Joe Don Baker
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Joe Don Baker (born February 12, 1936) is an American character actor and a life member of the Actors Studio.[1] 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 films: as Brad Whitaker in The Living Daylights (1987) and as CIA Agent Jack Wade in GoldenEye (1995) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).
Joe Don Baker | |
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Born | (1936-02-12) February 12, 1936 (age 88) Groesbeck, Texas, U.S. |
Education | North Texas State (now University of North Texas) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1964–2012 |
Spouse |
Marlo Baker
(m. 1969; div. 1980) |