Joseph N. "Joby" Baker (born March 26, 1934) is a Canadian actor and painter, long based in the United States.

[3] Judi Meredith played his wife, Jenny, whose death leads him to take an adopted son, Tad, on his remaining westward journeys.

Baker began a long association with Walt Disney Studios where he appeared in The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1966),[4] Blackbeard's Ghost (1968),[5] and Superdad (1974).

In 1967–68, he had a lead role in Good Morning World, a short-lived sitcom about a pair of disc jockeys named Lewis and Clarke.

[6] This was followed by a succession of character roles, including an appearance in an episode of the 1973 situation comedy A Touch of Grace and a stint as "Colonel Marvin" on the 1980 sitcom Six O'Clock Follies.