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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

1.8

movie

Known For

Cape Fear

Cape Fear

1991

as Claude Kersek
GoldenEye

GoldenEye

1995

as Jack Wade
Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies

1997

as Wade
The Living Daylights

The Living Daylights

1987

as Brad Whitaker
Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

1996

as Glenn Norris
Mud

Mud

2013

as King
The Dukes of Hazzard

The Dukes of Hazzard

2005

as Governor Jim Applewhite
Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

1967

as Fixer
Congo

Congo

1995

as R.B. Travis
The Natural

The Natural

1984

as The Whammer
Cape Fear
Cape Fear
1991 • as Claude Kersek
★ 7.3
GoldenEye
GoldenEye
1995 • as Jack Wade
★ 6.9
Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997 • as Wade
★ 6.4
The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights
1987 • as Brad Whitaker
★ 6.6
Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks!
1996 • as Glenn Norris
★ 6.4
Mud
Mud
2013 • as King
★ 7.1
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Dukes of Hazzard
2005 • as Governor Jim Applewhite
★ 5.6
Cool Hand Luke
Cool Hand Luke
1967 • as Fixer
★ 7.7
Congo
Congo
1995 • as R.B. Travis
★ 5.6
The Natural
The Natural
1984 • as The Whammer
★ 6.9
Poodle Springs
Poodle Springs
1998 • as P.J. Parker
★ 5.4
Panther
Panther
1995 • as Brimmer
★ 6.3
Joe Dirt
Joe Dirt
2001 • as Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
★ 5.6
Fletch
Fletch
1985 • as Chief Jerry Karlin
★ 6.7
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969 • as Slater
★ 5.4
The Distinguished Gentleman
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992 • as Olaf Andersen
★ 6.0
Reality Bites
Reality Bites
1994 • as Tom Pierce
★ 6.5
Criminal Law
Criminal Law
1989 • as Detective Mesel
★ 5.6
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
1987 • as Sheriff Onstad
★ 6.0
Charley Varrick
Charley Varrick
1973 • as Molly
★ 7.4
Speedtrap
Speedtrap
1977 • as Pete Novick
★ 6.3
Walking Tall
Walking Tall
1973 • as Buford Pusser
★ 6.6
Checkered Flag or Crash
Checkered Flag or Crash
1977 • as Walkaway Madden
★ 4.6
Junior Bonner
Junior Bonner
1972 • as Curly Bonner
★ 6.1
Strange Wilderness
Strange Wilderness
2008 • as Bill Calhoun
★ 4.9
The Valachi Papers
The Valachi Papers
1972 • as Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)
★ 6.5
The Underneath
The Underneath
1995 • as Clay Hinkle
★ 5.7
The Outfit
The Outfit
1973 • as Jack Cody
★ 6.8
George Wallace
George Wallace
1997 • as Big Jim Folsom
★ 6.8
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996 • as Gerry Spence
★ 5.4
Wacko
Wacko
1982 • as Dick Harbinger
★ 5.1
Wild Rovers
Wild Rovers
1971 • as Paul Buckman
★ 6.1
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007 • as Self
The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp
1996 • as Sheriff Junius Candle
★ 5.9
Mitchell
Mitchell
1975 • as Mitchell
★ 3.3
Joysticks
Joysticks
1983 • as Joseph Rutter
★ 4.5
Final Justice
Final Justice
1984 • as Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III
★ 2.7
The Pack
The Pack
1977 • as Jerry
★ 6.6
The Killing Time
The Killing Time
1987 • as Carl Cunningham
★ 5.0
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
To Kill a Cop
To Kill a Cop
1978 • as Chief Earl M. Eischied
Leonard Part 6
Leonard Part 6
1987 • as Snyderburn
★ 2.8
Golden Needles
Golden Needles
1974 • as Dan Mason
★ 5.3
Framed
Framed
1975 • as Ron Lewis
★ 6.6
Getting Even
Getting Even
1986 • as King R. Kenderson
★ 3.4
Mongo's Back in Town
Mongo's Back in Town
1971 • as Mongo Nash
★ 6.1
The Shadow of Chikara
The Shadow of Chikara
1977 • as Wishbone Cutter
★ 4.6
The Children
The Children
1990 • as Cliffe Wheater
★ 4.9
Vegas, City of Dreams
Vegas, City of Dreams
2001 • as Dylan Garrett
★ 3.4
To Dance with Olivia
To Dance with Olivia
1997 • as Horace
★ 8.0
Citizen Cohn
Citizen Cohn
1992 • as Sen. Joseph McCarthy
★ 6.3
That Certain Summer
That Certain Summer
1972 • as Phil Bonner
★ 6.6
Ring of Steel
Ring of Steel
1994 • as Man in Black
★ 4.9
Felony
Felony
1996 • as Donovan
★ 4.8
The Commission
The Commission
2003 • as Rep. Hale Boggs
★ 4.5
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys
1971 • as Danny
★ 5.2
Adam at Six A.M.
Adam at Six A.M.
1970 • as Harvey Gavin
★ 4.9
Complex of Fear
Complex of Fear
1993 • as Det. Frank Farrel
★ 6.8
Defrosting the Fridge
Defrosting the Fridge
1989 • as Hunter McCall
★ 3.0
Inside The Living Daylights
Inside The Living Daylights
2000 • as Self
★ 8.0
Inside 'The Living Daylights'
Inside 'The Living Daylights'
2000 • as Self
★ 6.7