The 1970s movie Walking Tall, about a man who takes the law into his own hands after his town becomes a sinkhole of iniquity, became a B-movie classic, inspiring a TV movie and a short-lived ...

The film in question is Walking Tall, Kevin Bray’s remake of the 1973 action classic of the same name. In this version of Walking Tall, Johnson stars as a former Special Forces Sergeant who returns to ...

Baker died May 7 at age 89. No cause of death was given. Until his retirement in 2012, he performed in dozens of movies in tough-guy roles, starring in "Walking Tall," "Mitchell" and more.

Joe Don Baker, who starred in "Walking Tall," "Cape Fear" and three James Bond movies, has died at the age of 89. The actor passed away on May 7.

Joe Don Baker, the actor best known for playing Sheriff Buford Pusser in the 1973 movie 'Walking Tall,' dies at 89. His career spanned nearly 50 years.

Walking Tall director Phil Karlson, in a 1974 interview with The New York Times, said his ultra-violent movie did so well because it fulfilled “a deep hunger to have a man in a movie who is big ...

Joe Don Baker, the actor best known for playing Sheriff Buford Pusser in the 1973 movie 'Walking Tall,' dies at 89. His career spanned nearly 50 years.

Joe Don Baker, the tall, broad-shouldered character actor who found overnight fame when he starred as a crusading Southern sheriff in “Walking Tall,” a surprise hit both at the box office and ...

Actor Joe Don Baker, best known for playing Sheriff Buford Pusser in the hit movie “Walking Tall,” has died. He was 89. Baker died on May 7, according to the official obituary. No cause of ...

Joe Don Baker, Rugged Star of ‘Walking Tall,’ Dies at 89. The Texan also was memorable in 'Junior Bonner' and 'Charley Varrick' and as two different characters — one good guy, one bad — in ...