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Finding Aid for the Frank Baker papers, ca. 1928-1934
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Title: Frank Baker papers
Date (inclusive): ca. 1928-1934
Collection number: 1911
Creator:
Frank Baker, 1892-1980
Extent:
1 flat box.
Abstract: Frank Baker was an Australian actor and stuntman in Hollywood whose career spanned from 1912 to 1970. This collection consists
of ink drawings, color paintings and notes of costumes and locations he made for the films
The Bushranger (1928, directed by Chester Withey) and
The Lost Patrol (1934, directed by John Ford).
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
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Processed by Yasmin Damshenas in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Lilace Hatayama,
December 2011.
[Identification of item], Frank Baker papers (Collection 1911). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
6938409
Frank Baker was an Australian actor and stuntman in Hollywood whose career spanned from 1912 to 1970. He was born in Melbourne,
Australia in 1892 and was the brother of Snowy Baker, a well-known silent film star and boxing promoter in Australia. Both
men eventually settled in Hollywood in the 1920s. Over his career Frank appeared in 18 John Ford films and was considered
a member of the "John Ford stock company," a group of actors who regularly worked with Ford. During the Depression Baker sent
checks to 22 families on a weekly basis for Ford who wanted to remain an anonymous donor. Baker appeared in bit parts in about
100 films over his long career including
Of Human Bondage (1934),
The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935),
Stagecoach (1939),
That Forsyte Woman (1949),
The Quiet Man (1952) and
My Fair Lady (1964). He passed away at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California in 1980.
This collection consists of ink drawings, color paintings and notes by Frank Baker of costumes and locations for the films
The Bushranger (1928, directed by Chester Withey) and
The Lost Patrol (1934, directed by John Ford).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Baker, Frank, 1892-1980 --Archives.
Stunt performers --California --Los Angeles --Archival resources.