Stanley Baker Overview:

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: 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.


Lieutenant John Chard: Mr. Witt! When I have the impertinence to climb into your pulpit to deliver a sermon, then you can tell me my duty.


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Stanley Baker Facts
Although he regretted not accepting the part of James Bond himself, Baker was a friend of and outspoken admirer of Sir Sean Connery's work in the role.

He was a close friend of Richard Burton from childhood until they fell out in 1967.

Although born in Wales, Baker spent most of his formative years in England since his parents moved to London in the mid-1930s.

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