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.
Birthday
February 12, 1936 • Groesbeck, Texas, USA
Known For
Acting
Popularity
0.8
Died
May 7, 2025
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Movies
movie
Cool Hand Luke
1967
7.7
movie
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
0.0
movie
Cape Fear
1991
7.3
movie
The Living Daylights
1987
6.5
movie
GoldenEye
1995
6.9
movie
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
6.4
movie
Poodle Springs
1998
5.4
movie
Congo
1995
5.6
movie
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
6.0
movie
Reality Bites
1994
6.6
movie
Junior Bonner
1972
6.1
movie
The Dukes of Hazzard
2005
5.6
TV Shows
series
The F.B.I.
1965
5.4
series
The Mod Squad
1968
6.2
series
Gunsmoke
1955
6.6
series
Mission: Impossible
1966
7.6
series
Ironside
1967
6.8
series
Felony Squad
1966
6.4
series
The High Chaparral
1967
6.6
series
Lancer
1968
4.7
series
The Big Valley
1965
6.1
series
Judd for the Defense
1967
7.5
series
Edge of Darkness
1985
8.1
series
Honey West
1965
7.0