- Joby Baker
Joby Baker (born 1935) is a
Canadian born actor and painter.He was born in
Montreal ,Quebec . In the early 1960s he began making guest appearances in TV series such as "Dr. Kildare " and "The Dick Van Dyke Show ". He also appeared in theElvis Presley movie "Girl Happy " (1966), and began a long association with Walt Disney Studios, where he appeared in "Bullwhip Griffin " (1966), "Blackbeard's Ghost " (1967) and "Superdad " (1974). In 1968, he had a lead role in "Good Morning World ", a sitcom about a pair ofdisc jockeys named Lewis and Clark. This was followed by a succession of character roles, including a stint as Colonel Marvin on the 1980 sitcom "Six O'Clock Follies ". [ [http://www.answers.com/topic/joby-baker-actor-comedy-drama?cat=entertainment Joby Baker: Information and Much More from Answers.com ] ]He has also exhibited as an abstract painter in major Los Angeles art galleries. [ [http://gallerydriver.com/?method=Artist.ArtistDetail&ArtistID=DAEDB978-115B-5562-AA576DC0383D7FA0&GalleryID=DAC58517-115B-5562-AAEEC951E74C65BB Joby Baker @ Kasten Fine Art ] ] Since 1984 he has been married to the lyricist and songwriter
Dory Previn , and illustrated "The Dory Previn Songbook", published in 1995.References
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048587/ "Joby Baker" in IMDb website]
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