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Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

ActingBorn: February 12, 1936in Groesbeck, Texas, USADied: 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.

Mud

Mud

as King

Strange Wilderness

Strange Wilderness

as Bill Calhoun

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007Documentary

as Self

The Dukes of Hazzard

The Dukes of Hazzard

as Governor Jim Applewhite

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

The Commission

The Commission

as Rep. Hale Boggs

Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt

as Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)

Vegas, City of Dreams

Vegas, City of Dreams

as Dylan Garrett

Inside The Living Daylights

Inside The Living Daylights

2000Documentary

as Self

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

2000Documentary

as Self

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

as Buck Duke

Poodle Springs

Poodle Springs

as P.J. Parker

Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies

as Wade

George Wallace

George Wallace

as Big Jim Folsom

George Wallace

George Wallace

as Big Jim Folsom

To Dance with Olivia

To Dance with Olivia

as Horace

Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

as Glenn Norris

The Grass Harp

Fandango At Home

The Grass Harp

as Sheriff Junius Candle

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

as Gerry Spence

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

as Gerry Spence

Felony

Felony

as Donovan

GoldenEye

GoldenEye

as Jack Wade

Congo

Congo

as R.B. Travis

Panther

Panther

as Brimmer

The Underneath

The Underneath

as Clay Hinkle

Ring of Steel

Ring of Steel

as Man in Black

Reality Bites

Reality Bites

as Tom Pierce

Complex of Fear

Complex of Fear

as Det. Frank Farrel

The Distinguished Gentleman

The Distinguished Gentleman

as Olaf Andersen

Citizen Cohn

Citizen Cohn

as Sen. Joseph McCarthy

Cape Fear

Cape Fear

as Claude Kersek

The Children

The Children

as Cliffe Wheater

Criminal Law

Criminal Law

as Detective Mesel

Defrosting the Fridge

Defrosting the Fridge

as Hunter McCall

Leonard Part 6

Leonard Part 6

as Snyderburn

The Killing Time

The Killing Time

as Carl Cunningham

The Living Daylights

The Living Daylights

as Brad Whitaker

The Abduction of Kari Swenson

The Abduction of Kari Swenson

as Sheriff Onstad

Getting Even

Getting Even

as King R. Kenderson

Edge of Darkness

Edge of Darkness

as Darius Jedburgh

Fletch

Fletch

as Chief Jerry Karlin

Screen Two

Screen Two

as Hunter McCall

Final Justice

Final Justice

as Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III

The Natural

The Natural

as The Whammer

Joysticks

Joysticks

as Joseph Rutter

Wacko

Wacko

as Dick Harbinger

Power

Power

as Tommy Vanda

Eischied

Eischied

as Earl Eischied

To Kill a Cop

To Kill a Cop

as Chief Earl M. Eischied

To Kill a Cop

To Kill a Cop

as Chief Earl Eischied

The Pack

The Pack

as Jerry

Speedtrap

Speedtrap

as Pete Novick

The Shadow of Chikara

The Shadow of Chikara

as Wishbone Cutter

Checkered Flag or Crash

Checkered Flag or Crash

as Walkaway Madden

Mitchell

Mitchell

as Mitchell

Framed

Framed

as Ron Lewis

Golden Needles

Golden Needles

as Dan Mason

The Outfit

The Outfit

as Jack Cody

Doc Elliot

Doc Elliot

as Aaron Hickey

Charley Varrick

Charley Varrick

as Molly

Walking Tall

Walking Tall

as Buford Pusser

That Certain Summer

That Certain Summer

as Phil Bonner

Junior Bonner

Junior Bonner

as Curly Bonner

The Valachi Papers

The Valachi Papers

as Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)

Welcome Home, Soldier Boys

Welcome Home, Soldier Boys

as Danny

Mongo's Back in Town

Mongo's Back in Town

as Mongo Nash

Wild Rovers

Wild Rovers

as Paul Buckman

Adam at Six A.M.

Adam at Six A.M.

as Harvey Gavin

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

as Slater

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

as Unknown

Lancer

Lancer

as Unknown

The Outsider

The Outsider

as Billy Joe Corey

Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

as Fixer

The High Chaparral

The High Chaparral

as Yuma

Judd, for the Defense

Judd, for the Defense

as Unknown

Ironside

Ironside

as Unknown

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

as Frank Kearney

Felony Squad

Felony Squad

as Unknown

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

as Alex Drake

Honey West

Honey West

as Rocky Hansen

The Big Valley

The Big Valley

as Tom Lightfoot

Bonanza

Bonanza

as Luke Harper

Gunsmoke

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Gunsmoke

as Woody Stoner

Gunsmoke

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Gunsmoke

as Tom Butler