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