Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

82

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-02-12 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Groesbeck, Texas, USA

Also Known As

جو دان بیکر

Джо Дон Бейкер

Joe Don Baker

Biography

Joe Don Baker (born February 12, 1936) is 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

Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

Cape Fear

Cape Fear

Charley Varrick

Charley Varrick

Mud

Mud

Inside The Living Daylights

Inside The Living Daylights

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Acting

Cool Hand Luke

1967

Cool Hand Luke

as

Fixer

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

as

Self

Cape Fear

1991

Cape Fear

as

Claude Kersek

The Living Daylights

1987

The Living Daylights

as

Brad Whitaker

GoldenEye

1995

GoldenEye

as

Jack Wade

Tomorrow Never Dies

1997

Tomorrow Never Dies

as

Jack Wade

Poodle Springs

1998

Poodle Springs

as

P.J. Parker

Congo

1995

Congo

as

R.B. Travis

The Distinguished Gentleman

1992

The Distinguished Gentleman

as

Olaf Andersen

Reality Bites

1994

Reality Bites

as

Tom Pierce

Junior Bonner

1972

Junior Bonner

as

Curly Bonner

The Dukes of Hazzard

2005

The Dukes of Hazzard

as

Governor Jim Applewhite

The Natural

1984

The Natural

as

The Whammer

Leonard Part 6

1987

Leonard Part 6

as

Snyderburn

The Killing Time

1987

The Killing Time

as

Carl Cunningham

Walking Tall

1973

Walking Tall

as

Buford Pusser

Mitchell

1975

Mitchell

as

Mitchell

Fletch

1985

Fletch

as

Chief Jerry Karlin

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

1969

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

as

Slater

The Outfit

1973

The Outfit

as

Cody

Joysticks

1983

Joysticks

as

Joseph Rutter

Charley Varrick

1973

Charley Varrick

as

Molly

Strange Wilderness

2008

Strange Wilderness

as

Bill Calhoun

Criminal Law

1989

Criminal Law

as

Detective Mesel

Wild Rovers

1971

Wild Rovers

as

Paul Buckman

George Wallace

1997

George Wallace

as

Big Jim Folsom

Framed

1975

Framed

as

Ron Lewis

The Shadow of Chikara

1977

The Shadow of Chikara

as

Wishbone Cutter

The Grass Harp

1995

The Grass Harp

as

Sheriff Junius Candle

Ring of Steel

1994

Ring of Steel

as

Man in Black

Citizen Cohn

1992

Citizen Cohn

as

Sen. Joseph McCarthy

Speedtrap

1977

Speedtrap

as

Pete Novick

Wacko

1982

Wacko

as

Dick Harbinger

The Pack

1977

The Pack

as

Jerry

Getting Even

1986

Getting Even

as

King R. Kenderson

Adam at Six A.M.

1970

Adam at Six A.M.

as

Harvey Gavin

Mud

2013

Mud

as

King

Welcome Home, Soldier Boys

1971

Welcome Home, Soldier Boys

as

Danny

That Certain Summer

1972

That Certain Summer

as

Phil Bonner

Checkered Flag or Crash

1977

Checkered Flag or Crash

as

Walkaway Madden

Golden Needles

1974

Golden Needles

as

Dan Mason

Mongo's Back in Town

1971

Mongo's Back in Town

as

Mongo Nash

Felony

1994

Felony

as

Donovan

Defrosting the Fridge

1989

Defrosting the Fridge

as

Hunter McCall

Abduction

1987

Abduction

as

Sheriff Onstad

Joe Dirt

2001

Joe Dirt

as

Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)

Complex of Fear

1993

Complex of Fear

as

Det. Frank Farrel

Panther

1995

Panther

as

Brimmer

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

1996

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

as

Gerry Spence

To Dance with Olivia

1997

To Dance with Olivia

as

Horace

Best Ever Bond

2002

Best Ever Bond

as

Jack Wade (archive footage) (uncredited)

Power

1980

Power

as

Tommy Vanda

The Underneath

1995

The Underneath

as

Clay Hinkle

Mars Attacks!

1996

Mars Attacks!

as

Glenn Norris

The Children

1990

The Children

as

Cliffe Wheater

Inside The Living Daylights

2000

Inside The Living Daylights

as

Self

Vegas, City of Dreams

2001

Vegas, City of Dreams

as

Dylan Garrett

The Valachi Papers

1972

The Valachi Papers

as

Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

2000

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

as

Self

The Commission

2003

The Commission

as

Rep. Hale Boggs

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

as

Self (archive footage)

To Kill a Cop

1978

To Kill a Cop

as

Chief Earl M. Eischied

Final Justice

1984

Final Justice

as

Geronimo

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

as

Alex Drake

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

as

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

as

Woody Stoner

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

as

Ironside

Ironside

as

Felony Squad

Felony Squad

as

The High Chaparral

The High Chaparral

as

Yuma

Lancer

Lancer

as

The Big Valley

The Big Valley

as

Tom Lightfoot

Judd for the Defense

Judd for the Defense

as

Edge of Darkness

Edge of Darkness

as

Darius Jedburgh

Honey West

Honey West

as

Rocky Hansen

Eischied

Eischied

as

Earl Eischied

To Kill a Cop

To Kill a Cop

as

Chief Earl Eischied

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

as

Tom Butler

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

as

Buck Duke

Bonanza

Bonanza

as

Luke Harper

The Outsider

The Outsider

as

Billy Joe Corey

Doc Elliot

Doc Elliot

as

Aaron Hickey

Production

Crew

Directing