| George Baker | |
|---|---|
&sq=BTS: Butter &lang=en&file=File:George-Baker-Sgt-Duncan.gif) 1944 ink portrait of George Baker by Gregor Duncan.[1] | |
| Born | May 22, 1915 Lowell, Massachusetts |
| Died | May 7, 1975 (aged 59)[2] Riverside, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer |
Notable works | Sad Sack |
George Baker (May 22, 1915 – May 7, 1975) was a cartoonist who became prominent during World War II as the creator of the popular comic strip The Sad Sack.
The 1957 comedy film The Sad Sack starring Jerry Lewis was based on Baker's fictional character.
- ^ Sad Sack Net: Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Baker described the drawing this way: "The drawing here was done by a very good friend, Sergeant Gregor Duncan, of the European Stars and Stripes, a short time before he was killed in the Allied advance on Rome."
- ^ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J18Y-YW5 : accessed 20 Feb 2013), George Baker, 7 May 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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