Joe Don Baker
(1936-2025)
American, Actor
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Joe Don Baker (February 12, 1936 – May 7, 2025) 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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Joe Don Baker 12 February 1936 Groesbeck, Texas, USA
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7 May 2025 (aged 89) Mission Hills, California, USA
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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