Joe Don Baker, American actor (died 2025)

Joe Don Baker was an American actor, known for playing "tough guy" characters on both sides of the law. He established himself as an action star with supporting roles in the Westerns Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) and Wild Rovers (1971), before his breakthrough role as real-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser in the film Walking Tall (1973).

February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 322 days remain until the end of the year.