Walter Brennan

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-07-24 (80 years old)

Deathday

1974-09-21

Place of Birth

Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Walter Brennan

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.

Acting

1959

Rio Bravo

as Stumpy

1968

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1948

Red River

as 'Groot' Nadine

1946

My Darling Clementine

as Old Man Clanton

1926

Spangles

as Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

1944

1943

Hangmen Also Die!

as Prof. Stephen Novotny

2000

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

as (archive footage)

1974

Home for the Holidays

as Benjamin Morgan

1967

The Gnome-Mobile

as D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby

1962

How the West Was Won

as Col. Jeb Hawkins

1941

Meet John Doe

as The Colonel

1946

1941

Nice Girl?

as Hector Titus

1933

The Rustler's Roundup

as Walt (uncredited)

1955

Bad Day at Black Rock

as Doc T.R. Velie Jr.

1936

Fury

as Bugs Meyers

1948

Blood on the Moon

as Kris Barden

1934

Prescott Kid

as Zeke - Stage Driver

1940

The Westerner

as Judge Roy Bean

1964

Those Calloways

as Alf Simes

1957

Tammy and the Bachelor

as John Dinwitty

1946

A Stolen Life

as Eben Folger

1949

Task Force

as Pete Richard

1927

Flashing Oars

as Hula Hula Hut Customer

1951

Along the Great Divide

as Timothy 'Pop' Keith

1940

Northwest Passage

as 'Hunk' Marriner

1967

1932

The Iceman's Ball

as Officer Dugan

1941

Swamp Water

as Tom Keefer

1941

Sergeant York

as Pastor Rosier Pile

1943

1935

1954

The Far Country

as Ben Tatum

1941

Rise and Shine

as Grandpa

1941

Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1942

1932

Once in a Lifetime

as Lighting Technician (uncredited)

1936

These Three

as Taxi Driver

1969

The Over the Hill Gang

as Nash Crawford

1966

The Oscar

as Quentin

1935

Man on the Flying Trapeze

as 'Legs' Garnett

1932

Two-Fisted Law

as Bendix the Deputy Sheriff

1935

Barbary Coast

as Old Atrocity

1936

Come and Get It

as Swan Bostrom

1932

The Impatient Maiden

as Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

1945

Dakota

as Capt. Bounce of the Riverbird

1935

Helldorado

as Pete

1950

The Showdown

as Cap MacKellar

1939

1942

Stand by for Action

as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson

1932

Law and Order

as Lanky Smith (uncredited)

1947

Driftwood

as Murph

1954

1955

At Gunpoint

as Doc Lacy

1956

1938

The Texans

as Chuckawalla

1956

Come Next Spring

as Jeffrey Storys

1951

Best of the Badmen

as 'Doc' Butcher

1934

Woman Haters

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1939

They Shall Have Music

as Professor Lawson

1938

The Buccaneer

as Ezra Peavey

1948

1950

Singing Guns

as Dr. Jonathan Mark

1932

Manhattan Tower

as Mechanic (uncredited)

1938

Kentucky

as Peter Goodwin

1946

Centennial Summer

as Jesse Rogers

1925

The Calgary Stampede

as Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)

1950

A Ticket to Tomahawk

as Terence Sweeny

1936

Three Godfathers

as Samuel 'Gus' Barton

1936

Banjo on My Knee

as Newt Holley

1929

Smilin' Guns

as Ranch Foreman

1929

The Lariat Kid

as Pat O'Shea

1951

The Wild Blue Yonder

as Maj. Gen. Wolfe

1950

Surrender

as Sheriff Bill Howard

1929

Flight

as Marine Pilot

1973

1931

1935

Restless Knights

as Father (uncredited)

1933

Girl Missing

as Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)

1956

Glory

as Ned Otis

1943

Slightly Dangerous

as Cornelius Burden

1935

Seven Keys to Baldpate

as Station Agent

1934

There's Always Tomorrow

as Auto mechanic

1944

Home in Indiana

as J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt

1970

The Young Country

as Sheriff Matt Fenley

1940

Maryland

as William P. Stewart

1934

Radio Dough

as Drunk Customer (uncredited)

1972

Two for the Money

as Cody Guilford

1938

Mother Carey's Chickens

as Ossian Popham

1937

1949

Brimstone

as Pop Courteen

1935

Metropolitan

as Grandpa

1935

Lady Tubbs

as Joseph

1937

1954

1952

1934

Gridiron Flash

as Proprietor of Java Joe's

1935

We're in the Money

as Wedding Witness (uncredited)

1932

Miss Pinkerton

as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

1931

1930

Dames Ahoy

as Side Show Barker

1952

Return of the Texan

as Grandpa Firth Crockett

1934

Cross Country Cruise

as Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)

1930

See America Thirst

as Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)

1935

The Wedding Night

as Bill Jenkins

1933

One Year Later

as Man Chuckling at Train Station

1932

The Unexpected Father

as Sailor (uncredited)

1933

My Woman

as Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)

1928

The Michigan Kid

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1939

Land of Liberty

as Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')

1925

Lorraine of the Lions

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1927

Sensation Seekers

as Below Deck Yacht Crewman

1949

The Green Promise

as Mr. Matthews

1932

Scandal for Sale

as Newspaperman

1956

Good-bye, My Lady

as Uncle Jesse Jackson

1957

God Is My Partner

as Dr. Charles Grayson

1934

I'll Tell the World

as Otto - Bicycle Repair Man

1927

Tearin' Into Trouble

as Billy Martin

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')

1934

George White's Scandals

as Hick (uncredited)

1935

West Point of the Air

as Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage

1933

King for a Night

as Soda Jerk

1927

Blake of Scotland Yard

as Henchman (uncredited)

1935

Northern Frontier

as Stuttering Cook

1933

Curtain at Eight

as Backstage Detective [extra]

1935

Party Wire

as Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)

1934

The Life of Vergie Winters

as Roscoe (uncredited)

1933

Man Of Action

as Cashier Summers

1935

Bride of Frankenstein

as Peasant (uncredited)

1933

Strange People

as The Radio Repairman

1931

A House Divided

as Musician (uncredited)

1933

Parachute Jumper

as Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)

1932

1933

Sensation Hunters

as Stuttering Waiter

1937

When Love Is Young

as Uncle Hugo

1932

Women Won't Tell

as Man in Junkyard

1934

The Poor Rich

as Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)

1927

Alias The Deacon

as Cashier at Cunningham's Rink

1933

The Invisible Man

as Bicycle Owner (uncredited)

1932

Afraid to Talk

as Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)

1934

Murder in the Private Car

as Switchman (uncredited)

1932

Cornered

as Court Bailiff (uncredited)

1941

This Woman Is Mine

as Captain Jonathan Thorne

1933

The Phantom of the Air

as 'Skid' (uncredited)

1933

Golden Harvest

as Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)

1934

Fugitive Lovers

as 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)

1935

1934

Whom the Gods Destroy

as Clifford (uncredited)

1932

Texas Cyclone

as Sheriff Lew Collins

1933

Goldie Gets Along

as Stuttering Waiter

1929

One Hysterical Night

as Paul Revere

1935

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

as Reporter on Ship (uncredited)

1962

Shootout at Big Sag

as 'Preacher' Hawker

1934

Death on the Diamond

as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

1930

Little Accident

as Milkman (uncredited)

1933

1931

Neck and Neck

as Hector

1934

Good Dame

as Elmer Spicer

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage)

1929

His Lucky Day

as Road House Thug (uncredited)

1932

The All-American

as News Commentator at Game (uncredited)

1929

The Last Performance

as Clown (uncredited)

1929

The Long, Long Trail

as Skinny Rawlins

1957

1935

1953

Sea of Lost Ships

as C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley

1934

Riptide

as Chauffeur (uncredited)

1934

Half a Sinner

as Radio Announcer

1934

Great Expectations

as Prisoner on Ship

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1997

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

1935

The Perfect Tribute

as Stone Cutter (uncredited)

1933

Lucky Dog

as Drunk #2

1993

La Classe américaine

as 'Stumpy' (archive footage)

1975

Smoke In The Wind

as H. P. Kingman

1957

The Way to the Gold

as Uncle George Williams

1937

Wild and Woolly

as Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn

1933

Sailor Beware!

as Stuttering Thief

1934

Beloved

as Stuttering Boarder

1955

1931

Many a Slip

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1933

The Big Cage

as Ticket Taker

1927

1955

The Brush Roper

as Grandpa Atkins

1971

1934

1967

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