Joe Don Baker

Born

2/12/1936

Groesbeck, Texas, USA

Joe Don Baker

Biography

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 For59 Movies

The Living Daylights
1987
★6.5
GoldenEye
1995
★6.9
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
★6.4
Cape Fear
1991
★7.3
Mars Attacks!
1996
★6.4
Cool Hand Luke
1967
★7.7
Congo
1995
★5.6
The Dukes of Hazzard
2005
★5.6
Mud
2013
★7.1
The Natural
1984
★6.9
Joe Dirt
2001
★5.6
Fletch
1985
★6.8
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
★6.0
Reality Bites
1994
★6.5
The Outfit
1973
★6.8
Criminal Law
1989
★5.6
Panther
1995
★6.3
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969
★5.4
Charley Varrick
1973
★7.4
Strange Wilderness
2008
★4.9
The Killing Time
1987
★5.0
The Valachi Papers
1972
★6.5
Walking Tall
1973
★6.6
The Grass Harp
1996
★5.9
Junior Bonner
1972
★6.1
Poodle Springs
1998
★5.5
The Underneath
1995
★5.7
Wild Rovers
1971
★6.1
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996
★5.4
Joysticks
1983
★4.4
The Pack
1977
★6.8
The Children
1990
★4.9
George Wallace
1997
★6.8
Golden Needles
1974
★5.3
Leonard Part 6
1987
★2.9
Checkered Flag or Crash
1977
★4.6
Citizen Cohn
1992
★6.3
Framed
1975
★6.6
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
★8.0
Speedtrap
1977
★6.3
That Certain Summer
1972
★6.6
Ring of Steel
1994
★4.9
Wacko
1982
★5.1
Mitchell
1975
★3.3
Final Justice
1984
★2.7
Defrosting the Fridge
1989
★3.0
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
1987
★6.0
Vegas, City of Dreams
2001
★3.4
Getting Even
1986
★3.4
To Dance with Olivia
1997
★8.0
Felony
1996
★4.8
The Commission
2003
★4.5
Complex of Fear
1993
★6.8
The Shadow of Chikara
1977
★4.6
Adam at Six A.M.
1970
★4.9
Inside 'The Living Daylights'
2000
★6.7
Mongo's Back in Town
1971
★6.1
Inside The Living Daylights
2000
★8.0
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys
1971
★5.2