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Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

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.

Born

Feb 12, 1936

Groesbeck, Texas, USA

Died

May 07, 2025

Known For

Acting

Movies

61 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.3

Known For

Cape Fear
Cape Fear
1991 as Claude Kersek
★ 7.3
GoldenEye
GoldenEye
1995 as Jack Wade
★ 6.9
Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks!
1996 as Glenn Norris
★ 6.4
Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997 as Wade
★ 6.4
The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights
1987 as Brad Whitaker
★ 6.5
Mud
Mud
2013 as King
★ 7.1
Congo
Congo
1995 as R.B. Travis
★ 5.6
Cool Hand Luke
Cool Hand Luke
1967 as Fixer
★ 7.7
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Dukes of Hazzard
2005 as Governor Jim Applewhite
★ 5.6
Joe Dirt
Joe Dirt
2001 as Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
★ 5.6
Reality Bites
Reality Bites
1994 as Tom Pierce
★ 6.5
The Natural
The Natural
1984 as The Whammer
★ 6.9
Walking Tall
Walking Tall
1973 as Buford Pusser
★ 6.6
Fletch
Fletch
1985 as Chief Jerry Karlin
★ 6.7
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
★ 5.4
The Distinguished Gentleman
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992 as Olaf Andersen
★ 6.0
Charley Varrick
Charley Varrick
1973 as Molly
★ 7.3
Criminal Law
Criminal Law
1989 as Detective Mesel
★ 5.6
Panther
Panther
1995 as Brimmer
★ 6.3
Strange Wilderness
Strange Wilderness
2008 as Bill Calhoun
★ 4.9
The Underneath
The Underneath
1995 as Clay Hinkle
★ 5.7
The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp
1996 as Sheriff Junius Candle
★ 5.9
Citizen Cohn
Citizen Cohn
1992 as Sen. Joseph McCarthy
★ 6.3
George Wallace
George Wallace
1997 as Big Jim Folsom
★ 6.8
The Pack
The Pack
1977 as Jerry
★ 6.8
Wild Rovers
Wild Rovers
1971 as Paul Buckman
★ 6.1
The Valachi Papers
The Valachi Papers
1972 as Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)
★ 6.5
The Outfit
The Outfit
1973 as Jack Cody
★ 6.8
Leonard Part 6
Leonard Part 6
1987 as Snyderburn
★ 2.9
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
★ 8.0
Junior Bonner
Junior Bonner
1972 as Curly Bonner
★ 6.1
The Killing Time
The Killing Time
1987 as Carl Cunningham
★ 5.0
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996 as Gerry Spence
★ 5.4
Golden Needles
Golden Needles
1974 as Dan Mason
★ 5.3
Felony
Felony
1996 as Donovan
★ 4.8
Mitchell
Mitchell
1975 as Mitchell
★ 3.3
Poodle Springs
Poodle Springs
1998 as P.J. Parker
★ 5.5
Joysticks
Joysticks
1983 as Joseph Rutter
★ 4.5
To Kill a Cop
To Kill a Cop
1978 as Chief Earl M. Eischied
Complex of Fear
Complex of Fear
1993 as Det. Frank Farrel
★ 6.8
Wacko
Wacko
1982 as Dick Harbinger
★ 5.1
Ring of Steel
Ring of Steel
1994 as Man in Black
★ 5.1
Getting Even
Getting Even
1986 as King R. Kenderson
★ 3.4
Framed
Framed
1975 as Ron Lewis
★ 6.6
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
1987 as Sheriff Onstad
★ 6.0
Final Justice
Final Justice
1984 as Geronimo
★ 2.7
Adam at Six A.M.
Adam at Six A.M.
1970 as Harvey Gavin
★ 4.9
The Shadow of Chikara
The Shadow of Chikara
1977 as Wishbone Cutter
★ 4.6
Mongo's Back in Town
Mongo's Back in Town
1971 as Mongo Nash
★ 5.9
The Commission
The Commission
2003 as Rep. Hale Boggs
★ 4.5
Inside The Living Daylights
★ 8.0
Speedtrap
Speedtrap
1977 as Pete Novick
★ 6.3
That Certain Summer
That Certain Summer
1972 as Phil Bonner
★ 6.6
To Dance with Olivia
To Dance with Olivia
1997 as Horace
★ 8.0
The Children
The Children
1990 as Cliffe Wheater
★ 4.9
Vegas, City of Dreams
Vegas, City of Dreams
2001 as Dylan Garrett
★ 3.4
Checkered Flag or Crash
Checkered Flag or Crash
1977 as Walkaway Madden
★ 4.6
Defrosting the Fridge
Defrosting the Fridge
1989 as Hunter McCall
★ 3.0
Inside 'The Living Daylights'
★ 6.7
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys
★ 4.8