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Joe Don Baker

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Joe Don Baker

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Joe Don Baker

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.

Known for: Acting
Born: 12 Feb 1936
Died: 7 May 2025
Place of birth: Groesbeck, Texas, USA

Known for

Mars Attacks!1996
GoldenEye1995

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Cape Fear1991

Tomorrow Never Dies1997

Actor

Mud2013
Strange Wilderness2008
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas2007
The Dukes of Hazzard2005
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004
The Commission2003
Joe Dirt2001
Vegas, City of Dreams2001
Inside 'The Living Daylights'2000
Inside The Living Daylights2000
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke1999
Poodle Springs1998
Tomorrow Never Dies1997
George Wallace1997
George Wallace1997
To Dance with Olivia1997
Mars Attacks!1996
The Grass Harp1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge1996
Felony1996
GoldenEye1995
Congo1995
Panther1995
The Underneath1995
Ring of Steel1994
Reality Bites1994
Complex of Fear1993
The Distinguished Gentleman1992
Citizen Cohn1992
Cape Fear1991
The Children1990
Criminal Law1989
Defrosting the Fridge1989
Leonard Part 61987
The Killing Time1987
The Living Daylights1987
The Abduction of Kari Swenson1987
Getting Even1986
Edge of Darkness1985
Edge of Darkness
Season 1
S1E1Compassionate Leave
S1E2Into the Shadows
S1E3Burden of Proof
S1E4Breakthrough
S1E5Northmoor
S1E6Fusion
Fletch1985
Screen Two1985
Screen Two
Season 5
S5E12Defrosting the Fridge
Final Justice1984
The Natural1984
Joysticks1983
Wacko1982
Power1980
Eischied1979
Eischied
Season 1
S1E1Only the Pretty Girls Die (1)
S1E2Only the Pretty Girls Die (2)
S1E3The U.N. Connection
S1E4Angels of Terror
S1E8Who is the Missing Woman?
To Kill a Cop1978
To Kill a Cop1978
The Pack1977
Speedtrap1977
The Shadow of Chikara1977
Checkered Flag or Crash1977
Mitchell1975
Framed1975
Golden Needles1974
The Outfit1973
Doc Elliot1973
Doc Elliot
Season 1
S1E1Pilot
Charley Varrick1973
Walking Tall1973
That Certain Summer1972
The Streets of San Francisco1972
The Streets of San Francisco
Season 1
S1E22Beyond Vengeance
Junior Bonner1972
The Valachi Papers1972
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys1971
Mongo's Back in Town1971
Wild Rovers1971
Adam at Six A.M.1970
Guns of the Magnificent Seven1969
Lancer1968
Lancer
Season 2
S2E13Shadow of a Dead Man
S2E6Cut the Wolf Loose
The Mod Squad1968
The Mod Squad
Season 2
S2E8Willie Poor Boy
The Outsider1968
The Outsider
Season 1
S1E4A Wide Place in the Road
Cool Hand Luke1967
The High Chaparral1967
The High Chaparral
Season 4
S4E17The Hostage
Judd, for the Defense1967
Judd, for the Defense
Season 1
S1E5Shadow of a Killer
Ironside1967
Ironside
Season 6
S6E5Camera...Action...Murder!
Mission: Impossible1966
Mission: Impossible
Season 6
S6E6The Miracle
Felony Squad1966
Felony Squad
Season 2
S2E11My Mommy Got Lost
The F.B.I.1965
The F.B.I.
Season 5
S5E22Summer Terror
Honey West1965
Honey West
Season 1
S1E15Rockabye the Hard Way
The Big Valley1965
The Big Valley
Season 4
S4E17Lightfoot
Bonanza1959
Bonanza
Season 10
S10E4The Real People of Muddy Creek
Gunsmoke1955
Gunsmoke
Season 11
S11E32Prime of Life
Season 14
S14E20Reprisal