Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

Acting

Born February 12, 1936 · Groesbeck, Texas, USA

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…

Known for

Bonanza

Bonanza

1959

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

1966

Ironside

Ironside

1967

Screen Two

Screen Two

1985

The Big Valley

The Big Valley

1965

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

1955

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

1965

Acting(84)

2008Strange WildernessBill Calhoun

2007The 50 Greatest Television DramasSelf

2005The Dukes of HazzardGovernor Jim Applewhite

2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)

2003The CommissionRep. Hale Boggs

2001Joe DirtDon, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)

2001Vegas, City of DreamsDylan Garrett

2000Inside The Living DaylightsSelf

2000Inside 'The Living Daylights'Self

1999Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris DukeBuck Duke

1998Poodle SpringsP.J. Parker

1997Tomorrow Never DiesWade

1997George WallaceBig Jim Folsom

1997George WallaceBig Jim Folsom

1997To Dance with OliviaHorace

1996Mars Attacks!Glenn Norris

1996The Grass HarpSheriff Junius Candle

1996The Siege at Ruby RidgeGerry Spence

1996The Siege at Ruby RidgeGerry Spence

1996FelonyDonovan

1995GoldenEyeJack Wade

1995CongoR.B. Travis

1995PantherBrimmer

1995The UnderneathClay Hinkle

1994Ring of SteelMan in Black

1994Reality BitesTom Pierce

1993Complex of FearDet. Frank Farrel

1992The Distinguished GentlemanOlaf Andersen

1992Citizen CohnSen. Joseph McCarthy

1991Cape FearClaude Kersek

1990The ChildrenCliffe Wheater

1989Criminal LawDetective Mesel

1989Defrosting the FridgeHunter McCall

1987Leonard Part 6Snyderburn

1987The Killing TimeCarl Cunningham

1987The Living DaylightsBrad Whitaker

1987The Abduction of Kari SwensonSheriff Onstad

1986Getting EvenKing R. Kenderson

1985Edge of DarknessDarius Jedburgh

1985FletchChief Jerry Karlin

1985Screen TwoHunter McCall

1984Final JusticeDeputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III

1984The NaturalThe Whammer

1983JoysticksJoseph Rutter

1982WackoDick Harbinger

1980PowerTommy Vanda

1979EischiedEarl Eischied

1978To Kill a CopChief Earl M. Eischied

1978To Kill a CopChief Earl Eischied

1977The PackJerry

1977SpeedtrapPete Novick

1977The Shadow of ChikaraWishbone Cutter

1977Checkered Flag or CrashWalkaway Madden

1975MitchellMitchell

1975FramedRon Lewis

1974Golden NeedlesDan Mason

1973The OutfitJack Cody

1973Doc ElliotAaron Hickey

1973Charley VarrickMolly

1973Walking TallBuford Pusser

1972That Certain SummerPhil Bonner

1972The Streets of San FranciscoLeonard Collier Cord

1972Junior BonnerCurly Bonner

1972The Valachi PapersIrish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)

1971Welcome Home, Soldier BoysDanny

1971Mongo's Back in TownMongo Nash

1971Wild RoversPaul Buckman

1970Adam at Six A.M.Harvey Gavin

1969Guns of the Magnificent SevenSlater

1968The Mod SquadWillie Turner

1968LancerDay Pardee

1968The OutsiderBilly Joe Corey

1967Cool Hand LukeFixer

1967The High ChaparralYuma

1967Judd, for the DefenseMerl Varney

1967IronsideEric Blair

1966Mission: ImpossibleFrank Kearney

1966Felony SquadShep Taubs

1965The F.B.I.Alex Drake

1965Honey WestRocky Hansen

1965The Big ValleyTom Lightfoot

1959BonanzaLuke Harper

1955GunsmokeWoody Stoner