

Joe Don Baker
Acting
February 12, 1936
Groesbeck, Texas, USA
May 7, 2025
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.
The Filmography


The Commission

Vegas, City of Dreams

Tomorrow Never Dies

George Wallace

The Grass Harp

GoldenEye

Congo

Panther

The Underneath

Felony

Ring of Steel

Reality Bites

Complex of Fear

The Distinguished Gentleman

Citizen Cohn

Cape Fear

The Children

Criminal Law
