Joe Don Baker

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

81

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-02-12

Day of death

2025-05-07 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

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 For

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

  • Felony Squad

    Felony Squad

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • Judd for the Defense

    Judd for the Defense

  • Honey West

    Honey West

  • Lancer

    Lancer

  • GoldenEye

    GoldenEye

  • Adam at Six A.M.

    Adam at Six A.M.

  • Joe Dirt

    Joe Dirt

  • Mud

    Mud

  • Mars Attacks!

    Mars Attacks!

  • The Outfit

    The Outfit

  • Tomorrow Never Dies

    Tomorrow Never Dies

  • Cape Fear

    Cape Fear

  • Strange Wilderness

    Strange Wilderness

  • The Dukes of Hazzard

    The Dukes of Hazzard

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • The Natural

    The Natural

  • Walking Tall

    Walking Tall

  • The Living Daylights

    The Living Daylights

  • Inside 'The Living Daylights'

    Inside 'The Living Daylights'

  • Junior Bonner

    Junior Bonner

  • The Distinguished Gentleman

    The Distinguished Gentleman

  • Final Justice

    Final Justice

  • Framed

    Framed

  • Cool Hand Luke

    Cool Hand Luke

  • The Killing Time

    The Killing Time

  • Charley Varrick

    Charley Varrick

  • Criminal Law

    Criminal Law

  • Power

    Power

  • The Children

    The Children

  • Fletch

    Fletch

  • Congo

    Congo

  • Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

    Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

  • That Certain Summer

    That Certain Summer

  • The Valachi Papers

    The Valachi Papers

  • Edge of Darkness

    Edge of Darkness

  • The Pack

    The Pack

  • Golden Needles

    Golden Needles

  • The Commission

    The Commission

  • Panther

    Panther

  • Wacko

    Wacko

  • Getting Even

    Getting Even

  • Eischied

    Eischied

  • Reality Bites

    Reality Bites

  • Doc Elliot

    Doc Elliot

  • To Dance with Olivia

    To Dance with Olivia

  • Guns of the Magnificent Seven

    Guns of the Magnificent Seven

  • Abduction

    Abduction

  • Felony

    Felony

  • Vegas, City of Dreams

    Vegas, City of Dreams

  • Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

  • To Kill a Cop

    To Kill a Cop

  • Leonard Part 6

    Leonard Part 6

  • The Grass Harp

    The Grass Harp

  • The Shadow of Chikara

    The Shadow of Chikara

  • Poodle Springs

    Poodle Springs

  • Citizen Cohn

    Citizen Cohn

  • Mitchell

    Mitchell

  • Complex of Fear

    Complex of Fear

  • The Underneath

    The Underneath

  • Speedtrap

    Speedtrap

  • Defrosting the Fridge

    Defrosting the Fridge

  • To Kill a Cop

    To Kill a Cop

  • The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

  • Inside The Living Daylights

    Inside The Living Daylights

  • George Wallace

    George Wallace

  • Checkered Flag or Crash

    Checkered Flag or Crash

  • Welcome Home, Soldier Boys

    Welcome Home, Soldier Boys

  • The Siege at Ruby Ridge

    The Siege at Ruby Ridge

  • Joysticks

    Joysticks

  • Wild Rovers

    Wild Rovers

  • Ring of Steel

    Ring of Steel

  • Mongo's Back in Town

    Mongo's Back in Town