Joe Don Baker

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…

Filmography

Bonanza
Bonanza
1959 · TV
as Luke Harper
Ironside
Ironside
1967 · TV
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
1966 · TV
as Frank Kearney
The Big Valley
The Big Valley
1965 · TV
as Tom Lightfoot
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
1955 · TV
as Woody Stoner
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
1955 · TV
as Tom Butler
Screen Two
Screen Two
1985 · TV
as Hunter McCall
The High Chaparral
The High Chaparral
1967 · TV
as Yuma
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
1965 · TV
as Alex Drake
Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks!
1996 · Movie
as Glenn Norris
Honey West
Honey West
1965 · TV
as Rocky Hansen
Lancer
Lancer
1968 · TV
Cape Fear
Cape Fear
1991 · Movie
as Claude Kersek
Felony Squad
Felony Squad
1966 · TV
The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad
1968 · TV
GoldenEye
GoldenEye
1995 · Movie
as Jack Wade
Judd, for the Defense
Judd, for the Defense
1967 · TV
The Outsider
The Outsider
1968 · TV
as Billy Joe Corey
Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997 · Movie
as Wade
The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights
1987 · Movie
as Brad Whitaker
Mud
Mud
2013 · Movie
as King
Cool Hand Luke
Cool Hand Luke
1967 · Movie
as Fixer
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Dukes of Hazzard
2005 · Movie
as Governor Jim Applewhite
Congo
Congo
1995 · Movie
as R.B. Travis