Actor Joe Don Baker, who starred as a crusading Tennessee sheriff in the 1973 film “Walking Tall,” died on May 7, his family announced. He was 89. Baker, who also had roles in three films from the ...

Q. What former lawman was "Walking Tall" in the Scenic City in 1973? A. Buford Pusser, the former McNairy County, Tennessee, sheriff who gained prominence for his crime-fighting efforts, visited ...

Walking Tall is a 1973 American action semi-biopic film of Sheriff Buford Pusser, a former professional wrestler-turned-lawman in McNairy County, Tennessee. It starred Joe Don Baker as Pusser. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joe Don Baker, the actor who as the real-life Sheriff Buford Pusser in the 1973 vigilante film Walking Tall carried a big stick to ...

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 death was ...

SOMERVILLE, Tenn. (KSNW) — The man who was the inspiration for the 1973 film and the 2004 remake “Walking Tall” may have murdered his wife. Mark Davidson, District Attorney General for the 25th ...

Joe Don Baker, who rose to fame after his film "Walking Tall" became an overnight success in 1973, has died at 89.

Joe Don Baker, the leading man turned character actor who broke out playing Sheriff Buford Pusser in the 1973 movie “Walking Tall,” has died, his family announced online. The Texas-born tough guy died ...

Police say Buford Pusser — a Tennessee County sheriff-turned-American folk hero — shot and killed his wife and made up a story about being attacked by a group of men out to kill him. The stunning turn ...