Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 12, 1936
Place of Birth:
Groesbeck, Texas, USA
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Joe Don Baker
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Mud | King |
| 2008 | Strange Wilderness | Bill Calhoun |
| 2007 | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self |
| 2005 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Governor Jim Applewhite |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | The Commission | Rep. Hale Boggs |
| 2002 | Best Ever Bond | Jack Wade (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Joe Dirt | Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Vegas, City of Dreams | Dylan Garrett |
| 2000 | Inside The Living Daylights | Self |
| 2000 | Inside 'The Living Daylights' | Self |
| 1998 | Poodle Springs | P.J. Parker |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | Wade |
| 1997 | George Wallace | Big Jim Folsom |
| 1997 | To Dance with Olivia | Horace |
| 1996 | The Grass Harp | Sheriff Junius Candle |
| 1996 | The Siege at Ruby Ridge | Gerry Spence |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Glenn Norris |
| 1995 | GoldenEye | Jack Wade |
| 1995 | Congo | R.B. Travis |
| 1995 | Panther | Brimmer |
| 1995 | The Underneath | Clay Hinkle |
| 1994 | Reality Bites | Tom Pierce |
| 1994 | Ring of Steel | Man in Black |
| 1994 | Felony | Donovan |
| 1993 | Complex of Fear | Det. Frank Farrel |
| 1992 | The Distinguished Gentleman | Olaf Andersen |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn | Sen. Joseph McCarthy |
| 1991 | Cape Fear | Claude Kersek |
| 1990 | The Children | Cliffe Wheater |
| 1989 | Criminal Law | Detective Mesel |
| 1989 | Defrosting the Fridge | Hunter McCall |
| 1987 | The Living Daylights | Brad Whitaker |
| 1987 | Leonard Part 6 | Snyderburn |
| 1987 | The Killing Time | Carl Cunningham |
| 1987 | Abduction | Sheriff Onstad |
| 1986 | Getting Even | King R. Kenderson |
| 1985 | Fletch | Chief Jerry Karlin |
| 1984 | The Natural | The Whammer |
| 1984 | Final Justice | Geronimo |
| 1983 | Joysticks | Joseph Rutter |
| 1982 | Wacko | Dick Harbinger |
| 1980 | Power | Tommy Vanda |
| 1978 | To Kill a Cop | Chief Earl M. Eischied |
| 1977 | The Shadow of Chikara | Wishbone Cutter |
| 1977 | Speedtrap | Pete Novick |
| 1977 | The Pack | Jerry |
| 1977 | Checkered Flag or Crash | Walkaway Madden |
| 1975 | Mitchell | Mitchell |
| 1975 | Framed | Ron Lewis |
| 1974 | Golden Needles | Dan Mason |
| 1973 | Walking Tall | Buford Pusser |
| 1973 | The Outfit | Cody |
| 1973 | Charley Varrick | Molly |
| 1972 | Junior Bonner | Curly Bonner |
| 1972 | That Certain Summer | Phil Bonner |
| 1972 | The Valachi Papers | Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Wild Rovers | Paul Buckman |
| 1971 | Welcome Home, Soldier Boys | Danny |
| 1971 | Mongo's Back in Town | Mongo Nash |
| 1970 | Adam at Six A.M. | Harvey Gavin |
| 1969 | Guns of the Magnificent Seven | Slater |
| 1967 | Cool Hand Luke | Fixer |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke | Buck Duke |
| 1985 | Edge of Darkness | Darius Jedburgh |
| 1979 | Eischied | Earl Eischied |
| 1978 | To Kill a Cop | Chief Earl Eischied |
| 1973 | Doc Elliot | Aaron Hickey |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | |
| 1968 | Lancer | |
| 1968 | The Outsider | Billy Joe Corey |
| 1967 | Ironside | |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Yuma |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense | |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Alex Drake |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Tom Lightfoot |
| 1965 | Honey West | Rocky Hansen |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Luke Harper |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Woody Stoner |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Tom Butler |