Joby Baker(1934-2026)

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After being in Hollywood for a month with lots of compliments but no offers, girl next door Libby Caruso decides to give up on having a singing career and focus on what she believes is her destiny: to be a wife, hopefully to a doctor. To nab a husband, she believes she has to get a job where many eligible bachelors would notice her, that job despite she having no skills besides singing. Away from her job as a Girl Friday at a brokerage firm, Libby, upon seeing him, believes she is destined to marry Paul Davis, who works at the product development company where Libby's best friend and roommate Jan McNair works, and who believes he is God's gift to the world, if only anyone would notice. Jan knows that Libby isn't Paul's type, he who didn't even notice her. However, who may be Libby's type, but who she in turn didn't really notice is Cuz Rickover, part-time supermarket stock-boy and part-time bass player among some other part-time activities. Ultimately, Paul believes he can help Libby and in turn help himself in developing a product for market that Libby created to make her 9-to-5 life easier. But as Paul helps Libby with the product with Libby in turn hoping to get Paul to ask her to marry him, Libby gets an opportunity to showcase her singing to a wide audience. So as Libby's 9-to-5 life, her pursuit of a husband, the product development and the singing seem to be moving up and down simultaneously, Libby has to decide where her focus lies. The answers as to what she should do with her life may just fall into place by others giving those areas a little push.

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Looking for Love (1964)

Joby Baker was born on 26 March 1934 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Girl Happy (1965), Gidget (1959) and Quincy, M.E. (1976). He was married to Dory Previn, Joyce Harriet Winter, Joan Blackman and Megan. He died on 22 June 2026 in Mount Kisco, New York, USA.

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Known for

Girl Happy

6.4

Wilbur

1965

Gidget

6.6

Stinky

1959

Quincy, M.E.

7.3

TV Series

Will Sabarosa
Tim Morgan
Ken Jackson
Donald Bigelow

Key Witness

6.1

Muggles

1960

Credits

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Actor

The Paper Chase
8.1
TV Series
- Police Detective
- 1984
Tucker's Witch
7.4
TV Series
- Mickey Daugherty
- 1983
McClain's Law
7.5
TV Series
- Dr. Lester
- 1982
Quincy, M.E.
7.3
TV Series
- Will Sabarosa
- Tim Morgan
- Ken Jackson ...
- 1977–1982
Simon & Simon
7.1
TV Series
- Parker Stans
- 1981
The Six O'Clock Follies
6.0
TV Series
- Col. Harvey Mann
- 1980
Nobody's Perfect
6.6
TV Series
- Dixie
- 1980
Jimmy B. & André
7.1
TV Movie
- Judge Tom Lucci
- 1980
Stone
6.7
TV Series
- Murray Weinstock
- 1979–1980
Sex and the Single Parent
6.2
TV Movie
- Millard
- 1979
Stone
7.5
TV Movie
- Murray Weinstock
- 1979
Avalanche
3.8
- TV Director
- 1978
Most Wanted
6.8
TV Series
- Pete Kerman
- 1977
The City
6.0
TV Movie
- Mel Greenwall
- 1977
Gemini Man
6.3
TV Series
- Josef
- 1976