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Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

Acting

February 12, 1936 — May 7, 2025Groesbeck, Texas, USA

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

Mud
2013

Mud

King

Strange Wilderness2008

Strange Wilderness

Bill Calhoun

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas2007

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Self

The Dukes of Hazzard2005

The Dukes of Hazzard

Governor Jim Applewhite

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Self (archive footage)

The Commission2003

The Commission

Rep. Hale Boggs

Joe Dirt2001

Joe Dirt

Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)

Vegas, City of Dreams2001

Vegas, City of Dreams

Dylan Garrett

Inside The Living Daylights2000

Inside The Living Daylights

Self

Inside 'The Living Daylights'2000

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

Self

Poodle Springs1998

Poodle Springs

P.J. Parker

Tomorrow Never Dies1997

Tomorrow Never Dies

Wade

George Wallace1997

George Wallace

Big Jim Folsom

To Dance with Olivia1997

To Dance with Olivia

Horace

The Grass Harp1996

The Grass Harp

Sheriff Junius Candle

Felony1996

Felony

Donovan

The Siege at Ruby Ridge1996

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

Gerry Spence

Mars Attacks!1996

Mars Attacks!

Glenn Norris

GoldenEye1995

GoldenEye

Jack Wade

Congo1995

Congo

R.B. Travis

Panther1995

Panther

Brimmer

The Underneath1995

The Underneath

Clay Hinkle

Reality Bites1994

Reality Bites

Tom Pierce

Ring of Steel1994

Ring of Steel

Man in Black