ACTOR · FROM GROESBECK, USA
Joe Don Baker
1936–202580 credits since 1955
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ABOUT JOE
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born12 February 1936
Died7 May 2025
BirthplaceGroesbeck, USA
Known forActing
On Cineora54 of 80 titles
Known for
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MovieCareer
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 54
- Average IMDb
- 6.3
- Highest rated
- Edge of DarknessIMDb 8.3
- Working since
- 1955
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2010s
1 title · IMDb 7.3 on average
Movieas King
The 2000s
5 titles · IMDb 5.5 on average
Movieas Bill Calhoun
Movieas Governor Jim Applewhite
as Rep. Hale Boggs
Movieas Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
as Dylan Garrett
The 1990s
22 titles · IMDb 6.3 on average
as Buck Duke · 4 episodes
Movieas P.J. Parker
Movieas Wade
Movieas Big Jim Folsom
as Big Jim Folsom · 2 episodes
as Horace
Movieas Glenn Norris
Movieas Sheriff Junius Candle
The 1980s
15 titles · IMDb 5.4 on average
Movieas Detective Mesel
as Hunter McCall
Movieas Snyderburn
Movieas Carl Cunningham
Movieas Brad Whitaker
as Sheriff Onstad
as King R. Kenderson
Seriesas Darius Jedburgh · 6 episodes
The 1970s
22 titles · IMDb 6.2 on average
as Earl Eischied · 13 episodes
as Chief Earl M. Eischied
as Chief Earl Eischied · 2 episodes
Movieas Jerry
as Pete Novick
Movieas Wishbone Cutter
as Walkaway Madden
Movieas Mitchell
The 1960s
13 titles · IMDb 7.3 on average
Movieas Slater
Seriesas Willie Turner · 1 episode
as Day Pardee · 1 episode
as Billy Joe Corey · 1 episode
Movieas Fixer
Seriesas Yuma · 1 episode
as Merl Varney · 1 episode
Seriesas Eric Blair · 1 episode
The 1950s
2 titles · IMDb 7.7 on average
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Joe’s titles.
Patrick WilliamsComposer · The Grass Harp, The Streets of San Francisco and 2 more
Pierce BrosnanGoldenEye, Mars Attacks! and 1 more
George KennedyCool Hand Luke, Guns of the Magnificent Seven and 1 more
Lalo SchifrinComposer · Cool Hand Luke, Charley Varrick and 1 more
Jerry GoldsmithComposer · Congo, Criminal Law and 1 more
Elmer BernsteinComposer · Cape Fear, Leonard Part 6 and 1 more
Greydon ClarkDirector · Final Justice, Joysticks and 1 more
