Robert S. Baker
Robert Sidney Baker was an English film and television producer well known for his long term collaboration with firstly Monty Berman and then latterly Roger Moore.
Works
The Saint Steps In... To Television
Release Date:2008-12-01
Character:Himslef
Vote Count:1
The Saint
Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.
Release Date:1997-04-03
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:1124
The Saint in Manhattan
Simon Templar returns to New York via Concorde and is feeling restless, until a note from an old flame surfaces. This TV movie was an unsold pilot for an attempted series revival.
Release Date:1987-06-12
Department:Production
Job:Co-Executive Producer
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
Ten years after the events of 'Treasure Island,' an adult Jim Hawkins once again encounters his old adversary Long John Silver and the pirate Joseph Savage.
Release Date:1986-04-05
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:10
Vote Count:1
The Saint and the Brave Goose
A two-part episode of the 1978 TV series "The Return of the Saint," edited together and released as a feature.
Release Date:1979-01-07
Department:Production
Job:Producer
The Persuaders!
Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys, Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) and Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis), investigate crimes along the French Riviera.
Release Date:1973-04-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:3
The Persuaders!
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.
Release Date:1971-09-17
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:112
Vendetta for the Saint
Simon Templar is on holiday in Naples when a small uproar on a lunch table draws his attention. An English tourist attempts to greet an Italian businessman as an old friend, but the Italian refuses to acknowledge the greeting and claims never to have met him.
Release Date:1969-01-05
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:6
The Fiction Makers
Simon Templar is hired by a friend in the book publishing trade to protect one of his stars, a secretive recluse named Amos Klein who writes a popular (and lucrative) series of adventure novels about a manly and suave spy.
Release Date:1968-12-08
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:8
Gideon's Way
Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series. It starred Liverpudlian John Gregson in the title role as Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, with Alexander Davion as his assistant, Detective Chief Inspector David Keen, Reginald Jessup as Det. Superintendent LeMaitre, Ian Rossiter as Detective Chief Superintendent Joe Bell and Basil Dignam as Commissioner Scott-Marle. The show did not acknowledge any help from Scotland Yard, any other police force or advisor. Daphne Anderson starred as his wife, Kate with Giles Watling as young son, Malcolm, Richard James as older son, Matthew who seemed to have a lot of new girlfriends and Andrea Allan as daughter, Pru. Unusually for police stories, Gideon was shown as a family man at home though urgent phone calls from his bosses tend to disrupt family plans too often. However, he did admit in "State Visit" that his wife had walked out on him for a while years ago when he put the job first and her second. They live in an expensive detached house in Chelsea.
Release Date:1965-03-18
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:26
Vote Count:4
The Saint
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
Release Date:1962-10-04
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:67
Vote Count:115
The Treasure of Monte Cristo
A dashing ex-officer in His Majesty’s army, Captain Adam Corbett (Calhoun) becomes embroiled in intrigue when he agrees to escort Colonel Wilfred Jackson (Ian Hunter) and his daughter Pauline (Patricia Bredin) on a perilous quest for treasure. Possessing one-quarter of a map, they soon rendezvous with three mysterious characters, each with a fragment and a secret agenda. Armed with only a sword and his wits, Corbett battles brigands, soldiers and thieves as he accompanies the expedition to the island of Monte Cristo, where betrayal and fortune await.
Release Date:1961-06-22
Department:Crew
Job:Cinematography
Vote Count:3
The Hellfire Club
Years after fleeing his ancestral home with his mother, Jason returns home to claim his birthright, only to find his way blocked by his evil cousin Thomas. In order to reclaim his title, Jason must do battle with his cousin, who calls upon the members of the deadly Hellfire Club to stop him.
Release Date:1961-02-03
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:5
The Siege of Sidney Street
A police inspector (Donald Sinden) tracks down Russian anarchist Peter the Painter (Peter Wyngarde) and his gang in circa-1911 London.
Release Date:1960-10-11
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
The Flesh and the Fiends
Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the human body; local ne'er-do-wells Burke and Hare find ways to provide him with fresh specimens...
Release Date:1960-02-02
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:52
Jack the Ripper
A serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman is brought in to help Scotland Yard solve the case.
Release Date:1959-05-28
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:24
Sea of Sand
A small British army team is sent deep behind enemy lines to destroy a German petrol dump as part of the preparation for a major attack in the North African campaign. Sea of Sand was distributed in the US in a shortened version, Desert Patrol.
Release Date:1958-11-04
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:20
Blood of the Vampire
A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Along with his crippled assistant Carl, the 'anemic' Mad Scientist, believed to be a vampire, conducts blood deficiency research on the inmates of a prison hospital for the criminally insane to sustain his return to life.
Release Date:1958-08-25
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:40
The Crawling Eye
A United Nations investigator crosses paths with a pair of psychic sisters on his way to Trollenberg observatory in the Swiss Alps, which has been plagued by a series of mountaineer disappearances that may be related to a radioactive cloud at the mountain's south face.
Release Date:1958-07-07
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:93
Professor Tim
Comedy about an Irishman, Professor Tim, who returns to Ireland after twenty years of wandering the world and conceals from his family the fact that he has come into an inheritance. The Scallys and the Kllroys provide some complications.
Release Date:1957-01-01
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
The High Terrace
A British theater actress unable to get out of her contract is assisted by an American playwright when a pair of her scissors is discovered lodged in her producer's back.
Release Date:1956-10-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:1
Breakaway
When Johnny Matlock whisks away a cold war secret from under the noses of Berlin's top secret agents, his every move is followed when he returns to England. His girlfriend Paula is kidnapped but her handbag is discovered at the scene of the crime by the aristocratic private eye, Duke Martin. Inside it he discovers the secret formula that the agents are searching for and tracks down her sister Paula. As Johnny grows frantic for the safe return of his girlfriend, Duke Martin plays a deadly game of double bluff with the enemy agents.
Release Date:1956-07-16
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:6
Bond of Fear
An escaped killer hides out by forcing a travelling family to take him with them.
Release Date:1956-04-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:2
Passport to Treason
After being consulted by a friend concerning a murder case, a private eye learns the friend has become the next victim. Passport to Treason was put together by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman, the same team who’d later collaborate on the UK TV series The Saint. Rod Cameron stars as an American private eye, stationed in London. For the sake of a murdered friend, the detective takes over the dead man’s case, which turns out to have international ramifications. The villains are members of a phony pacifistic society, all of whom harbor plans for taking over the world.
Release Date:1956-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4
No Smoking
A scientist invents a pill to cure smokers of their nicotine addiction. However, when he makes his discovery public, he encounters strong resistance from the tobacco industry.
Release Date:1955-11-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:2
The Reluctant Bride
A money-to-burn and girl-chasing Texas oilman, and a sensitive, dignified entomologist find themselves in charge of a brood of wild kids whose parents, both famous explorers, are reported lost while on an African safari.
Release Date:1955-08-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:2
Delayed Action
Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life. Delayed Action was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman, the men behind the popular 1960s TV adventure series The Saint.
Release Date:1954-07-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:5
The Embezzler
Bank robber's plans for a wealthy lifestyle gradually turn to more noble aims.
Release Date:1954-07-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:1
Double Exposure
A chance photograph may reveal a murderer's identity - and someone's after the photographer!
Release Date:1954-03-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:1
Impulse
An American realtor living in England is dissatisfied with what he believes to be his humdrum life. One weekend while his wife is out of town, he gives a ride to a woman he sees stranded on the road. One thing leads to another, and he soon finds himself enmeshed in a plot involving a diamond robbery, gangsters and murder.
Release Date:1954-01-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:12
Escape by Night
An Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking journalist out to get the full story.
Release Date:1953-12-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:2
3 Steps to the Gallows
A U.S. sailor (Scott Brady) docks in London and in three days tries to save his brother from the gallows.
Release Date:1953-12-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:8
Love in Pawn
A British comedy about a struggling artist and his wife living on a houseboat. To raise money she pawns him! His new family takes a liking to him particularly the daughter! The wife tries to redeem her husband but finds she has lost the pawn ticket. In a short matter of time, the whole incident becomes a national sensation.
Release Date:1953-11-23
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:4
Recoil
A jeweller is killed in a gang robbery leaving the daughter as the only witness. When the police can't build a case against him she decides to go undercover to infiltrate the home of the killer's brother. Slowly she is drawn into the world of the rival gangs.
Release Date:1953-08-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:4
The Steel Key
An adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend.
Release Date:1953-05-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:3
Deadly Nightshade
Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful.
Release Date:1953-03-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:5
Black Orchid
Caught in a loveless marriage, Dr. John Winnington (Ronald Howard) can't stop himself from falling for his wife's (Mary Laura Wood) younger sister, Christine (Olga Edwardes). But when he suddenly becomes the prime suspect in his wife's tragic murder, John relies on his friend Eric (John Bentley) to clear his name. This classic murder mystery encourages viewers to evaluate all of the clues and guess the killer's identity.
Release Date:1953-02-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:8
The Voice of Merrill
A convicted female blackmailer is found murdered in her flat and suspicion falls on three men, all of whom the police believe may have had reason to wish her dead
Release Date:1952-12-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:8
The Big Frame
An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into a fight with earlier in the night was murdered.
Release Date:1952-09-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:8
13 East Street
When police inspector Gerald Blake wants to infiltrate a London stolen-goods gang, he does a thorough job of it. First, he robs a jewelry store, gets caught and is sentenced to prison. Then he teams up with gang-member Joey to make their escape. Once in the gang, Blake identifies the boss, Larry, and most of the other thieves, but not the "inside man." As a big fur job looms closer, the detective's task is complicated by the playful but seductive advances of Judy, a dazzling blonde who happens also to be the jealous Larry's girl friend.
Release Date:1952-03-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4
The Frightened Man
Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father.
Release Date:1952-03-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:4
The Quiet Woman
The former wife of a criminal moves to a coastal town and takes over the running of a bar known as The Quiet Woman. She becomes outraged when she discovers the previous owner had allowed local smugglers to use it as a base. She soon has become romantically involved with one of the smugglers, which causes enormous problems when a customs officer turns up, followed closely by her former husband.
Release Date:1951-03-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:5
Blackout
A blind man is witness to a murder; later cured of his blindness he attempts to puzzle out the solution to the crime.
Release Date:1950-09-13
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:5
No Trace
A famous mystery writer uses his own plot tricks to murder a blackmailer in this British thriller.
Release Date:1950-09-08
Department:Writing
Job:Original Story
Vote Count:5
Melody Club
Customers at the Melody Club are burgled while attending the the club. A detective investigates.
Release Date:1949-07-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:2