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 mete out his own Tennessee brand of justice, died May 7, his family ...

Buford Pusser, who was portrayed in the 1973 hit movie, led people to believe that his wife was ambushed by his enemies, cold-case investigators in Tennessee said. By Adeel Hassan A rural Tennessee ...

Joe Don Baker, who portrayed McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser in the movie "Walking Tall" visits Nashville on Aug. 23, 1974 Joe Don Baker, a Hollywood veteran who first rose to fame as ...

Screenwriters generally have to dream up material, but in the case of Buford Pusser, it came to them served on a silver platter. As portrayed in several films, including the 2004 Dwayne Johnson reboot ...

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 ...

A late Tennessee sheriff who inspired "Walking Tall," a Hollywood movie about a law enforcement officer who took on organized crime, killed his wife in 1967 and led people to believe she was murdered ...

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 ...

When was the last time you stood up and applauded a movie? That's the question the trailer for the vigilante film "Walking Tall" asked American audiences in 1973. The movie was a smash hit for ...