Acting credits
81
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Joe Don Baker
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 61Series: 20
TMDB ID: 10671
IMDb ID: nm0000833
Known for: Acting
Born: February 12, 1936
Died: May 7, 2025
Age: 89
Place of birth: Groesbeck, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1955 - 2013
Years active: 59
Average TMDB rating: 6.05
Wikidata: Q962579
Also known as
جو دان بیکر • Джо Дон Бейкер
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Joe Don Baker.
7.1
Mud
as King
2013 Movie
4.9
Strange Wilderness
as Bill Calhoun
2008 Movie
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
2007 Movie
5.6
The Dukes of Hazzard
as Governor Jim Applewhite
2005 Movie
7.8
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
2004 Movie
1.0
The Commission
as Rep. Hale Boggs
2003 Movie
5.6
Joe Dirt
as Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
2001 Movie
2.0
Vegas, City of Dreams
as Dylan Garrett
2001 Movie
6.2
Inside 'The Living Daylights'
as Self
2000 Movie
8.0
Inside The Living Daylights
as Self
2000 Movie
5.4
Poodle Springs
as P.J. Parker
1998 Movie
6.4
Tomorrow Never Dies
as Wade
1997 Movie
6.8
George Wallace
as Big Jim Folsom
1997 Movie
To Dance with Olivia
as Horace
1997 Movie
6.4
Mars Attacks!
as Glenn Norris
1996 Movie
5.8
The Grass Harp
as Sheriff Junius Candle
1996 Movie
5.1
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
as Gerry Spence
1996 Movie
6.9
GoldenEye
as Jack Wade
1995 Movie
5.6
Congo
as R.B. Travis
1995 Movie
6.2
Panther
as Brimmer
1995 Movie
5.7
The Underneath
as Clay Hinkle
1995 Movie
4.2
Felony
as Donovan
1994 Movie
4.9
Ring of Steel
as Man in Black
1994 Movie
6.6
Reality Bites
as Tom Pierce
1994 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Joe Don Baker.
2.0
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
as Buck Duke • 4 eps
1999 Series
George Wallace
as Big Jim Folsom • 2 eps
1997 Series
8.1
Edge of Darkness
as Darius Jedburgh • 6 eps
1985 Series
Power
as Tommy Vanda • 2 eps
1980 Series
6.0
Eischied
as Earl Eischied • 13 eps
1979 Series
To Kill a Cop
as Chief Earl Eischied • 2 eps
1978 Series
Doc Elliot
as Aaron Hickey • 1 eps
1973 Series
6.2
The Mod Squad
1 eps
1968 Series
4.7
Lancer
3 eps
1968 Series
5.2
The Outsider
as Billy Joe Corey • 1 eps
1968 Series
6.6
The High Chaparral
as Yuma • 1 eps
1967 Series
7.5
Judd for the Defense
1 eps
1967 Series
6.8
Ironside
1 eps
1967 Series
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1 eps
1966 Series
6.4
Felony Squad
1 eps
1966 Series
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Alex Drake • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.0
Honey West
as Rocky Hansen • 1 eps
1965 Series
6.1
The Big Valley
as Tom Lightfoot • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.5
Bonanza
as Luke Harper • 1 eps
1959 Series
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Woody Stoner • 1 eps
1955 Series