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 Bond films GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1936-02-12 · Groesbeck, Texas, USA
- Died
- 2025-05-07
Known for
- Mars Attacks! (1996) — Glenn Norris
- GoldenEye (1995) — Jack Wade
- Cape Fear (1991) — Claude Kersek
- Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) — Wade
- Mud (2013) — King
- The Living Daylights (1987) — Brad Whitaker
- Cool Hand Luke (1967) — Fixer
- The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) — Governor Jim Applewhite
- Congo (1995) — R.B. Travis
- Joe Dirt (2001) — Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
- Reality Bites (1994) — Tom Pierce
- Fletch (1985) — Chief Jerry Karlin
- The Natural (1984) — The Whammer
- Bonanza (1959) — Luke Harper
- The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) — Olaf Andersen
- Mission: Impossible (1966) — Frank Kearney