Joe Don Baker

Acting

Joe Don Baker

Born 12 February 1936 · Groesbeck, Texas, USA · Died 7 May 2025 at 89

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

Highlights

Cape Fear1991 · Film · Claude Kersek
GoldenEye1995 · Film · Jack Wade
Mud2013 · Film · King
Cool Hand Luke1967 · Film · Fixer
Mars Attacks!1996 · Film · Glenn Norris
Tomorrow Never Dies1997 · Film · Wade

Filmography

Movies

57 films

Mud2013 · Film · King
Strange Wilderness2008 · Film · Bill Calhoun
The Dukes of Hazzard2005 · Film · Governor Jim Applewhite
The Commission2003 · Film · Rep. Hale Boggs
Joe Dirt2001 · Film · Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
Vegas, City of Dreams2001 · Film · Dylan Garrett
Poodle Springs1998 · Film · P.J. Parker
Tomorrow Never Dies1997 · Film · Wade
George Wallace1997 · Film · Big Jim Folsom
To Dance with Olivia1997 · Film · Horace
Mars Attacks!1996 · Film · Glenn Norris
The Grass Harp1996 · Film · Sheriff Junius Candle
The Siege at Ruby Ridge1996 · Film · Gerry Spence
Felony1996 · Film · Donovan
GoldenEye1995 · Film · Jack Wade
Congo1995 · Film · R.B. Travis
Panther1995 · Film · Brimmer
The Underneath1995 · Film · Clay Hinkle
Ring of Steel1994 · Film · Man in Black
Reality Bites1994 · Film · Tom Pierce
Complex of Fear1993 · Film · Det. Frank Farrel
The Distinguished Gentleman1992 · Film · Olaf Andersen
Citizen Cohn1992 · Film · Sen. Joseph McCarthy
Cape Fear1991 · Film · Claude Kersek
The Children1990 · Film · Cliffe Wheater
Criminal Law1989 · Film · Detective Mesel
Defrosting the Fridge1989 · Film · Hunter McCall
Leonard Part 61987 · Film · Snyderburn
The Killing Time1987 · Film · Carl Cunningham
The Living Daylights1987 · Film · Brad Whitaker
The Abduction of Kari Swenson1987 · Film · Sheriff Onstad
Getting Even1986 · Film · King R. Kenderson
Fletch1985 · Film · Chief Jerry Karlin
Final Justice1984 · Film · Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III
The Natural1984 · Film · The Whammer
Joysticks1983 · Film · Joseph Rutter
Wacko1982 · Film · Dick Harbinger
To Kill a Cop1978 · Film · Chief Earl M. Eischied
The Pack1977 · Film · Jerry
Speedtrap1977 · Film · Pete Novick
The Shadow of Chikara1977 · Film · Wishbone Cutter
Checkered Flag or Crash1977 · Film · Walkaway Madden
Mitchell1975 · Film · Mitchell
Framed1975 · Film · Ron Lewis
Golden Needles1974 · Film · Dan Mason
The Outfit1973 · Film · Jack Cody
Charley Varrick1973 · Film · Molly
Walking Tall1973 · Film · Buford Pusser
That Certain Summer1972 · Film · Phil Bonner
Junior Bonner1972 · Film · Curly Bonner
The Valachi Papers1972 · Film · Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys1971 · Film · Danny
Mongo's Back in Town1971 · Film · Mongo Nash
Wild Rovers1971 · Film · Paul Buckman
Adam at Six A.M.1970 · Film · Harvey Gavin
Guns of the Magnificent Seven1969 · Film · Slater
Cool Hand Luke1967 · Film · Fixer

Filmography

Series

23 shows

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke1999 · Series · Buck Duke
George Wallace1997 · Series · Big Jim Folsom
The Siege at Ruby Ridge1996 · Series · Gerry Spence
Edge of Darkness1985 · Series · Darius Jedburgh
Screen Two1985 · Series · Hunter McCall
Power1980 · Series · Tommy Vanda
Eischied1979 · Series · Earl Eischied
To Kill a Cop1978 · Series · Chief Earl Eischied
Doc Elliot1973 · Series · Aaron Hickey
The Streets of San Francisco1972 · Series · Leonard Collier Cord
The Mod Squad1968 · Series · Willie Turner
Lancer1968 · Series · Day Pardee
The Outsider1968 · Series · Billy Joe Corey
The High Chaparral1967 · Series · Yuma
Judd, for the Defense1967 · Series · Merl Varney
Ironside1967 · Series · Eric Blair
Mission: Impossible1966 · Series · Frank Kearney
Felony Squad1966 · Series · Shep Taubs
The F.B.I.1965 · Series · Alex Drake
Honey West1965 · Series · Rocky Hansen
The Big Valley1965 · Series · Tom Lightfoot
Bonanza1959 · Series · Luke Harper
Gunsmoke1955 · Series · Woody Stoner