Joe Don Baker
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Cool Hand Luke
as Fixer
1967
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
2007
Cape Fear
as Claude Kersek
1991
GoldenEye
as Jack Wade
1995
Tomorrow Never Dies
as Wade
1997
The Living Daylights
as Brad Whitaker
1987
Poodle Springs
as P.J. Parker
1998
Congo
as R.B. Travis
1995
The Distinguished Gentleman
as Olaf Andersen
1992
Reality Bites
as Tom Pierce
1994
Junior Bonner
as Curly Bonner
1972
The Dukes of Hazzard
as Governor Jim Applewhite
2005
The Natural
as The Whammer
1984
Leonard Part 6
as Snyderburn
1987
The Killing Time
as Carl Cunningham
1987
Walking Tall
as Buford Pusser
1973
Mitchell
as Mitchell
1975
Fletch
as Chief Jerry Karlin
1985
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
as Slater
1969
The Outfit
as Jack Cody
1973
