Actor
Joe Don Baker
Born 1936 · 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.
Acting
Cape Fear
Claude Kersek · 1991
GoldenEye
Jack Wade · 1995
Cool Hand Luke
Fixer · 1967
Mud
King · 2013
Mars Attacks!
Glenn Norris · 1996
Tomorrow Never Dies
Wade · 1997
The Living Daylights
Brad Whitaker · 1987
Bonanza
Luke Harper · 1959
Fletch
Chief Jerry Karlin · 1985
The Natural
The Whammer · 1984
Reality Bites
Tom Pierce · 1994
Mission: Impossible
Frank Kearney · 1966
Charley Varrick
Molly · 1973
The Dukes of Hazzard
Governor Jim Applewhite · 2005
Congo
R.B. Travis · 1995
Joe Dirt
Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited) · 2001
The Distinguished Gentleman
Olaf Andersen · 1992
Edge of Darkness
Darius Jedburgh · 1985
Walking Tall
Buford Pusser · 1973
Gunsmoke
Woody Stoner · 1955
The Outfit
Jack Cody · 1973
The Valachi Papers
Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited) · 1972
Junior Bonner
Curly Bonner · 1972
Criminal Law
Detective Mesel · 1989