Baker in 1943. Also in 1943, Baker hosted CBS's Meet Joe Public, during which studio audience members expressed views on current events. In the 1930s and 1940s Baker's voice could be heard in all major markets in the United States, and he was a part of as many as 22 aired shows, commercials, or productions a week. In 1956, Time magazine featured an article on Baker titled "Radio: The Voice from Forest Lawn". Film Baker appeared in more than 40 films. His tall, slim frame, snow white hair, smooth slightly nasal voice and genial nature made him a natural choice to play business executives, doctors, and senators in film. In 1939 Baker narrated an historical documentary on the City of Glendale, California, called Glendale on Parade, which became the only documentary of its kind for the city and featured many historical landmarks and achievements in Glendale history. It also served as a time capsule capturing the everyday life of an emerging city in the 1930s. In 1943, Baker narrated the Academy Award nominated, Walt Disney produced, propaganda documentary Victory Through Air Power. This film was created to catch the attention of government officials and to build public morale among the U.S. and Allied powers. The film played a significant role for the Disney studio because it was the beginning of the company's entry into educational films in which its cartoon characters were used as marketing tools. In 1945 Baker was cast as Detective Lt. Cooley in Alfred Hitchcock's critically acclaimed and Oscar-nominated film Spellbound, starring Gregory Peck and Ingrid Bergman. In 1947 Baker worked with Loretta Young in The Farmer's Daughter. Young won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Katrin Holstrom. In 1949 Baker had title card credit in Cover Up starring William Bendix, Dennis O'Keefe, and Barbara Britton. Television Baker hosted many television shows in his career but is best known for his work on a series he created in 1950 titled You Asked for It (for which he became affectionately dubbed, the "genie with the light, white hair"). The show debuted under the title of The Art Baker Show and aired on the DuMont Television Network. The style was a write-in format that allowed viewers to make requests as to what they would like to see. The show traveled the world fulfilling requests of its viewers. In 1951 the show's name was changed to You