Leslie Baker (film executive)

Leslie Forsyth Baker, ACA, (30 April 1903 – 2 December 1981), was a British film executive based at Ealing Studios; he worked with his brother, Reginald Baker.

Biography

Baker entered the film industry in 1924 with Gainsborough Pictures; between 1930 and 1933, a senior partner in the accountancy firm of Baker, Todman and Co. He went on to become assistant general manager, production for Gainsborough and Gaumont British pictures corp, (1933–35). He was appointed director, secretary and general production manager and associate producer for Twentieth Century Productions Ltd, (1938–43). He joined Ealing studios as secretary in 1943 and was elected to the board in 1946.[1]

Baker married, in 1932, Doris Kathleen Godwin[2] born in Bristol to Leonard George Godwin, a Bread maker based in Essex.

Baker died at the age of 78.[3]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Kinematograph Year Book 1947", published by London, Kinematograph Publications Ltd, p.57
  2. ↑ General Register Office, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, District. West Ham, vol. 4a, p. 740
  3. ↑ General Register Office, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, District. Worthing, vol. 18, p. 2314

Sources

  • The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States (1931-40), by Patricia King Hanson and Alan Gevinson, published by University of California Press (1993).
  • Films Famous, Fanciful, Frolicsome & Fantastic, by John Howard Reid, published by Lulu.com



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.