Joe Don Baker

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

February 12, 1936

died

May 7, 2025

place of birth

Groesbeck, Texas, USA

also known as

جو دان بیکر · Джо Дон Бейкер

total credits

50 movies

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.

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Known For

Filmography

50 credits · sorted by popularity · swipe or use arrows

Mars Attacks!
6.4

Mars Attacks!

1996as Glenn Norris
Cape Fear
7.3

Cape Fear

1991as Claude Kersek
GoldenEye
6.9

GoldenEye

1995as Jack Wade
Tomorrow Never Dies
6.4

Tomorrow Never Dies

1997as Wade
The Living Daylights
6.5

The Living Daylights

1987as Brad Whitaker
Mud
7.1

Mud

2013as King
Cool Hand Luke
7.7

Cool Hand Luke

1967as Fixer
The Dukes of Hazzard
5.6

The Dukes of Hazzard

2005as Governor Jim Applewhite
Congo
5.6

Congo

1995as R.B. Travis
Joe Dirt
5.6

Joe Dirt

2001as Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
The Natural
6.9

The Natural

1984as The Whammer
Reality Bites
6.5

Reality Bites

1994as Tom Pierce
Walking Tall
6.6

Walking Tall

1973as Buford Pusser
Fletch
6.7

Fletch

1985as Chief Jerry Karlin
The Pack
6.8

The Pack

1977as Jerry
Charley Varrick
7.3

Charley Varrick

1973as Molly
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
5.4

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

1969as Slater
The Distinguished Gentleman
6.0

The Distinguished Gentleman

1992as Olaf Andersen
Joysticks
4.5

Joysticks

1983as Joseph Rutter
The Grass Harp
5.9

The Grass Harp

1996as Sheriff Junius Candle
Criminal Law
5.6

Criminal Law

1989as Detective Mesel
The Underneath
5.7

The Underneath

1995as Clay Hinkle
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007as Self
Strange Wilderness
4.9

Strange Wilderness

2008as Bill Calhoun
Panther
6.3

Panther

1995as Brimmer
The Valachi Papers
6.5

The Valachi Papers

1972as Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)
The Outfit
6.8

The Outfit

1973as Jack Cody
George Wallace
6.8

George Wallace

1997as Big Jim Folsom
Citizen Cohn
6.3

Citizen Cohn

1992as Sen. Joseph McCarthy
Junior Bonner
6.1

Junior Bonner

1972as Curly Bonner
Golden Needles
5.3

Golden Needles

1974as Dan Mason
Leonard Part 6
2.9

Leonard Part 6

1987as Snyderburn
Complex of Fear
6.8

Complex of Fear

1993as Det. Frank Farrel
Poodle Springs
5.5

Poodle Springs

1998as P.J. Parker
Final Justice
2.7

Final Justice

1984as Geronimo
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
8.0

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004as Self (archive footage)
The Killing Time
5.0

The Killing Time

1987as Carl Cunningham
Felony
4.8

Felony

1996as Donovan
Mitchell
3.3

Mitchell

1975as Mitchell
To Kill a Cop

To Kill a Cop

1978as Chief Earl M. Eischied
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
5.4

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

1996as Gerry Spence
Speedtrap
6.3

Speedtrap

1977as Pete Novick
Wild Rovers
6.1

Wild Rovers

1971as Paul Buckman
The Children
4.9

The Children

1990as Cliffe Wheater
The Commission
4.5

The Commission

2003as Rep. Hale Boggs
Wacko
5.1

Wacko

1982as Dick Harbinger
Ring of Steel
5.1

Ring of Steel

1994as Man in Black
Vegas, City of Dreams
3.4

Vegas, City of Dreams

2001as Dylan Garrett
Getting Even
3.4

Getting Even

1986as King R. Kenderson
The Shadow of Chikara
4.6

The Shadow of Chikara

1977as Wishbone Cutter