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Joe Don Baker
Acting

Joe Don Baker

Born February 12, 1936 - Died May 7, 2025Groesbeck, Texas, USA

Yearbook Entry

Class of… whatever timeline this is.

“I quietly carried the entire third act.”

Most Likely to Return in the Sequel

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.

In THE MULTIxVERSE

Fletch

Fletch

as Chief Jerry Karlin

OTHERverse

Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies

as Wade

OTHERverse

GoldenEye

GoldenEye

as Jack Wade

OTHERverse

The Living Daylights

The Living Daylights

as Brad Whitaker

OTHERverse

Joe Don Baker in Cinematic Lore

All Lore

Lore entries connected to movies featuring this actor.

Phrase

Shaken, Not Stirred

The most famous drink order in cinema history.

DEPTH III
Philosophy

The Bond Mythos

Not a man. A mythology.

DEPTH IV
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Also Known For

Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

1996

Cape Fear

Cape Fear

1991

Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

1967

The Dukes of Hazzard

The Dukes of Hazzard

2005

Congo

Congo

1995

Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt

2001

The Natural

The Natural

1984

Reality Bites

Reality Bites

1994

Mud

Mud

2013

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

1969

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