Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

Known for
Acting
Born
February 12, 1936
Died
May 7, 2025 (aged 89)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

2013
Mud poster

Mud

Movie · as King

2008
Strange Wilderness poster

Strange Wilderness

Movie · as Bill Calhoun

2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas poster

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Movie · as Self

2005
The Dukes of Hazzard poster

The Dukes of Hazzard

Movie · as Governor Jim Applewhite

2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade poster

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
The Commission poster

The Commission

Movie · as Rep. Hale Boggs

2001
Joe Dirt poster

Joe Dirt

Movie · as Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)

2001
Vegas, City of Dreams poster

Vegas, City of Dreams

Movie · as Dylan Garrett

2000
Inside The Living Daylights poster

Inside The Living Daylights

Movie · as Self

2000
Inside 'The Living Daylights' poster

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

Movie · as Self

1999
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke poster

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

TV · as Buck Duke · 4 eps

1998
Poodle Springs poster

Poodle Springs

Movie · as P.J. Parker

1997
Tomorrow Never Dies poster

Tomorrow Never Dies

Movie · as Wade

1997
George Wallace poster

George Wallace

Movie · as Big Jim Folsom

1997
To Dance with Olivia poster

To Dance with Olivia

Movie · as Horace

1997
George Wallace poster

George Wallace

TV · as Big Jim Folsom · 2 eps

1996
The Grass Harp poster

The Grass Harp

Movie · as Sheriff Junius Candle

1996
Felony poster

Felony

Movie · as Donovan

1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge poster

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

Movie · as Gerry Spence

1996
Mars Attacks! poster

Mars Attacks!

Movie · as Glenn Norris

1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge poster

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

TV · as Gerry Spence · 2 eps

1995
GoldenEye poster

GoldenEye

Movie · as Jack Wade

1995
Congo poster

Congo

Movie · as R.B. Travis

1995
Panther poster

Panther

Movie · as Brimmer

1995
The Underneath poster

The Underneath

Movie · as Clay Hinkle

1994
Reality Bites poster

Reality Bites

Movie · as Tom Pierce

1994
Ring of Steel poster

Ring of Steel

Movie · as Man in Black

1993
Complex of Fear poster

Complex of Fear

Movie · as Det. Frank Farrel

1992
The Distinguished Gentleman poster

The Distinguished Gentleman

Movie · as Olaf Andersen

1992
Citizen Cohn poster

Citizen Cohn

Movie · as Sen. Joseph McCarthy

1991
Cape Fear poster

Cape Fear

Movie · as Claude Kersek

1990
The Children poster

The Children

Movie · as Cliffe Wheater

1989
Criminal Law poster

Criminal Law

Movie · as Detective Mesel

1989
Defrosting the Fridge poster

Defrosting the Fridge

Movie · as Hunter McCall

1987
The Living Daylights poster

The Living Daylights

Movie · as Brad Whitaker

1987
Leonard Part 6 poster

Leonard Part 6

Movie · as Snyderburn

1987
The Killing Time poster

The Killing Time

Movie · as Carl Cunningham

1987
The Abduction of Kari Swenson poster

The Abduction of Kari Swenson

Movie · as Sheriff Onstad

1986
Getting Even poster

Getting Even

Movie · as King R. Kenderson

1985
Fletch poster

Fletch

Movie · as Chief Jerry Karlin

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Hunter McCall · 1 ep

1985
Edge of Darkness poster

Edge of Darkness

TV · as Darius Jedburgh · 6 eps

1984
The Natural poster

The Natural

Movie · as The Whammer

1984
Final Justice poster

Final Justice

Movie · as Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III

1983
Joysticks poster

Joysticks

Movie · as Joseph Rutter

1982
Wacko poster

Wacko

Movie · as Dick Harbinger

1980
Power poster

Power

TV · as Tommy Vanda · 2 eps

1979
Eischied poster

Eischied

TV · as Earl Eischied · 13 eps

1978
To Kill a Cop poster

To Kill a Cop

Movie · as Chief Earl M. Eischied

1978
To Kill a Cop poster

To Kill a Cop

TV · as Chief Earl Eischied · 2 eps

1977
The Shadow of Chikara poster

The Shadow of Chikara

Movie · as Wishbone Cutter

1977
Speedtrap poster

Speedtrap

Movie · as Pete Novick

1977
The Pack poster

The Pack

Movie · as Jerry

1977
Checkered Flag or Crash poster

Checkered Flag or Crash

Movie · as Walkaway Madden

1975
Mitchell poster

Mitchell

Movie · as Mitchell

1975
Framed poster

Framed

Movie · as Ron Lewis

1974
Golden Needles poster

Golden Needles

Movie · as Dan Mason

1973
Walking Tall poster

Walking Tall

Movie · as Buford Pusser

1973
The Outfit poster

The Outfit

Movie · as Jack Cody

1973
Charley Varrick poster

Charley Varrick

Movie · as Molly

1973
Doc Elliot poster

Doc Elliot

TV · as Aaron Hickey · 1 ep

1972
Junior Bonner poster

Junior Bonner

Movie · as Curly Bonner

1972
That Certain Summer poster

That Certain Summer

Movie · as Phil Bonner

1972
The Valachi Papers poster

The Valachi Papers

Movie · as Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)

1972
The Streets of San Francisco poster

The Streets of San Francisco

TV · as Leonard Collier Cord · 1 ep

1971
Wild Rovers poster

Wild Rovers

Movie · as Paul Buckman

1971
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys poster

Welcome Home, Soldier Boys

Movie · as Danny

1971
Mongo's Back in Town poster

Mongo's Back in Town

Movie · as Mongo Nash

1970
Adam at Six A.M. poster

Adam at Six A.M.

Movie · as Harvey Gavin

1969
Guns of the Magnificent Seven poster

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

Movie · as Slater

1968
The Mod Squad poster

The Mod Squad

TV · as Willie Turner · 1 ep

1968
The Outsider poster

The Outsider

TV · as Billy Joe Corey · 1 ep

1968
Lancer poster

Lancer

TV · as Day Pardee, Santee, Clovis Horner · 1 ep

1967
Cool Hand Luke poster

Cool Hand Luke

Movie · as Fixer

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · as Eric Blair · 1 ep

1967
The High Chaparral poster

The High Chaparral

TV · as Yuma · 1 ep

1967
Judd, for the Defense poster

Judd, for the Defense

TV · as Merl Varney · 1 ep

1966
Felony Squad poster

Felony Squad

TV · as Shep Taubs · 1 ep

1966
Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible

TV · as Frank Kearney · 1 ep

1965
The F.B.I. poster

The F.B.I.

TV · as Alex Drake · 1 ep

1965
The Big Valley poster

The Big Valley

TV · as Tom Lightfoot · 1 ep

1965
Honey West poster

Honey West

TV · as Rocky Hansen · 1 ep

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Luke Harper · 1 ep

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Woody Stoner, Tom Butler · 1 ep