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Joe Don Baker

Acting 89 (deceased) years old Groesbeck, Texas, USA ★ 1.5
Born: February 12, 1936
Died: May 7, 2025

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.

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Known For

GoldenEye
GoldenEye Jack Wade 1995
Cool Hand Luke
Cool Hand Luke Fixer 1967
Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks! Glenn Norris 1996
Cape Fear
Cape Fear Claude Kersek 1991
Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies Wade 1997

Jimmy's Seen (1)

The Outfit
The Outfit Jack Cody 1973

Filmography

Acting Credits (83)

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

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