6.4
Movie
Acting
Joe Don Baker
- Born
- Died
- (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- Groesbeck, Texas, USA
- Credits
- 84 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
6.4
Movie
6.9
Movie
GoldenEye
7.3
Movie
Cape Fear
6.4
Movie
Tomorrow Never Dies
7.1
Movie
Mud
6.6
Movie
The Living Daylights
7.7
Movie
Cool Hand Luke
5.6
Movie
The Dukes of Hazzard
5.6
Movie
Congo
6.5
Movie
Reality Bites
6.8
Movie
Fletch
6.9
Movie
The Natural
7.5
TV
Bonanza
6.0
Movie
The Distinguished Gentleman
7.6
TV
Mission: Impossible
7.4
Movie
Charley Varrick
4.9
Movie
Strange Wilderness
6.6
Movie
Walking Tall
Acting credits 84
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Mud Film | King |
| 2008 | Strange Wilderness Film | Bill Calhoun |
| 2007 | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas Film | Self |
| 2005 | The Dukes of Hazzard Film | Governor Jim Applewhite |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | The Commission Film | Rep. Hale Boggs |
| 2001 | Joe Dirt Film | Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Vegas, City of Dreams Film | Dylan Garrett |
| 2000 | Inside The Living Daylights Film | Self |
| 2000 | Inside 'The Living Daylights' Film | Self |
| 1999 | Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke TV | Buck Duke (4 ep) |
| 1998 | Poodle Springs Film | P.J. Parker |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies Film | Wade |
| 1997 | George Wallace Film | Big Jim Folsom |
| 1997 | George Wallace TV | Big Jim Folsom (2 ep) |
| 1997 | To Dance with Olivia Film | Horace |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! Film | Glenn Norris |
| 1996 | The Grass Harp Film | Sheriff Junius Candle |
| 1996 | The Siege at Ruby Ridge Film | Gerry Spence |
| 1996 | The Siege at Ruby Ridge TV | Gerry Spence (2 ep) |
| 1996 | Felony Film | Donovan |
| 1995 | GoldenEye Film | Jack Wade |
| 1995 | Congo Film | R.B. Travis |
| 1995 | Panther Film | Brimmer |
| 1995 | The Underneath Film | Clay Hinkle |
| 1994 | Ring of Steel Film | Man in Black |
| 1994 | Reality Bites Film | Tom Pierce |
| 1993 | Complex of Fear Film | Det. Frank Farrel |
| 1992 | The Distinguished Gentleman Film | Olaf Andersen |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn Film | Sen. Joseph McCarthy |
| 1991 | Cape Fear Film | Claude Kersek |
| 1990 | The Children Film | Cliffe Wheater |
| 1989 | Criminal Law Film | Detective Mesel |
| 1989 | Defrosting the Fridge Film | Hunter McCall |
| 1987 | Leonard Part 6 Film | Snyderburn |
| 1987 | The Killing Time Film | Carl Cunningham |
| 1987 | The Living Daylights Film | Brad Whitaker |
| 1987 | The Abduction of Kari Swenson Film | Sheriff Onstad |
| 1986 | Getting Even Film | King R. Kenderson |
| 1985 | Edge of Darkness TV | Darius Jedburgh (6 ep) |
| 1985 | Fletch Film | Chief Jerry Karlin |
| 1985 | Screen Two TV | Hunter McCall (1 ep) |
| 1984 | Final Justice Film | Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III |
| 1984 | The Natural Film | The Whammer |
| 1983 | Joysticks Film | Joseph Rutter |
| 1982 | Wacko Film | Dick Harbinger |
| 1980 | Power TV | Tommy Vanda (2 ep) |
| 1979 | Eischied TV | Earl Eischied (13 ep) |
| 1978 | To Kill a Cop Film | Chief Earl M. Eischied |
| 1978 | To Kill a Cop TV | Chief Earl Eischied (2 ep) |
| 1977 | The Pack Film | Jerry |
| 1977 | Speedtrap Film | Pete Novick |
| 1977 | The Shadow of Chikara Film | Wishbone Cutter |
| 1977 | Checkered Flag or Crash Film | Walkaway Madden |
| 1975 | Mitchell Film | Mitchell |
| 1975 | Framed Film | Ron Lewis |
| 1974 | Golden Needles Film | Dan Mason |
| 1973 | The Outfit Film | Jack Cody |
| 1973 | Doc Elliot TV | Aaron Hickey (1 ep) |
| 1973 | Charley Varrick Film | Molly |