Silver Tip Baker
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 18, 1886
- Died
- March 15, 1943
- Birthplace
- Ellis County, Texas, USA
Floyd 'Silver Tip' Baker born Floyd Michael Baker in Texas in 1886. Well-known trick rider in rodeos and wild west shows from the late 1900's. He was among the talented few that could handle a team of horses and stagecoach at full speed, became a white-haired old codger character in many westerns, first playing the role, General Grenville M. Dodge in 'In the Days of Buffalo Bill' directed by Edward Laemmle and starring Art Acord as Art Taylor and Duke R. Lee as Buffalo Bill at the Universal, seen in over 100 minor roles in talkies many of them B-Westerns. married to wild show trick rider Mabel Baker.
Filmography
Along Came Jones 1945
as Poker Player (uncredited)
Lawless Plainsmen 1942
as Wagon Train Man (archive footage)
Forbidden Trails 1941
as Townsman
Stick to Your Guns 1941
as Townsman
Wrangler's Roost 1941
as Church Member
Pirates on Horseback 1941
as Barfly
Sheriff of Tombstone 1941
as Townsman
Arizona 1940
as Barfly
Under Texas Skies 1940
as Townsman
The Durango Kid 1940
as Piute City Townsman (uncredited)
Winners of the West 1940
as Barfly
Adventures of Red Ryder 1940
as Barfly
Rocky Mountain Rangers 1940
as Texas Ranger
Young Buffalo Bill 1940
as Barfly
Of Mice and Men 1939
as Old Hand (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again 1939
as Barfly (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady 1938
as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
Frontier Town 1938
as Barfly
Empty Holsters 1937
as Townsman (uncredited)
North of the Rio Grande 1937
as Juror
Gunsmoke Ranch 1937
as Settler
Borderland 1937
as Barfly
Ranger Courage 1937
as Settler (uncredited)
Rio Grande Ranger 1936
as Barfly (uncredited)
Trailin' West 1936
as Gambler (uncredited)
Gun Play 1935
as Man at Dance (uncredited)
Big Calibre 1935
as Barfly / Man at Dance
Kid Courageous 1935
as Pete the Cowhand
Arizona Bad Man 1935
as Cowhand
Terror of the Plains 1934
as Posse Rider / Wagon Driver
Credits from TMDB.