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Art Baker (actor), Art Baker, born Arthur Shank, (January 7, 1898 – August 26, 1966) was a film, television and radio actor of the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.Born in New York City, he was most well known for his radio and television work which began in the mid-1930s. Starting in 1938, he began Art Bakers Notebook on Los Angeles KFI radio station, which lasted for two decades. Baker appeared in over forty films including Alfred Hitchcocks Spellbound (1945), The Farmers Daughter (1947), Frank Capras State of the Union (1948), Any Number Can Play (1949) starring Clark Gable, and The Underworld Story (1950).His tall, slim frame, snow white hair, smooth slightly nasal voice and a genial nature made him a natural for playing business tycoons, doctors, and senators in various movies. Baker grew up in New York and, after a number of different jobs, eventually became an actor.He had four children, Virginia, who died of TB, Arthur (Bart), Robert and Dorothy by his first wife. They lived in Iowa.Baker was best noted for his work on the television series You Asked For It (for which he became affectionately dubbed, your genie with the light, white hair) between December 1950 and January 1958, being succeeded by Jack Smith. He died of a heart attack in a bank in L.A. in 1966.[edit] References^ http://www.bookrags.com/tandf/kfi-los-angeles-california-station-tf/[edit] External linksBiography portalArt Baker (actor) at the Internet Movie DatabaseArt Baker (actor) at AllmovieArt Baker (actor). Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11355. Retrieved October 11, 2010. PersondataNameBaker, ArtAlternative namesShank, ArthurShort descriptionFilm, television, radio actorDate of birth1898-01-07Place of birthNew York City, New YorkDate of death1966-08-26Place of deathThis article about a United States film and television actor or actress born in the 1890s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · d · eThis article about an American theatre actor born in the 1890s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · d · e This United States biographical article related to radio is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · d · eRetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Baker_(actor)Categories: American film actors | American television actors | American stage actors | Actors from New York | 1898 births | 1966 deaths | American screen actor stubs | American theatre actor, 19th century birth stubs | American radio people stubsHidden categories: Infobox person using deprecated parameters | Articles with hCardsPersonal toolsLog in / create accountNamespacesArticleDiscussionVariantsViewsReadEditView historyActionsSearchNavigationMain pageContentsFeatured contentCurrent eventsRandom articleDonate to WikipediaInteractionHelpAbout WikipediaCommunity portalRecent changesContact WikipediaToolboxWhat links hereRelated changesUpload fileSpecial pagesPermanent linkCite this pagePrint/exportCreate a bookDownload as PDFPrintable versionLanguagesFrançais This page was last modified on 8 February 2011 at 23:48.Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;additional terms may apply.See Terms of Use for details.Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.Contact usPrivacy policyAbout WikipediaDisclaimers if ( window.isMSIE55 ) fixalpha(); if (window.runOnloadHook) runOnloadHook();