Chris Baay

Biography

Johannes Christiaan Baay (1904 - 1991) was a Dutch actor. Starting out as a civil servant, he made his stage debut at the age of 26 at the Amsterdamsch Tooneel company under Albert van Dalsum and Eduard Verkade. He has subsequently been associated with a great many Dutch theater companies. With the exception of the war years, he was active on stage, as well as film and television, until he was in his late seventies. Because he remained active into old age, the number of productions in which he participated is extremely extensive.

Known For

The Silent Raid

as Vos

A Kingdom for a Horse

as Ambtenaar / Verteller

The Ghost Train

as Eddy

Every Day's a Holiday

Ballade van den hoogen hoed

The Crosspatch

as Schimmelman

Tomorrow It Will Be Better

as Bob

Klokslag twaalf

Cesare

as Giovanni Bianchi

Het kind der tienduizenden

as Bourgeois man