Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

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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TV Series

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

5.5
The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

6.3
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

6.6
Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

7.6
Ironside

Ironside

6.8
Felony Squad

Felony Squad

6.4
The High Chaparral

The High Chaparral

6.5
Lancer

Lancer

4.7
The Big Valley

The Big Valley

6.1
Judd for the Defense

Judd for the Defense

7.5
Edge of Darkness

Edge of Darkness

8.033
Honey West

Honey West

7
Eischied

Eischied

6
To Kill a Cop

To Kill a Cop

0
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

6.6
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

2
Bonanza

Bonanza

7.5
The Outsider

The Outsider

5.2
Doc Elliot

Doc Elliot

0

Movies

Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

7.728
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

0
Cape Fear

Cape Fear

7.3
The Living Daylights

The Living Daylights

6.525
GoldenEye

GoldenEye

6.892
Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies

6.366
Poodle Springs

Poodle Springs

5.548
Congo

Congo

5.559
The Distinguished Gentleman

The Distinguished Gentleman

6.1
Reality Bites

Reality Bites

6.57
Junior Bonner

Junior Bonner

6.12
The Dukes of Hazzard

The Dukes of Hazzard

5.6
The Natural

The Natural

6.894
Leonard Part 6

Leonard Part 6

2.743
The Killing Time

The Killing Time

4.667
Walking Tall

Walking Tall

6.6
Mitchell

Mitchell

3.233
Fletch

Fletch

6.739
Guns of the Magnificent Seven

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

5.3
The Outfit

The Outfit

6.806
Joysticks

Joysticks

4.7
Charley Varrick

Charley Varrick

7.354
Strange Wilderness

Strange Wilderness

4.874
Criminal Law

Criminal Law

5.6
Wild Rovers

Wild Rovers

6.289
George Wallace

George Wallace

6.813
Framed

Framed

6.6
The Shadow of Chikara

The Shadow of Chikara

4.656
The Grass Harp

The Grass Harp

5.8
Ring of Steel

Ring of Steel

5.091
Citizen Cohn

Citizen Cohn

6.25
Speedtrap

Speedtrap

5.5
Wacko

Wacko

5.1
The Pack

The Pack

6.9
Getting Even

Getting Even

2.5
Adam at Six A.M.

Adam at Six A.M.

4.7
Mud

Mud

7.059
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys

Welcome Home, Soldier Boys

3.5
That Certain Summer

That Certain Summer

6.9
Checkered Flag or Crash

Checkered Flag or Crash

2.8
Golden Needles

Golden Needles

4.3
Mongo's Back in Town

Mongo's Back in Town

4.8
Felony

Felony

4.643
Defrosting the Fridge

Defrosting the Fridge

1
Abduction

Abduction

5.5
Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt

5.582
Complex of Fear

Complex of Fear

6.4
Panther

Panther

6.2
The Siege at Ruby Ridge

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

5.1
To Dance with Olivia

To Dance with Olivia

0
Best Ever Bond

Best Ever Bond

5
Power

Power

2
The Underneath

The Underneath

5.605
Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

6.415
The Children

The Children

3.833
Inside The Living Daylights

Inside The Living Daylights

8
Vegas, City of Dreams

Vegas, City of Dreams

2
The Valachi Papers

The Valachi Papers

6.5
Inside 'The Living Daylights'

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

6.2
The Commission

The Commission

1
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

7.429
To Kill a Cop

To Kill a Cop

0
Final Justice

Final Justice

2.458