Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

American actor (1936–2025)

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).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 16 films (1967–1994) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 1 other record (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1967 Cool hand Luke Jalem Productions: Publisher 2:06:00 16mm Color sound
1969 Guns of the Magnificent Seven Collectors Book Store 1:05 16mm Color
1970 Adam at Six A.M. Robert Scheerer 100 min Color
1971 Mongo’S Back In Town Bob Banner Associates 90 min Color sound
1971 Wild Rovers Geoffrey Productions 109 min Color sound
1972 Junior Bonner Solar Productions, Inc 100 min Color sound
1972 Welcome Home Soldier Boys Marvin Schwartz Productions 94 min Color sound
1973 Charley Varrick A Siegel film 111 min Color sound
1973 The Outfit A Carter DeHaven production 103 min Color sound
1973 Walking Tall Bing Crosby Productions 101 min 16mm Color sound
1974 Golden Needles Sequoia Pictures, Inc 92 min Color sound
1975 Framed Phil Karlson
1975 Mitchell Andrew V. McLaglen
1977 Speedtrap Earl Bellamy 98 min
1978 Checkered Flag Or Crash A Universal release 93 min sound
1994 RING OF STEEL David Frost 94 min