Joe Don Baker

1936 -
American born Groesbeck, Texas

Height 6' 3" (1.91 m) . Tall, broad shouldered character actor with Texan drawl first appeared in support in several Western vehicles both on TV and the cinema in the mid 1960s. Got himself noticed playing Steve McQueen's younger brother in Junior Bonner (1972), and then scored the lead role of Buford Pusser (!) in the unexpected hit Walking Tall (1973), an allegedly true tale about a Southern sheriff confronting corruption & gangsters with a large wooden club and a mean attitude. Followed it up by playing a sadistic hit man called Molly, in Don Siegel's bank heist drama Charley Varrick (1973). Joe Don Baker's next few films were rather forgettable until he landed the role of police detective Earl Eischied in To Kill a Cop (1978) (TV)....which led him into reprising the same character in the short lived TV series "Eischied" (1979). Since then he has proved he is also quite adept at taking on comedy roles, as well as picking up plenty of work playing lawmen, military men, politicians etc. Keep your eye open for him as a nosy police chief in Fletch (1985), a meglomanical general in The Living Daylights (1987), as a redneck father in Mars Attacks! (1996), and as intelligence operative Jack Wade in the 007 films Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and GoldenEye (1995). Maria Dolores Rivero-Torres (25 December 1969 - ?) (divorced).

Strange Wilderness (2007) , The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) , The Commission (2003) , Joe Dirt (2001) , Vegas, City of Dreams (2001) , Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999) , Poodle Springs (1998) , Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) , George Wallace (1997) , To Dance with Olivia (1997) , Mars Attacks! (1996) , The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996) , Felony (1996) , GoldenEye (1995) , The Grass Harp (1995) , Congo (1995) , Panther (1995) , Underneath (1995) , Reality Bites (1994) , Ring of Steel (1994) , Complex of Fear (1993) , The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) , Citizen Cohn (1992) , Cape Fear (1991) , The Children (1990) ,Missing (1989) , The Pig Woman of Sparta (1989) , Ladybug, Ladybug (1989) , Fifteen Forever (1989) , Criminal Law (1988) , Defrosting the Fridge (1988) , Leonard Part 6 (1987) , The Killing Time (1987) , The Living Daylights (1987) , The Abduction of Kari Swenson (1987) , Getting Even (1986) , "Edge of Darkness" (1985) , Fletch (1985) , Final Justice (1985) , The Natural (1984) , Joysticks (1983) , Wacko (1983) , Power (1980) , "Eischied" (1979) , To Kill a Cop (1978) , Speedtrap (1977) , The Shadow of Chikara (1977) , Checkered Flag or Crash (1977) , The Pack (1977) , Mitchell (1975) , Framed (1975) , Golden Needles (1974) , The Outfit (1973) , Charley Varrick (1973) , "The Streets of San Francisco"(1973) , Walking Tall (1973) , That Certain Summer (1972) , Camera...Action...Murder! (1972) , Welcome Home, Soldier Boys (1972) , Junior Bonner (1972) , Mongo's Back in Town (1971) , "Mission: Impossible" (1971) , Wild Rovers (1971) , "The High Chaparral" (1971) , "The Most Deadly Game" (1970) , Adam at Six A.M. (1970) , Summer Terror (1970) , "Bracken's World" (1970) , "The Mod Squad" (1969) , Cut the Wolf Loose (1969) , The High Riders (1968) , Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) , Lightfoot (1969) , Prime of Life (1966) , "The Outsider"(1968) , The Real People of Muddy Creek (1968) , My Mommy Got Lost (1967) , Cool Hand Luke (1967) , Shadow of a Killer (1967) , Rockabye the Hard Way (1965)