Kenny Baker

Kenneth George Baker (born 28 August 1934 in Birmingham, England; died 13 August 2016 in Preston, Lancashire, England) was an English actor and musician. He portrayed the character R2-D2 in the  first five Star Wars films (1977-2015) and also appeared in Flash Gordon (1980), The Elephant Man (1980), Time Bandits (1981), Amadeus (1984), Labyrinth (1986) and Willow (1988).

I met Kenny at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2009.

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