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Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

Acting February 12, 1936 (89 years old) May 7, 2025 Groesbeck, Texas, USA

Biography

Joe Don Baker (February 12, 1936 - May 7, 2025) was an American film actor, perhaps best known for his roles as a Mafia hitman in Charley Varrick, real-life Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser in Walking Tall, James Bond villain Brad Whitaker in The Living Daylights, and CIA agent Jack Wade in the James Bond films GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies.

Movies 61

GoldenEye 6.9

GoldenEye

as Jack Wade

1995
Tomorrow Never Dies 6.4

Tomorrow Never Dies

as Wade

1997
Mars Attacks! 6.4

Mars Attacks!

as Glenn Norris

1996
Cape Fear 7.3

Cape Fear

as Claude Kersek

1991
The Living Daylights 6.6

The Living Daylights

as Brad Whitaker

1987
Cool Hand Luke 7.7

Cool Hand Luke

as Fixer

1967
The Dukes of Hazzard 5.6

The Dukes of Hazzard

as Governor Jim Applewhite

2005
Congo 5.6

Congo

as R.B. Travis

1995
Mud 7.1

Mud

as King

2013
The Natural 6.9

The Natural

as The Whammer

1984
The Outfit 6.8

The Outfit

as Jack Cody

1973
Reality Bites 6.5

Reality Bites

as Tom Pierce

1994
Joe Dirt 5.6

Joe Dirt

as Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)

2001
Fletch 6.7

Fletch

as Chief Jerry Karlin

1985
Guns of the Magnificent Seven 5.4

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

as Slater

1969
The Valachi Papers 6.5

The Valachi Papers

as Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)

1972
The Distinguished Gentleman 6.0

The Distinguished Gentleman

as Olaf Andersen

1992
Walking Tall 6.6

Walking Tall

as Buford Pusser

1973
Charley Varrick 7.4

Charley Varrick

as Molly

1973
Criminal Law 5.6

Criminal Law

as Detective Mesel

1989
The Abduction of Kari Swenson 6.0

The Abduction of Kari Swenson

as Sheriff Onstad

1987
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

as Self

2007
Poodle Springs 5.4

Poodle Springs

as P.J. Parker

1998
Panther 6.3

Panther

as Brimmer

1995
Leonard Part 6 2.8

Leonard Part 6

as Snyderburn

1987
Strange Wilderness 4.9

Strange Wilderness

as Bill Calhoun

2008
Joysticks 4.5

Joysticks

as Joseph Rutter

1983
The Siege at Ruby Ridge 5.4

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

as Gerry Spence

1996
Junior Bonner 6.1

Junior Bonner

as Curly Bonner

1972
Wild Rovers 6.1

Wild Rovers

as Paul Buckman

1971
The Pack 6.6

The Pack

as Jerry

1977
The Grass Harp 5.9

The Grass Harp

as Sheriff Junius Candle

1996
The Underneath 5.7

The Underneath

as Clay Hinkle

1995
Checkered Flag or Crash 4.6

Checkered Flag or Crash

as Walkaway Madden

1977
Adam at Six A.M. 4.9

Adam at Six A.M.

as Harvey Gavin

1970
Citizen Cohn 6.3

Citizen Cohn

as Sen. Joseph McCarthy

1992
George Wallace 6.8

George Wallace

as Big Jim Folsom

1997
Wacko 5.0

Wacko

as Dick Harbinger

1982
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 8.0

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

as Self (archive footage)

2004
The Shadow of Chikara 4.6

The Shadow of Chikara

as Wishbone Cutter

1977
Framed 6.6

Framed

as Ron Lewis

1975
Mitchell 3.3

Mitchell

as Mitchell

1975
Speedtrap 6.3

Speedtrap

as Pete Novick

1977
The Commission 4.5

The Commission

as Rep. Hale Boggs

2003
Golden Needles 5.3

Golden Needles

as Dan Mason

1974
To Kill a Cop

To Kill a Cop

as Chief Earl M. Eischied

1978
Mongo's Back in Town 6.1

Mongo's Back in Town

as Mongo Nash

1971
That Certain Summer 6.6

That Certain Summer

as Phil Bonner

1972
Ring of Steel 4.9

Ring of Steel

as Man in Black

1994
Vegas, City of Dreams 3.4

Vegas, City of Dreams

as Dylan Garrett

2001
Final Justice 2.7

Final Justice

as Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III

1984
To Dance with Olivia 8.0

To Dance with Olivia

as Horace

1997
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys 5.2

Welcome Home, Soldier Boys

as Danny

1971
The Killing Time 5.0

The Killing Time

as Carl Cunningham

1987
Getting Even 3.4

Getting Even

as King R. Kenderson

1986
Defrosting the Fridge 3.0

Defrosting the Fridge

as Hunter McCall

1989
The Children 4.9

The Children

as Cliffe Wheater

1990
Felony 4.8

Felony

as Donovan

1996
Complex of Fear 6.8

Complex of Fear

as Det. Frank Farrel

1993
Inside 'The Living Daylights' 6.7

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

as Self

2000
Inside The Living Daylights 8.0

Inside The Living Daylights

as Self

2000

TV Shows 26

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