Joe Don Baker
Acting·February 12, 1936·† May 7, 2025 — 89 years old·Groesbeck, Texas, USA
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
Filmography · 83
2013MudKing2008Strange WildernessBill Calhoun2007The 50 Greatest Television DramasSelf2005The Dukes of HazzardGovernor Jim Applewhite2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)2003The CommissionRep. Hale Boggs2001Joe DirtDon, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)2001Vegas, City of DreamsDylan Garrett2000Inside The Living DaylightsSelf2000Inside 'The Living Daylights'Self1999Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris DukeTVBuck Duke1998Poodle SpringsP.J. Parker1997Tomorrow Never DiesWade1997George WallaceBig Jim Folsom1997George WallaceTVBig Jim Folsom1997To Dance with OliviaHorace1996Mars Attacks!Glenn Norris1996The Grass HarpSheriff Junius Candle1996The Siege at Ruby RidgeGerry Spence1996The Siege at Ruby RidgeTVGerry Spence1996FelonyDonovan1995GoldenEyeJack Wade1995CongoR.B. Travis1995PantherBrimmer1995The UnderneathClay Hinkle1994Ring of SteelMan in Black1994Reality BitesTom Pierce1993Complex of FearDet. Frank Farrel1992The Distinguished GentlemanOlaf Andersen1992Citizen CohnSen. Joseph McCarthy1991Cape FearClaude Kersek1990The ChildrenCliffe Wheater1989Criminal LawDetective Mesel1989Defrosting the FridgeHunter McCall1987Leonard Part 6Snyderburn1987The Killing TimeCarl Cunningham1987The Living DaylightsBrad Whitaker1987The Abduction of Kari SwensonSheriff Onstad1986Getting EvenKing R. Kenderson1985Edge of DarknessTVDarius Jedburgh1985FletchChief Jerry Karlin1985Screen TwoTVHunter McCall1984Final JusticeDeputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III1984The NaturalThe Whammer1983JoysticksJoseph Rutter1982WackoDick Harbinger1980PowerTVTommy Vanda1979EischiedTVEarl Eischied1978To Kill a CopChief Earl M. Eischied1978To Kill a CopTVChief Earl Eischied1977The PackJerry1977SpeedtrapPete Novick1977The Shadow of ChikaraWishbone Cutter1977Checkered Flag or CrashWalkaway Madden1975MitchellMitchell1975FramedRon Lewis1974Golden NeedlesDan Mason1973The OutfitJack Cody1973Doc ElliotTVAaron Hickey1973Charley VarrickMolly1973Walking TallBuford Pusser1972That Certain SummerPhil Bonner1972Junior BonnerCurly Bonner1972The Valachi PapersIrish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)1971Welcome Home, Soldier BoysDanny1971Mongo's Back in TownMongo Nash1971Wild RoversPaul Buckman1970Adam at Six A.M.Harvey Gavin1969Guns of the Magnificent SevenSlater1968The Mod SquadTV1968LancerTV1968The OutsiderTVBilly Joe Corey1967Cool Hand LukeFixer1967The High ChaparralTVYuma1967Judd, for the DefenseTV1967IronsideTV1966Mission: ImpossibleTVFrank Kearney1966Felony SquadTV1965The F.B.I.TVAlex Drake1965Honey WestTVRocky Hansen1965The Big ValleyTVTom Lightfoot1959BonanzaTVLuke Harper1955GunsmokeTVWoody Stoner · Tom Butler