Joe Don Baker

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

82

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

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

  • Felony Squad

    Felony Squad

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • GoldenEye

    GoldenEye

  • Honey West

    Honey West

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • Lancer

    Lancer

  • Tomorrow Never Dies

    Tomorrow Never Dies

  • Joe Dirt

    Joe Dirt

  • Mud

    Mud

  • Mars Attacks!

    Mars Attacks!

  • Walking Tall

    Walking Tall

  • Judd for the Defense

    Judd for the Defense

  • Charley Varrick

    Charley Varrick

  • Cape Fear

    Cape Fear

  • The Dukes of Hazzard

    The Dukes of Hazzard

  • The Living Daylights

    The Living Daylights

  • Strange Wilderness

    Strange Wilderness

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • Criminal Law

    Criminal Law

  • Felony

    Felony

  • Fletch

    Fletch

  • Junior Bonner

    Junior Bonner

  • The Outfit

    The Outfit

  • Wild Rovers

    Wild Rovers

  • Wacko

    Wacko

  • Final Justice

    Final Justice

  • Cool Hand Luke

    Cool Hand Luke

  • Framed

    Framed

  • The Commission

    The Commission

  • Congo

    Congo

  • The Distinguished Gentleman

    The Distinguished Gentleman

  • The Pack

    The Pack

  • Abduction

    Abduction

  • Getting Even

    Getting Even

  • Panther

    Panther

  • The Valachi Papers

    The Valachi Papers

  • Guns of the Magnificent Seven

    Guns of the Magnificent Seven

  • Edge of Darkness

    Edge of Darkness

  • The Natural

    The Natural

  • Mitchell

    Mitchell

  • Golden Needles

    Golden Needles

  • That Certain Summer

    That Certain Summer

  • To Dance with Olivia

    To Dance with Olivia

  • The Shadow of Chikara

    The Shadow of Chikara

  • Speedtrap

    Speedtrap

  • Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

    Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

  • Reality Bites

    Reality Bites

  • Adam at Six A.M.

    Adam at Six A.M.

  • Poodle Springs

    Poodle Springs

  • The Children

    The Children

  • Inside 'The Living Daylights'

    Inside 'The Living Daylights'

  • The Killing Time

    The Killing Time

  • To Kill a Cop

    To Kill a Cop

  • The Grass Harp

    The Grass Harp

  • Complex of Fear

    Complex of Fear

  • Vegas, City of Dreams

    Vegas, City of Dreams

  • Eischied

    Eischied

  • Power

    Power

  • Leonard Part 6

    Leonard Part 6

  • Doc Elliot

    Doc Elliot

  • Defrosting the Fridge

    Defrosting the Fridge

  • Ring of Steel

    Ring of Steel

  • Mongo's Back in Town

    Mongo's Back in Town

  • Joysticks

    Joysticks

  • George Wallace

    George Wallace

  • The Underneath

    The Underneath

  • Checkered Flag or Crash

    Checkered Flag or Crash

  • Welcome Home, Soldier Boys

    Welcome Home, Soldier Boys

  • To Kill a Cop

    To Kill a Cop

  • Citizen Cohn

    Citizen Cohn

  • George Wallace

    George Wallace

  • The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

  • The Siege at Ruby Ridge

    The Siege at Ruby Ridge

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

    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

  • Inside The Living Daylights

    Inside The Living Daylights