Joe Don Baker picture

Joe Don Baker

Acting

Known For

Bonanza•Mission: Impossible•Ironside•The Big Valley•Gunsmoke•Gunsmoke

89 Years Old

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.

Born

Groesbeck, Texas, USA on 12th February 1936

Died

7th May 2025

All Credits

Bonanza Image

Bonanza

Luke Harper

Mission: Impossible Image

Mission: Impossible

Ironside Image

Ironside

The Big Valley Image

The Big Valley

Tom Lightfoot

Gunsmoke Image

Gunsmoke

Tom Butler

Gunsmoke Image

Gunsmoke

Woody Stoner

The F.B.I. Image

The F.B.I.

Alex Drake

The High Chaparral Image

The High Chaparral

Yuma

The Dukes of Hazzard Image

The Dukes of Hazzard

Governor Jim Applewhite

GoldenEye Image

GoldenEye

Jack Wade

The Outfit Image

The Outfit

Jack Cody

Lancer Image

Lancer

The Commission Image

The Commission

Rep. Hale Boggs

The Abduction of Kari Swenson Image

The Abduction of Kari Swenson

Sheriff Onstad

Walking Tall Image

Walking Tall

Buford Pusser

Golden Needles Image

Golden Needles

Dan Mason

The Living Daylights Image

The Living Daylights

Brad Whitaker

Mars Attacks! Image

Mars Attacks!

Glenn Norris

Felony Squad Image

Felony Squad

Tomorrow Never Dies Image

Tomorrow Never Dies

Wade

The Mod Squad Image

The Mod Squad

Wild Rovers Image

Wild Rovers

Paul Buckman

Honey West Image

Honey West

Rocky Hansen

The Pack Image

The Pack

Jerry

Mud Image

Mud

King

Judd for the Defense Image

Judd for the Defense

Wacko Image

Wacko

Dick Harbinger

Strange Wilderness Image

Strange Wilderness

Bill Calhoun

Felony Image

Felony

Donovan

Defrosting the Fridge Image

Defrosting the Fridge

Hunter McCall

Poodle Springs Image

Poodle Springs

P.J. Parker

Vegas, City of Dreams Image

Vegas, City of Dreams

Dylan Garrett

The Distinguished Gentleman Image

The Distinguished Gentleman

Olaf Andersen

The Outsider Image

The Outsider

Billy Joe Corey

Cape Fear Image

Cape Fear

Claude Kersek

Junior Bonner Image

Junior Bonner

Curly Bonner

Cool Hand Luke Image

Cool Hand Luke

Fixer

Joe Dirt Image

Joe Dirt

Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)

The Natural Image

The Natural

The Whammer

Checkered Flag or Crash Image

Checkered Flag or Crash

Walkaway Madden

That Certain Summer Image

That Certain Summer

Phil Bonner

Edge of Darkness Image

Edge of Darkness

Darius Jedburgh

Panther Image

Panther

Brimmer

Congo Image

Congo

R.B. Travis

Fletch Image

Fletch

Chief Jerry Karlin

Framed Image

Framed

Ron Lewis

Reality Bites Image

Reality Bites

Tom Pierce

Criminal Law Image

Criminal Law

Detective Mesel

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke Image

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

Buck Duke

Speedtrap Image

Speedtrap

Pete Novick

The Grass Harp Image

The Grass Harp

Sheriff Junius Candle

Guns of the Magnificent Seven Image

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

Slater

The Valachi Papers Image

The Valachi Papers

Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)

Eischied Image

Eischied

Earl Eischied

Joysticks Image

Joysticks

Joseph Rutter

Charley Varrick Image

Charley Varrick

Molly

Doc Elliot Image

Doc Elliot

Aaron Hickey

The Underneath Image

The Underneath

Clay Hinkle

George Wallace Image

George Wallace

Big Jim Folsom

The Killing Time Image

The Killing Time

Carl Cunningham

To Kill a Cop Image

To Kill a Cop

Chief Earl Eischied

George Wallace Image

George Wallace

Big Jim Folsom

The Siege at Ruby Ridge Image

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

Gerry Spence

Citizen Cohn Image

Citizen Cohn

Sen. Joseph McCarthy

The Shadow of Chikara Image

The Shadow of Chikara

Wishbone Cutter

Leonard Part 6 Image

Leonard Part 6

Snyderburn

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas Image

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Self

The Children Image

The Children

Cliffe Wheater

Complex of Fear Image

Complex of Fear

Det. Frank Farrel

Adam at Six A.M. Image

Adam at Six A.M.

Harvey Gavin

To Kill a Cop Image

To Kill a Cop

Chief Earl M. Eischied

Ring of Steel Image

Ring of Steel

Man in Black

Power Image

Power

Tommy Vanda

Inside 'The Living Daylights' Image

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

Self

Getting Even Image

Getting Even

King R. Kenderson

Mitchell Image

Mitchell

Mitchell

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade Image

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Self (archive footage)

To Dance with Olivia Image

To Dance with Olivia

Horace

Final Justice Image

Final Justice

Geronimo

Mongo's Back in Town Image

Mongo's Back in Town

Mongo Nash

Welcome Home, Soldier Boys Image

Welcome Home, Soldier Boys

Danny

Inside The Living Daylights Image

Inside The Living Daylights

Self