Joe Don Baker
Born
1936-02-12
Place of birth
Groesbeck, Texas, USA
Died
2025-05-07
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.
Known for
Mars Attacks!
Glenn Norris
GoldenEye
Jack Wade
Cape Fear
Claude Kersek
Tomorrow Never Dies
Wade
Mud
King
The Living Daylights
Brad Whitaker
Cool Hand Luke
Fixer
The Dukes of Hazzard
Governor Jim Applewhite
Congo
R.B. Travis
Joe Dirt
Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
Reality Bites
Tom Pierce
Fletch
Chief Jerry Karlin
The Natural
The Whammer
Bonanza
Luke Harper
The Distinguished Gentleman
Olaf Andersen