Joe Don Baker picture

Joe Don Baker

Acting

Known For

Bonanza•Ironside•Mission: Impossible•The Big Valley•The High Chaparral•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

Ironside Image

Ironside

Mission: Impossible Image

Mission: Impossible

The Big Valley Image

The Big Valley

Tom Lightfoot

The High Chaparral Image

The High Chaparral

Yuma

Gunsmoke Image

Gunsmoke

Tom Butler

Gunsmoke Image

Gunsmoke

Woody Stoner

The F.B.I. Image

The F.B.I.

Alex Drake

GoldenEye Image

GoldenEye

Jack Wade

The Outfit Image

The Outfit

Jack Cody

The Dukes of Hazzard Image

The Dukes of Hazzard

Governor Jim Applewhite

The Commission Image

The Commission

Rep. Hale Boggs

Lancer Image

Lancer

The Mod Squad Image

The Mod Squad

Mars Attacks! Image

Mars Attacks!

Glenn Norris

Felony Squad Image

Felony Squad

The Living Daylights Image

The Living Daylights

Brad Whitaker

Felony Image

Felony

Donovan

The Abduction of Kari Swenson Image

The Abduction of Kari Swenson

Sheriff Onstad

Vegas, City of Dreams Image

Vegas, City of Dreams

Dylan Garrett

Golden Needles Image

Golden Needles

Dan Mason

Honey West Image

Honey West

Rocky Hansen

Tomorrow Never Dies Image

Tomorrow Never Dies

Wade

Walking Tall Image

Walking Tall

Buford Pusser

Judd for the Defense Image

Judd for the Defense

Wild Rovers Image

Wild Rovers

Paul Buckman

Strange Wilderness Image

Strange Wilderness

Bill Calhoun

The Distinguished Gentleman Image

The Distinguished Gentleman

Olaf Andersen

Mud Image

Mud

King

The Pack Image

The Pack

Jerry

Cool Hand Luke Image

Cool Hand Luke

Fixer

Wacko Image

Wacko

Dick Harbinger

Poodle Springs Image

Poodle Springs

P.J. Parker

Defrosting the Fridge Image

Defrosting the Fridge

Hunter McCall

Cape Fear Image

Cape Fear

Claude Kersek

The Natural Image

The Natural

The Whammer

The Outsider Image

The Outsider

Billy Joe Corey

That Certain Summer Image

That Certain Summer

Phil Bonner

Joe Dirt Image

Joe Dirt

Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)

Edge of Darkness Image

Edge of Darkness

Darius Jedburgh

Junior Bonner Image

Junior Bonner

Curly Bonner

Congo Image

Congo

R.B. Travis

Checkered Flag or Crash Image

Checkered Flag or Crash

Walkaway Madden

Panther Image

Panther

Brimmer

Fletch Image

Fletch

Chief Jerry Karlin

Reality Bites Image

Reality Bites

Tom Pierce

The Grass Harp Image

The Grass Harp

Sheriff Junius Candle

Criminal Law Image

Criminal Law

Detective Mesel

Framed Image

Framed

Ron Lewis

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke Image

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

Buck Duke

Guns of the Magnificent Seven Image

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

Slater

Speedtrap Image

Speedtrap

Pete Novick

Doc Elliot Image

Doc Elliot

Aaron Hickey

Eischied Image

Eischied

Earl Eischied

The Valachi Papers Image

The Valachi Papers

Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)

Charley Varrick Image

Charley Varrick

Molly

Joysticks Image

Joysticks

Joseph Rutter

The Underneath Image

The Underneath

Clay Hinkle

The Children Image

The Children

Cliffe Wheater

To Kill a Cop Image

To Kill a Cop

Chief Earl Eischied

Leonard Part 6 Image

Leonard Part 6

Snyderburn

George Wallace Image

George Wallace

Big Jim Folsom

George Wallace Image

George Wallace

Big Jim Folsom

Adam at Six A.M. Image

Adam at Six A.M.

Harvey Gavin

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas Image

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Self

Citizen Cohn Image

Citizen Cohn

Sen. Joseph McCarthy

To Kill a Cop Image

To Kill a Cop

Chief Earl M. Eischied

The Shadow of Chikara Image

The Shadow of Chikara

Wishbone Cutter

Inside 'The Living Daylights' Image

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

Self

Complex of Fear Image

Complex of Fear

Det. Frank Farrel

Power Image

Power

Tommy Vanda

Mitchell Image

Mitchell

Mitchell

The Siege at Ruby Ridge Image

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

Gerry Spence

Getting Even Image

Getting Even

King R. Kenderson

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

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Self (archive footage)

Ring of Steel Image

Ring of Steel

Man in Black

The Killing Time Image

The Killing Time

Carl Cunningham

To Dance with Olivia Image

To Dance with Olivia

Horace

Final Justice Image

Final Justice

Geronimo

Inside The Living Daylights Image

Inside The Living Daylights

Self

Welcome Home, Soldier Boys Image

Welcome Home, Soldier Boys

Danny

Mongo's Back in Town Image

Mongo's Back in Town

Mongo Nash