicated series Death Valley Days, hosted by Robert Taylor.[3] Judi Meredith
played his wife, Jenny, whose death leads him to take an adopted son, Tad, on his remaining westward journeys.

Baker began a long association with

and a stint as "Colonel Marvin" on the 1980 sitcom Six O'Clock Follies.

Personal life

Baker was first married to Joan Blackman, whom he met in drama school. In 1984, he married lyricist and songwriter Dory Previn.[7] He illustrated The Dory Previn Songbook,[8] published in 1995. He has exhibited as an abstract painter in major Los Angeles art galleries.[citation needed]

Selected Filmography

References

  1. ProQuest 379732881
  2. ^ "Death Valley Days - Season 15 (1966-67)", ctva.biz. Accessed April 12, 2024.
  3. ProQuest 118171935
  4. ^ Blackbeard’s Ghost review, variety.com. Accessed April 12, 2024.
  5. ^ "DVD extras", latimes.com, January 17, 2006. Accessed April 12, 2024.
  6. ^ "A Nod to the Path a Singer Paved, With Stories of Pain Laid Bare" by Stephen Holden at www.nytimes.com
  7. ^ Dory Previn Biography by William Ruhlmann at www.allmusic.com

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