Steve Baker

Steve Baker
Steve Baker promotional photo, ca. 1975
Born	1938
Flourished	1960s-1990s

Steve "Mr. Escape" Baker (born 1938) is a comedian, magician and escape artist. During his career from 1967 through the early 1990s Baker appeared on Dick Clark's LIVE Wednesday, Games People Play, his own HBO special Trial By Fire, and several times on That's Incredible!.

Early history

Baker's career as "Mr. Escape" began on February 22, 1967 when he presented an upside down hanging Straitjacket Escape from the Tribune Tower Building in Oakland, California. Thousands of people attended the escape along with actress Dawn Wells, and a sheriff who was a direct descendant of Wyatt Earp. The escape was documented by the British Pathe Newsreel Organization.

References

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• official website
• ITN article
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Death Race Escape First Time on TV

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