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Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 12, 1936
Died May 07, 2025 (89)
Birthplace Groesbeck, Texas, USA
Popularity 15 (history)
Updated May 16, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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.

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Mud

Mud

2013

as King

Strange Wilderness

Strange Wilderness

2008

as Bill Calhoun

The Dukes of Hazzard

The Dukes of Hazzard

2005

as Governor Jim Applewhite

The Commission

The Commission

2003

as Rep. Hale Boggs

Best Ever Bond

Best Ever Bond

2002

as Jack Wade (archive footage) (uncredited)

Vegas, City of Dreams

Vegas, City of Dreams

2001

as Dylan Garrett

Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt

2001

as Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)

Poodle Springs

Poodle Springs

1998

as P.J. Parker

George Wallace

George Wallace

1997

as Big Jim Folsom

Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies

1997

as Wade

To Dance with Olivia

To Dance with Olivia

1997

as Horace

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

1996

as Gerry Spence

Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

1996

as Glenn Norris

Panther

Panther

1995

as Brimmer

GoldenEye

GoldenEye

1995

as Jack Wade

The Underneath

The Underneath

1995

as Clay Hinkle

Congo

Congo

1995

as R.B. Travis

The Grass Harp

The Grass Harp

1995

as Sheriff Junius Candle

Felony

Felony

1994

as Donovan

Ring of Steel

Ring of Steel

1994

as Man in Black

Reality Bites

Reality Bites

1994

as Tom Pierce

Complex of Fear

Complex of Fear

1993

as Det. Frank Farrel

Citizen Cohn

Citizen Cohn

1992

as Sen. Joseph McCarthy

The Distinguished Gentleman

The Distinguished Gentleman

1992

as Olaf Andersen

Cape Fear

Cape Fear

1991

as Claude Kersek

The Children

The Children

1990

as Cliffe Wheater

Defrosting the Fridge

Defrosting the Fridge

1989

as Hunter McCall

Criminal Law

Criminal Law

1989

as Detective Mesel

Abduction

Abduction

1987

as Sheriff Onstad

Leonard Part 6

Leonard Part 6

1987

as Snyderburn

The Living Daylights

The Living Daylights

1987

as Brad Whitaker

The Killing Time

The Killing Time

1987

as Carl Cunningham

Getting Even

Getting Even

1986

as King R. Kenderson

Final Justice

Final Justice

1985

as Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III

Fletch

Fletch

1985

as Chief Jerry Karlin

The Natural

The Natural

1984

as The Whammer

Joysticks

Joysticks

1983

as Joseph Rutter

Wacko

Wacko

1982

as Dick Harbinger

Power

Power

1980

as Tommy Vanda

To Kill a Cop

To Kill a Cop

1978

as Chief Earl M. Eischied

The Shadow of Chikara

The Shadow of Chikara

1977

as Wishbone Cutter

The Pack

The Pack

1977

as Jerry

Speedtrap

Speedtrap

1977

as Pete Novick

Checkered Flag or Crash

Checkered Flag or Crash

1977

as Walkaway Madden

Mitchell

Mitchell

1975

as Mitchell

Framed

Framed

1975

as Ron Lewis

Golden Needles

Golden Needles

1974

as Dan Mason

Walking Tall

Walking Tall

1973

as Buford Pusser

Charley Varrick

Charley Varrick

1973

as Molly

The Outfit

The Outfit

1973

as Cody

That Certain Summer

That Certain Summer

1972

as Phil Bonner

Junior Bonner

Junior Bonner

1972

as Curly Bonner

The Valachi Papers

The Valachi Papers

1972

as Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)

Wild Rovers

Wild Rovers

1971

as Paul Buckman

Mongo's Back in Town

Mongo's Back in Town

1971

as Mongo Nash

Adam at Six A.M.

Adam at Six A.M.

1970

as Harvey Gavin

Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

1967

as Fixer

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Eischied

as Earl Eischied

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Sep 21, 1979

Edge of Darkness

as Darius Jedburgh

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 04, 1985

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

as Buck Duke

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Feb 21, 1999

To Kill a Cop

as Chief Earl Eischied

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 10, 1978

The F.B.I.

as Alex Drake

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

Gunsmoke

as Woody Stoner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

The High Chaparral

as Yuma

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1967

The Big Valley

as Tom Lightfoot

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1965

Honey West

as Rocky Hansen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1965

Gunsmoke

as Tom Butler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Bonanza

as Luke Harper

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1959

The Outsider

as Billy Joe Corey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1968

Lancer

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 24, 1968

The Mod Squad

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1968

Mission: Impossible

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 05, 1968

Ironside

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 28, 1967

Felony Squad

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1966

Judd for the Defense

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1967

Popularity Metrics

Popularity History


Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 6 16 28 10
2024 7 22 32 11
2024 8 18 33 11
2024 9 12 23 6
2024 10 10 24 5
2024 11 8 16 5
2024 12 12 17 8
2025 1 12 15 7
2025 2 7 16 1
2025 3 5 14 1
2025 4 1 1 1
2025 5 6 11 1
2025 6 1 2 1
2025 7 1 1 0
2025 8 5 15 0

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Year Month Avg Rank Max Rank
2025 1 761 570
2025 5 299 42

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