---
name: "Don Henderson Baker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/don-henderson-baker"
fi1m_id: "don-henderson-baker"
imdb_id: "nm0048352"
tmdb_id: 107406
wikidata_id: "Q89889386"
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T22:24:39.837738+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Don Henderson Baker

## Identity

Don Henderson Baker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/don-henderson-baker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** don-henderson-baker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0048352
- **TMDB ID:** 107406
- **Wikidata ID:** Q89889386
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89889386, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048352/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107406

Actor.

## Details

- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89889386, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048352/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107406

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Lizzie*](https://film.one/film/lizzie.md) (60)

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## Biography

Don Henderson Baker is an American actor. His film credits include *October Sky* (1999) as Jensen, *Runaway Jury* (2003) as Thernstrom, *Lincoln* (2012) as Walter Appleton and *Lizzie* (2018) as Marshall Hilliard.

He has also appeared in television series including *Will Trent* (2023) as Mr Dennis Murray and *Sweet Magnolias* (2025). Baker directed and wrote the short film *Willow Garden* (2006).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lizzie* (2018), Fi1m 60, as Marshall Hilliard — [page](https://film.one/film/lizzie.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Palm Sunday* (2023), as Pastor John Evans
- *Will Trent* (2023), series, as Mr. Dennis Murray
- *Talk Black* (2022), as Johnny
- *Drought* (2021), as Earl
- *Behind the Movement* (2018), as Desk Sergeant
- *Lizzie* (2018), as Marshall Hilliard — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/lizzie.md)
- *Hover* (2018), as Charles Raymond
- *Sophie and the Rising Sun* (2016), as Dr. Gilbert
- *Well Wishes* (2015), as Durwood
- *Don't Know Yet* (2014), as Bob
- *Infliction* (2014), as Joe Stiles
- *Lincoln* (2012), as Walter Appleton — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/lincoln.md)
- *When Walt Whitman Was a Little Girl* (2012), as Narrator
- *Crystal River* (2008), as Mr. Bryant
- *The List* (2007), as Weiss's Bodygaurd
- *The Work and the Glory II: American Zion* (2005), as Ezra Booth
- *Surface* (2005), series, as Dave Wolff
- *Runaway Jury* (2003), as Thernstrom
- *A Touch of Fate* (2003), as Det. Joe
- *The Angel Doll* (2002), as Somber Man
- *Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood* (2002), as Confessional Priest
- *New Best Friend* (2002), as Haas
- *Leo* (2002), as Jack (as Don Baker)
- *October Sky* (1999), as Jensen
- *Mama Flora's Family* (1998), series, as Clerk (1955)
- *Perfect Crime* (1997), as Bob's Dad
- *American Gothic* (1995), series, Actor
- *Christy* (1994), series, as Kyle Coburn

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