Joe Don Baker

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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

As Gerry Spence

Tomorrow Never Dies

As Wade

Mars Attacks!

As Glenn Norris

Cape Fear

As Claude Kersek

Congo

As R.B. Travis

Cool Hand Luke

As Fixer

Joysticks

As Joseph Rutter

Reality Bites

As Tom Pierce

Related people

Collaborators & neighbours

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  Pierce Brosnan

  Shared 2 credits

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  Danny DeVito

  Shared 2 credits

• 

  Natalie Portman

  Shared a credit

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  Frank Marshall

  Shared 2 credits

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  Kathleen Kennedy

  Shared 2 credits

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  Jonathan Pryce

  Shared a credit

• 

  Laura Linney

  Shared a credit

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  Jack Black

  Shared a credit

Acted

Tomorrow Never Dies

1997 · Wade

Mars Attacks!

1996 · Glenn Norris

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

1996 · Gerry Spence

Congo

1995 · R.B. Travis

The Underneath

1995 · Clay Hinkle

Reality Bites

1994 · Tom Pierce

Cape Fear

1991 · Claude Kersek

Edge of Darkness

1985 · Darius Jedburgh

Fletch

1985 · Chief Jerry Karlin

Joysticks

1983 · Joseph Rutter

Cool Hand Luke

1967 · Fixer