Kenny Baker - biography

“I’ve got very attached to Artoo and it’s like being back home again when I get inside him.  They can use the robot without me - anyone can operate him - but I still feel he’s part of me.”

“It took a bit of getting used to, learning all the controls inside Artoo.  But since then the cables have all been neatly tucked away, the nuts and bolts are cleaned off, there’s a seat inside and grab handles.”

“My son loves Artoo and the fact that he’s me.  We’ve got Artoos all over the place at home - remote-controlled ones, miniature ones, money boxes...  My wife gets pretty tired of dusting all the robots in our family.”

“I skated in ice shows all over Europe and South Africa for 20 years.  I love to ice skate.”

“I started out Ice skating with Holiday On Ice and just got offered the part of R2 by chance.”

“I’ve been in show business for 50, no, 60 years.  I was approached in school to join a variety act.”

Kenny Baker has appeared in the following films:
College Rhythm (1934)
George White’s 1935 Scandals (1935)
Metropolitan (1935)
King of Burlesque (1936)
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)
The King and the Chorus Girl (1937)
The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
At the Circus (1939)
The Mikado (1939)
Doughboys in Ireland (1943)
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Face the Music (1954)
Circus of Horrors (1960)
Star Wars (1977)
Wombling Free (1977)
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Time Bandits (1981)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Amadeus (1984)
Mona Lisa (1986)
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
The King and I (1999)
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)