Joe Don Baker

February 12, 1936 - May 7, 2025 Groesbeck, Texas, USA
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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.

Their titles like GoldenEye, Cape Fear, and Tomorrow Never Dies - their biggest roles first.
Last updated: June 14, 2026

46 titles
Community avg: 7.68 /10
  • 1
    1
    GoldenEye
    1995November 1995 by Martin Campbell
    Adventure, Action, Thriller
    Adventure, Action, Thriller
    7.83 Excellent-
  • 2
    2
    Cape Fear
    1991November 1991 by Martin Scorsese
    Drama, Crime, Thriller
    Drama, Crime, Thriller
    8.19 Excellent+
  • 3
    3
    Tomorrow Never Dies
    1997December 1997 by Roger Spottiswoode
    Adventure, Action, Thriller
    Adventure, Action, Thriller
    7.32 Good++
  • 4
    4
    The Living Daylights
    1987June 1987 by John Glen
    Action, Adventure, Thriller
    Action, Adventure, Thriller
    7.49 Good++
  • 5
    5
    Mud
    2013April 2013 by Jeff Nichols
    Drama
    Drama
    7.98 Excellent
  • 6
    6
    Cool Hand Luke
    1967November 1967 by Stuart Rosenberg
    Drama, Crime
    Drama, Crime
    8.65 Masterpiece--
  • 7
    7
    Congo
    1995June 1995 by Frank Marshall
    Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
    Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
    6.64 Good--
  • 8
    8
    Fletch
    1985May 1985 by Michael Ritchie
    Comedy, Crime, Mystery
    Comedy, Crime, Mystery
    7.69 Excellent--
  • 9
    9
    The Dukes of Hazzard
    2005August 2005 by Jay Chandrasekhar
    Comedy, Adventure, Action
    Comedy, Adventure, Action
    6.61 Good--
  • 10
    10
    Reality Bites
    1994February 1994 by Ben Stiller
    Drama, Romance, Comedy
    Drama, Romance, Comedy
    7.46 Good++
  • 11
    11
    The Natural
    1984May 1984 by Barry Levinson
    Drama
    Drama
    7.84 Excellent-
  • 12
    12
    Charley Varrick
    1973September 1973 by Don Siegel
    Crime, Thriller, Drama
    Crime, Thriller, Drama
    8.17 Excellent+
  • 13
    13
    The Distinguished Gentleman
    1992December 1992 by Jonathan Lynn
    Comedy
    Comedy
    7.10 Good
  • 14
    14
    Walking Tall
    1973February 1973 by Phil Karlson
    Action, Crime, Drama
    Action, Crime, Drama
    7.62 Excellent--
  • 15
    15
    Joysticks
    1983March 1983 by Greydon Clark
    Comedy
    Comedy
    6.45 Decent++
  • 16
    16
    Strange Wilderness
    2008February 2008 by Fred Wolf
    Comedy, Adventure
    Comedy, Adventure
    6.24 Decent+
  • 17
    17
    Criminal Law
    1989April 1989 by Martin Campbell
    Drama, Thriller, Romance
    Drama, Thriller, Romance
    6.91 Good
  • 18
    18
    The Outfit
    1973October 1973 by John Flynn
    Crime, Drama
    Crime, Drama
    7.76 Excellent-
  • 19
    19
    Junior Bonner
    1972July 1972 by Sam Peckinpah
    Western, Drama
    Western, Drama
    7.30 Good+
  • 20
    20
    Mitchell
    1975September 1975 by Andrew V. McLaglen
    Crime, Drama, Action
    Crime, Drama, Action
    6.24 Decent+
  • 21
    21
    Guns of the Magnificent Seven
    1969July 1969 by Paul Wendkos
    Western
    Western
    6.83 Good-
  • 22
    22
    Final Justice
    1984October 1984 by Greydon Clark
    Action, Crime, Drama
    Action, Crime, Drama
    6.13 Decent+
  • 23
    23
    The Underneath
    1995April 1995 by Steven Soderbergh
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
    7.09 Good
  • 24
    24
    Edge of Darkness
    1985 by Troy Kennedy Martin
    Crime, Drama
    Crime, Drama
    8.47 Excellent++
  • 25
    25
    The Grass Harp
    1996October 1996 by Charles Matthau
    Comedy, Drama, Family
    Comedy, Drama, Family
    7.46 Good++
  • 26
    26
    Wacko
    1982November 1982 by Greydon Clark
    Comedy, Horror
    Comedy, Horror
    7.16 Good+
  • 27
    27
    The Pack
    1977November 1977 by Robert Clouse
    Horror, Adventure, Thriller
    Horror, Adventure, Thriller
    7.84 Excellent-
  • 28
    28
    Panther
    1995May 1995 by Mario Van Peebles
    Drama, History
    Drama, History
    7.57 Excellent--
  • 29
    29
    Wild Rovers
    1971June 1971 by Blake Edwards
    Action, Western
    Action, Western
    7.47 Good++
  • 30
    30
    Citizen Cohn
    1992August 1992 by Frank Pierson
    Drama, History
    Drama, History
    7.66 Excellent--
  • 31
    31
    Framed
    1975August 1975 by Phil Karlson
    Action, Crime, Thriller
    Action, Crime, Thriller
    7.79 Excellent-
  • 32
    32
    Golden Needles
    1974July 1974 by Robert Clouse
    Action, Drama
    Action, Drama
    7.55 Excellent--
  • 33
    33
    George Wallace
    1997August 1997 by John Frankenheimer
    History, Drama
    History, Drama
    7.84 Excellent-
  • 34
    34
    Ring of Steel
    1994March 1994 by David Frost
    Action, Drama
    Action, Drama
    7.44 Good++
  • 35
    35
    Getting Even
    1986February 1986 by Dwight H. Little
    Action, Adventure
    Action, Adventure
    7.41 Good++
  • 36
    36
    Eischied
    1979–1980
    Drama, Crime
    Drama, Crime
    7.88 Excellent-
  • 37
    37
    Speedtrap
    1977September 1977 by Earl Bellamy
    Action, Crime, Drama
    Action, Crime, Drama
    7.84 Excellent-
  • 38
    38
    Felony
    1996January 1996 by David A. Prior
    Thriller, Action
    Thriller, Action
    7.56 Excellent--
  • 39
    39
    The Abduction of Kari Swenson
    1987March 1987 by Stephen Gyllenhaal
    Thriller, Drama
    Thriller, Drama
    7.82 Excellent-
  • 40
    40
    To Kill a Cop
    1978 by Ernest Tidyman
    Drama, Crime
    Drama, Crime
    Needs more reviews
  • 41
    41
    The Children
    1990May 1990 by Tony Palmer
    Drama
    Drama
    7.73 Excellent-
  • 42
    42
    The Commission
    2003November 2003 by Mark Sobel
    Drama
    Drama
    Needs more reviews
  • 43
    43
    Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
    1999
    Drama
    Drama
    Needs more reviews
  • 44
    44
    George Wallace
    1997
    Drama
    Drama
    Needs more reviews
  • 45
    45
    To Kill a Cop
    1978April 1978 by Gary Nelson
    Crime, Drama, Action
    Crime, Drama, Action
    Needs more reviews
  • 46
    46
    The Siege at Ruby Ridge
    1996
    Drama
    Drama
    Needs more reviews