Actor

Joe Don Baker

Birthday: February 12, 1936

Born in: 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.

Movie Credits

Mud (2013) as King
Age: 77
Strange Wilderness (2008) as Bill Calhoun
Age: 71
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007) as Self
Age: 70
The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) as Governor Jim Applewhite
Age: 69
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 68
The Commission (2003) as Rep. Hale Boggs
Age: 67
Joe Dirt (2001) as Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
Age: 65
Vegas, City of Dreams (2001) as Dylan Garrett
Age: 65
Inside The Living Daylights (2000) as Self
Age: 64
Inside 'The Living Daylights' (2000) as Self
Age: 64
Poodle Springs (1998) as P.J. Parker
Age: 62
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) as Wade
Age: 61
George Wallace (1997) as Big Jim Folsom
Age: 61
To Dance with Olivia (1997) as Horace
Age: 61
Mars Attacks! (1996) as Glenn Norris
Age: 60
The Grass Harp (1996) as Sheriff Junius Candle
Age: 60
The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996) as Gerry Spence
Age: 60
GoldenEye (1995) as Jack Wade
Age: 59
Congo (1995) as R.B. Travis
Age: 59
Panther (1995) as Brimmer
Age: 59
The Underneath (1995) as Clay Hinkle
Age: 59
Felony (1994) as Donovan
Age: 58
Ring of Steel (1994) as Man in Black
Age: 58
Reality Bites (1994) as Tom Pierce
Age: 58
Complex of Fear (1993) as Det. Frank Farrel
Age: 56
The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) as Olaf Andersen
Age: 56
Citizen Cohn (1992) as Sen. Joseph McCarthy
Age: 56
Cape Fear (1991) as Claude Kersek
Age: 55
The Children (1990) as Cliffe Wheater
Age: 54
Criminal Law (1989) as Detective Mesel
Age: 53
Defrosting the Fridge (1989) as Hunter McCall
Age: 53
Leonard Part 6 (1987) as Snyderburn
Age: 51
The Killing Time (1987) as Carl Cunningham
Age: 51
The Living Daylights (1987) as Brad Whitaker
Age: 51
The Abduction of Kari Swenson (1987) as Sheriff Onstad
Age: 51
Getting Even (1986) as King R. Kenderson
Age: 50
Fletch (1985) as Chief Jerry Karlin
Age: 49
Final Justice (1984) as Geronimo
Age: 48
The Natural (1984) as The Whammer
Age: 48
Joysticks (1983) as Joseph Rutter
Age: 47
Wacko (1982) as Dick Harbinger
Age: 46
Power (1980) as Tommy Vanda
Age: 43
To Kill a Cop (1978) as Chief Earl M. Eischied
Age: 42
The Pack (1977) as Jerry
Age: 41
Speedtrap (1977) as Pete Novick
Age: 41
The Shadow of Chikara (1977) as Wishbone Cutter
Age: 41
Checkered Flag or Crash (1977) as Walkaway Madden
Age: 41
Mitchell (1975) as Mitchell
Age: 39
Framed (1975) as Ron Lewis
Age: 39
Golden Needles (1974) as Dan Mason
Age: 38
The Outfit (1973) as Jack Cody
Age: 37
Charley Varrick (1973) as Molly
Age: 37
Walking Tall (1973) as Buford Pusser
Age: 37
That Certain Summer (1972) as Phil Bonner
Age: 36
Junior Bonner (1972) as Curly Bonner
Age: 36
The Valachi Papers (1972) as Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)
Age: 35
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys (1971) as Danny
Age: 35
Mongo's Back in Town (1971) as Mongo Nash
Age: 35
Wild Rovers (1971) as Paul Buckman
Age: 35
Adam at Six A.M. (1970) as Harvey Gavin
Age: 34
Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) as Slater
Age: 33
Cool Hand Luke (1967) as Fixer
Age: 31