Kenny Baker (English actor)
Kenneth George "Kenny" Baker (born 24 August 1934) is an English actor and musician. He is well known for portraying the character R2-D2 in the popular science-fiction movie franchise Star Wars.
Life and career
Baker, who stands 3 ft 8 in (112 cm) tall, was born and educated in Birmingham, West Midlands, and at boarding school in Kent. His parents were of average height. He wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and be an engraver, but had not received sufficient education. He went to live with his father, stepmother and half sister in Hastings, Sussex and in 1951 was approached on the street by a lady who invited him to join a theatrical troupe of dwarves and midgets. This was his first taste of show business. Later, he joined a circus for a brief time, learned to ice-skate and appeared in many ice shows. He had formed a successful comedy act called the Minitones with entertainer Jack Purvis when George Lucas hired him to be the man inside R2-D2 in Star Wars in 1976.
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Famous quotes by Kenny Baker:
"Stage and TV are my main interests."
"I've been in show business for 50, no, 60 years. I was approached in school to join a variety act."
"Movies have never been that big in my life, I'm always to busy doing other things to find time to go to the movies."
"I skated in ice shows all over Europe and South Africa for 20 years. I love to ice skate."
"I enjoyed playing all the scenes I was in, and enjoy looking back at them now."
"I started out Ice skating with Holiday On Ice and just got offered the part of R2 by chance."
Kenny Baker
ALBUMS
- The Louis Armstrong Connection, Volume 3 released: 1990
- The Louis Armstrong Connection, Volume 6 released: 1990
- The Louis Armstrong Connection, Volume 7 released: 1990
- The Louis Armstrong Connection, Volume 1 released: 1990
- The Louis Armstrong Connection, Volume 5 released: 1990
- The Louis Armstrong Connection, Volume 2 released: 1990
The Louis Armstrong Connection, Volume 6
Released 1990- Walkin' My Baby Back Home
- I Surrender, Dear
- When It's Sleepy Time Down South
- Blue Again
- Little Joe
- You Rascal You
- Them There Eyes
- When Your Lover Has Gone
- Up a Lazy River
- Chinatown, My Chinatown
- Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
- Star Dust
- You Can Depend on Me
- Georgia on My Mind
- The Lonesome Road
- I Got Rhythm
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
- Kickin' the Gong Around
- Home
- All of Me
The Louis Armstrong Connection, Volume 7
Released 1990- Love, You Funny Thing
- The New Tiger Rag
- Keepin' Out of Mischief Now
- Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long
- That's My Home
- Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train
- I Hate to Leave You Now
- You'll Wish You'd Never Been Born
- Medley of Armstrong Hits, Part 2: When You're Smiling / St. James Infirmary / Dinah
- Medley of Armstrong Hits, Part 1: You Rascal You / When It's Sleepy Time Down South / Nobody Sweetheart
- I've Got the World on a String
- I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
- Hustlin' and Bustlin' for Baby
- Sittin' in the Dark
- High Society
- He's a Son of the South
- Some Sweet Day
- Basin Street Blues
- Honey, Do!
- Snowball
The Louis Armstrong Connection, Volume 1
Released 1990- My Heart
- Yes! I'm in the Barrel
- Gut Bucket Blues
- Come Back Sweet Papa
- Georgia Grind
- Heebie Jeebies
- Cornet Shop Suey
- Oriental Strut
- You're Next
- Muskrat Ramble
- Don't Forgot to Mess Around
- I'm Gonna Gitcha
- Dropping Shucks
- Who's It
- The King of the Zulus
- Big Fat Ma and Skinny Pa
- Lonesome Blues
- Sweet Little Papa
- Jazz Lips
- Skid-Dat-De-Dat
The Louis Armstrong Connection, Volume 5
Released 1990- Blue Turning Grey Over You
- Dear Old Southland
- My Sweet
- I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
- Indian Cradle Song
- Exactly Like You
- Dinah
- Tiger Rag
- I'm Ding Dong Daddy for Dumas
- I'm in the Market for You
- I'm Confessing That I Love You
- If I Could Be With You
- Body and Soul
- Memories of You
- You're Lucky to Me
- Sweethearts on Parade
- You're Driving Me Crazy
- The Peanut Vendor
- Just a Gigolo
- Shine
The Louis Armstrong Connection, Volume 2
Released 1990- I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man
- Sunset Cafe Stomp
- Made Me Love You
- Irish Black Bottom
- Willie the Weeper
- Wild Man Blues
- Chicago Breakdown
- Alligator Crawl
- Potato Head Blues
- Melancholy Blues
- Weary Blues
- Twelth Street Rag
- Keyhole Blues
- S.O.L. Blues
- Gully Low Blues
- That's When I'll Come Back to You
- Put 'em Down Blues
- Ory's Creole Trombone
- The Last Time
- Struttin' With Some Barbecue
Born: 1921-03-01
Died: 1999-02-07
Kenny Baker
ALBUMS
- Nasty Rockabilly: The Box! released: 2011
Nasty Rockabilly: The Box!
Released 2011- My Woman
- It Ain't a Big Thing
- I Need It
- A Car
- Stop the World
- Hong Kong Mississippi
- Honey Do You Think of Me
- Confusin'
- Born to Ramble
- Big Berry (Boss Man Guitar)
- When You Said Goodbye
- Annie Mae
- Dry Eyed Baby
- Aaaaaahhhh!
- Rockin' Beat
- I'm So Lonesome Baby
- She's Gone From Me
- Three Years
- You Are the One
- No No Baby
- Take My Love
- Worried About You Baby
- Come On Baby
- Cute Chick
- Meet Miss Susie
- Fool About You
- A Burning Coal
- Ain't Going That Route
- Oriental Nightmare
- Honey Blonde
- Rita-Juanita
Kenny Baker
ALBUMS
- Jazz Fuel, Volume 1 released: 2010
Kenny Baker
ALBUMS
- Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe released: 1994
- Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe released:
- The Puritan Sessions released:
The Puritan Sessions
- Sands Of Monterey
- Evelian
- Legend Of The Whistling Brakeman
- I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
- Lonesome Hobo
- Roll On Buddy
- Snowbird
- High Country
- Fireball
- The White Rose
- Step It Up And Go
- Carroll County Blues
- Texas
- You Can't Put That Monkey On My Back
- Kenny's Blues
- Buck's Stumble
- Little Red Shoes
- Brown's Ferry Blues
- Bucktime
- The Isle of Capri
- Nobody's Business
- Shenandoah Breakdown
- John Henry
- Deep Elm Blues
Born: 1926-06-26
Died: 2011-07-08
Kenny Baker
ALBUMS
- To Each His Own: Love Songs of World War II released: 2007
- Babes in Toyland / The Red Mill released: 2002
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? released: 2001
- Swing Out to Victory! Songs of WWII released: 1999
- Hits of '43 released: 1995
- The War Years released: 1993
- These Were Our Songs: The Late '30s released: 1992
To Each His Own: Love Songs of World War II
Released 2007- Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
- Give Me Five Minutes More
- I'll Buy That Dream
- Let's Get Lost
- Who Wouldn't Love You?
- Miss You
- Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey
- That's for Me
- To Each His Own
- This Is Worth Fighting For
- Yours
- Always in My Heart
- Dearly Beloved
- I Dream of You
- It Had to Be You
- For All We Know
- My Devotion
- My Prayer
- Only Forever
- You Made Me Love You
- I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
- Boy in Khaki, A Girl in Lace
- Love Walked In
- Everything I Love
- Rumours Are Flying
Babes in Toyland / The Red Mill
Released 2002- Babes in Toyland: Opening
- Babes in Toyland: Toyland
- Babes in Toyland: Floretta
- Babes in Toyland: Never Mind Bo-Peep, We Will Find Your Sheep
- Babes in Toyland: March of the Toys
- Babes in Toyland: I Can't Do the Sum
- Babes in Toyland: Go to Sleep, Slumber Deep
- Babes in Toyland: Song of the Poet
- Babes in Toyland: The Military Ball
- Babes in Toyland: Hail to Christmas
- Babes in Toyland: Finale: He Won't Be Happy Till He Gets It / March of the Toys
- The Red Mill: When You're Pretty and the World Is Fair
- The Red Mill: Moonbeams
- The Red Mill: In the Isle of Our Dreams
- The Red Mill: Because You're You
- The Red Mill: Every Day Is Ladies' Day With Me
- The Red Mill: The Streets of New York
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Released 2001- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime
- The Bulevard of Broken Dreams
- Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
- In the Still of the Night
- Love Walked In
- On the Good Ship Lollypop
- Unemployment Stomp
- The Gold Digger's Song
- All in Down and Out Blues
- Fifteen Miles From Birmingham
- The Coal Loading Machine
- NRA Blues
- I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore
- The Death of Mother Jones
- All I Want
- The White Cliffs of Dover
Hits of '43
Released 1995- American Patrol
- All or Nothing at All
- Sunday, Monday or Always
- Don't Get Aound Much Any More
- I'll Be Around
- Brazil
- Besame Mucho
- "Murder" He Says
- Ev'ry Night About This Time
- Mr. Music Master
- You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
- The Surrey With the Fringe on Top
- Question and Answers (Demade et Reponse)
- My Heart and I
- Lili Marlene
- Why Don't You Do Right
- I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen
- Serenade in Blue
- You'll Never Know
- There Are Such Things
- Pistol Packin' Mama
- I Had the Craziest Dream
- Perdido
- Paper Doll
- I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo
These Were Our Songs: The Late '30s
Released 1992- Two Sleepy People
- Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (Means That You're Grand)
- The Love Bug Will Bite You (If You Don't Watch Out)
- It's the Natural Thing to Do
- Where or When
- Boo Hoo
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- I Want to Be Happy
- That Old Feeling
- Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
- September in the Rain
- Sweet Leilani
- Marie
- Goody Goody
- It's De-Lovely
- Pennies From Heaven
- There's a Small Hotel
- In the Chapel in the Moonlight
- It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
- With Plenty of Money and You
Born: 1912-09-30
Died: 1985-08-10
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