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
Armored Attack! as Karp
The Way to the Gold as Uncle George Williams
God Is My Partner as Dr. Charles Grayson

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
Glory as Ned Otis
Come Next Spring as Jeffrey Storys

1955

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

1954

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

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

1950

What's My Line? as Self
Lux Video Theatre as Self - Intermission Guest
Singing Guns as Dr. Jonathan Mark
A Ticket to Tomahawk as Terence Sweeny
The Showdown as Cap MacKellar
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek as Rimrock
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
Swamp Water as Tom Keefer
Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
This Woman Is Mine as Captain Jonathan Thorne
Rise and Shine as Grandpa

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

A House Divided as Musician (uncredited)
Many a Slip as Minor Role (uncredited)
Grief Street as Walt
Heroes of the Flames as Bit Part
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
Neck and Neck as Hector
Is There Justice? as Rollins
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')
Dames Ahoy as Side Show Barker
Little Accident as Milkman (uncredited)
See America Thirst as Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)

1929

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

1928

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

1927

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

1926

Spangles as Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
Watch Your Wife

1925

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