Joe Don Baker
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Bonanza
Luke Harper
1959
Series
Ironside
Eric Blair
1967
Series
Mission: Impossible
Frank Kearney
1966
Series
Screen Two
Hunter McCall
1985
Series
The Big Valley
Tom Lightfoot
1965
Series
The F.B.I.
Alex Drake
1965
Series
Gunsmoke
Woody Stoner
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Tom Butler
1955
Series
The High Chaparral
Yuma
1967
Film
Cape Fear
Claude Kersek
1991
Film
Mars Attacks!
Glenn Norris
1996
Series
The Streets of San Francisco
Leonard Collier Cord
1972
Series
Honey West
Rocky Hansen
1965
Series
Felony Squad
Shep Taubs
1966
Series
The Mod Squad
Willie Turner
1968
Film
GoldenEye
Jack Wade
1995
Film
Cool Hand Luke
Fixer
1967
Series
Lancer
Day Pardee
1968
Series
Lancer
Santee
1968
Series
Lancer
Clovis Horner
1968
Series
Judd, for the Defense
Merl Varney
1967
Film
Tomorrow Never Dies
Wade
1997
Film
The Living Daylights
Brad Whitaker
1987
Film
Congo
R.B. Travis
1995
Film
Reality Bites
Tom Pierce
1994
Film
The Dukes of Hazzard
Governor Jim Applewhite
2005
Series
The Outsider
Billy Joe Corey
1968
Series
Edge of Darkness
Darius Jedburgh
1985
Film
The Natural
The Whammer
1984
Film
Mud
King
2013
Film
Joe Dirt
Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
2001
Film
Fletch
Chief Jerry Karlin
1985
Film
Walking Tall
Buford Pusser
1973
Series
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Gerry Spence
1996
Film
Criminal Law
Detective Mesel
1989
Film
Charley Varrick
Molly
1973
Film
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Slater
1969
Series
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Buck Duke
1999
Film
The Valachi Papers
Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)
1972
Film
The Outfit
Jack Cody
1973
Series
Eischied
Earl Eischied
1979
Series
Power
Tommy Vanda
1980
Film
Strange Wilderness
Bill Calhoun
2008
Series
Doc Elliot
Aaron Hickey
1973
Film
The Distinguished Gentleman
Olaf Andersen
1992
Film
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
2007
Film
The Grass Harp
Sheriff Junius Candle
1996
Series
George Wallace
Big Jim Folsom
1997
Film
Panther
Brimmer
1995
Film
Joysticks
Joseph Rutter
1983
Series
To Kill a Cop
Chief Earl Eischied
1978
Film
Poodle Springs
P.J. Parker
1998
Film
Junior Bonner
Curly Bonner
1972
Film
The Underneath
Clay Hinkle
1995
Film
Mitchell
Mitchell
1975
Film
Wild Rovers
Paul Buckman
1971
Film
Leonard Part 6
Snyderburn
1987
Film
Golden Needles
Dan Mason
1974
Film
The Pack
Jerry
1977
Film
Speedtrap
Pete Novick
1977
Film
Citizen Cohn
Sen. Joseph McCarthy
1992
Film
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
Sheriff Onstad
1987
Film
George Wallace
Big Jim Folsom
1997
Film
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Mongo's Back in Town
Mongo Nash
1971
Film
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Gerry Spence
1996
Film
The Children
Cliffe Wheater
1990
Film
Wacko
Dick Harbinger
1982
Film
To Dance with Olivia
Horace
1997
Film
To Kill a Cop
Chief Earl M. Eischied
1978
Film
That Certain Summer
Phil Bonner
1972
Film
Adam at Six A.M.
Harvey Gavin
1970
Film
Framed
Ron Lewis
1975
Film
Final Justice
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III
1984
Film
Complex of Fear
Det. Frank Farrel
1993
Film
The Shadow of Chikara
Wishbone Cutter
1977
Film
The Commission
Rep. Hale Boggs
2003
Film
The Killing Time
Carl Cunningham
1987
Film
Checkered Flag or Crash
Walkaway Madden
1977
Film
Inside The Living Daylights
Self
2000
Film
Getting Even
King R. Kenderson
1986
Film
Felony
Donovan
1996
Film
Defrosting the Fridge
Hunter McCall
1989
Film
Ring of Steel
Man in Black
1994
Film
Inside 'The Living Daylights'
Self
2000
Film
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys
Danny
1971
Film
Vegas, City of Dreams
Dylan Garrett
2001