REMEMBERING JOE DON BAKER ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “The thing that inspired me to become an actor was to work on stage three hours a night in a play, sleep late, and meet a lot of interesting people.” Joe Don Baker ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Baker had his first experience as an actor as a senior at North Texas State College in Denton. After graduating with a business degree in 1958 and serving for two years in the U.S. Army, he moved to New York and was accepted into The Actors Studio. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In 1963 and ’64, Baker appeared on Broadway in Actors Studio productions of Marathon ’33 opposite Julie Harris and Blues for Mister Charlie, written by James Baldwin and directed by Burgess Meredith. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ He came to LA and made it to the silver screen, finding work on Honey West, Bonanza and Gunsmoke and in the films Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ His credits are countless, including Cape Fear (1991), Reality Bites (1994), The Grass Harp (1995), Mars Attacks! (1996), Joe Dirt (2001), The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) and Mud (2012), but you may know him best from his work on three 007 films - The Living Daylights (1987), GoldenEye (1995) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Baker made an incredible impact on our industry and he will be sorely missed. Sending our love and condolences to his family and friends. RIP Mr Baker. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #theactorsstudio #joedonbaker #rememberingthelegends #hollywood (fb)

REMEMBERING JOE DON BAKER ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “The thing that inspired me to become an actor was to work on stage three hours a night in a play, sleep late, and meet a lot of interesting people.” Joe Don Baker ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Baker had his first experience as an actor as a senior at North Texas State College in Denton. After graduating with a business degree in 1958 and serving for two years in the U.S. Army, he moved to New York and was accepted into The Actors Studio. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In 1963 and ’64, Baker appeared on Broadway in Actors Studio productions of Marathon ’33 opposite Julie Harris and Blues for Mister Charlie, written by James Baldwin and directed by Burgess Meredith. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ He came to LA and made it to the silver screen, finding work on Honey West, Bonanza and Gunsmoke and in the films Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ His credits are countless, including Cape Fear (1991), Reality Bites (1994), The Grass Harp (1995), Mars Attacks! (1996), Joe Dirt (2001), The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) and Mud (2012), but you may know him best from his work on three 007 films - The Living Daylights (1987), GoldenEye (1995) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Baker made an incredible impact on our industry and he will be sorely missed. Sending our love and condolences to his family and friends. RIP Mr Baker. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #theactorsstudio #joedonbaker #rememberingthelegends #hollywood (fb)