Overview
- Joby Baker died on June 22, 2026 in Mount Kisco, New York, and his family formally informed Deadline of his passing after his stepdaughter posted about it on Instagram on June 26.
- He rose to prominence as a familiar supporting and comic presence on 1960s and 1970s television and film, notably the CBS sitcom Good Morning World and three Gidget movies.
- Baker was a frequent performer in Walt Disney Studio films, with credits including The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin, Blackbeard’s Ghost, and Superdad, and he also appeared in the Elvis Presley film Girl Happy.
- His screen career began in the early 1950s and ran through guest credits into the 1980s, with his last recorded television credit in the 1984 adaptation of The Paper Chase.
- Outside of acting, Baker became an established painter and sculptor by the 1970s with gallery shows in Los Angeles, New York, and New England, and he is survived by daughters Fredricka Baker and Michelle Wayland, Scott Zimmerman, six grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter.