Joe Don Baker

Acting·Feb 12, 1936·Groesbeck, Texas, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Mud2013 · King	King
Strange Wilderness2008 · Bill Calhoun	Bill Calhoun
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas2007 · Self	Self
The Dukes of Hazzard2005 · Governor Jim Applewhite	Governor Jim Applewhite
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
The Commission2003 · Rep. Hale Boggs	Rep. Hale Boggs
Joe Dirt2001 · Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)	Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
Vegas, City of Dreams2001 · Dylan Garrett	Dylan Garrett
Inside The Living Daylights2000 · Self	Self
Inside 'The Living Daylights'2000 · Self	Self
Poodle Springs1998 · P.J. Parker	P.J. Parker
Tomorrow Never Dies1997 · Wade	Wade
George Wallace1997 · Big Jim Folsom	Big Jim Folsom
To Dance with Olivia1997 · Horace	Horace
Mars Attacks!1996 · Glenn Norris	Glenn Norris
The Grass Harp1996 · Sheriff Junius Candle	Sheriff Junius Candle
The Siege at Ruby Ridge1996 · Gerry Spence	Gerry Spence
Felony1996 · Donovan	Donovan
GoldenEye1995 · Jack Wade	Jack Wade
Congo1995 · R.B. Travis	R.B. Travis
Panther1995 · Brimmer	Brimmer
The Underneath1995 · Clay Hinkle	Clay Hinkle
Ring of Steel1994 · Man in Black	Man in Black
Reality Bites1994 · Tom Pierce	Tom Pierce
Complex of Fear1993 · Det. Frank Farrel	Det. Frank Farrel
The Distinguished Gentleman1992 · Olaf Andersen	Olaf Andersen
Citizen Cohn1992 · Sen. Joseph McCarthy	Sen. Joseph McCarthy
Cape Fear1991 · Claude Kersek	Claude Kersek
The Children1990 · Cliffe Wheater	Cliffe Wheater
Criminal Law1989 · Detective Mesel	Detective Mesel
Defrosting the Fridge1989 · Hunter McCall	Hunter McCall
Leonard Part 61987 · Snyderburn	Snyderburn
The Killing Time1987 · Carl Cunningham	Carl Cunningham
The Living Daylights1987 · Brad Whitaker	Brad Whitaker
The Abduction of Kari Swenson1987 · Sheriff Onstad	Sheriff Onstad
Getting Even1986 · King R. Kenderson	King R. Kenderson
Fletch1985 · Chief Jerry Karlin	Chief Jerry Karlin
Final Justice1984 · Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III	Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III
The Natural1984 · The Whammer	The Whammer
Joysticks1983 · Joseph Rutter	Joseph Rutter
Wacko1982 · Dick Harbinger	Dick Harbinger
To Kill a Cop1978 · Chief Earl M. Eischied	Chief Earl M. Eischied
The Pack1977 · Jerry	Jerry
Speedtrap1977 · Pete Novick	Pete Novick
The Shadow of Chikara1977 · Wishbone Cutter	Wishbone Cutter
Checkered Flag or Crash1977 · Walkaway Madden	Walkaway Madden
Mitchell1975 · Mitchell	Mitchell
Framed1975 · Ron Lewis	Ron Lewis