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Actor, Stanley Baker, was born William Stanley Baker on Feb 28, 1928 in Ferndale, Wales. Baker died at the age of 48 on Jun 28, 1976 in M?laga, Spain .

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Takes Command in Yesterday's Enemy

By Rick29 on Jun 1, 2026 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

as Captain Langford.Set during the Burma Campaign of World War II, Yesterday’s Enemy (1959) follows a small, exhausted remnant of a British Army brigade struggling to escape through the jungle after being cut off by advancing Japanese forces. Led by the hard-edged Captain Alan La... Read full article


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Stanley Baker Quotes:

Lieutenant John Chard: I came here to build a bridge.


Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Now there's a bitter pill. Our own damned rifles!


Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: It's fear dries the mouth, isn't it? When a man's as thirsty as this.
Lieutenant John Chard: I could have drunk a river.


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Stanley Baker Facts
Bore a striking resemblance to his contemporary fellow actor, Australian Rod Taylor.

He was warned not to address a CND rally prior to the release of Zulu (1964), in case his left-wing political activism hurt the film's performance in the United States.

At the beginning of his career he struggled to break into films, but a few days before his 22nd birthday he was given the role of the bosun in Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951).

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