Joe Don Baker
- Born
- February 12, 1936
- Died
- May 7, 2025 (89 years old)
- Place of birth
- 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.
Known for
Filmography
- 2013MudFilm · King★ 7.1
- 2008Strange WildernessFilm · Bill Calhoun★ 4.9
- 2007The 50 Greatest Television DramasFilm · Self
- 2005The Dukes of HazzardFilm · Governor Jim Applewhite★ 5.6
- 2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2003The CommissionFilm · Rep. Hale Boggs
- 2001Joe DirtFilm · Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)★ 5.7
- 2001Vegas, City of DreamsFilm · Dylan Garrett
- 2000Inside The Living DaylightsFilm · Self
- 2000Inside 'The Living Daylights'Film · Self
- 1999Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris DukeSeries · Buck Duke
- 1998Poodle SpringsFilm · P.J. Parker★ 5.5
- 1997Tomorrow Never DiesFilm · Wade★ 6.4
- 1997George WallaceFilm · Big Jim Folsom
- 1997George WallaceSeries · Big Jim Folsom
- 1997To Dance with OliviaFilm · Horace
- 1996Mars Attacks!Film · Glenn Norris★ 6.4
- 1996The Grass HarpFilm · Sheriff Junius Candle★ 5.9
- 1996The Siege at Ruby RidgeFilm · Gerry Spence
- 1996The Siege at Ruby RidgeSeries · Gerry Spence
- 1996FelonyFilm · Donovan
- 1995GoldenEyeFilm · Jack Wade★ 6.9
- 1995CongoFilm · R.B. Travis★ 5.6
- 1995PantherFilm · Brimmer★ 6.3
- 1995The UnderneathFilm · Clay Hinkle★ 5.7
- 1994Ring of SteelFilm · Man in Black
- 1994Reality BitesFilm · Tom Pierce★ 6.5
- 1993Complex of FearFilm · Det. Frank Farrel
- 1992The Distinguished GentlemanFilm · Olaf Andersen★ 6.0
- 1992Citizen CohnFilm · Sen. Joseph McCarthy★ 6.3
- 1991Cape FearFilm · Claude Kersek★ 7.3
- 1990The ChildrenFilm · Cliffe Wheater
- 1989Criminal LawFilm · Detective Mesel★ 5.6
- 1989Defrosting the FridgeFilm · Hunter McCall
- 1987Leonard Part 6Film · Snyderburn★ 2.9
- 1987The Killing TimeFilm · Carl Cunningham★ 5.0
- 1987The Living DaylightsFilm · Brad Whitaker★ 6.6
- 1987The Abduction of Kari SwensonFilm · Sheriff Onstad
- 1986Getting EvenFilm · King R. Kenderson
- 1985Edge of DarknessSeries · Darius Jedburgh★ 8.1
- 1985FletchFilm · Chief Jerry Karlin★ 6.8
- 1985Screen TwoSeries · Hunter McCall
- 1984Final JusticeFilm · Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III★ 2.7
- 1984The NaturalFilm · The Whammer★ 6.9
- 1983JoysticksFilm · Joseph Rutter★ 4.5
- 1982WackoFilm · Dick Harbinger★ 5.1
- 1980PowerSeries · Tommy Vanda
- 1979EischiedSeries · Earl Eischied
- 1978To Kill a CopFilm · Chief Earl M. Eischied
- 1978To Kill a CopSeries · Chief Earl Eischied
- 1977The PackFilm · Jerry★ 6.8
- 1977SpeedtrapFilm · Pete Novick
- 1977The Shadow of ChikaraFilm · Wishbone Cutter
- 1977Checkered Flag or CrashFilm · Walkaway Madden
- 1975MitchellFilm · Mitchell★ 3.3
- 1975FramedFilm · Ron Lewis
- 1974Golden NeedlesFilm · Dan Mason
- 1973The OutfitFilm · Jack Cody★ 6.7
- 1973Doc ElliotSeries · Aaron Hickey
- 1973Charley VarrickFilm · Molly★ 7.4
- 1973Walking TallFilm · Buford Pusser★ 6.6
- 1972That Certain SummerFilm · Phil Bonner
- 1972The Streets of San FranciscoSeries · Leonard Collier Cord★ 7.1
- 1972Junior BonnerFilm · Curly Bonner★ 6.1
- 1972The Valachi PapersFilm · Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)★ 6.5
- 1971Welcome Home, Soldier BoysFilm · Danny
- 1971Mongo's Back in TownFilm · Mongo Nash
- 1971Wild RoversFilm · Paul Buckman★ 6.1
- 1970Adam at Six A.M.Film · Harvey Gavin
- 1969Guns of the Magnificent SevenFilm · Slater★ 5.4
- 1968The Mod SquadSeries · Willie Turner★ 6.1
- 1968LancerSeries · Day Pardee, Santee, Clovis Horner
- 1968The OutsiderSeries · Billy Joe Corey
- 1967Cool Hand LukeFilm · Fixer★ 7.7
- 1967The High ChaparralSeries · Yuma★ 6.8
- 1967Judd, for the DefenseSeries · Merl Varney
- 1967IronsideSeries · Eric Blair★ 6.8
- 1966Mission: ImpossibleSeries · Frank Kearney★ 7.6
- 1966Felony SquadSeries · Shep Taubs
- 1965The F.B.I.Series · Alex Drake★ 5.6
- 1965Honey WestSeries · Rocky Hansen
- 1965The Big ValleySeries · Tom Lightfoot★ 6.2
- 1959BonanzaSeries · Luke Harper★ 7.5
- 1955GunsmokeSeries · Woody Stoner, Tom Butler★ 6.7
