Actor
Joe Don Baker
- Born February 12, 1936 in Groesbeck, Texas, USA
- Died 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.
Known for
Mars Attacks!1996
GoldenEye1995
Cape Fear1991
Tomorrow Never Dies1997
Mud2013
The Living Daylights1987
Cool Hand Luke1967
The Dukes of Hazzard2005
Filmography
- 2013MudFilmKing
- 2008Strange WildernessFilmBill Calhoun
- 2007The 50 Greatest Television DramasFilmSelf
- 2005The Dukes of HazzardFilmGovernor Jim Applewhite
- 2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2003The CommissionFilmRep. Hale Boggs
- 2001Joe DirtFilmDon, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
- 2001Vegas, City of DreamsFilmDylan Garrett
- 2000Inside 'The Living Daylights'FilmSelf
- 2000Inside The Living DaylightsFilmSelf
- 1999Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris DukeSeriesBuck Duke
- 1998Poodle SpringsFilmP.J. Parker
- 1997Tomorrow Never DiesFilmWade
- 1997George WallaceFilmBig Jim Folsom
- 1997George WallaceSeriesBig Jim Folsom
- 1997To Dance with OliviaFilmHorace
- 1996Mars Attacks!FilmGlenn Norris
- 1996The Grass HarpFilmSheriff Junius Candle
- 1996The Siege at Ruby RidgeFilmGerry Spence
- 1996FelonyFilmDonovan
- 1996The Siege at Ruby RidgeSeriesGerry Spence
- 1995GoldenEyeFilmJack Wade
- 1995CongoFilmR.B. Travis
- 1995The UnderneathFilmClay Hinkle
- 1995PantherFilmBrimmer
- 1994Reality BitesFilmTom Pierce
- 1994Ring of SteelFilmMan in Black
- 1993Complex of FearFilmDet. Frank Farrel
- 1992The Distinguished GentlemanFilmOlaf Andersen
- 1992Citizen CohnFilmSen. Joseph McCarthy
- 1991Cape FearFilmClaude Kersek
- 1990The ChildrenFilmCliffe Wheater
- 1989Criminal LawFilmDetective Mesel
- 1989Defrosting the FridgeFilmHunter McCall
- 1987The Living DaylightsFilmBrad Whitaker
- 1987Leonard Part 6FilmSnyderburn
- 1987The Killing TimeFilmCarl Cunningham
- 1987The Abduction of Kari SwensonFilmSheriff Onstad
- 1986Getting EvenFilmKing R. Kenderson
- 1985FletchFilmChief Jerry Karlin
- 1985Edge of DarknessSeriesDarius Jedburgh
- 1985Screen TwoSeriesHunter McCall
- 1984The NaturalFilmThe Whammer
- 1984Final JusticeFilmDeputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III
- 1983JoysticksFilmJoseph Rutter
- 1982WackoFilmDick Harbinger
- 1980PowerSeriesTommy Vanda
- 1979EischiedSeriesEarl Eischied
- 1978To Kill a CopSeriesChief Earl Eischied
- 1978To Kill a CopFilmChief Earl M. Eischied
- 1977The PackFilmJerry
- 1977The Shadow of ChikaraFilmWishbone Cutter
- 1977Checkered Flag or CrashFilmWalkaway Madden
- 1977SpeedtrapFilmPete Novick
- 1975MitchellFilmMitchell
- 1975FramedFilmRon Lewis
- 1974Golden NeedlesFilmDan Mason
- 1973Charley VarrickFilmMolly
- 1973Walking TallFilmBuford Pusser
- 1973The OutfitFilmJack Cody
- 1973Doc ElliotSeriesAaron Hickey
- 1972The Valachi PapersFilmIrish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)
- 1972Junior BonnerFilmCurly Bonner
- 1972The Streets of San FranciscoSeriesLeonard Collier Cord
- 1972That Certain SummerFilmPhil Bonner
- 1971Wild RoversFilmPaul Buckman
- 1971Welcome Home, Soldier BoysFilmDanny
- 1971Mongo's Back in TownFilmMongo Nash
- 1970Adam at Six A.M.FilmHarvey Gavin
- 1969Guns of the Magnificent SevenFilmSlater
- 1968The Mod SquadSeriesWillie Turner
- 1968LancerSeriesDay Pardee, Santee, Clovis Horner
- 1968The OutsiderSeriesBilly Joe Corey
- 1967Cool Hand LukeFilmFixer
- 1967IronsideSeriesEric Blair
- 1967The High ChaparralSeriesYuma
- 1967Judd, for the DefenseSeriesMerl Varney
- 1966Mission: ImpossibleSeriesFrank Kearney
- 1966Felony SquadSeriesShep Taubs
- 1965The Big ValleySeriesTom Lightfoot