Joe Don Baker
Joe Don Baker
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Joe Don Baker

Actor 1936-02-12 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
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Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

1996 · Glenn Norris

GoldenEye

GoldenEye

1995 · Jack Wade

Cape Fear

Cape Fear

1991 · Claude Kersek

Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies

1997 · Wade

Mud

Mud

2013 · King

The Living Daylights

The Living Daylights

1987 · Brad Whitaker

Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

1967 · Fixer

The Dukes of Hazzard

The Dukes of Hazzard

2005 · Governor Jim Applewhite

Congo

Congo

1995 · R.B. Travis

Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt

2001 · Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)

Reality Bites

Reality Bites

1994 · Tom Pierce

Fletch

Fletch

1985 · Chief Jerry Karlin

The Natural

The Natural

1984 · The Whammer

Bonanza

Bonanza

1959 · Luke Harper

The Distinguished Gentleman

The Distinguished Gentleman

1992 · Olaf Andersen

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

1966 · Frank Kearney

Charley Varrick

Charley Varrick

1973 · Molly

Strange Wilderness

Strange Wilderness

2008 · Bill Calhoun

Walking Tall

Walking Tall

1973 · Buford Pusser

Criminal Law

Criminal Law

1989 · Detective Mesel