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Joe Don Baker

1936 - Today

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Joe Don Baker (born February 12, 1936) is an American character actor and a life member of the Actors Studio. He established himself as an action star with supporting roles as a mysterious cowboy drifter in Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969), and as a deputy sheriff in the western Wild Rovers (1971), before receiving fame for his roles as a mafia hitman in Charley Varrick (1973), real-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser in the action film Walking Tall (1973), a brute force detective in Mitchell (1975), deputy sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III in Final Justice (1985), and police chief Jerry Karlin in the action-comedy Fletch (1985). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Don Baker has received more than 2,819,662 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Joe Don Baker is the 1,841st most popular actor (up from 2,102nd in 2019), the 3,084th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,561st in 2019) and the 883rd most popular American Actor.

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  • 53.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joe Don Baker ranks 1,841 out of 9,996. Before him are Geoffrey Lewis, Nicola Di Bari, Elizabeth Banks, Barbara O'Neil, Daniel Baldwin, and Michael Sheen. After him are Marilyn Chambers, Richard Jordan, Folco Lulli, Oleg Tabakov, Bruce Boxleitner, and Peter Gallagher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Joe Don Baker ranks 168. Before him are Amr Moussa, Volodymyr Holubnychy, Savitri, Fernando Solanas, Charles Napier, and Hiroshi Saeki. After him are Adolfo Nicolás, Slava Metreveli, William Levada, Joaquín Peiró, Art Metrano, and Dacia Maraini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Don Baker ranks 3,084 out of 18,182. Before him are Jacques Futrelle (1875), Daniel Baldwin (1960), Dick Scobee (1939), Annie Sprinkle (1954), David Wilkerson (1931), and Donald Davidson (1917). After him are Marilyn Chambers (1952), Richard Jordan (1937), Archie Hahn (1880), Bruce Boxleitner (1950), Peter Gallagher (1955), and Michael J. Sandel (1953).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Joe Don Baker ranks 883. Before him are Michelle Monaghan (1976), Calista Flockhart (1964), Geoffrey Lewis (1935), Elizabeth Banks (1974), Barbara O'Neil (1910), and Daniel Baldwin (1960). After him are Marilyn Chambers (1952), Richard Jordan (1937), Bruce Boxleitner (1950), Peter Gallagher (1955), Scott Bakula (1954), and John C. Reilly (1965).

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