Joe Don Baker (1936-), Star of "Walking Tall" with a 48-Year Hollywood Career

[DannyNoonan]

On 10/20/2016 at 10:16 AM, DonRocks said:

In the movie, Pusser was portrayed very well by Joe Don Baker - himself a large man at 6'3" - and someone with "that familiar face" which you could swear you've seen somewhere before.

And in fact, you probably *have* seen it before, because even if you don't know who Joe Don Baker is (which is quite possible, even though he was pretty famous in 1973), Baker was the man who portrayed "The Whammer" in "The Natural." How about that! 

Here are Baker, Garrett, and Perry in shots from the movie:

Joe Don Baker was also the corrupt policeman in Fletch