Joe Don Baker, Dead at 89

[Mike C]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/remembering-joe-don-baker-dead-124707822.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

[Mark]

Mitchell!

[slusher]

Always liked him, he did th first chapter of walking tall filmed in Chester county and the town close to where we moved here. Joe Done was a good actor…

[Joe Handley]

I just watched Speedtrap with him and Tyne Daly this past January, remember his character Jack Wade from the later Pierce Brosnan Bond movies too.

[1972coronet]

Charley Varrick  and Cape Fear (1990 version) 

[Mike C]

I like Charley Varrick. I've seen it on Tubi a couple of times. There are no "good guys" in the movie. John Vernon was in it too.

[1972coronet]

9 hours ago, Mike C said:

I like Charley Varrick. [...] There are no "good guys" in the movie. John Vernon was in it too.

Another Neo Noir classic for sure. Similar to my favourite from 1973, The Friends of Eddie Coyle. 

[webestang]

22 hours ago, Mike C said:

I like Charley Varrick. I've seen it on Tubi a couple of times. There are no "good guys" in the movie. John Vernon was in it too.

I bought that movie on Blu-ray. It includes a very informative making of doc, check it out.....       

 

[NYLIBUD]

On 5/15/2025 at 10:08 PM, 1972coronet said:

Charley Varrick  and Cape Fear (1990 version) 

Great in Cape Fear.

[A Crazed Modeler]

I have the Toby Halicki films Gone In Sixty Seconds and The Junkman. Baker was in Junkman. He also had a bit part in The Dukes of Hazzard when an episode would feature Boss Hogg's celebrity speed trap. I forget the song he performed but it was a pretty fun tune.