Kenneth George was born in Birmingham, England back in 1934 to Harold and Ethel. He lived with his father and stepmother in Hastings, Sussex.He worked for a circus where he learned to ice skate. Having a taste of show business, he formed a comedy act called the Minitones, making the nightclub circuit. He was able to land some roles in several films. Living in Preston, Lancashire he died just 11 days prior to his 82nd birthday. What you may not know about Kenneth George Baker is that he is best remembered as the character of R2-D2 in the Star Wars movies, for you see he stood only 3’08” tall. He married Eileen who also had dwarfism. They had two children who did not inherit dwarfism. On a side note he also was the Ewok in the 1983 Return of the Jedi film. Until tomorrow keep that ...
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