- Directed The Anniversary after original director Alvin Rakoff was dismissed due to Bette Davis' refusal to work with him when he insisted using television techniques.
- Sold his production files and letters at auction in 2002/2003.
- Was hired to direct Hammer Films' Quatermass and the Pit (1967) after Val Guest turned it down due to other commitments.
- Fought for the British during World War II.
- For the last decade of his life worked as an occasional guest lecturer in Film Studies at Roehampton University, London.
- Baker's real name was Roy Horace Baker but had to change it to Roy Ward Baker in order to avoid confusion with a Hammer Films studio sound technician.
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