Reginald Baker (other)
Reginald Baker may refer to: * Reginald Baker (film producer) (1896–1985), British film producer * Reginald Tustin Baker (1900–1966), English organist and composer * Snowy Baker (Reginald Leslie Baker, 1884–1953), Australian sportsman, sports promoter and actor * Reg Baker Arthur Reginald Baker (18 September 1899 – 1 September 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). VFL career One of three brothers to play in the VFL (along wit ...

Reginald Baker (film Producer)
Reginald Poynton Baker, MC FCA FRSA (19 July 1896 – 31 January 1985) was a British film producer and a major contributor to the development of the British film industry. Along with his younger brother Leslie Forsyth, he played a decisive role in establishing Ealing Studios. He was the father of Conservative MP Peter Baker. Baker died in Australia aged 89. From 1943 to 1946, Baker was president of the Kinematograph Renter's Society of Great Britain and Ireland (KRS) and from 1950 to 1953, president of the British Film Producers Association (BFPA). He lived at Loddenden Manor, a 300 acres estate situated in Staplehurst, Kent until 1954. Family and early life A soldier, a successful accountant and a movie magnate, Baker was the fourth of the five children of Samuel Henry Baker (1866–1918), a manager of chemical works who lived at 44 James Lane in Leytonstone, Essex and his wife Jane Louisa Baker (1870–1955), the daughter of builder John Cort Christoffer (1834–1913). I ...
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Reginald Tustin Baker
Reginald Tustin Baker (4 July 1900 – 18 December 1966) was an English organist and composer. Biography Baker was born in 1900 in Gloucester,''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915'' the son of Albert William Baker (b. 1860) and Emily Jane Tustin (1861–1918). He studied organ under Herbert Brewer at Gloucester Cathedral and became his assistant from 1920–26, after fighting in the British Army during the First World War. He died in December 1966 in Sheffield Cathedral following Evening Prayer. Appointments *Assistant organist of Gloucester Cathedral 1920–26 *Organist of St. Luke's Church, San Francisco 1926–28 *Organist of Hexham Abbey 1928–29 *Organist of Halifax Minster after 1929–37 *Organist of Sheffield Cathedral The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul, Sheffield, more commonly known as Sheffield Cathedral, is the cathedral church for the Church of England diocese of Sheffield, England. Originally a parish church, it was ...
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Snowy Baker
Reginald Leslie "Snowy" Baker (8 February 18842 December 1953) was an Australian athlete, sports promoter, and actor. Born in Surry Hills, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Baker excelled at a number of sports, winning New South Wales swimming and boxing championships while still a teenager. Playing rugby union for Eastern Suburbs, he played several games for New South Wales against Queensland, and in 1904 represented Australia in two Test matches against Great Britain. At the 1908 London Olympics, Baker represented Australasia in swimming and diving, as well as taking part in the middleweight boxing event, in which he won a silver medal. He also excelled in horsemanship, water polo, running, rowing and cricket.Mandle W. F.Baker, Reginald Leslie (Snowy) (1884–1953), Australian Dictionary of Biography 1979. Accessed 30 January 2015 However, "His stature as an athlete depends largely upon the enormous range rather than the outstanding excellence of his acti ...
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