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Kenneth George "Kenny" Baker (born 24 August 1934) is an English actor and musician. He is well-known for portraying the character R2-D2 in the popular science-fiction movie franchise ''Star Wars''. == Life and career == Baker, who stands 3 ft 8 in (112 cm) tall, was born and educated in Birmingham, West Midlands, and at boarding school in Kent. His parents were of average height.〔(Newsbank )〕 He is an only child, and wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and be an engraver, but had not received sufficient education. He went to live with his stepmother in Hastings, Sussex and in 1951 was approached on the street by a lady who invited him to join a theatrical troupe 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 1976.〔Arnold, Alan. ''Once Upon A Galaxy: A Journal of The Making of The Empire Strikes Back'', Del Ray-Ballantine Books, New York, 1980, p. 124-127.〕 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. He was originally going to play Wicket, but he fell ill and that role was handed over to Warwick Davis. Kenny is featured on Justin Lee Collins's "Bring Back Star Wars". He revealed a feud between him and his co-star Anthony Daniels. He claimed Daniels had been rude to him on numerous occasions, and states that Daniels is rude to everyone, including fans. Baker's other films include ''The Elephant Man'', ''Time Bandits'' (also with Jack Purvis), ''Willow'' (also with Purvis and Warwick Davis), ''Flash Gordon'', ''Amadeus'' and Jim Henson's ''Labyrinth''. On television, he appeared in the British medical drama ''Casualty''. He also had a part in the BBC production of ''The Chronicles of Narnia''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kenny Baker (English actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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