Joe Don Baker
Known for Acting
Born February 12, 1936
Died May 7, 2025 (aged 89)
Place of Birth Groesbeck, Texas, USA
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.
Filmography
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GoldenEye
1995
as Jack Wade
The Natural
1984
as The Whammer
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
as Wade
Mars Attacks!
1996
as Glenn Norris
Mud
2013
as King
The Living Daylights
1987
as Brad Whitaker
Cape Fear
1991
as Claude Kersek
The Dukes of Hazzard
2005
as Governor Jim Applewhite
Congo
1995
as R.B. Travis
Panther
1995
as Brimmer
Cool Hand Luke
1967
as Fixer
Joe Dirt
2001
as Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
Reality Bites
1994
as Tom Pierce
Fletch
1985
as Chief Jerry Karlin
Walking Tall
1973
as Buford Pusser
Poodle Springs
1998
as P.J. Parker
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
as Olaf Andersen
Criminal Law
1989
as Detective Mesel
The Underneath
1995
as Clay Hinkle
Charley Varrick
1973
as Molly
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