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Joe Don Baker
Born 1936-02-12Groesbeck, 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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
MudKingStrange WildernessBill CalhounThe 50 Greatest Television DramasSelfThe Dukes of HazzardGovernor Jim ApplewhiteSam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)The CommissionRep. Hale BoggsJoe DirtDon, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)Vegas, City of DreamsDylan GarrettInside The Living DaylightsSelfInside 'The Living Daylights'SelfPoodle SpringsP.J. ParkerTomorrow Never DiesWadeGeorge WallaceBig Jim FolsomTo Dance with OliviaHoraceMars Attacks!Glenn NorrisThe Grass HarpSheriff Junius CandleThe Siege at Ruby RidgeGerry SpenceFelonyDonovanGoldenEyeJack WadeCongoR.B. TravisPantherBrimmerThe UnderneathClay HinkleRing of SteelMan in BlackReality BitesTom Pierce