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Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

1936-02-12 – 2025-05-07 (age 89) Groesbeck, Texas, USA
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Biography

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.

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Known For

Cape Fear
Cape Fear

1991

as Claude Kersek

GoldenEye
GoldenEye

1995

as Jack Wade

Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies

1997

as Wade

The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights

1987

as Brad Whitaker

Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks!

1996

as Glenn Norris

Cool Hand Luke
Cool Hand Luke

1967

as Fixer

Reality Bites
Reality Bites

1994

as Tom Pierce

Joe Dirt
Joe Dirt

2001

as Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)

Criminal Law
Criminal Law

1989

as Detective Mesel

The Natural
The Natural

1984

as The Whammer

The Dukes of Hazzard
The Dukes of Hazzard

2005

as Governor Jim Applewhite

Congo
Congo

1995

as R.B. Travis

Fletch
Fletch

1985

as Chief Jerry Karlin

Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Guns of the Magnificent Seven

1969

as Slater

Mud
Mud

2013

as King

The Distinguished Gentleman
The Distinguished Gentleman

1992

as Olaf Andersen

The Outfit
The Outfit

1973

as Jack Cody

The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp

1996

as Sheriff Junius Candle

Charley Varrick
Charley Varrick

1973

as Molly

Walking Tall
Walking Tall

1973

as Buford Pusser