Joe Don Baker
- Born
- February 12, 1936 · Groesbeck, Texas, USA
- Died
- May 7, 2025
- Actor
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- production_manager
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.
Filmography · 41 credits
- 2012Mud · Actor (King)
- 2012Trailer War · Archive footage
- 2008Strange Wilderness · Actor (Bill Calhoun)
- 2003The Commission · Actor (Rep. Hale Boggs)
- 2001Vegas, City of Dreams · Actor (Dylan Garrett)
- 1997Tomorrow Never Dies · Actor (Wade)
- 1995GoldenEye · Actor (Jack Wade)
- 1995Congo · Actor (R.B. Travis)
- 1995The Grass Harp · Actor (Sheriff Junius Candle)
- 1995The Underneath · Actor (Clay Hinkle)
- 1995Panther · Actor (Brimmer)
- 1994Reality Bites · Actor (Tom Pierce)
- 1994Felony · Actor (Donovan)
- 1994Ring of Steel · Actor (Man in Black)
- 1992The Distinguished Gentleman · Actor (Olaf Andersen)
- 1991Cape Fear · Actor (Claude Kersek)
- 1988Criminal Law · Actor (Detective Mesel)
- 1987Leonard Part 6 · Actor (Nick Snyderburn)
- 1987The Killing Time · Actor (Carl Cunningham)
- 1986Getting Even · Actor (King R. Kenderson)
- 1985Fletch · Actor (Chief Karlin)
- 1985Final Justice · Actor (Geronimo)
- 1984The Natural · Actor (The Whammer)
- 1983Joysticks · Actor (Joseph Rutter)
- 1982Wacko · Actor (Dick Harbinger)
- 1977The Pack · Actor (Jerry)
- 1977The Shadow of Chikara · Actor (Wishbone Cutter)
- 1977Speedtrap · Actor (Pete Novick)
- 1977Checkered Flag or Crash · Actor (Walkaway Madden)
- 1975Mitchell · Actor (Mitchell)
- 1975Framed · Actor (Ron Lewis)
- 1974Golden Needles · Actor (Dan Mason)
- 1973Charley Varrick · Actor (Molly)
- 1973Walking Tall · Actor (Buford Pusser)
- 1973The Outfit · Actor (Jack Cody)
- 1972Junior Bonner · Actor (Curly Bonner)
- 1971Wild Rovers · Actor (Paul Buckman)
- 1971Welcome Home Soldier Boys · Actor (Danny)
- 1970Adam at Six A.M. · Actor (Harvey Gavin)
- 1969Guns of the Magnificent Seven · Actor (Slater)
- —Cowboys from Hell · Actor ('Shotgun' Tucker)