Joe Don Baker
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Feb 12, 1936 (90 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
| 2013 | MudKing | |
| 2008 | Strange WildernessBill Calhoun | |
| 2007 | The 50 Greatest Television DramasSelf | |
| 2005 | The Dukes of HazzardGovernor Jim Applewhite | |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2003 | The CommissionRep. Hale Boggs | |
| 2001 | Joe DirtDon, Brandy's Dad (uncredited) | |
| 2001 | Vegas, City of DreamsDylan Garrett | |
| 2000 | Inside The Living DaylightsSelf | |
| 2000 | Inside 'The Living Daylights'Self | |
| 1999 | Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris DukeBuck Duke | |
| 1998 | Poodle SpringsP.J. Parker | |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never DiesWade | |
| 1997 | George WallaceBig Jim Folsom | |
| 1997 | To Dance with OliviaHorace | |
| 1997 | George WallaceBig Jim Folsom | |
| 1996 | The Grass HarpSheriff Junius Candle | |
| 1996 | FelonyDonovan | |
| 1996 | The Siege at Ruby RidgeGerry Spence | |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks!Glenn Norris | |
| 1995 | GoldenEyeJack Wade | |
| 1995 | CongoR.B. Travis | |
| 1995 | PantherBrimmer | |
| 1995 | The UnderneathClay Hinkle | |
| 1994 | Reality BitesTom Pierce | |
| 1994 | Ring of SteelMan in Black | |
| 1993 | Complex of FearDet. Frank Farrel | |
| 1992 | The Distinguished GentlemanOlaf Andersen | |
| 1992 | Citizen CohnSen. Joseph McCarthy | |
| 1991 | Cape FearClaude Kersek | |
| 1990 | The ChildrenCliffe Wheater | |
| 1989 | Criminal LawDetective Mesel | |
| 1989 | Defrosting the FridgeHunter McCall | |
| 1987 | The Living DaylightsBrad Whitaker | |
| 1987 | Leonard Part 6Snyderburn | |
| 1987 | The Killing TimeCarl Cunningham | |
| 1987 | The Abduction of Kari SwensonSheriff Onstad | |
| 1986 | Getting EvenKing R. Kenderson | |
| 1985 | FletchChief Jerry Karlin | |
| 1985 | Edge of DarknessDarius Jedburgh | |
| 1984 | The NaturalThe Whammer | |
| 1984 | Final JusticeGeronimo | |
| 1983 | JoysticksJoseph Rutter | |
| 1982 | WackoDick Harbinger | |
| 1980 | PowerTommy Vanda | |
| 1979 | EischiedEarl Eischied | |
| 1978 | To Kill a CopChief Earl M. Eischied | |
| 1978 | To Kill a CopChief Earl Eischied | |
| 1977 | The Shadow of ChikaraWishbone Cutter | |
| 1977 | SpeedtrapPete Novick | |
| 1977 | The PackJerry | |
| 1977 | Checkered Flag or CrashWalkaway Madden | |
| 1975 | MitchellMitchell | |
| 1975 | FramedRon Lewis | |
| 1974 | Golden NeedlesDan Mason | |
| 1973 | Walking TallBuford Pusser | |
| 1973 | The OutfitJack Cody | |
| 1973 | Charley VarrickMolly | |
| 1973 | Doc ElliotAaron Hickey | |
| 1972 | Junior BonnerCurly Bonner | |
| 1972 | That Certain SummerPhil Bonner | |
| 1972 | The Valachi PapersIrish member of Valachi gang (uncredited) | |
| 1971 | Wild RoversPaul Buckman | |
| 1971 | Welcome Home, Soldier BoysDanny | |
| 1971 | Mongo's Back in TownMongo Nash | |
| 1970 | Adam at Six A.M.Harvey Gavin | |
| 1969 | Guns of the Magnificent SevenSlater | |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | |
| 1968 | Lancer | |
| 1968 | The OutsiderBilly Joe Corey | |
| 1967 | Cool Hand LukeFixer | |
| 1967 | Ironside | |
| 1967 | The High ChaparralYuma | |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense | |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | |
| 1966 | Mission: ImpossibleFrank Kearney | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I.Alex Drake | |
| 1965 | The Big ValleyTom Lightfoot | |
| 1965 | Honey WestRocky Hansen | |
| 1959 | BonanzaLuke Harper | |
| 1955 | GunsmokeWoody Stoner | |
| 1955 | GunsmokeTom Butler |