Acting
Joe Don Baker
- Born
- February 12, 1936
- Died
- May 7, 2025
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.
Filmography
Known for
7.7Cool Hand Luke
1967
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
7.3Cape Fear
1991
6.5The Living Daylights
1987
6.9GoldenEye
1995
6.4Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
5.5Poodle Springs
1998
5.6Congo
1995
6.0The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
6.5Reality Bites
1994
6.1Junior Bonner
1972
5.6The Dukes of Hazzard
2005
6.9The Natural
1984
2.9Leonard Part 6
1987
5.0The Killing Time
1987
6.6Walking Tall
1973
3.3Mitchell
1975
6.8Fletch
1985