Joe Don Baker
Actor
Born Feb 12, 1936 · Groesbeck, Texas, USA
Active 1955–2025
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…
Filmography
Cape Fear (1991) — Claude KersekGoldenEye (1995) — Jack WadeCool Hand Luke (1967) — FixerMud (2013) — KingMars Attacks! (1996) — Glenn NorrisTomorrow Never Dies (1997) — WadeThe Living Daylights (1987) — Brad WhitakerBonanza (1959) — Luke HarperThe Natural (1984) — The WhammerFletch (1985) — Chief Jerry KarlinMission: Impossible (1966) — Frank KearneyReality Bites (1994) — Tom PierceCharley Varrick (1973) — MollyThe Dukes of Hazzard (2005) — Governor Jim ApplewhiteCongo (1995) — R.B. TravisJoe Dirt (2001) — Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) — Olaf AndersenEdge of Darkness (1985) — Darius JedburghThe Streets of San Francisco (1972) — Leonard Collier CordWalking Tall (1973) — Buford PusserGunsmoke (1955) — Tom Butler · Woody StonerThe Outfit (1973) — Jack CodyThe Valachi Papers (1972) — Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)Ironside (1967) — Eric Blair