Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

🎂 12th February 1936 (90 yrs) 📍 Groesbeck, Texas, USA

Known For

Mars Attacks!

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.

Joe Don Baker

Movies Featuring Joe Don Baker

Mud

Mud (2013)

as King
Strange Wilderness

Strange Wilderness (2008)

as Bill Calhoun
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007)

as Self
The Dukes of Hazzard

The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)

as Governor Jim Applewhite
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)

as Self (archive footage)
The Commission

The Commission (2003)

as Rep. Hale Boggs
Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt (2001)

as Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
Vegas, City of Dreams

Vegas, City of Dreams (2001)

as Dylan Garrett
Inside The Living Daylights

Inside The Living Daylights (2000)

as Self
Inside 'The Living Daylights'

Inside 'The Living Daylights' (2000)

as Self
Poodle Springs

Poodle Springs (1998)

as P.J. Parker
Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

as Wade
George Wallace

George Wallace (1997)

as Big Jim Folsom
To Dance with Olivia

To Dance with Olivia (1997)

as Horace
Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks! (1996)

as Glenn Norris
The Grass Harp

The Grass Harp (1996)

as Sheriff Junius Candle
The Siege at Ruby Ridge

The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996)

as Gerry Spence
GoldenEye

GoldenEye (1995)

as Jack Wade
Congo

Congo (1995)

as R.B. Travis
Panther

Panther (1995)

as Brimmer
The Underneath

The Underneath (1995)

as Clay Hinkle
Felony

Felony (1994)

as Donovan
Ring of Steel

Ring of Steel (1994)

as Man in Black
Reality Bites

Reality Bites (1994)

as Tom Pierce
Complex of Fear

Complex of Fear (1993)

as Det. Frank Farrel
The Distinguished Gentleman

The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)

as Olaf Andersen
Citizen Cohn

Citizen Cohn (1992)

as Sen. Joseph McCarthy
Cape Fear

Cape Fear (1991)

as Claude Kersek
The Children

The Children (1990)

as Cliffe Wheater
Criminal Law

Criminal Law (1989)

as Detective Mesel
Defrosting the Fridge

Defrosting the Fridge (1989)

as Hunter McCall
Leonard Part 6

Leonard Part 6 (1987)

as Snyderburn
The Killing Time

The Killing Time (1987)

as Carl Cunningham
The Living Daylights

The Living Daylights (1987)

as Brad Whitaker
The Abduction of Kari Swenson

The Abduction of Kari Swenson (1987)

as Sheriff Onstad
Getting Even

Getting Even (1986)

as King R. Kenderson
Fletch

Fletch (1985)

as Chief Jerry Karlin
Final Justice

Final Justice (1984)

as Geronimo
The Natural

The Natural (1984)

as The Whammer
Joysticks

Joysticks (1983)

as Joseph Rutter
Wacko

Wacko (1982)

as Dick Harbinger
To Kill a Cop

To Kill a Cop (1978)

as Chief Earl M. Eischied
The Pack

The Pack (1977)

as Jerry
Speedtrap

Speedtrap (1977)

as Pete Novick
The Shadow of Chikara

The Shadow of Chikara (1977)

as Wishbone Cutter
Checkered Flag or Crash

Checkered Flag or Crash (1977)

as Walkaway Madden
Mitchell

Mitchell (1975)

as Mitchell
Framed

Framed (1975)

as Ron Lewis
Golden Needles

Golden Needles (1974)

as Dan Mason
The Outfit

The Outfit (1973)

as Jack Cody
Charley Varrick

Charley Varrick (1973)

as Molly
Walking Tall

Walking Tall (1973)

as Buford Pusser
That Certain Summer

That Certain Summer (1972)

as Phil Bonner
Junior Bonner

Junior Bonner (1972)

as Curly Bonner
The Valachi Papers

The Valachi Papers (1972)

as Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys

Welcome Home, Soldier Boys (1971)

as Danny
Mongo's Back in Town

Mongo's Back in Town (1971)

as Mongo Nash
Wild Rovers

Wild Rovers (1971)

as Paul Buckman
Adam at Six A.M.

Adam at Six A.M. (1970)

as Harvey Gavin
Guns of the Magnificent Seven

Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)

as Slater
Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

as Fixer