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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Vegas, City of Dreams | Dylan Garrett | 2001-04-01 |
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Joe Dirt | Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited) | 2001-04-10 |
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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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Tomorrow Never Dies | Wade | 1997-12-11 |
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To Dance with Olivia | Horace | 1997-03-09 |
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George Wallace | Big Jim Folsom | 1997-08-24 |
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The Grass Harp | Sheriff Junius Candle | 1996-10-11 |
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The Siege at Ruby Ridge | Gerry Spence | 1996-05-19 |
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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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Congo | R.B. Travis | 1995-06-09 |
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GoldenEye | Jack Wade | 1995-11-16 |
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Panther | Brimmer | 1995-05-03 |
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Ring of Steel | Man in Black | 1994-03-30 |
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Felony | Donovan | 1994-10-19 |
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Reality Bites | Tom Pierce | 1994-02-18 |
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Complex of Fear | Det. Frank Farrel | 1993-01-12 |
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Citizen Cohn | Sen. Joseph McCarthy | 1992-08-22 |
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The Distinguished Gentleman | Olaf Andersen | 1992-12-04 |
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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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Defrosting the Fridge | Hunter McCall | 1989-03-26 |
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Criminal Law | Detective Mesel | 1989-04-28 |
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The Living Daylights | Brad Whitaker | 1987-06-29 |
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Leonard Part 6 | Snyderburn | 1987-12-18 |
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Abduction | Sheriff Onstad | 1987-03-08 |
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The Killing Time | Carl Cunningham | 1987-10-23 |
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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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Checkered Flag or Crash | Walkaway Madden | 1977-05-21 |
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Speedtrap | Pete Novick | 1977-09-01 |
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The Pack | Jerry | 1977-11-20 |
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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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The Outfit | Cody | 1973-10-19 |
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Walking Tall | Buford Pusser | 1973-02-22 |
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Charley Varrick | Molly | 1973-09-19 |
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Junior Bonner | Curly Bonner | 1972-07-21 |
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That Certain Summer | Phil Bonner | 1972-11-01 |
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The Valachi Papers | Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited) | 1972-01-06 |
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Welcome Home, Soldier Boys | Danny | 1971-12-10 |
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Mongo's Back in Town | Mongo Nash | 1971-12-10 |
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Wild Rovers | Paul Buckman | 1971-06-23 |
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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 |
