Acting · 1936
Joe Don Baker
Born Feb 12, 1936·Groesbeck, Texas, USA·Died May 7, 2025 (89)
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.
Filmography
37 titles- 2013
MudKing7.1Movie - 2005
The Dukes of HazzardGovernor Jim Applewhite5.6Movie - 2001
Joe DirtDon, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)5.7Movie - 1999
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris DukeBuck Duke5.5Show - 1997
Tomorrow Never DiesWade6.4Movie - 1996
Mars Attacks!Glenn Norris6.4Movie - 1996
The Siege at Ruby RidgeGerry SpenceShow - 1995
GoldenEyeJack Wade6.9Movie - 1995
CongoR.B. Travis5.6Movie - 1994
Reality BitesTom Pierce6.5Movie - 1992
The Distinguished GentlemanOlaf Andersen6.0Movie - 1991
Cape FearClaude Kersek7.3Movie - 1987
The Living DaylightsBrad Whitaker6.6Movie - 1985
Screen TwoHunter McCall7.1Show - 1985
Edge of DarknessDarius Jedburgh8.1Show - 1985
FletchChief Jerry Karlin6.8Movie - 1984
The NaturalThe Whammer6.9Movie - 1979
EischiedEarl Eischied7.0Show - 1973
Doc ElliotAaron Hickey7.0Show - 1973
Walking TallBuford Pusser6.6Movie - 1973
Charley VarrickMolly7.4Movie - 1972
The Streets of San FranciscoLeonard Collier Cord7.1Show - 1969
Guns of the Magnificent SevenSlater5.4Movie - 1968
The Mod SquadWillie Turner6.1Show - 1968
LancerDay Pardee5.6Show - 1968
The OutsiderBilly Joe Corey6.0Show - 1967
IronsideEric Blair6.8Show - 1967
The High ChaparralYuma6.8Show - 1967
Judd, for the DefenseMerl Varney7.7Show - 1967
Cool Hand LukeFixer7.7Movie - 1966
Mission: ImpossibleFrank Kearney7.6Show - 1966
Felony SquadShep Taubs6.5Show - 1965
The F.B.I.Alex Drake5.6Show - 1965
The Big ValleyTom Lightfoot6.2Show - 1965
Honey WestRocky Hansen7.2Show - 1959
BonanzaLuke Harper7.5Show - 1955
GunsmokeWoody Stoner6.7Show