Person
Walter Brennan
Acting · 1894–1974 · Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Known for
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
What's My Line?
Self
The Oscars
Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Joe
This Is Your Life
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
Lux Video Theatre
Self - Intermission Guest
The Ford Television Theatre
Duffy
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Real McCoys
Amos McCoy
Filmography
- 2000Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs(archive footage)
- 1997The Silver Screen: Color Me LavenderSelf (archive footage)
- 1997Bogart: The Untold StorySelf (archive footage)
- 1993La Classe américaine'Stumpy' (archive footage)
- 1975Smoke In The WindH. P. Kingman
- 1974Home for the HolidaysBenjamin Morgan
- 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard HawksSelf (archive footage)
- 1972Two for the MoneyCody Guilford
- 1971The Day They Hanged Kid CurrySilky O'Sullivan
- 1971Alias Smith and Jones
- 1970The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides AgainNash Crawford
- 1970The Young CountrySheriff Matt Fenley
- 1969To Rome with LoveAndy Pruitt
- 1969The Over the Hill GangNash Crawford
- 1969Support Your Local Sheriff!Pa Danby
- 1969The Glen Campbell Goodtime HourSelf
- 1968The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family BandGrandpa Bower
- 1968The Movie OrgySelf (archive footage)
- 1967Who's Minding the Mint?Pop Gillis
- 1967The Guns of Will SonnettWill Sonnett
- 1967The Gnome-MobileD.J. Mulrooney / Knobby
- 1967Project XX: End of the TrailSelf - Narrator
- 1966The OscarQuentin
- 1965The Shooting of Dan McGrewNarrator
- 1964Those CallowaysAlf Simes
- 1962How the West Was WonJeb Hawkins
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1962Shootout at Big Sag'Preacher' Hawker
- 1959Rio BravoStumpy
- 1958The Western: A Lost TV SpecialSelf
- 1957The Real McCoysAmos McCoy
- 1957God Is My PartnerDr. Charles Grayson
- 1957Tammy and the BachelorGrandpa
- 1957The Way to the GoldUncle George Williams
- 1957Armored Attack!Karp
- 1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreJoe
- 1956The Ford ShowSelf
- 1956The Proud OnesJake
- 1956Good-bye, My LadyUncle Jesse Jackson
- 1956Come Next SpringJeffrey Storys
- 1956GloryNed Otis
- 1955At GunpointDoc Lacy
- 1955The Brush RoperGrandpa Atkins
- 1955Man on a BusSaul
- 1955Bad Day at Black RockDoc T.R. Velie Jr.
- 1954Four Guns to the BorderSimon Bhumer
- 1954The George Gobel ShowSelf
- 1954Drums Across the RiverSam Brannon
- 1954The Far CountryBen Tatum
- 1953Sea of Lost ShipsC.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- 1952The Ford Television TheatreDuffy
- 1952Cavalcade of AmericaLink Morley
- 1952This Is Your LifeSelf
- 1952Lure of the WildernessJim Harper
- 1952Return of the TexanGrandpa Firth Crockett
- 1951The Wild Blue YonderMaj. Gen. Wolfe
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsEzra Jenkins
- 1951Best of the Badmen'Doc' Butcher
- 1951Along the Great DivideTimothy 'Pop' Keith
- 1950Lux Video TheatreSelf - Intermission Guest
- 1950SurrenderSheriff Bill Howard
- 1950The ShowdownCap MacKellar
- 1950Curtain Call at Cactus CreekRimrock
- 1950A Ticket to TomahawkTerence Sweeny
- 1950Singing GunsDr. Jonathan Mark
- 1950What's My Line?Self
- 1949Task ForcePete Richard
- 1949BrimstonePop Courteen
- 1949The Green PromiseMr. Matthews
- 1948Blood on the MoonKris Barden
- 1948Red River'Groot' Nadine
- 1948Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!Tony Maule
- 1947DriftwoodMurph
- 1946Nobody Lives ForeverPop Gruber
- 1946My Darling ClementineOld Man Clanton
- 1946Centennial SummerJesse Rogers
- 1946A Stolen LifeEben Folger
- 1945DakotaBounce of the Riverbird
- 1945To Have and Have NotEddie
- 1944The Princess and the PirateFeatherhead
- 1944Home in IndianaJ. F. 'Thunder' Bolt
- 1943The North StarKarp
- 1943The Last Will and Testament of Tom SmithGeorge, Mailman
- 1943Hangmen Also Die!Prof. Stephen Novotny
- 1943Slightly DangerousCornelius Burden
- 1942Stand by for ActionChief Yeoman Henry Johnson
- 1942The Pride of the YankeesSam Blake
- 1941Rise and ShineGrandpa
- 1941Swamp WaterTom Keefer
- 1941Breakdowns of 1941Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1941Sergeant YorkPastor Rosier Pile
- 1941This Woman Is MineCaptain Jonathan Thorne
- 1941Meet John DoeThe Colonel
- 1941Nice Girl?Hector Titus
- 1940The WesternerJudge Roy Bean
- 1940MarylandWilliam P. Stewart
- 1940Northwest Passage'Hunk' Marriner
- 1939Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the PresidentJim
- 1939Stanley and LivingstoneJeff Slocum
- 1939They Shall Have MusicProfessor Lawson
- 1939Land of LibertyEzra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
- 1939The Story of Vernon and Irene CastleWalter
- 1938KentuckyPeter Goodwin
- 1938The Cowboy and the LadySugar
- 1938The TexansChuckawalla
- 1938Mother Carey's ChickensOssian Popham
- 1938The Adventures of Tom SawyerMuff Potter
- 1938The BuccaneerEzra Peavey
- 1937Wild and WoollyGramp 'Hercules' Flynn
- 1937Affairs of Cappy RicksCappy Ricks
- 1937When Love Is YoungUncle Hugo
- 1937She's Dangerous'Oats'
- 1936Banjo on My KneeNewt Holley
- 1936Come and Get ItSwan Bostrom
- 1936FuryBugs Meyers
- 1936The Moon's Our HomeLem
- 1936These ThreeTaxi Driver
- 1936Three GodfathersSamuel 'Gus' Barton
- 1935Seven Keys to BaldpateStation Agent
- 1935MetropolitanGrandpa
- 1935Barbary CoastOld Atrocity
- 1935She Couldn't Take ItPeddler
- 1935We're in the MoneyWedding Witness (uncredited)
- 1935The Perfect TributeStone Cutter (uncredited)
- 1935Man on the Flying Trapeze'Legs' Garnett
- 1935Lady TubbsJoseph
- 1935Party WirePaul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)
- 1935Bride of FrankensteinPeasant (uncredited)
- 1935West Point of the AirSoldier at Kelly's Wreckage
- 1935The Wedding NightBill Jenkins
- 1935Hunger Pains
- 1935Restless KnightsFather (uncredited)
- 1935Law Beyond the RangeAbner
- 1935The Mystery of Edwin DroodMilkman (uncredited)
- 1935Northern FrontierStuttering Cook
- 1935Brick-a-BracLem
- 1935HelldoradoPete
- 1935Biography of a Bachelor GirlReporter on Ship (uncredited)
- 1934The Prescott KidZeke - Stage Driver
- 1934Cheating CheatersShip's Telegrapher (uncredited)
- 1934There's Always TomorrowAuto mechanic
- 1934Great ExpectationsPrisoner on Ship
- 1934Gridiron FlashProprietor of Java Joe's
- 1934Death on the DiamondHot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
- 1934Whom the Gods DestroyClifford (uncredited)
- 1934Murder in the Private CarSwitchman (uncredited)
- 1934The Life of Vergie WintersRoscoe (uncredited)
- 1934Half a SinnerRadio Announcer
- 1934Woman HatersTrain Conductor (uncredited)
- 1934I'll Tell the WorldOtto - Bicycle Repair Man
- 1934Uncertain LadyGas Station Attendant (uncredited)
- 1934RiptideChauffeur (uncredited)
- 1934Good DameElmer Spicer
- 1934George White's ScandalsHick (uncredited)
- 1934The Poor RichDr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)
- 1934Radio DoughDrunk Customer (uncredited)
- 1934Paradise ValleyFarmer Hiram
- 1934BelovedStuttering Boarder
- 1934Cross Country CruiseNiagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)
- 1934Fugitive Lovers2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)
- 1933King for a NightSoda Jerk
- 1933The Invisible ManBicycle Owner (uncredited)
- 1933My WomanAuditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)
- 1933Curtain at EightBackstage Detective [extra]
- 1933Saturday's MillionsReporter
- 1933Golden HarvestFarmhand at Wedding (uncredited)
- 1933Sailor Beware!Stuttering Thief
- 1933Sensation HuntersStuttering Waiter
- 1933One Year LaterMan Chuckling at Train Station
- 1933Strange PeopleThe Radio Repairman
- 1933The Phantom of the Air'Skid' (uncredited)
- 1933The Big CageTicket Taker
- 1933Lucky DogDrunk #2
- 1933The Rustler's RoundupWalt (uncredited)
- 1933Girl MissingJoe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)
- 1933Parachute JumperCounterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)
- 1933Goldie Gets AlongStuttering Waiter
- 1933Man Of ActionCashier Summers
- 1932Manhattan TowerMechanic (uncredited)
- 1932Afraid to TalkProtester Sign Carrier (uncredited)
- 1932Women Won't TellMan in Junkyard
- 1932Once in a LifetimeLighting Technician (uncredited)
- 1932The All-AmericanNews Commentator at Game (uncredited)
- 1932The Fourth HorsemanToothless Town Drunk
- 1932The Iceman's BallOfficer Dugan
- 1932CorneredCourt Bailiff (uncredited)
- 1932Speed MadnessJoe
- 1932Two-Fisted LawBendix the Deputy Sheriff
- 1932Miss PinkertonPolice Dispatcher (uncredited)
- 1932Scandal for SaleNewspaperman
- 1932The Airmail MysteryHolly
- 1932The Impatient MaidenCigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
- 1932Texas CycloneSheriff Lew Collins
- 1932Law and OrderLanky Smith (uncredited)
- 1932The Unexpected FatherSailor (uncredited)
- 1931A House DividedMusician (uncredited)
- 1931Scratch-As-Catch-Can
- 1931Neck and NeckHector
- 1931Is There Justice?Rollins
- 1931Grief StreetWalt
- 1931Honeymoon LaneDriver
- 1931Heroes of the FlamesBit Part
- 1931Many a SlipMinor Role (uncredited)
- 1930See America ThirstSpumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)
- 1930Little AccidentMilkman (uncredited)
- 1930King of JazzDesk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')
- 1930Dames AhoySide Show Barker
- 1929The Shannons of BroadwayHez
- 1929The Long, Long TrailSkinny Rawlins
- 1929The Last PerformanceClown (uncredited)
- 1929One Hysterical NightPaul Revere
- 1929FlightMarine Pilot
- 1929Flying HighKidnapper
- 1929His Lucky DayRoad House Thug (uncredited)
- 1929The Lariat KidPat O'Shea
- 1929Smilin' GunsRanch Foreman
- 1929The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic CityMan at Police Station
- 1928The Michigan KidMinor Role (uncredited)
- 1928The Ballyhoo Buster
- 1927Hot HeelsPool Hall Habitant (uncredited)
- 1927A Fighting FinishStudent
- 1927Blake of Scotland YardHenchman (uncredited)
- 1927Alias The DeaconCashier at Cunningham's Rink
- 1927The Ridin' Rowdy
- 1927Sensation SeekersBelow Deck Yacht Crewman
- 1927Tearin' Into TroubleBilly Martin
- 1927Flashing OarsHula Hula Hut Customer
- 1926SpanglesLunch Counterman (uncredited)
- 1926Watch Your Wife
- 1925The Calgary StampedeRacing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)
- 1925Lorraine of the LionsMinor Role (uncredited)
- 1925Webs of Steel
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