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Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

Known for: Acting

Born: February 12, 1936

Died: May 7, 2025

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.

Known for

Walking Tall
Walking Tall
1973
Mitchell
Mitchell
1975
Joysticks
Joysticks
1983
Framed
Framed
1975
The Shadow of Chikara
The Shadow of Chikara
1977
The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp
1996
Speedtrap
Speedtrap
1977
Wacko
Wacko
1982
The Pack
The Pack
1977
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys
1971
Checkered Flag or Crash
Checkered Flag or Crash
1977
Golden Needles
Golden Needles
1974
Defrosting the Fridge
Defrosting the Fridge
1989
To Kill a Cop
To Kill a Cop
1978
Final Justice
Final Justice
1984
Charley Varrick
Charley Varrick
1973
Citizen Cohn
Citizen Cohn
1992
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
1987
Complex of Fear
Complex of Fear
1993
The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights
1987
Leonard Part 6
Leonard Part 6
1987
The Outfit
The Outfit
1973
George Wallace
George Wallace
1997
Getting Even
Getting Even
1986
Adam at Six A.M.
Adam at Six A.M.
1970
That Certain Summer
That Certain Summer
1972
Panther
Panther
1995
The Distinguished Gentleman
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
Fletch
Fletch
1985
Cape Fear
Cape Fear
1991
GoldenEye
GoldenEye
1995
Junior Bonner
Junior Bonner
1972
The Killing Time
The Killing Time
1987
Criminal Law
Criminal Law
1989
The Underneath
The Underneath
1995
The Commission
The Commission
2003
Congo
Congo
1995
Wild Rovers
Wild Rovers
1971
Mongo's Back in Town
Mongo's Back in Town
1971
Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969
Felony
Felony
1996
Vegas, City of Dreams
Vegas, City of Dreams
2001
Ring of Steel
Ring of Steel
1994
Reality Bites
Reality Bites
1994
The Natural
The Natural
1984
Mud
Mud
2013
To Dance with Olivia
To Dance with Olivia
1997
Poodle Springs
Poodle Springs
1998
Strange Wilderness
Strange Wilderness
2008
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Dukes of Hazzard
2005
The Children
The Children
1990
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996
Inside The Living Daylights
Inside The Living Daylights
2000
Inside 'The Living Daylights'
Inside 'The Living Daylights'
2000
Cool Hand Luke
Cool Hand Luke
1967
The Valachi Papers
The Valachi Papers
1972
Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks!
1996
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Joe Dirt
Joe Dirt
2001
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
1965
The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad
1968
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
1955
Ironside
Ironside
1967
Felony Squad
Felony Squad
1966
The High Chaparral
The High Chaparral
1967
Lancer
Lancer
1968
The Big Valley
The Big Valley
1965
Judd, for the Defense
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Honey West
Honey West
1965
Eischied
Eischied
1979
To Kill a Cop
To Kill a Cop
1978
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
1999
Bonanza
Bonanza
1959
The Outsider
The Outsider
1968
Doc Elliot
Doc Elliot
1973
George Wallace
George Wallace
1997
Power
Power
1980
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
1966
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996
Screen Two
Screen Two
1985
Edge of Darkness
Edge of Darkness
1985