Die Gänsemagd
He debuted with the young Shakespearian actor Walker Whiteside in "Hamlet" as Laertes and would later tour with companies headed by Nance O'Neil, McKee Rankin, David Higgins, Russ Wytal Brady and others. Baker spent a number of seasons in vaudeville with Sadie Martinot, Marie Dupont and Eva Taylor. He later worked as a producer, actor and playwright in partnership with James W. Castle on theatrical productions of Graustark, based on the book by George Barr McCutcheon and The Brothers Grimm fairy tale, "The Goose Girl". Baker would some years later adapt both stories for film. Baker also penned the plays "His Brother’s Birthright" and "As the Sun Went Down".