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Kenny Baker

1934 - 2016

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Kenneth George Baker (24 August 1934 – 13 August 2016) was an English actor, comedian and musician. He portrayed the character R2-D2 in the Star Wars franchise and also appeared in The Elephant Man, Time Bandits, Willow, Flash Gordon, Amadeus and Labyrinth. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenny Baker is the 343rd most popular actor (up from 933rd in 2019), the 526th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,038th in 2019) and the 57th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kenny Baker ranks 343 out of 13,578. Before him are Reese Witherspoon, Doris Day, Robert Hossein, Sylvia Kristel, O Yeong-su, and Alec Baldwin. After him are Ian Holm, Kim Novak, Patrick Stewart, James Earl Jones, John Cazale, and Priyanka Chopra.

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Among people born in 1934, Kenny Baker ranks 35. Before him are Roman Herzog, Tom Baker, Paul Ekman, Pierre Richard, Ulrike Meinhof, and Paco Rabanne. After him are Jacques Anquetil, Larisa Latynina, Paul Cohen, Empress Michiko, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and Alexei Leonov. Among people deceased in 2016, Kenny Baker ranks 36. Before him are Queen Anne of Romania, Anisa Makhlouf, Frank Sinatra Jr., Walter Scheel, Elie Wiesel, and Jerome Bruner. After him are Harry Kroto, Carrie Fisher, James Cronin, Gabriele Amorth, Alvin Toffler, and Junko Tabei.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kenny Baker ranks 526 out of 8,785. Before him are Frederick Forsyth (1938), Richard Hughes (1975), Richard Owen (1804), John Donne (1572), Thomas Gainsborough (1727), and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (1984). After him are Ian Holm (1931), Theresa May (1956), David Brewster (1781), Cynric (450), John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), and Rudolf Abel (1903).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Kenny Baker ranks 57. Before him are David Niven (1910), Emma Thompson (1959), Ralph Fiennes (1962), Angela Lansbury (1925), Malcolm McDowell (1943), and Colin Firth (1960). After him are Ian Holm (1931), Patrick Stewart (1940), Sam Neill (1947), John Cleese (1939), Tim Curry (1946), and Charles Dance (1946).

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