Ray Baker (actor)

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1948|07|09}}

| birth_place = Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.

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| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1972–present

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{{marriage|Patricia Richardson|1982|1995|reason=divorced}}
{{marriage|Colleen Dodson|1997}}

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Ray Baker (born July 9, 1948){{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/ray-baker-p3440|title=Ray Baker|work=AllMovie.com|access-date=2017-11-30}} is an American theater, television and film actor. Baker was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He is a longtime character actor with over 100 credits on television and film. Baker is credited either as Ray or Raymond. He grew up in Denver, Colorado, and graduated from the University of Denver, before moving to New York and living and working there for twenty years. Baker appeared on and off Broadway and in regional theatre. He currently lives in Los Angeles, is married to actress and playwright Colleen Dodson, and continues working in theatre, movies, and television.

Personal life

Baker married fellow actor Patricia Richardson in 1982. They had three children together: Henry Richardson Baker (born February 22, 1985), and twins Roxanne Elizabeth Baker and Joe Castle Baker (born January 3, 1991), before they divorced in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://people.com/archive/chatter-vol-47-no-24/|title=Chatter|last=Arnold|first=Chuck|work=People|date=1997-06-23|access-date=2017-11-30}} He married another actress, Colleen Dodson-Baker, in 1997.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Ray Baker film credits
Year	Title	Role	class="unsortable" \| Notes
1972 \| Parades \| 1st CID Man \| Uncredited
1980 \| Gloria \| Assistant Bank Manager \| Raymond Baker
1983 \| Silkwood \| Pete Dawson \|
rowspan="2" \| 1984 \| C.H.U.D. \| Ad Man \| Raymond Baker
Places in the Heart \| Sheriff Royce Spalding \|
1985 \| Silverado \| Ethan McKendrick \|
rowspan="2" \| 1988 \| Everybody's All-American \| Bolling Kiely \|
Rain Man \| Mr. Kelso \|
1989 \| Physical Evidence \| Strickler \|
rowspan="3" \| 1990 \| Heart Condition \| Harry Zara \|
Total Recall \| Bob McClane \|
Masters of Menace \| Riley Hoover \|
rowspan="2" \| 1993 \| Hexed \| Victor Thummell \|
Freaked \| Bill Blazer \|
rowspan="5" \| 1994 \| The Hard Truth \| Hamilton Nichols \|
Camp Nowhere \| Norris Prescott \|
Ed Wood \| Doctor \|
On Hope \| Phillip \| (Short)
Speechless \| Garvin \|
1995 \| The Final Cut \| Colonel Forsyth \|
1996 \| Executive Decision \| 747 Captain \|
rowspan="2" \| 1997 \| Living in Peril \| Martin Campbell \|
A Thousand Acres \| Wallace Crockett \|
1998 \| Hard Rain \| The Mayor \|
rowspan="2" \| 1999 \| Anywhere but Here \| Ted \|
Girl, Interrupted \| Carl Kaysen \|
2000 \| What Lies Beneath \| Dr. Stan Powell \|
2001 \| Sweet November \| Buddy Leach \|
2002 \| The Trip \| Peter Baxter \|
2003 \| Holes \| Assistant Attorney General \|
rowspan="2" \| 2004 \| Without a Paddle \| Sheriff Briggs \|
The Last Run \| Mr. Powers \|
2005 \| Coach Carter \| St. Francis Coach \|
2017 \| The Keeping Hours \| Lenn \|
2018 \| Yegua \| Dr. De La Cruz \|

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Ray Baker film credits

Year

Title

Role

class="unsortable" | Notes

1972

| Parades

| 1st CID Man

| Uncredited

1980

| Gloria

| Assistant Bank Manager

| Raymond Baker

1983

| Silkwood

| Pete Dawson

rowspan="2" | 1984

| C.H.U.D.

| Ad Man

| Raymond Baker

Places in the Heart

| Sheriff Royce Spalding

1985

| Silverado

| Ethan McKendrick

rowspan="2" | 1988

| Everybody's All-American

| Bolling Kiely

Rain Man

| Mr. Kelso

1989

| Physical Evidence

| Strickler

rowspan="3" | 1990

| Heart Condition

| Harry Zara

Total Recall

| Bob McClane

Masters of Menace

| Riley Hoover

rowspan="2" | 1993

| Hexed

| Victor Thummell

Freaked

| Bill Blazer

rowspan="5" | 1994

| The Hard Truth

| Hamilton Nichols

Camp Nowhere

| Norris Prescott

Ed Wood

| Doctor

On Hope

| Phillip

| (Short)

Speechless

| Garvin

1995

| The Final Cut

| Colonel Forsyth

1996

| Executive Decision

| 747 Captain

rowspan="2" | 1997

| Living in Peril

| Martin Campbell

A Thousand Acres

| Wallace Crockett

1998

| Hard Rain

| The Mayor

rowspan="2" | 1999

| Anywhere but Here

| Ted

Girl, Interrupted

| Carl Kaysen

2000

| What Lies Beneath

| Dr. Stan Powell

2001

| Sweet November

| Buddy Leach

2002

| The Trip

| Peter Baxter

2003

| Holes

| Assistant Attorney General

rowspan="2" | 2004

| Without a Paddle

| Sheriff Briggs

The Last Run

| Mr. Powers

2005

| Coach Carter

| St. Francis Coach

2017

| The Keeping Hours

| Lenn

2018

| Yegua

| Dr. De La Cruz

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Ray Baker television credits
Year	Title	Role	class="unsortable" \| Notes
1977 \| Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years \| James Roosevelt \| TV movie
1978 \| Ryan's Hope \| Officer Malloy \| 2 episodes
1981 \| Dream House \| Steve Corcoran \| TV movie
1982 \| The Neighborhood \| Reporter \| TV movie
1984 \| Double Trouble \| Announcer \| Episode: "One Drives, the Other Doesn't"
rowspan="4" \| 1986 \| Rockabye \| Donald F. Donald \| TV movie
Spenser: For Hire \| Matt Wilson \| Episode: "In a Safe Place"
Nobody's Child \| Joe Balter \| TV movie
Taking It Home \| Johnny \| TV movie
1985–1986 \| The Equalizer \| Dana Caldrin \| {{Hidden\|{{align\|left\|3 episodes}}\| "The Lock Box" {{small\|(S1.E4)}} "Desperately" {{small\|(S1.E11)}} "Dead Drop" {{small\|(S1.E15)}} }}
rowspan="6" \| 1987 \| At Mother's Request \| Mike George \| miniseries
American Playhouse \| Dan Morgan \| Episode: "Stacking"
The Cosby Show \| Mr. Schrader \| Episode: "Calling Doctor Huxtable"
ABC Afterschool Specials \| Dr. Thomas Crandall \| Episode: "Supermom's Daughter"
The Long Journey Home \| Grey Harrison \| TV movie
Leg Work \| Douglas J. Hewitt \| Episode: "Mystery Woman"
rowspan="3" \| 1988 \| TerrorVision \| Frank \|
Heartbeat \| Dr. Stan Gorshalk \| 6 episodes
Disaster at Silo 7 \| Colonel Chadwick \| TV movie
rowspan="3" \| 1989 \| Parent Trap III \| Nick \| TV movie
Booker \| Raymond Crane \| Episode: "Wheels and Deals: Part 1"
21 Jump Street \| Raymond Crane \| Episode: "Wheels and Deals: Part 2"
1990 \| She Said No \| Frank Igus \| TV movie
1990–1991 \| Down Home \| Wade Prescott \| 19 episodes
rowspan="2" \| 1992 \| In Sickness and in Health \| Sam \| TV movie
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter \| Jack Earley \| TV movie
rowspan="2" \| 1993 \| River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene \| Coy Baron \| TV movie
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues \| Paul Caldrin \| Episode: "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden"
1991–1994 \| Home Improvement \| Inspector / Tool Time Audience member \| 2 episodes
rowspan="2" \| 1994 \| Under Suspicion \| Chief Jack DeSort \|
Locals \| \| TV movie
rowspan="2" \| 1995 \| The Secretary \| Lester Howland \| TV movie
Never Say Never: The Deidre Hall Story \| Deidre's First Husband \| TV movie
rowspan="5" \| 1996 \| A Friend's Betrayal \| Robert (uncredited) \| TV movie
The Tomorrow Man \| Berman \| TV movie
Dark Angel \| \| TV movie
She Cried No \| Mark Baker \| TV movie
Assault on Dome 4 \| Chief of Staff Dan Block \| TV movie
rowspan="3" \| 1997 \| Echo \| Stu Fishman \| TV movie
Perfect Body \| Elliot Bradley \| TV movie
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest \| Wilder \| TV movie
1996–1997 \| Suddenly Susan \| Bill Keane \| 3 episodes
1998 \| Oklahoma City: A Survivor's Story \| Roy Salyers \| TV movie
1997–1998 \| Cybill \| Dr. Richard Thorpe \| 11 episodes
1999 \| Pensacola: Wings of Gold \| Pearly \| Episode: "Fox Two"
rowspan="3" \| 2000 \| The West Wing \| Jonathan Lydell \| Episode: "Take Out the Trash Day"
Ali: An American Hero \| \| TV movie
3rd Rock from the Sun \| Mr. Demarmel \| Episode: "Why Dickie Can't Teach
rowspan="2" \| 2001 \| Area 52 \| Falcone \| TV movie
Crossing Jordan \| FBI Agent / Major \| Episode: "Sight Unseen"
rowspan="4" \| 2002 \| First Monday \| \| Episode: :The Price of Liberty"
Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity \| Johny \| TV movie
Days of Our Lives \| Frank Daniels \| Episode #1.9366
The American Embassy \| \| Episode: "Agent Provocateur"
rowspan="3" \| 2003 \| The Shield \| Detective Tom Gannon \| Episode: "Co-pilot"
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out \| Harris \| TV movie
The Guardian \| Albert Aaronson \| Episode: "The Father-Daughter Dance
2001-2004 \| JAG \| Major General Finstra / Admiral Hollenbeck \| 2 episodes
rowspan="3" \| 2005 \| Cold Case \| Brian \| Episode: "Revolution"
Alien Siege \| The President \| TV movie
Path of Destruction \| \| TV movie
2003–2005 \| Without a Trace \| Victor Fitzgerald \| 3 episodes
rowspan="3" \| 2006 \| Numb3rs \| Jack Bennett \| Episode: "Protest"
Criminal Minds \| Bruno Hawks \| Episode: "Secrets and Lies"
ER \| Durant \| Episode: "Ames v. Kovac"
rowspan="3" \| 2007 \| Claire \| Sheriff Birch \| TV movie
Cane \| Randall Eames 2007 \| Episode: "The Two Alex Vegas"
Bones \| Daniel Dillon \| Episode: "Boy in the Time Capsule"
2008 \| Heroes \| Mr. Millbrook \| Episode: "The Eclipse"
2015 \| House of Lies \| Cal Manchester \| Episode: "The Urge To..."
2016 \| Animal Kingdom \| Isaiah \| Episode: "Goddam Animals"
2017 \| Love at First Glance \| John Landers \| TV movie

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Ray Baker television credits

Year

Title

Role

class="unsortable" | Notes

1977

| Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

| James Roosevelt

| TV movie

1978

| Ryan's Hope

| Officer Malloy

| 2 episodes

1981

| Dream House

| Steve Corcoran

| TV movie

1982

| The Neighborhood

| Reporter

| TV movie

1984

| Double Trouble

| Announcer

| Episode: "One Drives, the Other Doesn't"

rowspan="4" | 1986

| Rockabye

| Donald F. Donald

| TV movie

Spenser: For Hire

| Matt Wilson

| Episode: "In a Safe Place"

Nobody's Child

| Joe Balter

| TV movie

Taking It Home

| Johnny

| TV movie

1985–1986

| The Equalizer

| Dana Caldrin

| {{Hidden|{{align|left|3 episodes}}|

"The Lock Box" {{small|(S1.E4)}}

"Desperately" {{small|(S1.E11)}}

"Dead Drop" {{small|(S1.E15)}}

}}

rowspan="6" | 1987

| At Mother's Request

| Mike George

| miniseries

American Playhouse

| Dan Morgan

| Episode: "Stacking"

The Cosby Show

| Mr. Schrader

| Episode: "Calling Doctor Huxtable"

ABC Afterschool Specials

| Dr. Thomas Crandall

| Episode: "Supermom's Daughter"

The Long Journey Home

| Grey Harrison

| TV movie

Leg Work

| Douglas J. Hewitt

| Episode: "Mystery Woman"

rowspan="3" | 1988

| TerrorVision

| Frank

Heartbeat

| Dr. Stan Gorshalk

| 6 episodes

Disaster at Silo 7

| Colonel Chadwick

| TV movie

rowspan="3" | 1989

| Parent Trap III

| Nick

| TV movie

Booker

| Raymond Crane

| Episode: "Wheels and Deals: Part 1"

21 Jump Street

| Raymond Crane

| Episode: "Wheels and Deals: Part 2"

1990

| She Said No

| Frank Igus

| TV movie

1990–1991

| Down Home

| Wade Prescott

| 19 episodes

rowspan="2" | 1992

| In Sickness and in Health

| Sam

| TV movie

Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter

| Jack Earley

| TV movie

rowspan="2" | 1993

| River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene

| Coy Baron

| TV movie

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

| Paul Caldrin

| Episode: "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden"

1991–1994

| Home Improvement

| Inspector / Tool Time Audience member

| 2 episodes

rowspan="2" | 1994

| Under Suspicion

| Chief Jack DeSort

Locals

| TV movie

rowspan="2" | 1995

| The Secretary

| Lester Howland

| TV movie

Never Say Never: The Deidre Hall Story

| Deidre's First Husband

| TV movie

rowspan="5" | 1996

| A Friend's Betrayal

| Robert (uncredited)

| TV movie

The Tomorrow Man

| Berman

| TV movie

Dark Angel

| TV movie

She Cried No

| Mark Baker

| TV movie

Assault on Dome 4

| Chief of Staff Dan Block

| TV movie

rowspan="3" | 1997

| Echo

| Stu Fishman

| TV movie

Perfect Body

| Elliot Bradley

| TV movie

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

| Wilder

| TV movie

1996–1997

| Suddenly Susan

| Bill Keane

| 3 episodes

1998

| Oklahoma City: A Survivor's Story

| Roy Salyers

| TV movie

1997–1998

| Cybill

| Dr. Richard Thorpe

| 11 episodes

1999

| Pensacola: Wings of Gold

| Pearly

| Episode: "Fox Two"

rowspan="3" | 2000

| The West Wing

| Jonathan Lydell

| Episode: "Take Out the Trash Day"

Ali: An American Hero

| TV movie

3rd Rock from the Sun

| Mr. Demarmel

| Episode: "Why Dickie Can't Teach

rowspan="2" | 2001

| Area 52

| Falcone

| TV movie

Crossing Jordan

| FBI Agent / Major

| Episode: "Sight Unseen"

rowspan="4" | 2002

| First Monday

| Episode: :The Price of Liberty"

Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity

| Johny

| TV movie

Days of Our Lives

| Frank Daniels

| Episode #1.9366

The American Embassy

| Episode: "Agent Provocateur"

rowspan="3" | 2003

| The Shield

| Detective Tom Gannon

| Episode: "Co-pilot"

44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out

| Harris

| TV movie

The Guardian

| Albert Aaronson

| Episode: "The Father-Daughter Dance

2001-2004

| JAG

| Major General Finstra / Admiral Hollenbeck

| 2 episodes

rowspan="3" | 2005

| Cold Case

| Brian

| Episode: "Revolution"

Alien Siege

| The President

| TV movie

Path of Destruction

| TV movie

2003–2005

| Without a Trace

| Victor Fitzgerald

| 3 episodes

rowspan="3" | 2006

| Numb3rs

| Jack Bennett

| Episode: "Protest"

Criminal Minds

| Bruno Hawks

| Episode: "Secrets and Lies"

| Durant

| Episode: "Ames v. Kovac"

rowspan="3" | 2007

| Claire

| Sheriff Birch

| TV movie

Cane

| Randall Eames 2007

| Episode: "The Two Alex Vegas"

Bones

| Daniel Dillon

| Episode: "Boy in the Time Capsule"

2008

| Heroes

| Mr. Millbrook

| Episode: "The Eclipse"

2015

| House of Lies

| Cal Manchester

| Episode: "The Urge To..."

2016

| Animal Kingdom

| Isaiah

| Episode: "Goddam Animals"

2017

| Love at First Glance

| John Landers

| TV movie

Theatre

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Ray Baker Theatre credits
Year	Title	Role	class="unsortable" \| Notes
1982–1985 \| Torch Song Trilogy \| Ed \|
1982 \| Is there life after high school? \| \|
1981–1983 \| Crimes of the Heart \| Doc Porter \|
1980 \| Division Street \| Chris \|
1979 \| Are You Now or Have You Ever Been \| Larry Parks \|

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Ray Baker Theatre credits

Year

Title

Role

class="unsortable" | Notes

1982–1985

| Torch Song Trilogy

| Ed

1982

| Is there life after high school?

1981–1983