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Walter Brennan

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jul 25, 1894 (132 years old)

Place of Birth

Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938), and The Westerner (1940), making him one of only three male actors to win three Academy Awards. Brennan was also nominated for his performance in Sergeant York (1941). Other noteworthy performances were in To Have and Have Not (1944), My Darling Clementine (1946), Red River (1948), and Rio Bravo (1959). Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Brennan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting
2000Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs(archive footage)
1997Bogart: The Untold StorySelf (archive footage)
1997The Silver Screen: Color Me LavenderSelf (archive footage)
1993La Classe américaine'Stumpy' (archive footage)
1975Smoke In The WindH. P. Kingman
1974Home for the HolidaysBenjamin Morgan
1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard HawksSelf (archive footage)
1972Two for the MoneyCody Guilford
1971The Day They Hanged Kid CurrySilky O'Sullivan
1971Alias Smith and Jones
1970The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides AgainNash Crawford
1970The Young CountrySheriff Matt Fenley
1969Support Your Local Sheriff!Pa Danby
1969The Over the Hill GangNash Crawford
1969The Glen Campbell Goodtime HourSelf
1969To Rome with LoveAndy Pruitt
1968The Movie OrgySelf (archive footage)
1968The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family BandGrandpa Bower
1967The Gnome-MobileD.J. Mulrooney / Knobby
1967Who's Minding the Mint?Pop Gillis
1967Project XX: End of the TrailSelf - Narrator
1967The Guns of Will SonnettWill Sonnett
1966The OscarQuentin
1965The Shooting of Dan McGrewNarrator
1964Those CallowaysAlf Simes
1962How the West Was WonJeb Hawkins
1962Shootout at Big Sag'Preacher' Hawker
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
1959Rio BravoStumpy
1958The Western: A Lost TV SpecialSelf
1957Tammy and the BachelorJohn Dinwitty
1957God Is My PartnerDr. Charles Grayson
1957Armored Attack!Karp
1957The Way to the GoldUncle George Williams
1957The Real McCoysAmos McCoy
1956The Proud OnesJake
1956Come Next SpringJeffrey Storys
1956GloryNed Otis
1956Good-bye, My LadyUncle Jesse Jackson
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreJoe
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSheriff John Larson
1956The Ford ShowSelf
1955Bad Day at Black RockDoc T.R. Velie Jr.
1955At GunpointDoc Lacy
1955Man on a BusSaul
1955The Brush RoperGrandpa Atkins
1954The Far CountryBen Tatum
1954Drums Across the RiverSam Brannon
1954Four Guns to the BorderSimon Bhumer
1954The George Gobel ShowSelf
1953Sea of Lost ShipsC.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley
1953The OscarsSelf
1952Lure of the WildernessJim Harper
1952Return of the TexanGrandpa Firth Crockett
1952Cavalcade of AmericaLink Morley
1952The Ford Television TheatreDuffy
1952This Is Your LifeSelf
1951Along the Great DivideTimothy 'Pop' Keith
1951Best of the Badmen'Doc' Butcher
1951The Wild Blue YonderMaj. Gen. Wolfe
1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsEzra Jenkins
1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSimmons AKA Mr. Ears
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1950The ShowdownCap MacKellar
1950Singing GunsDr. Jonathan Mark
1950A Ticket to TomahawkTerence Sweeny
1950SurrenderSheriff Bill Howard
1950Curtain Call at Cactus CreekRimrock
1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest
1950Lux Video TheatreSelf - Intermission Guest
1949Task ForcePete Richard
1949BrimstonePop Courteen
1949The Green PromiseMr. Matthews
1948Red River'Groot' Nadine
1948Blood on the MoonKris Barden
1948Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!Tony Maule
1947DriftwoodMurph
1946My Darling ClementineOld Man Clanton
1946Nobody Lives ForeverPop Gruber
1946A Stolen LifeEben Folger
1946Centennial SummerJesse Rogers
1945To Have and Have NotEddie
1945DakotaBounce of the Riverbird
1944The Princess and the PirateFeatherhead
1944Home in IndianaJ. F. 'Thunder' Bolt
1943Hangmen Also Die!Prof. Stephen Novotny
1943The North StarKarp
1943Slightly DangerousCornelius Burden
1943The Last Will and Testament of Tom SmithGeorge, Mailman
1942The Pride of the YankeesSam Blake
1942Stand by for ActionChief Yeoman Henry Johnson
1941Meet John DoeThe Colonel
1941Nice Girl?Hector Titus
1941Swamp WaterTom Keefer
1941Sergeant YorkPastor Rosier Pile
1941Rise and ShineGrandpa
1941Breakdowns of 1941Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941This Woman Is MineCaptain Jonathan Thorne
1940The WesternerJudge Roy Bean
1940Northwest Passage'Hunk' Marriner
1940MarylandWilliam P. Stewart
1939The Story of Vernon and Irene CastleWalter
1939Stanley and LivingstoneJeff Slocum
1939They Shall Have MusicProfessor Lawson
1939Land of LibertyEzra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
1939Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the PresidentJim
1938The Adventures of Tom SawyerMuff Potter
1938The TexansChuckawalla
1938The Cowboy and the LadySugar
1938The BuccaneerEzra Peavey
1938KentuckyPeter Goodwin
1938Mother Carey's ChickensOssian Popham
1937Affairs of Cappy RicksCappy Ricks
1937She's Dangerous'Oats'
1937When Love Is YoungUncle Hugo
1937Wild and WoollyGramp 'Hercules' Flynn
1936FuryBugs Meyers
1936These ThreeTaxi Driver
1936Come and Get ItSwan Bostrom
1936The Moon's Our HomeLem
1936Three GodfathersSamuel 'Gus' Barton
1936Banjo on My KneeNewt Holley
1935The Mystery of Edwin DroodMilkman (uncredited)
1935Man on the Flying Trapeze'Legs' Garnett
1935Barbary CoastOld Atrocity
1935HelldoradoPete
1935Restless KnightsFather (uncredited)
1935Seven Keys to BaldpateStation Agent
1935MetropolitanGrandpa
1935Lady TubbsJoseph
1935We're in the MoneyWedding Witness (uncredited)
1935The Wedding NightBill Jenkins
1935West Point of the AirSoldier at Kelly's Wreckage
1935Northern FrontierStuttering Cook
1935Party WirePaul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)
1935Bride of FrankensteinPeasant (uncredited)
1935Law Beyond the RangeAbner
1935She Couldn't Take ItPeddler
1935Biography of a Bachelor GirlReporter on Ship (uncredited)
1935Brick-a-BracLem
1935The Perfect TributeStone Cutter (uncredited)
1934Prescott KidZeke - Stage Driver
1934Woman HatersTrain Conductor (uncredited)
1934There's Always TomorrowAuto mechanic
1934Radio DoughDrunk Customer (uncredited)
1934Gridiron FlashProprietor of Java Joe's
1934Cross Country CruiseNiagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)
1934I'll Tell the WorldOtto - Bicycle Repair Man
1934George White's ScandalsHick (uncredited)
1934The Life of Vergie WintersRoscoe (uncredited)
1934The Poor RichDr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)
1934Murder in the Private CarSwitchman (uncredited)
1934Fugitive Lovers2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)
1934Whom the Gods DestroyClifford (uncredited)
1934Death on the DiamondHot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
1934Good DameElmer Spicer
1934RiptideChauffeur (uncredited)
1934Half a SinnerRadio Announcer
1934Great ExpectationsPrisoner on Ship
1934BelovedStuttering Boarder
1934Whom the Gods DestroyClifford
1934Cheating CheatersShip's Telegrapher (uncredited)
1934Uncertain LadyGas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1934Paradise ValleyFarmer Hiram
1933The Rustler's RoundupWalt (uncredited)
1933Girl MissingJoe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)
1933One Year LaterMan Chuckling at Train Station
1933My WomanAuditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)
1933King for a NightSoda Jerk
1933Curtain at EightBackstage Detective [extra]
1933Man Of ActionCashier Summers
1933Strange PeopleThe Radio Repairman
1933Parachute JumperCounterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)
1933Sensation HuntersStuttering Waiter
1933The Invisible ManBicycle Owner (uncredited)
1933The Phantom of the Air'Skid' (uncredited)
1933Golden HarvestFarmhand at Wedding (uncredited)
1933Goldie Gets AlongStuttering Waiter
1933Saturday's MillionsReporter
1933Lucky DogDrunk #2
1933Sailor Beware!Stuttering Thief
1933The Big CageTicket Taker
1932The Iceman's BallOfficer Dugan
1932Once in a LifetimeLighting Technician (uncredited)
1932Two-Fisted LawBendix the Deputy Sheriff
1932The Impatient MaidenCigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
1932Law and OrderLanky Smith (uncredited)
1932Manhattan TowerMechanic (uncredited)
1932Miss PinkertonPolice Dispatcher (uncredited)
1932The Unexpected FatherSailor (uncredited)
1932Scandal for SaleNewspaperman
1932The Airmail MysteryHolly
1932Speed MadnessJoe
1932Women Won't TellMan in Junkyard
1932Afraid to TalkProtester Sign Carrier (uncredited)
1932CorneredCourt Bailiff (uncredited)
1932Texas CycloneSheriff Lew Collins
1932The All-AmericanNews Commentator at Game (uncredited)
1932The Fourth HorsemanToothless Town Drunk
1931Honeymoon LaneDriver
1931Grief StreetWalt
1931Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931A House DividedMusician (uncredited)
1931Neck and NeckHector
1931Many a SlipMinor Role (uncredited)
1931Is There Justice?Rollins
1931Heroes of the FlamesBit Part
1930Dames AhoySide Show Barker
1930See America ThirstSpumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)
1930King of JazzDesk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')
1930Little AccidentMilkman (uncredited)
1929Smilin' GunsRanch Foreman
1929The Lariat KidPat O'Shea
1929FlightMarine Pilot
1929One Hysterical NightPaul Revere
1929His Lucky DayRoad House Thug (uncredited)
1929The Last PerformanceClown (uncredited)
1929The Long, Long TrailSkinny Rawlins
1929The Shannons of BroadwayHez
1929Flying HighKidnapper
1929The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic CityMan at Police Station
1928The Michigan KidMinor Role (uncredited)
1928The Ballyhoo Buster
1927Flashing OarsHula Hula Hut Customer
1927Sensation SeekersBelow Deck Yacht Crewman
1927Tearin' Into TroubleBilly Martin
1927The Ridin' Rowdy
1927Blake of Scotland YardHenchman (uncredited)
1927Alias The DeaconCashier at Cunningham's Rink
1927A Fighting FinishStudent
1927Hot HeelsPool Hall Habitant (uncredited)
1926SpanglesLunch Counterman (uncredited)
1926Watch Your Wife
1925The Calgary StampedeRacing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)
1925Lorraine of the LionsMinor Role (uncredited)
1925Webs of Steel