Joe Don Baker

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.

Notable Roles

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Cool Hand Luke

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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

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Cape Fear

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The Living Daylights

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GoldenEye

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Tomorrow Never Dies

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Poodle Springs

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Congo

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The Distinguished Gentleman

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Reality Bites

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Junior Bonner

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The Dukes of Hazzard

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The Natural

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Leonard Part 6

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The Killing Time

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Walking Tall

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Mitchell

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Fletch