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'Walking Tall' actor Joe Don Baker dies
12 News Arizona ^ | May 15, 2025 | Chris McCrory

Posted on 05/15/2025 10:27:02 AM PDT by fidelis

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1 posted on 05/15/2025 10:27:02 AM PDT by fidelis
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To: fidelis

RIP


2 posted on 05/15/2025 10:29:04 AM PDT by xp38
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To: fidelis

RIP


3 posted on 05/15/2025 10:29:42 AM PDT by The Duke (Not without incident.)
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To: fidelis

He gave us one of the greatest MST3K spoofs ever. “ Mitchell.” RIP, Joe Don. B movie cinema is richer for your efforts.


4 posted on 05/15/2025 10:30:00 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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The Whammer


5 posted on 05/15/2025 10:30:50 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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I liked “Walking Tall”; he was great in that. I thought he was amazing in “Charley Varrick”, a movie I could watch every few months.

It borders on criminal that he was never given a shot art playing Babe Ruth — he’s the actor most resembling the Bambino.


6 posted on 05/15/2025 10:30:56 AM PDT by Migraine
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Perhaps he now knows if there is beer on the sun.


7 posted on 05/15/2025 10:33:46 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Seruzawa

RIP Mitchell.

Don’t forget “Final Justice”.

He was in pretty good classic MI episode “The Miracle” even though the whole plot was absurd like most.

Anyone who could co-star in some James Bond movie couldn’t be all bad.

I think the MST3K guys went a little too far in JD’s case.


8 posted on 05/15/2025 10:33:53 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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I liked him as the corrupt cop in “Fletch”


9 posted on 05/15/2025 10:35:29 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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One of the few to both play a villain and an ally in James Bond. Maude Adams is the other.


10 posted on 05/15/2025 10:35:40 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To be honest, I thought he died years ago.................


11 posted on 05/15/2025 10:35:45 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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Charlie Varrick was another good movie.

Now that you mention it, I see the resemblance.


12 posted on 05/15/2025 10:35:50 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: fidelis

Joe Don Baker….not just a pretty face.


13 posted on 05/15/2025 10:37:49 AM PDT by LanaTurnerOverdrive (Unvaxxed. Not your guinea pig. )
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14 posted on 05/15/2025 10:42:00 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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To: fidelis

Mitchell !!!!

Rest in peace, buddy.


15 posted on 05/15/2025 10:45:12 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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In Walking Tall the ambush of the sheriff and his wife had an effect on me similar to learning of the JFK assassination.


16 posted on 05/15/2025 10:46:09 AM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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Sorry to hear. He also had a great role in Chevy Chase’ Fletch movie.


17 posted on 05/15/2025 10:57:29 AM PDT by plain talk
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“...mourned by a small but very close circle of friends who will miss him eternally.”

People say this a lot. I always read this to mean that his survivors think they’re gonna live forever.


18 posted on 05/15/2025 11:05:52 AM PDT by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.)
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In Walking Tall the ambush of the sheriff and his wife had an effect on me similar to learning of the JFK assassination. Very shocking and tragic.


19 posted on 05/15/2025 11:18:10 AM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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ping. Eischeid.


20 posted on 05/15/2025 11:27:14 AM PDT by abb
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