Baker, Joe Don 1936–

PERSONAL

Born February 12, 1936, in Groesbeck, TX; son of Doyle Charles and Edna (maiden name, McDonald) Baker; married Maria Dolores Rivero-Torres, December 25, 1969 (divorced, 1978). Education: North Texas State College, B.B.A., 1958.

Addresses: Agent—c/o The Artists Agency, 1180 S. Beverly Dr., Suite 301, Los Angeles, CA 90035; Cunningham, Escott, Slevin and Doherty Talent Agency, 10635 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 140, Los Angeles, CA 90025. Home—23339 Hatteras St., Woodland Hills, CA 91367-3107.

Career: Actor and producer. Military service: Served with Army of the United States (AUS), 1958–60.

Member: Actors Studio, New York, NY, and Los Angeles, CA; Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Awards, Honors: Television Award nomination, British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award, best actor, 1986, for Edge of Darkness; CableACE Award nomination, supporting actor in a movie or miniseries, 1997, Golden Satellite Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a miniseries or motion picture made for television, International Press Academy, 1998, both for George Wallace; DVD Premiere Award nomination, best supporting actor, 2003, for Venomous.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Marathon 33, American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), New York City, 1963.

Blues for Mr. Charlie, ANTA, 1964.

Film Appearances:

(Film debut; uncredited) Fixer, Cool Hand Luke, Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1967.

Slater, Guns of the Magnificent Seven, United Artists, 1969.

Harvey Gavin, Adam at 6 A.M., National General, 1970.

Paul Buckman, Wild Rovers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971.

Danny, Welcome Home, Soldier Boys (also known as Five Days Home), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972.

Curly Bonner (Junior's brother), Junior Bonner, Cinerama, 1972.

"Molly," Charley Varrick, Universal, 1973.

Sheriff Buford Pusser, Walking Tall, Cinerama, 1973.

Cody, The Outfit (also known as Good Guys Always Win), United Artists, 1974.

Dan, Golden Needles (also known as The Chase for the Golden Needles), American International, 1974.

Ron Lewis, Framed, Paramount, 1975.

Title role, Mitchell, Allied Artists, 1975.

Jerry, The Pack (also known as The Long, Dark Night and The Long, Hard Night), Warner Bros., 1977.

Pete Novick, Speedtrap, First Artists/Intertamar, 1977.

Wishbone Cutter, The Shadow of Chikara (also known as Demon Mountain, Diamond Mountain, Shadow Mountain, The Ballad of Virgil Cane, The Curse of Demon Mountain, Thunder Mountain and Wishbone Cutter), 1977.

Andy "Walkaway" Madden, Checkered Flag or Crash (also known as Crash), Universal, 1978.

Mr. Joseph Rutter, Joysticks (also known as Video Madness), Jensen Farley, 1982.

Dick Harbinger, Wacko, Jensen Farley, 1982.

The Whammer, The Natural, Tri-Star, 1984.

Chief Karlin, Fletch, Universal, 1985.

Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III, Final Justice, 1985.

King Kenderon, Getting Even (also known as Hostage: Dallas), American Distribution Group, 1986.

Brad Whitaker, The Living Daylights, United Artists, 1987.

Snyderburn, Leonard Part 6, 1987.

Sheriff Carl Cunningham, The Killing Time, 1987.

Detective Mesel, Criminal Law, 1988.

Cliffe Wheater, The Children (also known as Meine liebe Rose), 1990.

Claude Kersek, private investigator, Cape Fear, 1991.

Olaf Andersen, The Distinguished Gentleman, 1992.

Man in black, Ring of Steel, 1994.

Tom Pierce, Reality Bites, 1994.

Clay Hinkle, The Underneath, 1995.

Brimmer, Panther, 1995.

R. B. Travis, Congo, 1995.

Sheriff Junius Candle, The Grass Harp, 1995.

CIA Agent Jack Wade, GoldenEye, 1995.

Donovan, Felony, 1995.

Glenn Norris, Mars Attacks!, Warner Bros., 1996.

CIA Agent Jack Wade, Tomorrow Never Dies, United Artists, 1997.

The Adventures of Joe Dirt, Columbia, 2001.

Dylan Garrett, Vegas, City of Dreams, DMG, 2001.

Governor Jim Applewhite, The Dukes of Hazzard, Warner Bros., 2005.

Representative Hale Boggs, The Commission, 2007.

Bill Calhoun, Strange Wilderness, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2007.

Television Appearances; Series:

Chief Earl Eischied (title role), Eischied (also known as Chief of Detectives), NBC, 1979–80.

Captain Tom Dugan, In the Heat of the Night, NBC, 1989.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Chief Earl Eischied, To Kill a Cop, NBC, 1978.

Tommy Vanda, Power, NBC, 1980.

Darius Jedburgh, Edge of Darkness, PBS, 1988.

Gerry Spence, Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy (also known as The Siege at Ruby Ridge), CBS, 1996.

Big Jim Folsom, George Wallace, TNT, 1997.

Buck Duke, Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke, CBS, 1999.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Mongo Nash, Mongo's Back in Town, CBS, 1971.

Phil Bonner, That Certain Summer, ABC, 1972.

Sheriff John Ostan, The Abduction of Kari Swenson, NBC, 1987.

Hunter McCall, Defrosting the Fridge, 1988.

Senator Joseph McCarthy, Citizen Cohn, HBO, 1992.

Detective Frank Farrel, Complex of Fear, CBS, 1993.

Horace Henley, To Dance with Olivia, CBS, 1997.

P. J. Parker, Poodle Springs, HBO, 1998.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Aaron Hickey, Doc Elliot, 1973.

Voice of Jesse James, The Wild West, syndicated, 1993.

Best Ever Bond, ITV1, 2002.

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade, Starz, 2004.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Island guy, Guy Island, NBC, 1997.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Rocky Hansen, "Rockabye the Hard Way," Honey West, 1965.

Woody Stoner, "Prime of Life," Gunsmoke, 1966.

Merle Varney (also known as Merle Williams), "Shadow of a Killer," Judd for the Defense, 1967.

Shep Taubs, "My Mommy Got Lost," Felony Squad, 1967.

"The High Riders (aka The Homecoming)," Lancer, 1968.

Luke Harper, "The Real People of Muddy Creek," Bonanza, 1968.

Billy Joe Corey, "A Wide Place in the Road," The Outsider, 1968.

Tom Butler, "The Reprisal," Gunsmoke, 1969.

Tom Lightfoot, "Lightfoot," The Big Valley, 1969.

Willie Turner, "Willie Poor Boy," The Mod Squad, 1969.

Nick Fontaine, "Focus on a Gun," Bracken's World, 1970.

"Summer Terror," The F.B.I., 1970.

Alan, "Breakdown," The Most Deadly Game, 1970.

Yuma, "The Hostage," The High Chaparral, 1971.

Frank Kearney, "The Miracle," Mission: Impossible, 1971.

Eric Blair, "Camera … Action … Murder!" Ironside, 1972.

Leonard Collier Cord, "Beyond Vengeance," The Streets of San Francisco, 1973.

Television Executive Producer; Miniseries:

To Kill a Cop, NBC, 1978.

Television Work; Movies:

Executive producer, Mongo's Back in Town, CBS, 1971.

Producer, Power, NBC, 1980.

RECORDINGS

Tape Readings:

Rivethead by Ben Hamper, Dove, 1992.

Videos:

Inside "The Living Daylights".