Deceased

When Did Joe Don Baker Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 89

Also known asجو دان بیکر, Джо Дон БейкерGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn12/02/1936Born inGroesbeck, Texas, USADied07/05/2025Died inLos AngelesWikidataQ962579 ↗Buried atOakwood Memorial Park CemeteryTMDb#10671 ↗

Joe Don Baker was an American actor, known for playing "tough guy" characters on both sides of the law. He established himself as an action star with supporting roles in the Westerns Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) and Wild Rovers (1971), before his breakthrough role as real-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser in the film Walking Tall (1973).

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Filmography83 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2013	MudMovie	King	77
2008	Strange WildernessMovie	Bill Calhoun	72
2007	The 50 Greatest Television DramasMovie	Self	71
2005	The Dukes of HazzardMovie	Governor Jim Applewhite	69
2004	Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeMovie	Self (archive footage)	68
2003	The CommissionMovie	Rep. Hale Boggs	67
2001	Joe DirtMovie	Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)	65
2001	Vegas, City of DreamsMovie	Dylan Garrett	65
2000	Inside 'The Living Daylights'Movie	Self	64
2000	Inside The Living DaylightsMovie	Self	64
1999	Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris DukeSeries	Buck Duke	63
1998	Poodle SpringsMovie	P.J. Parker	62
1997	Tomorrow Never DiesMovie	Wade	61
1997	George WallaceMovie	Big Jim Folsom	61
1997	George WallaceSeries	Big Jim Folsom	61
1997	To Dance with OliviaMovie	Horace	61
1996	Mars Attacks!Movie	Glenn Norris	60
1996	The Siege at Ruby RidgeMovie	Gerry Spence	60
1996	The Grass HarpMovie	Sheriff Junius Candle	60
1996	FelonyMovie	Donovan	60
1996	The Siege at Ruby RidgeSeries	Gerry Spence	60
1995	GoldenEyeMovie	Jack Wade	59
1995	PantherMovie	Brimmer	59
1995	CongoMovie	R.B. Travis	59
1995	The UnderneathMovie	Clay Hinkle	59
1994	Reality BitesMovie	Tom Pierce	58
1994	Ring of SteelMovie	Man in Black	58
1993	Complex of FearMovie	Det. Frank Farrel	57
1992	Citizen CohnMovie	Sen. Joseph McCarthy	56
1992	The Distinguished GentlemanMovie	Olaf Andersen	56
1991	Cape FearMovie	Claude Kersek	55
1990	The ChildrenMovie	Cliffe Wheater	54
1989	Criminal LawMovie	Detective Mesel	53
1989	Defrosting the FridgeMovie	Hunter McCall	53
1987	The Living DaylightsMovie	Brad Whitaker	51
1987	Leonard Part 6Movie	Snyderburn	51
1987	The Killing TimeMovie	Carl Cunningham	51
1987	The Abduction of Kari SwensonMovie	Sheriff Onstad	51
1986	Getting EvenMovie	King R. Kenderson	50
1985	FletchMovie	Chief Jerry Karlin	49
1985	Screen TwoSeries	Hunter McCall	49
1985	Edge of DarknessSeries	Darius Jedburgh	49
1984	The NaturalMovie	The Whammer	48
1984	Final JusticeMovie	Geronimo	48
1983	JoysticksMovie	Joseph Rutter	47
1982	WackoMovie	Dick Harbinger	46
1980	PowerSeries	Tommy Vanda	44
1979	EischiedSeries	Earl Eischied	43
1978	To Kill a CopSeries	Chief Earl Eischied	42
1978	To Kill a CopMovie	Chief Earl M. Eischied	42
1977	The PackMovie	Jerry	41
1977	The Shadow of ChikaraMovie	Wishbone Cutter	41
1977	Checkered Flag or CrashMovie	Walkaway Madden	41
1977	SpeedtrapMovie	Pete Novick	41
1975	MitchellMovie	Mitchell	39
1975	FramedMovie	Ron Lewis	39
1974	Golden NeedlesMovie	Dan Mason	38
1973	Charley VarrickMovie	Molly	37
1973	Walking TallMovie	Buford Pusser	37
1973	The OutfitMovie	Jack Cody	37
1973	Doc ElliotSeries	Aaron Hickey	37
1972	Junior BonnerMovie	Curly Bonner	36
1972	The Valachi PapersMovie	Irish member of Valachi gang (uncredited)	36
1972	That Certain SummerMovie	Phil Bonner	36
1971	Wild RoversMovie	Paul Buckman	35
1971	Welcome Home, Soldier BoysMovie	Danny	35
1971	Mongo's Back in TownMovie	Mongo Nash	35
1970	Adam at Six A.M.Movie	Harvey Gavin	34
1969	Guns of the Magnificent SevenMovie	Slater	33
1968	The Mod SquadSeries	—	32
1968	LancerSeries	—	32
1968	The OutsiderSeries	Billy Joe Corey	32
1967	Judd, for the DefenseSeries	—	31
1967	IronsideSeries	—	31
1967	The High ChaparralSeries	Yuma	31
1967	Cool Hand LukeMovie	Fixer	31
1966	Mission: ImpossibleSeries	Frank Kearney	30
1966	Felony SquadSeries	—	30
1965	The Big ValleySeries	Tom Lightfoot	29
1965	The F.B.I.Series	Alex Drake	29
1965	Honey WestSeries	Rocky Hansen	29
1959	BonanzaSeries	Luke Harper	23
1955	GunsmokeSeries	Woody Stoner	19