Silver Tip Baker
Born: 1886-04-18 in Ellis County, Texas, USA
Died: 1943-03-15
Known For: Acting
Biography
Floyd 'Silver Tip' Baker born Floyd Michael Baker in Texas in 1886. Well-known trick rider in rodeos and wild west shows from the late 1900's. He was among the talented few that could handle a team of horses and stagecoach at full speed, became a white-haired old codger character in many westerns, first playing the role, General Grenville M. Dodge in 'In the Days of Buffalo Bill' directed by Edward Laemmle and starring Art Acord as Art Taylor and Duke R. Lee as Buffalo Bill at the Universal, seen in over 100 minor roles in talkies many of them B-Westerns. married to wild show trick rider Mabel Baker.
Filmography
1945
- Along Came Jones as Poker Player (uncredited)
1942
- Lawless Plainsmen as Wagon Train Man (archive footage)
1941
- Stick to Your Guns as Townsman
- Forbidden Trails as Townsman
- Sheriff of Tombstone as Townsman
- Wrangler's Roost as Church Member
- Pirates on Horseback as Barfly
1940
- Arizona as Barfly
- Adventures of Red Ryder as Barfly
- Winners of the West as Barfly
- Young Buffalo Bill as Barfly
- Under Texas Skies as Townsman
- The Durango Kid as Piute City Townsman (uncredited)
- Rocky Mountain Rangers as Texas Ranger
1939
- Destry Rides Again as Barfly (uncredited)
- Of Mice and Men as Old Hand (uncredited)
1938
- The Cowboy and the Lady as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
- Frontier Town as Barfly
1937
- North of the Rio Grande as Juror
- Gunsmoke Ranch as Settler
- Borderland as Barfly
- Empty Holsters as Townsman (uncredited)
- Ranger Courage as Settler (uncredited)
1936
- Trailin' West as Gambler (uncredited)
- Rio Grande Ranger as Barfly (uncredited)
1935
- Gun Play as Man at Dance (uncredited)
- Big Calibre as Barfly / Man at Dance
- Kid Courageous as Pete the Cowhand
- Arizona Bad Man as Cowhand
1934
- Blue Steel as Townsman
- Terror of the Plains as Posse Rider / Wagon Driver
- The Man from Hell as Townsman
- Thunder Over Texas as Townsman
1933
- The Thrill Hunter as Townsman
- The Gallant Fool as Silver
1932
- The Man from Hell's Edges as Silver, Stage Coach Driver
- Young Blood as Stage Driver
1931
- Wild Horse as Cowboy
1922
- In the Days of Buffalo Bill as Gen. Grenville M. Dodge