Reginald Baker (film producer)
| Reginald Poynton Baker | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Reginald Poynton Baker 19 July 1896 Leytonstone, Essex, England |
| Died | 31 January 1985 Sydney, Australia |
| Residence | Loddenden Manor, Staplehurst, Kent |
| Occupation | Chairman and managing director of Ealing Studios |
| Spouse(s) | Gwendolyn Emily Christabel Baker née Webb (m. 1917, died. 1962) |
| Children | Capt Peter Baker |
| Relatives | Leslie Forsyth Baker (brother), film executive |
Reginald Poynton Baker, MC, FCA, FRSA, (19 July 1896 – 31 January 1985), was a British film producer and a major contributor to the development of the British film industry. Along with his younger brother Leslie Forsyth, he played a decisive role in establishing Ealing Studios. He was the father of Conservative MP Peter Baker. Baker died in Australia aged 89.
From 1943 to 1946, Baker was president of the Kinematograph Renter's Society of Great Britain and Ireland (KRS) and from 1950 to 1953, president of the British Film Producers Association (BFPA).
He lived at Loddenden Manor, a 300 acres estate, Staplehurst, Kent until 1954.
A soldier, a successful accountant and a movie magnate, Baker was descended from an old Norfolk family, the fourth of the five children of Samuel Henry Baker (1866–1918), a manager of chemical works of 44 James Lane,Leytonstone, Essex and his wife Jane Louisa Baker (1870-1955) née Christoffer, daughter of builder John Cort Christoffer (1834–1913).
He married in 1917 Gwendolyn Emily Christabel, daughter of Arthur Webb, a Draper from Romford, Essex.
Baker was a remote relative of British Army officers Sir Arthur Borton and Brigadier General Neville Travers Borton Pasha CMG (1870-1938), Postmaster general in Egypt and British military governor of Jerusalem, the first incumbent of the office, due to health problems was replaced by Sir Ronald Storrs. Baker was also related to Neville Arthur Blachley Borton.
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