He was, according to Ruth Rendell, ‘not just an unforgettable actor, but the most wonderfully warm and vibrant person’.The last book I read was Rendell's The Monster In The Box featuring Inspector Wexford.
She created George Baker’s most famous role, the affable, homely Inspector Wexford, in 23 novels written over four decades.
But it is Baker, who on Friday died of pneumonia aged 80, whom the crime author credits with turning her character into one of Britain’s best-loved fictional detectives through his performance in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries.
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