Joe Don Baker
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8.0 Best Rating
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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Mud | King | Hit | |
| 2008 | Strange Wilderness | Bill Calhoun | Flop | |
| 2005 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Governor Jim Applewhite | Average | |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | Super Hit | |
| 2001 | Joe Dirt | Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited) | Average | |
| 2000 | Inside The Living Daylights | Self | Super Hit | |
| 2000 | Inside 'The Living Daylights' | Self | Average | |
| 1998 | Poodle Springs | P.J. Parker | Flop | |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | Wade | Average | |
| 1997 | George Wallace | Big Jim Folsom | Hit | |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Glenn Norris | Average | |
| 1996 | The Grass Harp | Sheriff Junius Candle | Average | |
| 1996 | The Siege at Ruby Ridge | Gerry Spence | Flop | |
| 1995 | GoldenEye | Jack Wade | Hit | |
| 1995 | Congo | R.B. Travis | Average | |
| 1995 | Panther | Brimmer | Average | |
| 1995 | The Underneath | Clay Hinkle | Average | |
| 1994 | Felony | Donovan | Flop | |
| 1994 | Ring of Steel | Man in Black | Flop | |
| 1994 | Reality Bites | Tom Pierce | Hit | |
| 1993 | Complex of Fear | Det. Frank Farrel | Average | |
| 1992 | The Distinguished Gentleman | Olaf Andersen | Average | |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn | Sen. Joseph McCarthy | Average | |
| 1991 | Cape Fear | Claude Kersek | Hit | |
| 1990 | The Children | Cliffe Wheater | Flop | |
| 1989 | Criminal Law | Detective Mesel | Average | |
| 1987 | The Killing Time | Carl Cunningham | Flop | |
| 1987 | The Living Daylights | Brad Whitaker | Hit | |
| 1987 | The Abduction of Kari Swenson | Sheriff Onstad | Average | |
| 1985 | Fletch | Chief Jerry Karlin | Hit | |
| 1984 | The Natural | The Whammer | Hit | |
| 1983 | Joysticks | Joseph Rutter | Flop | |
| 1982 | Wacko | Dick Harbinger | Flop | |
| 1977 | The Pack | Jerry | Hit | |
| 1977 | Speedtrap | Pete Novick | Average | |
| 1977 | The Shadow of Chikara | Wishbone Cutter | Flop | |
| 1977 | Checkered Flag or Crash | Walkaway Madden | Flop | |
| 1975 | Framed | Ron Lewis | Hit | |
| 1974 | Golden Needles | Dan Mason | Flop | |
| 1973 | The Outfit | Jack Cody | Hit | |
| 1973 | Charley Varrick | Molly | Hit | |
| 1973 | Walking Tall | Buford Pusser | Hit | |
| 1972 | That Certain Summer | Phil Bonner | Hit | |
| 1972 | Junior Bonner | Curly Bonner | Average | |
| 1972 | The Valachi Papers | Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited) | Hit | |
| 1971 | Mongo's Back in Town | Mongo Nash | Flop | |
| 1971 | Wild Rovers | Paul Buckman | Average | |
| 1970 | Adam at Six A.M. | Harvey Gavin | Flop | |
| 1969 | Guns of the Magnificent Seven | Slater | Flop | |
| 1967 | Cool Hand Luke | Fixer | Super Hit |