Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

Acting

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.

Filmography

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Mud ★ 7.1 Mud 2013 Strange Wilderness ★ 4.9 Strange Wilderness 2008 The 50 Greatest Television Dramas The 50 Greatest Television Dramas 2007 The Dukes of Hazzard ★ 5.6 The Dukes of Hazzard 2005 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade ★ 8.0 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 2004 The Commission ★ 4.5 The Commission 2003 Joe Dirt ★ 5.6 Joe Dirt 2001 Vegas, City of Dreams ★ 3.4 Vegas, City of Dreams 2001 Inside The Living Daylights ★ 8.0 Inside The Living Daylights 2000 Inside 'The Living Daylights' ★ 6.7 Inside 'The Living Daylights' 2000 Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke ★ 5.5 Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke 1999 Poodle Springs ★ 5.5 Poodle Springs 1998 Tomorrow Never Dies ★ 6.4 Tomorrow Never Dies 1997 George Wallace ★ 6.8 George Wallace 1997 George Wallace ★ 8.0 George Wallace 1997 To Dance with Olivia ★ 8.0 To Dance with Olivia 1997 Mars Attacks! ★ 6.4 Mars Attacks! 1996 The Grass Harp ★ 5.9 The Grass Harp 1996 The Siege at Ruby Ridge ★ 5.4 The Siege at Ruby Ridge 1996 The Siege at Ruby Ridge The Siege at Ruby Ridge 1996 Felony ★ 4.8 Felony 1996 GoldenEye ★ 6.9 GoldenEye 1995 Congo ★ 5.6 Congo 1995 Panther ★ 6.3 Panther 1995 The Underneath ★ 5.7 The Underneath 1995 Ring of Steel ★ 5.1 Ring of Steel 1994 Reality Bites ★ 6.5 Reality Bites 1994 Complex of Fear ★ 6.8 Complex of Fear 1993 The Distinguished Gentleman ★ 6.0 The Distinguished Gentleman 1992 Citizen Cohn ★ 6.3 Citizen Cohn 1992 Cape Fear ★ 7.3 Cape Fear 1991 The Children ★ 4.9 The Children 1990 Criminal Law ★ 5.6 Criminal Law 1989 Defrosting the Fridge ★ 3.0 Defrosting the Fridge 1989 Leonard Part 6 ★ 2.9 Leonard Part 6 1987 The Killing Time ★ 5.0 The Killing Time 1987 The Living Daylights ★ 6.5 The Living Daylights 1987 The Abduction of Kari Swenson ★ 6.0 The Abduction of Kari Swenson 1987 Getting Even ★ 3.4 Getting Even 1986 Edge of Darkness ★ 8.1 Edge of Darkness 1985 Fletch ★ 6.7 Fletch 1985 Screen Two ★ 7.1 Screen Two 1985 Final Justice ★ 2.7 Final Justice 1984 The Natural ★ 6.9 The Natural 1984 Joysticks ★ 4.5 Joysticks 1983 Wacko ★ 5.1 Wacko 1982 Power ★ 7.0 Power 1980 Eischied ★ 7.0 Eischied 1979 To Kill a Cop To Kill a Cop 1978 To Kill a Cop ★ 8.0 To Kill a Cop 1978 The Pack ★ 6.8 The Pack 1977 Speedtrap ★ 6.3 Speedtrap 1977 The Shadow of Chikara ★ 4.6 The Shadow of Chikara 1977 Checkered Flag or Crash ★ 4.6 Checkered Flag or Crash 1977 Mitchell ★ 3.3 Mitchell 1975 Framed ★ 6.6 Framed 1975 Golden Needles ★ 5.3 Golden Needles 1974 The Outfit ★ 6.8 The Outfit 1973 Doc Elliot ★ 7.0 Doc Elliot 1973 Charley Varrick ★ 7.3 Charley Varrick 1973 Walking Tall ★ 6.6 Walking Tall 1973 That Certain Summer ★ 6.6 That Certain Summer 1972 Junior Bonner ★ 6.1 Junior Bonner 1972 The Valachi Papers ★ 6.5 The Valachi Papers 1972 Welcome Home, Soldier Boys ★ 4.8 Welcome Home, Soldier Boys 1971 Mongo's Back in Town ★ 5.9 Mongo's Back in Town 1971 Wild Rovers ★ 6.1 Wild Rovers 1971 Adam at Six A.M. ★ 4.9 Adam at Six A.M. 1970 Guns of the Magnificent Seven ★ 5.4 Guns of the Magnificent Seven 1969 The Mod Squad ★ 6.1 The Mod Squad 1968 Lancer ★ 5.6 Lancer 1968 The Outsider ★ 6.0 The Outsider 1968 Cool Hand Luke ★ 7.7 Cool Hand Luke 1967 The High Chaparral ★ 6.8 The High Chaparral 1967 Judd, for the Defense ★ 7.7 Judd, for the Defense 1967 Ironside ★ 6.9 Ironside 1967 Mission: Impossible ★ 7.6 Mission: Impossible 1966 Felony Squad ★ 6.5 Felony Squad 1966 The F.B.I. ★ 5.6 The F.B.I. 1965 Honey West ★ 7.2 Honey West 1965