Joe Don Baker
Acting
1936-02-12 · Groesbeck, 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.
movieMud
as King · 2013 · 7.1
movieStrange Wilderness
as Bill Calhoun · 2008 · 4.9
movieThe 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self · 2007 · 0.0
movieThe Dukes of Hazzard
as Governor Jim Applewhite · 2005 · 5.6
movieSam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage) · 2004 · 8.0
movieThe Commission
as Rep. Hale Boggs · 2003 · 4.5
movieJoe Dirt
as Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited) · 2001 · 5.6
movieVegas, City of Dreams
as Dylan Garrett · 2001 · 3.4
movieInside The Living Daylights
as Self · 2000 · 8.0
movieInside 'The Living Daylights'
as Self · 2000 · 6.7
tvToo Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
as Buck Duke · 1999 · 5.5
moviePoodle Springs
as P.J. Parker · 1998 · 5.5
movieTomorrow Never Dies
as Wade · 1997 · 6.4
movieGeorge Wallace
as Big Jim Folsom · 1997 · 6.8
tvGeorge Wallace
as Big Jim Folsom · 1997 · 8.0
movieTo Dance with Olivia
as Horace · 1997 · 8.0
movieMars Attacks!
as Glenn Norris · 1996 · 6.4
movieThe Grass Harp
as Sheriff Junius Candle · 1996 · 5.9
movieThe Siege at Ruby Ridge
as Gerry Spence · 1996 · 5.4
tvThe Siege at Ruby Ridge
as Gerry Spence · 1996 · 0.0
movieFelony
as Donovan · 1996 · 4.8
movieGoldenEye
as Jack Wade · 1995 · 6.9
movieCongo
as R.B. Travis · 1995 · 5.6
moviePanther
as Brimmer · 1995 · 6.3