Didn't even know it was him.

he also starred in one the best bad tv shows ever (appropriately titled) 'the pitts'.......

Jesus, I thought for a second he had died.

Yikes don't scare me. I was filled for a moment with the dread that he'd died. He definetly is one of our best. This following statement probably makes me soulless, but I really hope SPIDER-MAN 4 focuses on Dr. Connors/The Lizard. It's time Baker had a mainstream starring villian role. He was also pretty awesome in a small part as the Attorney General on 'The West Wing'. I wish it'd been bigger.

He also has a great silent reaction shot in Elaine May's "Ishtar" which probably epitomized general audience reactions to the film as a whole.

i will defend 'ishtar' to my dying day.....

He's great in that clip. Perfection.

But I think the greatest thing he's ever done is "Happiness." He actually gives a semblance of humanity to a scheming, drugging, rapist pedophile.

Not a lot of other actors -- especially one who'd already established themselves -- could or would do that.

It's always nice to see him on screen. I just saw him today in a very small role in Across The Universe. And last night, by chance, I saw him in a small comic bit that's practically the opposite from the clip above--the handsome prince in Love Potion No. 9.

This is funny. I just noticed this was him the other day. I think it was playing on Comedy Central and I hadn't seen that scene in years. Count me among the people who thought you were going to announce his death too...

I remember after I had started noticing him in other films that I came back to watch PT&A and started laughing when this scene came up. My friends couldn't believe it and we had to watch the scene again to verify it.

Count me in the camp that believes him playing the Lizard in Spider-Man 4, and him being the sole villain, would make for a great film and a great performance.

This movie gets better each time I see it. Maybe it's just a warm and fuzzy feeling of nostalgia for having watched it so many times as a kid, but it's really fantastic. Give him the god damn gloves!

I didn't know his name until Happiness. Now that's what I think of everytime I see him. "There's that pedophile from Happiness!"

He was also terrific in "13 Days."

What's funny about this to me is that, being from Wichita, it's obviously based on reality. I don't mean that everybody's a hick like this-- although I'd never deny they exist there-- but the fact is, you CAN'T catch Amtrak in Wichita, you have to go about 30 miles to Newton to catch it. Surely John Hughes wouldn't have known that if it hadn't actually happened to him.

Well, that, and the fact that William Windom looks so much like Leo Burnett at the beginning.

Great clip. Makes me want to see the film again. They really nailed his costume and truck. I've lived in Kansas City and also West Virgina; definately have experienced many like Owen. Plenty like Owen here in Oregon too.

Just saw Dylan Baker on Broadway the other night in a new play called 'Mauritius.' Very good. F. Murray Abraham is a hell of a stage actor. Going to see this new Aaron Sorkin play tonight.

It's too bad he doesn't do more comedy. His timing is fantastic.

"What's funny about this to me is that, being from Wichita..."

Ah-HA.

Though I did like The Ice Harvest, for the most part.

As for the clip, I'm surprised you could stand it Jeffrey. It was so disgusting I couldn't get more than halfway through. And just when I was telling myself that I should finally crack and give in and watch this thing.

John Hughes revisionism is a sign of the impending apocalypse.