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Noting that one of the most famous people in the world has died is exactly what this thread is for.
Making political comments about somebody is not what this forum is for.
It‘s not a difficult concept.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Joe Don Baker (1936-2025)
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)....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).
Just sayin': I remember him from Walking Tall and the James Bond films.
R.I.P.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Just sayin'; He had a lot more "paychecks"; they just weren't doing all that "notable" roles. This site lists his acting history:
Joe Don Baker | Actor, Additional Crew, Production Manager
Known for: GoldenEye, Congo, The Living Daylights
www.imdb.com
It appears that he even had one in production when he died, i.e. a western movie titled "Cowboys From Hell".
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He was always Bufford Pusser in my mind but for some reason his role in Fletch is second up in my memory bank.
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calibuck
Too soon old, too late smart
Don't really follow the movie folk that much. Many shooting stars (rise quickly, and fall twice as fast), but when see the movie dates, automatically translate to dollars. Certainly one cannot maintain a Hollywood lifestyle on one paycheck every two years or so, unless it's a big 'un, and if not a headliner, then maybe there are more but less valued ($) roles to be had. Not a lifestyle for me, thanks.
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DubCoffman62
Lazy Slob
I just remembered another. One on his movies was so bad MST 3K did an episode on it.
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