Joby Baker, one of the 1960’s and ’70’s more familiar faces in drama and comedy, and a go-to Walt Disney Studios young actor during the era, died June 22, 2026, of natural causes in Mount Kisco, New York. He was 92.

His death was announced to Deadline by his family.

Born Joseph N. Baker on March 26, 1934, in Montreal, Baker pursued acting at a young age and specialized in light comedy, with roles in 1960’s The Wackiest Ship in the Army starring Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson, and in Gidget Goes Hawaiian in 1961 and, in 1963, Gidget Goes To Rome. In 1965, he co-starred in the Elvis Presley vehicle Girl Happy as the comic relief bass player in the pop band headed by Presley’s character.

In the 60’s and 70’s Baker became one of Walt Disney Studios go-to young actors, appearing in 1967’s The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin, starring Roddy McDowall, a year later in Blackbeard’s Ghost, starring Dean Jones and, as the pirate spirit of the title, Peter Ustinov. In 1973, Baker appeared in Disney’s Superdad starring Bob Crane and Kurt Russell.

Baker remained a steady TV presence throughout the 1970s with roles in Barnaby Jones, Police Story, Medical Center, The City and, in 1981, Simon & Simon and Quincy M.E., among others.

Baker is survived by daughters Fredricka Baker and Michelle Wayland; Scott Zimmerman, whom he helped raise as a son; six grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.

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