
Highest rated as cast or director
Joe Don Baker's 5 titles from the 1970s have a median Balasaur Score of 68, led by The Outfit (74) and Junior Bonner (72), against 57 for those from the 1990s.
Biography
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.
Acted in 80
2010s
- 2013
78Mud
King
2000s
- 2008
Strange Wilderness
Bill Calhoun
- 2005
- 2003
The Commission
Rep. Hale Boggs
- 2001
Vegas, City of Dreams
Dylan Garrett
1990s
- 1999
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Buck Duke · 4 episodes
- 1998
- 1997
George Wallace
Big Jim Folsom
George Wallace
Big Jim Folsom · 2 episodes
To Dance with Olivia
Horace
- 1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Gerry Spence
Felony
Donovan
- 1995
The Underneath
Clay Hinkle
- 1994
Ring of Steel
Man in Black
- 1993
Complex of Fear
Det. Frank Farrel
- 1992
Citizen Cohn
Sen. Joseph McCarthy
- 1991
- 1990
The Children
Cliffe Wheater
1980s
- 1989
Defrosting the Fridge
Hunter McCall
- 1987
Leonard Part 6
Snyderburn
- 1986
Getting Even
King R. Kenderson
- 1985
Edge of Darkness
Darius Jedburgh · 6 episodes
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
Wacko
Dick Harbinger
- 1980
Power
Tommy Vanda · 2 episodes
1970s
- 1979
Eischied
Earl Eischied · 13 episodes
- 1978
To Kill a Cop
Chief Earl M. Eischied
To Kill a Cop
Chief Earl Eischied · 2 episodes
- 1977
The Pack
Jerry
Checkered Flag or Crash
Walkaway Madden
- 1975
Framed
Ron Lewis
- 1974
Golden Needles
Dan Mason
- 1973
Doc Elliot
Aaron Hickey · 1 episode
Charley Varrick
Molly
- 1972
That Certain Summer
Phil Bonner
- 1971
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys
Danny
Mongo's Back in Town
Mongo Nash
- 1970
Adam at Six A.M.
Harvey Gavin
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
- 1966
- 1965
Appearances4
2000s
- 2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
- 2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
- 2000
Inside The Living Daylights
Self
Inside 'The Living Daylights'
Self





