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 F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

  • Junior Bonner

    Junior Bonner

  • Panther

    Panther

  • Framed

    Framed

  • GoldenEye

    GoldenEye

  • Poodle Springs

    Poodle Springs

  • Walking Tall

    Walking Tall

  • Mud

    Mud

  • Mars Attacks!

    Mars Attacks!

  • Judd for the Defense

    Judd for the Defense

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • Felony Squad

    Felony Squad

  • Tomorrow Never Dies

    Tomorrow Never Dies

  • Lancer

    Lancer

  • The Living Daylights

    The Living Daylights

  • Honey West

    Honey West

  • Wacko

    Wacko

  • Speedtrap

    Speedtrap

  • Cape Fear

    Cape Fear

  • Joe Dirt

    Joe Dirt

  • Congo

    Congo

  • The Pack

    The Pack

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • Cool Hand Luke

    Cool Hand Luke

  • Checkered Flag or Crash

    Checkered Flag or Crash

  • The Dukes of Hazzard

    The Dukes of Hazzard

  • The Abduction of Kari Swenson

    The Abduction of Kari Swenson

  • Edge of Darkness

    Edge of Darkness

  • The Natural

    The Natural

  • Wild Rovers

    Wild Rovers

  • Fletch

    Fletch

  • The Distinguished Gentleman

    The Distinguished Gentleman

  • Defrosting the Fridge

    Defrosting the Fridge

  • Reality Bites

    Reality Bites

  • The Outfit

    The Outfit

  • Eischied

    Eischied

  • Charley Varrick

    Charley Varrick

  • Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

    Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

  • Criminal Law

    Criminal Law

  • Guns of the Magnificent Seven

    Guns of the Magnificent Seven

  • Doc Elliot

    Doc Elliot

  • The Valachi Papers

    The Valachi Papers

  • Joysticks

    Joysticks

  • The Underneath

    The Underneath

  • George Wallace

    George Wallace

  • Strange Wilderness

    Strange Wilderness

  • George Wallace

    George Wallace

  • The Commission

    The Commission

  • Golden Needles

    Golden Needles

  • Vegas, City of Dreams

    Vegas, City of Dreams

  • The Grass Harp

    The Grass Harp

  • To Kill a Cop

    To Kill a Cop

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

    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

  • Citizen Cohn

    Citizen Cohn

  • Mitchell

    Mitchell

  • To Kill a Cop

    To Kill a Cop

  • The Killing Time

    The Killing Time

  • Leonard Part 6

    Leonard Part 6

  • The Siege at Ruby Ridge

    The Siege at Ruby Ridge

  • The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

  • That Certain Summer

    That Certain Summer

  • Power

    Power

  • The Children

    The Children

  • Inside 'The Living Daylights'

    Inside 'The Living Daylights'

  • Complex of Fear

    Complex of Fear

  • Adam at Six A.M.

    Adam at Six A.M.

  • The Shadow of Chikara

    The Shadow of Chikara

  • Ring of Steel

    Ring of Steel

  • Getting Even

    Getting Even

  • Mongo's Back in Town

    Mongo's Back in Town

  • To Dance with Olivia

    To Dance with Olivia

  • Felony

    Felony

  • Inside The Living Daylights

    Inside The Living Daylights

  • Final Justice

    Final Justice

  • Welcome Home, Soldier Boys

    Welcome Home, Soldier Boys