Joe Don Baker

Acting • 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

6.9

GoldenEye

1995

6.6

The Living Daylights

1987

7.3

Cape Fear

1991

6.4

Tomorrow Never Dies

1997

6.7

Fletch

1985

7.4

Charley Varrick

1973

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Filmography

2013
MudFilm
King
★ 7.1
2008
Strange WildernessFilm
Bill Calhoun
★ 4.9
2007
The 50 Greatest Television DramasFilm
Self
2005
The Dukes of HazzardFilm
Governor Jim Applewhite
★ 5.6
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
2003
The CommissionFilm
Rep. Hale Boggs
★ 4.5
2001
Joe DirtFilm
Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
★ 5.6
2001
Vegas, City of DreamsFilm
Dylan Garrett
★ 3.4
2000
Inside 'The Living Daylights'Film
Self
★ 6.7
2000
Inside The Living DaylightsFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1999
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris DukeTV
Buck Duke • 4 episodes
★ 5.5
1998
Poodle SpringsFilm
P.J. Parker
★ 5.4
1997
Tomorrow Never DiesFilm
Wade
★ 6.4
1997
George WallaceFilm
Big Jim Folsom
★ 6.8
1997
George WallaceTV
Big Jim Folsom • 2 episodes
★ 6.7
1997
To Dance with OliviaFilm
Horace
★ 8.0
1996
Mars Attacks!Film
Glenn Norris
★ 6.4
1996
The Grass HarpFilm
Sheriff Junius Candle
★ 5.9
1996
The Siege at Ruby RidgeFilm
Gerry Spence
★ 5.4
1996
FelonyFilm
Donovan
★ 4.8
1996
The Siege at Ruby RidgeTV
Gerry Spence • 2 episodes
1995
GoldenEyeFilm
Jack Wade
★ 6.9
1995
CongoFilm
R.B. Travis
★ 5.6
1995
The UnderneathFilm
Clay Hinkle
★ 5.7
1995
PantherFilm
Brimmer
★ 6.3
1994
Reality BitesFilm
Tom Pierce
★ 6.5
1994
Ring of SteelFilm
Man in Black
★ 4.9
1993
Complex of FearFilm
Det. Frank Farrel
★ 6.8
1992
The Distinguished GentlemanFilm
Olaf Andersen
★ 6.0
1992
Citizen CohnFilm
Sen. Joseph McCarthy
★ 6.3
1991
Cape FearFilm
Claude Kersek
★ 7.3
1990
The ChildrenFilm
Cliffe Wheater
★ 4.9
1989
Criminal LawFilm
Detective Mesel
★ 5.6
1989
Defrosting the FridgeFilm
Hunter McCall
★ 3.0
1987
The Living DaylightsFilm
Brad Whitaker
★ 6.6
1987
Leonard Part 6Film
Snyderburn
★ 2.8
1987
The Killing TimeFilm
Carl Cunningham
★ 5.0
1987
The Abduction of Kari SwensonFilm
Sheriff Onstad
★ 6.0
1986
Getting EvenFilm
King R. Kenderson
★ 3.4
1985
FletchFilm
Chief Jerry Karlin
★ 6.7
1985
Screen TwoTV
Hunter McCall • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1985
Edge of DarknessTV
Darius Jedburgh • 6 episodes
★ 8.1
1984
The NaturalFilm
The Whammer
★ 6.9
1984
Final JusticeFilm
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III
★ 2.7
1983
JoysticksFilm
Joseph Rutter
★ 4.5
1982
WackoFilm
Dick Harbinger
★ 5.1
1980
PowerTV
Tommy Vanda • 2 episodes
★ 7.0
1979
EischiedTV
Earl Eischied • 13 episodes
★ 7.0
1978
To Kill a CopTV
Chief Earl Eischied • 2 episodes
★ 8.0
1978
To Kill a CopFilm
Chief Earl M. Eischied
1977
The PackFilm
Jerry
★ 6.6
1977
The Shadow of ChikaraFilm
Wishbone Cutter
★ 4.6
1977
Checkered Flag or CrashFilm
Walkaway Madden
★ 4.6
1977
SpeedtrapFilm
Pete Novick
★ 6.3
1975
MitchellFilm
Mitchell
★ 3.3
1975
FramedFilm
Ron Lewis
★ 6.6
1974
Golden NeedlesFilm
Dan Mason
★ 5.3
1973
Charley VarrickFilm
Molly
★ 7.4
1973
Walking TallFilm
Buford Pusser
★ 6.6
1973
The OutfitFilm
Jack Cody
★ 6.7
1973
Doc ElliotTV
Aaron Hickey • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1972
The Streets of San FranciscoTV
Leonard Collier Cord • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1972
The Valachi PapersFilm
Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)
★ 6.5
1972
Junior BonnerFilm
Curly Bonner
★ 6.1
1972
That Certain SummerFilm
Phil Bonner
★ 6.6
1971
Wild RoversFilm
Paul Buckman
★ 6.1
1971
Mongo's Back in TownFilm
Mongo Nash
★ 6.1
1971
Welcome Home, Soldier BoysFilm
Danny
★ 5.2
1970
Adam at Six A.M.Film
Harvey Gavin
★ 4.9
1969
Guns of the Magnificent SevenFilm
Slater
★ 5.4
1968
The Mod SquadTV
Willie Turner • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
1968
LancerTV
Day Pardee • 1 episodes
★ 5.6
1968
LancerTV
Santee • 1 episodes
★ 5.6
1968
LancerTV
Clovis Horner • 1 episodes
★ 5.6
1968
The OutsiderTV
Billy Joe Corey • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
1967
IronsideTV
Eric Blair • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1967
Cool Hand LukeFilm
Fixer
★ 7.7
1967
The High ChaparralTV
Yuma • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1967
Judd, for the DefenseTV
Merl Varney • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
1966
Mission: ImpossibleTV
Frank Kearney • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
1966
Felony SquadTV
Shep Taubs • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
1965
The Big ValleyTV
Tom Lightfoot • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1965
The F.B.I.TV
Alex Drake • 1 episodes
★ 5.6
1965
Honey WestTV
Rocky Hansen • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
1959
BonanzaTV
Luke Harper • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1955
GunsmokeTV
Woody Stoner • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1955
GunsmokeTV
Tom Butler • 1 episodes
★ 6.7