Joe Don Baker
Born
February 12, 1936
Died
May 7, 2025 (89 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.

Mud
King
2013

Strange Wilderness
Bill Calhoun
2008

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
2007

The Dukes of Hazzard
Governor Jim Applewhite
2005

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
2004

The Commission
Rep. Hale Boggs
2003
Best Ever Bond
Jack Wade (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002

Joe Dirt
Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
2001

Vegas, City of Dreams
Dylan Garrett
2001

Inside The Living Daylights
Self
2000

Inside 'The Living Daylights'
Self
2000

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Buck Duke · (4 episodes)
1999

Poodle Springs
P.J. Parker
1998

Tomorrow Never Dies
Wade
1997

George Wallace
Big Jim Folsom
1997

To Dance with Olivia
Horace
1997

Mars Attacks!
Glenn Norris
1996

The Grass Harp
Sheriff Junius Candle
1996

The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Gerry Spence
1996

GoldenEye
Jack Wade
1995

Congo
R.B. Travis
1995

Panther
Brimmer
1995

The Underneath
Clay Hinkle
1995

Felony
Donovan
1994

Ring of Steel
Man in Black
1994

Reality Bites
Tom Pierce
1994

Complex of Fear
Det. Frank Farrel
1993

The Distinguished Gentleman
Olaf Andersen
1992

Citizen Cohn
Sen. Joseph McCarthy
1992

Cape Fear
Claude Kersek
1991

The Children
Cliffe Wheater
1990

Criminal Law
Detective Mesel
1989

Defrosting the Fridge
Hunter McCall
1989

Leonard Part 6
Snyderburn
1987

The Killing Time
Carl Cunningham
1987

The Living Daylights
Brad Whitaker
1987

Abduction
Sheriff Onstad
1987

Getting Even
King R. Kenderson
1986

Edge of Darkness
Darius Jedburgh · (6 episodes)
1985

Fletch
Chief Jerry Karlin
1985

Final Justice
Geronimo
1984

The Natural
The Whammer
1984

Joysticks
Joseph Rutter
1983

Wacko
Dick Harbinger
1982

Power
Tommy Vanda
1980

Eischied
Earl Eischied · (13 episodes)
1979

To Kill a Cop
Chief Earl M. Eischied
1978

To Kill a Cop
Chief Earl Eischied · (2 episodes)
1978

The Pack
Jerry
1977

Speedtrap
Pete Novick
1977

The Shadow of Chikara
Wishbone Cutter
1977

Checkered Flag or Crash
Walkaway Madden
1977

Mitchell
Mitchell
1975

Framed
Ron Lewis
1975

Golden Needles
Dan Mason
1974

The Outfit
Cody
1973

Doc Elliot
Aaron Hickey · (1 episode)
1973

Charley Varrick
Molly
1973

Walking Tall
Buford Pusser
1973

That Certain Summer
Phil Bonner
1972

Junior Bonner
Curly Bonner
1972

The Valachi Papers
Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)
1972

Welcome Home, Soldier Boys
Danny
1971

Mongo's Back in Town
Mongo Nash
1971

Wild Rovers
Paul Buckman
1971

Adam at Six A.M.
Harvey Gavin
1970

Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Slater
1969

The Mod Squad
(1 episode)
1968

Lancer
(3 episodes)
1968

The Outsider
Billy Joe Corey · (1 episode)
1968

Cool Hand Luke
Fixer
1967

The High Chaparral
Yuma · (1 episode)
1967

Judd for the Defense
(1 episode)
1967

Ironside
(1 episode)
1967

Mission: Impossible
(1 episode)
1966

Felony Squad
(1 episode)
1966

The F.B.I.
Alex Drake · (1 episode)
1965

Honey West
Rocky Hansen · (1 episode)
1965

The Big Valley
Tom Lightfoot · (1 episode)
1965

Bonanza
Luke Harper · (1 episode)
1959

Gunsmoke
Woody Stoner · (1 episode)
1955

Gunsmoke
Tom Butler · (1 episode)
1955