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James Bond actor who was in THREE 007 movies - Living Daylights, Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies - is dead at 89 (Joe Don Baker)
Daily Mail UK ^ | May 15, 2025 | Amy Lamar

Posted on 05/16/2025 9:43:59 AM PDT by Morgana

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RIP Joe Don
1 posted on 05/16/2025 9:43:59 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Yes RIP enjoyed his work


2 posted on 05/16/2025 9:45:54 AM PDT by al baby (I know sarcasm )
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To: Morgana

RIP Joe Don Baker...really enjoyed him in the movie Charley Varrick.


3 posted on 05/16/2025 9:48:36 AM PDT by Mashood
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To: Morgana

The hell with that British spy comedy. He was the sheriff in Walking Tall.


4 posted on 05/16/2025 9:49:27 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...Low IQ morons also have t)
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To: Morgana

I remember him from FLETCH. Great character actor.


5 posted on 05/16/2025 9:50:56 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: Morgana
I liked him in 'The Outfit' and 'Charlie Verrick'. Very entertaining.


6 posted on 05/16/2025 9:51:37 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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I believe he was in Mars Attacks. "Funny looking little critters."
7 posted on 05/16/2025 9:55:33 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Don't worry,pray.)
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To: Morgana

Chief Karlin and Ron Lewis (most people probably don’t remember that role).


8 posted on 05/16/2025 9:58:58 AM PDT by gopno1
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89, that’s a good run!

Rest in Peace, Joe, you done good!....................


9 posted on 05/16/2025 10:00:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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Walking Tall (1973) as Sheriff Buford Pusser
10 posted on 05/16/2025 10:01:06 AM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo)
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Best Joe Don Baker line of all time:

https://clip.cafe/walking-tall-1973/you-got-a-warrent/


11 posted on 05/16/2025 10:02:48 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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His best was the 1982 movie “Whacko”.


12 posted on 05/16/2025 10:04:46 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

A 1973 movie full of car chases, chicks, guns, money and violence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ovbzXVWFqs

Vintage entertainment


13 posted on 05/16/2025 10:11:36 AM PDT by Justa (Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
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To: DesertRhino

Amen!

RIP.


14 posted on 05/16/2025 10:18:28 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Uncle Sugar" is being audited and having an enema.)
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To: Justa

Don Siegel directed.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Siegel


15 posted on 05/16/2025 10:21:44 AM PDT by abb
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To: Morgana

Let’s not forget he was Brandy’s dad in Joe Dirt! Robbed of an Oscar . . .


16 posted on 05/16/2025 10:49:10 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business )
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and Fletch:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089155/


17 posted on 05/16/2025 11:08:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
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To: Morgana

MSTies will always remember him as Mitchell.


18 posted on 05/16/2025 11:15:05 AM PDT by eclecticEel ("The petty man forsakes what lies within his power and longs for what lies with Heaven." - Xunzi)
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Rest In Peace, Joe Don Baker.


19 posted on 05/16/2025 11:58:35 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: 4yearlurker

He was also in “Congo”.


20 posted on 05/16/2025 11:58:51 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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