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9 November 2009 9:17 AM, PST | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

Robert S. Baker and Roger Moore on the set of The Persuaders

On September 30, producer Robert S. Baker passed away at age 92. Baker had a long history of feature film production credits, mostly on B movies in his early years. However, he was a major force in British television in the 1960s. It was Baker who managed to bring both

The Saint and The Persuaders to the air. He became Roger Moore's producing partner and the two made the 1969 adventure film Crossplot together. He also served as executive producer on the short-lived, but excellent British series The Baron.

In an E mail to Cinema Retro, legendary Hammer horror writer and director Jimmy Sangster wrote:

"I first met Bob Baker when he and his partner , Monty Berman,asked me to write  Blood of the Vampire. Later I went on to write four or five other scripts for them.  He was an extremely good producer and director, »

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1 article from 2009