Joe Don Baker Movies, Biography, Credits & Career Highlights

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.

Joe Don Baker Career Highlights

• Known for The Big Valley, The High Chaparral, The F.B.I., Judd, for the Defense, The Mod Squad, and Felony Squad.
• Credits include actors.
• Recent listed credits include Mud, Strange Wilderness, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas, and The Dukes of Hazzard.

Joe Don Baker Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

76

Birth Date

1936-02-12 00:00:00

Birth Place

Groesbeck, Texas, USA

Joe Don Baker Known For

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  The Big Valley
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  The High Chaparral
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  The F.B.I.
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  Judd, for the Defense
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  The Mod Squad
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  Felony Squad

Joe Don Baker Movies and Credits

• actors (8 credits)

  • Mud

    King

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Strange Wilderness

    Bill Calhoun

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • The Dukes of Hazzard

    Governor Jim Applewhite

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • The Commission

    Rep. Hale Boggs

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Joe Dirt

    Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Vegas, City of Dreams

    Dylan Garrett

    actor

    actors
    2001

Joe Don Baker Profiles and Sources

• IMDb
• TMDB