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


Lieutenant John Chard: You didn't say a thing to help, Bromhead.
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Well, when you take command, old boy, you're on your own. One of the first things that the general - my grandfather - ever taught me.


Lieutenant John Chard: What's our strength?
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Seven officers including surgeon, commissaries and so on; Adendorff now I suppose; wounded and sick 36, fit for duty 97 and about 40 native levies. Not much of an army for you.


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Stanley Baker Facts
In a floral tribute sent to Stanley Baker's funeral, Zulu leader Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi who had worked with him in Zulu (1964) described him as "the most decent white man I have ever met".

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

Baker served in the Royal Army Service Corps from 1946-1948.

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