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Kenny Baker, His Life Story and Iconic roles like R2D2, Star Wars Special Radio Interview | #048

4,687 views · Published 14 January 2012 · 47:30 · Indexed 21 October 2026

Channel: The Moore Show · 2012 · Education

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Kenny Baker joined Kevin to discuss his time as an actor and entertainer. Baker, who stands 3 ft 8 in (112 cm) tall, was educated in Birmingham and boarding school in Kent. He is the only son of a broken marriage, and wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and be an engraver but hadn't received sufficient education. He went to live with his stepmother in Hastings, and in 1951 was approached on the street by a lady who invited him to join a theatrical troop of dwarves and midgets. This was his first taste of show business. Later, he joined a circus for a brief time, learned to ice skate, and appeared in many ice shows. He had formed a successful comedy act called the Minitones with entertainer Jack Purvis when George Lucas hired him to be the man inside R2-D2 in Star Wars in 1977. 

Baker appears in all six of the episodic theatrical Star Wars films. Baker played an additional role in 1983's Return of the Jedi as Paploo, the Ewok who steals an Imperial speeder bike. Baker's other films include The Elephant Man, Time Bandits (also with Purvis), Amadeus, and Jim Henson's Labyrinth. On television, he appeared in the British medical drama Casualty.

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