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 ...

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 ...

Joe Don Baker has died at the age of 89. He enjoyed a long career playing characters on both sides of the law. The actor may be best remembered for his role in 1973’s ‘Walking Tall’ Joe Don Baker, a ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joe Don Baker, who played Gerry Spence in the TV movie "The Siege at Ruby Ridge," has died at 89. (CBS Photo Archive / CBS via ...

A late Tennessee sheriff who inspired 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 by his enemies, ...

A renewed investigation into the unsolved 1967 murder of the wife of McNairy County, Tenn. sheriff Buford Pusser debunks what has for decades been depicted in movies and implicates the long-dead ...

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 ...

Aug. 31 (UPI) --The Tennessee sheriff who inspired the Walking Tall movie franchise may have shot his wife to death in 1967, state investigators said, citing new evidence. The Tennessee Bureau of ...