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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 24, 1894
Place of Birth:
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
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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).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs | (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Bogart: The Untold Story | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | 'Stumpy' (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Smoke In The Wind | H. P. Kingman |
| 1974 | Home for the Holidays | Benjamin Morgan |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks | Self (archive footage) |
| 1972 | Two for the Money | Cody Guilford |
| 1971 | The Day They Hanged Kid Curry | Silky O'Sullivan |
| 1970 | The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again | Nash Crawford |
| 1970 | The Young Country | Sheriff Matt Fenley |
| 1969 | Support Your Local Sheriff! | Pa Danby |
| 1969 | The Over the Hill Gang | Nash Crawford |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) |
| 1968 | The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band | Grandpa Bower |
| 1967 | The Gnome-Mobile | D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby |
| 1967 | Who's Minding the Mint? | Pop Gillis |
| 1966 | The Oscar | Quentin |
| 1965 | The Shooting of Dan McGrew | Narrator |
| 1964 | Those Calloways | Alf Simes |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Col. Jeb Hawkins |
| 1962 | Shootout at Big Sag | 'Preacher' Hawker |
| 1959 | Rio Bravo | Stumpy |
| 1957 | Tammy and the Bachelor | John Dinwitty |
| 1957 | God Is My Partner | Dr. Charles Grayson |
| 1957 | Armored Attack! | Karp |
| 1957 | The Way to the Gold | Uncle George Williams |
| 1956 | The Proud Ones | Jake |
| 1956 | Come Next Spring | Jeffrey Storys |
| 1956 | Glory | Ned Otis |
| 1956 | Good-bye, My Lady | Uncle Jesse Jackson |
| 1955 | Bad Day at Black Rock | Doc T.R. Velie Jr. |
| 1955 | At Gunpoint | Doc Lacy |
| 1955 | Man on a Bus | Saul |
| 1955 | The Brush Roper | Grandpa Atkins |
| 1954 | The Far Country | Ben Tatum |
| 1954 | Drums Across the River | Sam Brannon |
| 1954 | Four Guns to the Border | Simon Bhumer |
| 1953 | Sea of Lost Ships | C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley |
| 1952 | Lure of the Wilderness | Jim Harper |
| 1952 | Return of the Texan | Grandpa Firth Crockett |
| 1951 | Along the Great Divide | Timothy 'Pop' Keith |
| 1951 | Best of the Badmen | 'Doc' Butcher |
| 1951 | The Wild Blue Yonder | Maj. Gen. Wolfe |
| 1950 | The Showdown | Cap MacKellar |
| 1950 | Singing Guns | Dr. Jonathan Mark |
| 1950 | A Ticket to Tomahawk | Terence Sweeny |
| 1950 | Surrender | Sheriff Bill Howard |
| 1950 | Curtain Call at Cactus Creek | Rimrock |
| 1949 | Task Force | Pete Richard |
| 1949 | Brimstone | Pop Courteen |
| 1949 | The Green Promise | Mr. Matthews |
| 1948 | Red River | 'Groot' Nadine |
| 1948 | Blood on the Moon | Kris Barden |
| 1948 | Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! | Tony Maule |
| 1947 | Driftwood | Murph |
| 1946 | My Darling Clementine | Old Man Clanton |
| 1946 | Nobody Lives Forever | Pop Gruber |
| 1946 | A Stolen Life | Eben Folger |
| 1946 | Centennial Summer | Jesse Rogers |
| 1945 | To Have and Have Not | Eddie |
| 1945 | Dakota | Capt. Bounce of the Riverbird |
| 1944 | The Princess and the Pirate | Featherhead |
| 1944 | Home in Indiana | J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! | Prof. Stephen Novotny |
| 1943 | The North Star | Karp |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Cornelius Burden |
| 1943 | The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith | George, Mailman |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Sam Blake |
| 1942 | Stand by for Action | Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | The Colonel |
| 1941 | Nice Girl? | Hector Titus |
| 1941 | Swamp Water | Tom Keefer |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Pastor Rosier Pile |
| 1941 | Rise and Shine | Grandpa |
| 1941 | Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1941 | This Woman Is Mine | Captain Jonathan Thorne |
| 1940 | The Westerner | Judge Roy Bean |
| 1940 | Northwest Passage | 'Hunk' Marriner |
| 1940 | Maryland | William P. Stewart |
| 1939 | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Walter |
| 1939 | Stanley and Livingstone | Jeff Slocum |
| 1939 | They Shall Have Music | Professor Lawson |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty | Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer') |
| 1939 | Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Jim |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Muff Potter |
| 1938 | The Texans | Chuckawalla |
| 1938 | The Cowboy and the Lady | Sugar |
| 1938 | The Buccaneer | Ezra Peavey |
| 1938 | Kentucky | Peter Goodwin |
| 1938 | Mother Carey's Chickens | Ossian Popham |
| 1937 | Affairs of Cappy Ricks | Cappy Ricks |
| 1937 | She's Dangerous | 'Oats' |
| 1937 | When Love Is Young | Uncle Hugo |
| 1937 | Wild and Woolly | Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn |
| 1936 | Fury | Bugs Meyers |
| 1936 | These Three | Taxi Driver |
| 1936 | Come and Get It | Swan Bostrom |
| 1936 | The Moon's Our Home | Lem |
| 1936 | Three Godfathers | Samuel 'Gus' Barton |
| 1936 | Banjo on My Knee | Newt Holley |
| 1935 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | First Gossip |
| 1935 | Man on the Flying Trapeze | 'Legs' Garnett |
| 1935 | Barbary Coast | Old Atrocity |
| 1935 | Helldorado | Pete |
| 1935 | Restless Knights | Father (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Seven Keys to Baldpate | Station Agent |
| 1935 | Metropolitan | Grandpa |
| 1935 | Lady Tubbs | Joseph |
| 1935 | We're in the Money | Wedding Witness (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Wedding Night | Bill Jenkins |
| 1935 | West Point of the Air | Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage |
| 1935 | Northern Frontier | Stuttering Cook |
| 1935 | Party Wire | Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Bride of Frankenstein | Peasant (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Law Beyond the Range | Abner |
| 1935 | She Couldn't Take It | Peddler |
| 1935 | Biography of a Bachelor Girl | Reporter on Ship (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Brick-a-Brac | Lem |
| 1935 | The Perfect Tribute | Stone Cutter (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Prescott Kid | Zeke - Stage Driver |
| 1934 | Woman Haters | Train Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1934 | There's Always Tomorrow | Auto mechanic |
| 1934 | Radio Dough | Drunk Customer (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Gridiron Flash | Proprietor of Java Joe's |
| 1934 | Cross Country Cruise | Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited) |
| 1934 | I'll Tell the World | Otto - Bicycle Repair Man |
| 1934 | George White's Scandals | Hick (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Life of Vergie Winters | Roscoe (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Poor Rich | Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Murder in the Private Car | Switchman (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Fugitive Lovers | 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Whom the Gods Destroy | Clifford (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Death on the Diamond | Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Good Dame | Elmer Spicer |
| 1934 | Riptide | Chauffeur (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Half a Sinner | Radio Announcer |
| 1934 | Great Expectations | Prisoner on Ship |
| 1934 | Beloved | Stuttering Boarder |
| 1934 | Whom the Gods Destroy | Clifford |
| 1933 | The Rustler's Roundup | Walt (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Girl Missing | Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited) |
| 1933 | One Year Later | Man Chuckling at Train Station |
| 1933 | My Woman | Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited) |
| 1933 | King for a Night | Soda Jerk |
| 1933 | Curtain at Eight | Backstage Detective [extra] |
| 1933 | Man Of Action | Cashier Summers |
| 1933 | Strange People | The Radio Repairman |
| 1933 | Parachute Jumper | Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Sensation Hunters | Stuttering Waiter |
| 1933 | The Invisible Man | Bicycle Owner (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Phantom of the Air | 'Skid' (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Golden Harvest | Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Goldie Gets Along | Stuttering Waiter |
| 1933 | Saturday's Millions | Reporter |
| 1933 | Lucky Dog | Drunk #2 |
| 1933 | Sailor Beware! | Stuttering Thief |
| 1933 | The Big Cage | Ticket Taker |
| 1932 | The Iceman's Ball | Officer Dugan |
| 1932 | Once in a Lifetime | Lighting Technician (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Two-Fisted Law | Bendix the Deputy Sheriff |
| 1932 | The Impatient Maiden | Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Law and Order | Lanky Smith (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Manhattan Tower | Mechanic (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Miss Pinkerton | Police Dispatcher (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Unexpected Father | Sailor (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Scandal for Sale | Newspaperman |
| 1932 | The Airmail Mystery | Holly |
| 1932 | Speed Madness | Joe |
| 1932 | Women Won't Tell | Man in Junkyard |
| 1932 | Afraid to Talk | Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Cornered | Court Bailiff (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Texas Cyclone | Sheriff Lew Collins |
| 1932 | The All-American | News Commentator at Game (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Honeymoon Lane | Driver |
| 1931 | Grief Street | Walt |
| 1931 | Scratch-As-Catch-Can | |
| 1931 | A House Divided | Musician (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Neck and Neck | Hector |
| 1931 | Many a Slip | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Dames Ahoy | Side Show Barker |
| 1930 | See America Thirst | Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited) |
| 1930 | King of Jazz | Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie') |
| 1930 | Little Accident | Milkman (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Smilin' Guns | Ranch Foreman |
| 1929 | The Lariat Kid | Pat O'Shea |
| 1929 | Flight | Marine Pilot |
| 1929 | One Hysterical Night | Paul Revere |
| 1929 | His Lucky Day | Road House Thug (uncredited) |
| 1929 | The Last Performance | Clown (uncredited) |
| 1929 | The Long, Long Trail | Skinny Rawlins |
| 1928 | The Michigan Kid | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| 1928 | The Ballyhoo Buster | |
| 1927 | Flashing Oars | Hula Hula Hut Customer |
| 1927 | Sensation Seekers | Below Deck Yacht Crewman |
| 1927 | Tearin' Into Trouble | Billy Martin |
| 1927 | The Ridin' Rowdy | |
| 1927 | Blake of Scotland Yard | Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1927 | Alias The Deacon | Cashier at Cunningham's Rink |
| 1927 | A Fighting Finish | Student |
| 1926 | Spangles | Lunch Counterman (uncredited) |
| 1925 | The Calgary Stampede | Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Lorraine of the Lions | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Webs of Steel |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | |
| 1969 | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Self |
| 1969 | To Rome with Love | Andy Pruitt |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys | Amos McCoy |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Joe |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sheriff John Larson |
| 1956 | The Ford Show | Self |
| 1954 | The George Gobel Show | Self |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Link Morley |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Duffy |
| 1952 | This Is Your Life | Self |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Ezra Jenkins |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Simmons AKA Mr. Ears |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Self - Intermission Guest |