Trivia

Mentioned in Danny Sugerman and Jerry Hopkins' book "No One Here Gets Out Alive" - he was part of the Warhol factory hangers-on - he befriended Jim Morrison, who recognized Baker from an earlier film in which he did full frontal nudity

Died in New York City, on the Lower East Side, in a "shooting gallery" for heroin addicts in 1982. He passed in the arms of friends in what was a seedy, burned out junk-house.

Portrayed on stage by Clay Wilcox in the 1991 Los Angeles' production of Jay Jeffrey Jones' play The Lizard King. The play was partially informed by Jones' conversations with Baker (shortly before his death) concerning his relationships with Jim Morrison and Morrison's long term girlfriend Pamela Courson.

Is portrayed by Michael Madsen in Oliver Stone's film "The Doors", chronicling Baker's friendship and party life with Jim Morrison.

Began his career as a stage actor living and working in New York City and assisted Norman Mailer on the stage adaptation of Mailer's novel The Deer Park.

Despite his counter-culture background with Andy Warhol and Jim Morrison, Tom was an old school square-jawed, tough-looking actor who, in the 1970's, often portrayed intense lawmen, like in Rollercoaster (FBI Agent) and Two-Minute Warning (SWAT Team member).