Joe Don Baker
Known for Acting
Born February 12, 1936
Died May 7, 2025
Place of Birth Groesbeck, Texas, USA
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.
Filmography
GoldenEye
1995
as Jack Wade
The Living Daylights
1987
as Brad Whitaker
Cool Hand Luke
1967
as Fixer
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
as Wade
Mars Attacks!
1996
as Glenn Norris
Cape Fear
1991
as Claude Kersek
Joe Dirt
2001
as Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
Mud
2013
as King
Congo
1995
as R.B. Travis
The Dukes of Hazzard
2005
as Governor Jim Applewhite
The Natural
1984
as The Whammer
Fletch
1985
as Chief Jerry Karlin
Reality Bites
1994
as Tom Pierce
Walking Tall
1973
as Buford Pusser
Charley Varrick
1973
as Molly
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969
as Slater
Panther
1995
as Brimmer
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996
as Gerry Spence
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
as Olaf Andersen
The Outfit
1973
as Jack Cody
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