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.

Known for

HD

Mud

2013 ⭐ 7.1

HD

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004 ⭐ 8.0

HD

Inside The Living Daylights

2000 ⭐ 8.0

HD

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

2000 ⭐ 6.7

Career timeline

2013

Mud Notable

King · 2013

⭐ 7.1

2008

Strange Wilderness

Bill Calhoun · 2008

⭐ 4.9

2007

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Self · 2007

2005

The Dukes of Hazzard Notable

Governor Jim Applewhite · 2005

⭐ 5.6

2004

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade Notable

Self (archive footage) · 2004

⭐ 8.0

2003

The Commission

Rep. Hale Boggs · 2003

⭐ 4.5

2001

Joe Dirt

Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited) · 2001

⭐ 5.6

Vegas, City of Dreams

Dylan Garrett · 2001

⭐ 3.4

2000

Inside The Living Daylights Notable

Self · 2000

⭐ 8.0

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

Self · 2000

⭐ 6.7

1998

Poodle Springs

P.J. Parker · 1998

⭐ 5.5

1997

Tomorrow Never Dies Notable

Wade · 1997

⭐ 6.4

George Wallace

Big Jim Folsom · 1997

⭐ 6.8

To Dance with Olivia Notable

Horace · 1997

⭐ 8.0

1996

Mars Attacks! Notable

Glenn Norris · 1996

⭐ 6.4

The Grass Harp

Sheriff Junius Candle · 1996

⭐ 5.9

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

Gerry Spence · 1996

⭐ 5.4

1995

GoldenEye Notable

Jack Wade · 1995

⭐ 6.9

Congo

R.B. Travis · 1995

⭐ 5.6

Panther

Brimmer · 1995

⭐ 6.3

1994

Ring of Steel

Man in Black · 1994

⭐ 5.1

Reality Bites

Tom Pierce · 1994

⭐ 6.5

1993

Complex of Fear

Det. Frank Farrel · 1993

⭐ 6.8

1992

The Distinguished Gentleman

Olaf Andersen · 1992

⭐ 6.0

Citizen Cohn

Sen. Joseph McCarthy · 1992

⭐ 6.3

1991

Cape Fear Notable

Claude Kersek · 1991

⭐ 7.3

1990

The Children

Cliffe Wheater · 1990

⭐ 4.9

1989

Criminal Law

Detective Mesel · 1989

⭐ 5.6

Defrosting the Fridge

Hunter McCall · 1989

⭐ 3.0

1987

Leonard Part 6

Snyderburn · 1987

⭐ 2.9

The Killing Time

Carl Cunningham · 1987

⭐ 5.0

The Living Daylights Notable

Brad Whitaker · 1987

⭐ 6.5

1986

Getting Even

King R. Kenderson · 1986

⭐ 3.4

Frequently appears with

Matthew McConaughey

Mud

Reese Witherspoon

Juniper

Tye Sheridan

Ellis

Jacob Lofland

Neckbone

Sam Shepard

Tom

Kris Kristofferson

Self - Narrator (voice)

R.G. Armstrong

Self

Full filmography

HD

Mud

2013 ⭐ 7.1

HD

Strange Wilderness

2008 ⭐ 4.9

HD

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

HD

The Dukes of Hazzard

2005 ⭐ 5.6

HD

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004 ⭐ 8.0

HD

The Commission

2003 ⭐ 4.5

HD

Joe Dirt

2001 ⭐ 5.6

HD

Vegas, City of Dreams

2001 ⭐ 3.4

HD

Inside The Living Daylights

2000 ⭐ 8.0

HD

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

2000 ⭐ 6.7

HD

Poodle Springs

1998 ⭐ 5.5

HD

Tomorrow Never Dies

1997 ⭐ 6.4

HD

George Wallace

1997 ⭐ 6.8

HD

To Dance with Olivia

1997 ⭐ 8.0

HD

Mars Attacks!

1996 ⭐ 6.4

HD

The Grass Harp

1996 ⭐ 5.9

HD

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

1996 ⭐ 5.4

HD

Felony

1996 ⭐ 4.8

HD

GoldenEye

1995 ⭐ 6.9

HD

Congo

1995 ⭐ 5.6