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Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

Acting·1936–2025·61 films

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.

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Filmography

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
The Distinguished Gentleman
The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)Olaf Andersen
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
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)Slater
The Valachi Papers
The Valachi Papers (1972)Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)
Junior Bonner
Junior Bonner (1972)Curly Bonner
The Outfit
The Outfit (1973)Jack Cody
The Underneath
The Underneath (1995)Clay Hinkle
Joysticks
Joysticks (1983)Joseph Rutter
Leonard Part 6
Leonard Part 6 (1987)Snyderburn
Wild Rovers
Wild Rovers (1971)Paul Buckman
Panther
Panther (1995)Brimmer
Mitchell
Mitchell (1975)Mitchell
Final Justice
Final Justice (1984)Geronimo
The Killing Time
The Killing Time (1987)Carl Cunningham
The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp (1996)Sheriff Junius Candle
Wacko
Wacko (1982)Dick Harbinger
The Pack
The Pack (1977)Jerry
Citizen Cohn
Citizen Cohn (1992)Sen. Joseph McCarthy
Poodle Springs
Poodle Springs (1998)P.J. Parker
Framed
Framed (1975)Ron Lewis
The Shadow of Chikara
The Shadow of Chikara (1977)Wishbone Cutter
That Certain Summer
That Certain Summer (1972)Phil Bonner
George Wallace
George Wallace (1997)Big Jim Folsom
Ring of Steel
Ring of Steel (1994)Man in Black
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996)Gerry Spence
Golden Needles
Golden Needles (1974)Dan Mason
Adam at Six A.M.
Adam at Six A.M. (1970)Harvey Gavin
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)Self (archive footage)
Felony
Felony (1996)Donovan
Getting Even
Getting Even (1986)King R. Kenderson
Checkered Flag or Crash
Checkered Flag or Crash (1977)Walkaway Madden
Complex of Fear
Complex of Fear (1993)Det. Frank Farrel
Inside 'The Living Daylights'
Inside 'The Living Daylights' (2000)Self
Vegas, City of Dreams
Vegas, City of Dreams (2001)Dylan Garrett
Mongo's Back in Town
Mongo's Back in Town (1971)Mongo Nash
The Children
The Children (1990)Cliffe Wheater
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys (1971)Danny
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
The Abduction of Kari Swenson (1987)Sheriff Onstad
Speedtrap
Speedtrap (1977)Pete Novick
Defrosting the Fridge
Defrosting the Fridge (1989)Hunter McCall
The Commission
The Commission (2003)Rep. Hale Boggs
To Dance with Olivia
To Dance with Olivia (1997)Horace
Inside The Living Daylights
Inside The Living Daylights (2000)Self
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007)Self
To Kill a Cop
To Kill a Cop (1978)Chief Earl M. Eischied