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Joe Don Baker

Actor | * 02/12/1936 (88) | Groesbeck, Texas (United States of America (USA))
Joe Don Baker (born February 12, 1936) is an American character actor and a life member of the Actors Studio. He established himself as an action star with supporting roles as a mysterious cowboy drifter in Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969), and as a deputy sheriff in the western Wild Rovers (1971), before receiving fame for his roles as a mafia hitman in Charley Varrick (1973), real-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser in the action film Walking Tall (1973), a brute force detective in Mitchell (1975), deputy sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III in Final Justice (1985), and police chief Jerry Karlin in the action-comedy Fletch (1985). He is also known for his appearances as both a villain and an ally in three James Bond ... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Action

Known for these Movies & Shows

After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between ...

The Living Daylights

PG

1987 | 3.3/5 | 2h 10min
Action, Adventure, Thriller
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When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of Alec Trevelyan, AKA Agent 006, a former ally-turned-enemy, only James Bond can save the world from a dangerous space weapon that -- in one shor ...

GoldenEye

PG-13

1995 | 3.4/5 | 2h 10min
Adventure, Action, Thriller
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Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk. When the thrill-seekers -- some with ulterior ...

Congo

PG-13

1995 | 2.8/5 | 1h 49min
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale recei ...

Mars Attacks!

PG-13

1996 | 3.2/5 | 1h 46min
Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Movies with Joe Don Baker as Actor(62)

as King2013 Mud
as Bill Calhoun2008 Strange Wilderness
as himself2007 The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Governor Jim Applewhite2005 The Dukes of Hazzard
as Self (archive footage)2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Rep. Hale Boggs2003 The Commission
as Jack Wade (archive footage) (uncredited)2002 Best Ever Bond
as Dylan Garrett2001 Vegas, City of Dreams
as Don, Brandy's Dad2001 Joe Dirt
as himself2000 Inside 'The Living Daylights'
as P.J. Parker1998 Poodle Springs
as Jack Wade1997 Tomorrow Never Dies
as Big Jim Folsom1997 George Wallace
as Horace1997 To Dance With Olivia
as Gerry Spence1996 The Siege At Ruby Ridge
as Glenn Norris1996 Mars Attacks!
as Brimmer1995 Panther
as Clay Hinkle1995 The Underneath
as R.B. Travis1995 Congo
as Jack Wade1995 GoldenEye
as Sheriff Junius Candle1995 The Grass Harp
as Donovan1994 Felony
as Tom Pierce1994 Reality Bites
as Man in black1994 Ring of Steel
as Det. Frank Farrel1993 Complex of Fear
as Olaf Andersen1992 The Distinguished Gentleman
as Sen. Joseph McCarthy1992 Citizen Cohn
as Claude Kersek1991 Cape Fear
as Cliffe Wheater1990 The Children
as Detective Mesel1989 Criminal Law
as Hunter McCall1989 Defrosting the Fridge
as Snyderburn1987 Leonard Part 6
as Carl Cunningham1987 The Killing Time
as Brad Whitaker1987 The Living Daylights
as Sheriff Onstad1987 Abduction
as King R. Kenderson1986 Getting Even
as Chief Jerry Karlin1985 Fletch
as Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III1985 Final Justice
as The Whammer ("Il Martello")1984 The Natural
as Joseph Rutter1983 Joysticks
as Dick Harbinger1982 Wacko
as Tommy Vanda1980 Power
as Walkaway Madden1978 Checkered Flag Or Crash
as Chief Earl M. Eischied1978 To Kill a Cop
as Wishbone Cutter1977 The Shadow of Chikara
as Jerry1977 The Pack
as Pete Novick1977 Speedtrap
as Mitchell1975 Mitchell
as Ron Lewis1975 Framed
as Dan Mason1974 Golden Needles
as Molly1973 Charley Varrick
as Cody1973 The Outfit
as Buford Pusser1973 Walking Tall
as Phil Bonner1972 That Certain Summer
as Curly Bonner1972 Junior Bonner
as Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)1972 The Valachi Papers
as Danny1972 Welcome Home, Soldier Boys
as Mongo Nash1971 Mongo's Back in Town
as Paul Buckman1971 Wild Rovers
as Harvey Gavin1970 Adam at Six A.M.
as Slater1969 Guns of the Magnificent Seven
as Fixer1967 Cool Hand Luke

TV Shows/Series with Joe Don Baker as Actor(17)

as Buck Duke1999 Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
as Darius Jedburgh1985 Edge of Darkness
as Earl Eischied1979 Eischied
1968 Lancer
1968 The Mod Squad
1968 The Outsider
1967 Judd for the Defense
as Yuma1967 The High Chaparral
1967 Ironside
1966 Felony Squad
1966 Mission: Impossible
as Tom Lightfoot1965 The Big Valley
as Alex Drake1965 The F.B.I.
as Rocky Hansen1965 Honey West
as Luke Harper1959 Bonanza
as Woody Stoner1955 Gunsmoke
as Tom Butler1955 Gunsmoke

Full Name: Joe Baker
Born: Wednesday, 02/12 1936 (February) in Groesbeck, Texas (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 88 years + 68 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of North Texas, Actors Studio
Joe Don Baker frequently works together with these people:
Morgan Woodward (27x, Actor)
Victor French (24x, Actor)
Dennis Cross (21x, Cast)
Frank Marth (21x, Actor)
Anthony Caruso (21x, Actor)
Gregg Palmer (21x, Actor)
Claude Akins (20x, Actor)
John Milford (20x, Actor)
Bing Russell (20x, Actor)
John Dehner (19x, Actor)
Royal Dano (19x, Actor)
Kevin Hagen (19x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1822, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/05/2024