Walter Brennan

Born: 1894-07-25 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 1974-09-21

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2000

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs as (archive footage)

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)

1993

La Classe américaine as 'Stumpy' (archive footage)

1975

Smoke In The Wind as H. P. Kingman

1974

Home for the Holidays as Benjamin Morgan

1973

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks as Self (archive footage)

1972

Two for the Money as Cody Guilford

1966

The Oscar as Quentin

1965

The Shooting of Dan McGrew as Narrator

1964

Those Calloways as Alf Simes

1962

The Merv Griffin Show as Self
How the West Was Won as Jeb Hawkins
Shootout at Big Sag as 'Preacher' Hawker

1959

Rio Bravo as Stumpy

1958

The Western: A Lost TV Special as Self

1957

The Real McCoys as Amos McCoy
Tammy and the Bachelor as Grandpa
God Is My Partner as Dr. Charles Grayson
The Way to the Gold as Uncle George Williams
Armored Attack! as Karp

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Joe
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
The Ford Show as Self
The Proud Ones as Jake
Good-bye, My Lady as Uncle Jesse Jackson
Come Next Spring as Jeffrey Storys
Glory as Ned Otis

1955

Bad Day at Black Rock as Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
Man on a Bus as Saul
At Gunpoint as Doc Lacy
The Brush Roper as Grandpa Atkins

1954

The George Gobel Show as Self
The Far Country as Ben Tatum
Drums Across the River as Sam Brannon
Four Guns to the Border as Simon Bhumer

1953

The Oscars as Self
Sea of Lost Ships as C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley

1952

The Ford Television Theatre as Duffy
This Is Your Life as Self
Cavalcade of America as Link Morley
Lure of the Wilderness as Jim Harper
Return of the Texan as Grandpa Firth Crockett

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Ezra Jenkins
Best of the Badmen as 'Doc' Butcher
Along the Great Divide as Timothy 'Pop' Keith
The Wild Blue Yonder as Maj. Gen. Wolfe

1950

What's My Line? as Self
Lux Video Theatre as Self - Intermission Guest
A Ticket to Tomahawk as Terence Sweeny
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek as Rimrock
The Showdown as Cap MacKellar
Singing Guns as Dr. Jonathan Mark
Surrender as Sheriff Bill Howard

1949

Task Force as Pete Richard
Brimstone as Pop Courteen
The Green Promise as Mr. Matthews

1948

Red River as 'Groot' Nadine
Blood on the Moon as Kris Barden
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! as Tony Maule

1947

Driftwood as Murph

1946

My Darling Clementine as Old Man Clanton
A Stolen Life as Eben Folger
Nobody Lives Forever as Pop Gruber
Centennial Summer as Jesse Rogers

1945

To Have and Have Not as Eddie
Dakota as Bounce of the Riverbird

1944

The Princess and the Pirate as Featherhead
Home in Indiana as J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt

1943

Hangmen Also Die! as Prof. Stephen Novotny
The North Star as Karp
Slightly Dangerous as Cornelius Burden
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith as George, Mailman

1942

The Pride of the Yankees as Sam Blake
Stand by for Action as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson

1941

Sergeant York as Pastor Rosier Pile
Meet John Doe as The Colonel
Nice Girl? as Hector Titus
This Woman Is Mine as Captain Jonathan Thorne
Swamp Water as Tom Keefer
Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rise and Shine as Grandpa

1940

The Westerner as Judge Roy Bean
Northwest Passage as 'Hunk' Marriner
Maryland as William P. Stewart

1939

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Walter
They Shall Have Music as Professor Lawson
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Jim
Stanley and Livingstone as Jeff Slocum
Land of Liberty as Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')

1938

The Cowboy and the Lady as Sugar
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Muff Potter
Mother Carey's Chickens as Ossian Popham
The Buccaneer as Ezra Peavey
The Texans as Chuckawalla
Kentucky as Peter Goodwin

1937

Affairs of Cappy Ricks as Cappy Ricks
When Love Is Young as Uncle Hugo
She's Dangerous as 'Oats'
Wild and Woolly as Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn

1936

Fury as Bugs Meyers
Banjo on My Knee as Newt Holley
Come and Get It as Swan Bostrom
These Three as Taxi Driver
The Moon's Our Home as Lem
Three Godfathers as Samuel 'Gus' Barton

1935

Bride of Frankenstein as Peasant (uncredited)
We're in the Money as Wedding Witness (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze as 'Legs' Garnett
Barbary Coast as Old Atrocity
She Couldn't Take It as Peddler
The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Milkman (uncredited)
Biography of a Bachelor Girl as Reporter on Ship (uncredited)
Seven Keys to Baldpate as Station Agent
Metropolitan as Grandpa
Restless Knights as Father (uncredited)
Hunger Pains
West Point of the Air as Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage
Law Beyond the Range as Abner
The Wedding Night as Bill Jenkins
Brick-a-Brac as Lem
Lady Tubbs as Joseph
Northern Frontier as Stuttering Cook
Helldorado as Pete
Party Wire as Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)
The Perfect Tribute as Stone Cutter (uncredited)

1934

I'll Tell the World as Otto - Bicycle Repair Man
Death on the Diamond as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Cheating Cheaters as Ship's Telegrapher (uncredited)
There's Always Tomorrow as Auto mechanic
Riptide as Chauffeur (uncredited)
The Life of Vergie Winters as Roscoe (uncredited)
Uncertain Lady as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Fugitive Lovers as 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)
Half a Sinner as Radio Announcer
Paradise Valley as Farmer Hiram
George White's Scandals as Hick (uncredited)
Murder in the Private Car as Switchman (uncredited)
Whom the Gods Destroy as Clifford (uncredited)
The Prescott Kid as Zeke - Stage Driver
Good Dame as Elmer Spicer
The Poor Rich as Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)
Gridiron Flash as Proprietor of Java Joe's
Great Expectations as Prisoner on Ship
Woman Haters as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Cross Country Cruise as Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)
Beloved as Stuttering Boarder
Radio Dough as Drunk Customer (uncredited)

1933

The Invisible Man as Bicycle Owner (uncredited)
Sensation Hunters as Stuttering Waiter
My Woman as Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)
King for a Night as Soda Jerk
The Phantom of the Air as 'Skid' (uncredited)
The Rustler's Roundup as Walt (uncredited)
Golden Harvest as Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)
Girl Missing as Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)
Goldie Gets Along as Stuttering Waiter
Parachute Jumper as Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)
Strange People as The Radio Repairman
One Year Later as Man Chuckling at Train Station
The Big Cage as Ticket Taker
Curtain at Eight as Backstage Detective [extra]
Man Of Action as Cashier Summers
Saturday's Millions as Reporter
Sailor Beware! as Stuttering Thief
Lucky Dog as Drunk #2

1932

Cornered as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Once in a Lifetime as Lighting Technician (uncredited)
The Impatient Maiden as Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
The All-American as News Commentator at Game (uncredited)
Law and Order as Lanky Smith (uncredited)
Miss Pinkerton as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Women Won't Tell as Man in Junkyard
Two-Fisted Law as Bendix the Deputy Sheriff
The Iceman's Ball as Officer Dugan
The Fourth Horseman as Toothless Town Drunk
Afraid to Talk as Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)
Texas Cyclone as Sheriff Lew Collins
The Unexpected Father as Sailor (uncredited)
Scandal for Sale as Newspaperman
Manhattan Tower as Mechanic (uncredited)
Speed Madness as Joe
The Airmail Mystery as Holly

1931

Heroes of the Flames as Bit Part
A House Divided as Musician (uncredited)
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
Is There Justice? as Rollins
Neck and Neck as Hector
Grief Street as Walt
Many a Slip as Minor Role (uncredited)
Honeymoon Lane as Driver

1930

King of Jazz as Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')
Little Accident as Milkman (uncredited)
See America Thirst as Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)
Dames Ahoy as Side Show Barker

1929

The Shannons of Broadway as Hez
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City as Man at Police Station
The Last Performance as Clown (uncredited)
The Long, Long Trail as Skinny Rawlins
Flying High as Kidnapper
His Lucky Day as Road House Thug (uncredited)
Flight as Marine Pilot
One Hysterical Night as Paul Revere
The Lariat Kid as Pat O'Shea
Smilin' Guns as Ranch Foreman

1928

The Ballyhoo Buster
The Michigan Kid as Minor Role (uncredited)

1927

Blake of Scotland Yard as Henchman (uncredited)
Hot Heels as Pool Hall Habitant (uncredited)
The Ridin' Rowdy
Tearin' Into Trouble as Billy Martin
Sensation Seekers as Below Deck Yacht Crewman
Alias The Deacon as Cashier at Cunningham's Rink
Flashing Oars as Hula Hula Hut Customer
A Fighting Finish as Student

1926

Watch Your Wife as Walter (uncredited)
Spangles as Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

1925

Lorraine of the Lions as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Calgary Stampede as Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)
Webs of Steel