1936-02-12 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.
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Mud | King | 2013-04-26 |
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Strange Wilderness | Bill Calhoun | 2008-02-01 |
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
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The Dukes of Hazzard | Governor Jim Applewhite | 2005-08-05 |
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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | 2004-07-25 |
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The Commission | Rep. Hale Boggs | 2003-11-07 |
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Best Ever Bond | Jack Wade (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-11-22 |
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Joe Dirt | Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited) | 2001-04-10 |
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Vegas, City of Dreams | Dylan Garrett | 2001-04-01 |
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Inside The Living Daylights | Self | 2000-10-17 |
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Inside 'The Living Daylights' | Self | 2000-10-17 |
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Poodle Springs | P.J. Parker | 1998-07-25 |
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To Dance with Olivia | Horace | 1997-03-09 |
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Tomorrow Never Dies | Wade | 1997-12-11 |
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George Wallace | Big Jim Folsom | 1997-08-24 |
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The Siege at Ruby Ridge | Gerry Spence | 1996-05-19 |
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The Grass Harp | Sheriff Junius Candle | 1996-10-11 |
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Mars Attacks! | Glenn Norris | 1996-12-13 |
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The Underneath | Clay Hinkle | 1995-04-28 |
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GoldenEye | Jack Wade | 1995-11-16 |
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Congo | R.B. Travis | 1995-06-09 |
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Panther | Brimmer | 1995-05-03 |
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Reality Bites | Tom Pierce | 1994-02-18 |
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Felony | Donovan | 1994-10-19 |
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Ring of Steel | Man in Black | 1994-03-30 |
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Complex of Fear | Det. Frank Farrel | 1993-01-12 |
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The Distinguished Gentleman | Olaf Andersen | 1992-12-04 |
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Citizen Cohn | Sen. Joseph McCarthy | 1992-08-22 |
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Cape Fear | Claude Kersek | 1991-11-13 |
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The Children | Cliffe Wheater | 1990-05-18 |
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Criminal Law | Detective Mesel | 1989-04-28 |
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Defrosting the Fridge | Hunter McCall | 1989-03-26 |
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The Killing Time | Carl Cunningham | 1987-10-23 |
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Leonard Part 6 | Snyderburn | 1987-12-18 |
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The Living Daylights | Brad Whitaker | 1987-06-29 |
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Abduction | Sheriff Onstad | 1987-03-08 |
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Getting Even | King R. Kenderson | 1986-02-21 |
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Fletch | Chief Jerry Karlin | 1985-05-31 |
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The Natural | The Whammer | 1984-05-11 |
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Final Justice | Geronimo | 1984-10-28 |
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Joysticks | Joseph Rutter | 1983-03-04 |
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Wacko | Dick Harbinger | 1982-11-12 |
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Power | Tommy Vanda | 1980-01-14 |
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To Kill a Cop | Chief Earl M. Eischied | 1978-04-10 |
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Speedtrap | Pete Novick | 1977-09-01 |
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The Pack | Jerry | 1977-11-20 |
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Checkered Flag or Crash | Walkaway Madden | 1977-05-21 |
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The Shadow of Chikara | Wishbone Cutter | 1977-07-15 |
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Framed | Ron Lewis | 1975-08-01 |
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Mitchell | Mitchell | 1975-09-10 |
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Golden Needles | Dan Mason | 1974-07-17 |
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Charley Varrick | Molly | 1973-09-19 |
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Walking Tall | Buford Pusser | 1973-02-22 |
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The Outfit | Cody | 1973-10-19 |
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The Valachi Papers | Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited) | 1972-01-06 |
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That Certain Summer | Phil Bonner | 1972-11-01 |
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Junior Bonner | Curly Bonner | 1972-08-02 |
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Wild Rovers | Paul Buckman | 1971-06-23 |
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Mongo's Back in Town | Mongo Nash | 1971-12-10 |
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Welcome Home, Soldier Boys | Danny | 1971-12-10 |
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Adam at Six A.M. | Harvey Gavin | 1970-09-22 |
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Guns of the Magnificent Seven | Slater | 1969-07-14 |
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Cool Hand Luke | Fixer | 1967-11-01 |
