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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Filmography

View Bonanza
Bonanza

Bonanza

1959Series
7.5
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Ironside

Ironside

1967Series
6.8
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Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

1966Series
7.6
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The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

1965Series
5.4
View The Big Valley
The Big Valley

The Big Valley

1965Series
6.1
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The High Chaparral

The High Chaparral

1967Series
6.7
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Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

1955Series
6.7
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The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

1968Series
6.2
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Felony Squad

Felony Squad

1966Series
6.4
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Lancer

Lancer

1968Series
4.7
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GoldenEye

GoldenEye

1995Film
6.9
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Judd for the Defense

Judd for the Defense

1967Series
7.5