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
- Forbidden Trails as Townsman
- Stick to Your Guns as Townsman
- Pirates on Horseback as Barfly
- Sheriff of Tombstone as Townsman
- Wrangler's Roost as Church Member
1940
- Arizona as Barfly
- Adventures of Red Ryder as Barfly
- Young Buffalo Bill as Barfly
- The Durango Kid as Piute City Townsman (uncredited)
- Winners of the West as Barfly
- Under Texas Skies as Townsman
- 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
- Ranger Courage as Settler (uncredited)
- Borderland as Barfly
- Gunsmoke Ranch as Settler
- Empty Holsters as Townsman (uncredited)
1936
- Trailin' West as Gambler (uncredited)
- Rio Grande Ranger as Barfly (uncredited)
1935
- Gun Play as Man at Dance (uncredited)
- Kid Courageous as Pete the Cowhand
- Big Calibre as Barfly / Man at Dance
- Arizona Bad Man as Cowhand
1934
- Blue Steel as Townsman
- The Man from Hell as Townsman
- Thunder Over Texas as Townsman
- Terror of the Plains as Posse Rider / Wagon Driver
1933
- The Gallant Fool as Silver
- The Thrill Hunter as Townsman
1932
- Young Blood as Stage Driver
- The Man from Hell's Edges as Silver, Stage Coach Driver
1931
- Wild Horse as Cowboy
1922
- In the Days of Buffalo Bill as Gen. Grenville M. Dodge