
Joe Don Baker
Born: 1936-02-12
From: Groesbeck, Texas, USA
About: 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.

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
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The Distinguished Gentleman
Olaf Andersen
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The Dukes of Hazzard
Governor Jim Applewhite
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The Shadow of Chikara
Wishbone Cutter
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Checkered Flag or Crash
Walkaway Madden
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The Abduction of Kari Swenson
Sheriff Onstad
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Joe Dirt
Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
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The Valachi Papers
Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)
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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
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