John Astin

Sean and Mackenzie are also successful actors. This serial was directed by Martin Campbell, who also cast Baker as Wade in GoldenEye. He has five sons, David, Allen, Tom, Sean and Mackenzie. The character of Wade is similar to that of CIA agent Darius Jedburgh, played by Baker in the 1985 BBC Television serial Edge of Darkness. Astin teaches acting and directing in the Writing Seminars Department at his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University. He is one of six actors to have played two separate roles in the official James Bond cinema franchise, preceded by Charles Gray, Walter Gotell, Jeremy Bulloch, Maud Adams, and Robert Brown. He also tours his one person play, "Edgar Allan Poe -Once upon a midnight". In 1995 and 1997 Baker returned to the Bond franchise, this time playing a different character, Jack Wade, in GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies with Pierce Brosnan as Bond.

He has continued to work, appearing in a string of "Killer Tomatoes" films as Professor Gangreen. In 1987, Baker got the role of the villain Brad Whitaker in the Bond film The Living Daylights, starring Timothy Dalton as James Bond. A few years later he starred in The Addams Family (1964-1966) as Gomez Addams, the macabre head of the family. Baker appeared as Captain Tom Duggan, a retired police captain who filled in while O'Connor's character was away at a police convention. His first big break came in a small but memorable part in the Oscar-winning West Side Story in 1961. While actor Carroll O'Connor was undergoing heart bypass surgery, Baker took his place on the television series In the Heat of the Night. He started in theatre, doing voice-over work for commercials. Baker was reportedly incensed by his portrayal as an ignorant redneck in these episodes, allegedly at one point threatening to assault the writers of the show.

He has appeared in numerous films and television shows. Joe Don Baker appeared in a couple of films that were eventually lampooned on the Mystery Science Theater 3000 television series. This included the films Mitchell and Final Justice. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and attended Johns Hopkins University, where he studied mathematics. He would later star as the main character in the 1973 film Walking Tall, a film that was remade in 2004 starring The Rock. John Astin (born March 30, 1930) is an American actor best known for the role of Gomez Addams on The Addams Family television series. Baker got his start in acting as an uncredited character in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, but his real beginnings came when he scored the role of Steve McQueen's younger brother in the film Junior Bonner. The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (1993) (television) Professor Albert Wickwire. Joe Don Baker (born February 12, 1936 in Groesbeck, Texas) is an American film actor best known for his three appearances in the James Bond franchise.

Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988) Professor Gangreen. The Commission (2003). Teen Wolf Too (1987) Dean Dunn. Joe Dirt (2001). Freaky Friday (1976) Bill Andrews. Mars Attacks! (1996). The Addams Family (1964) (television) Gomez Addams. Panther (1995).

West Side Story (1961) Glad Hand, Social Worker Leading Dance. Congo (1995) — an adaptation of the Michael Crichton novel Congo. Reality Bites (1994). Cape Fear (1991). Fletch (1985).

The Natural (1984). Framed (1975).