Walter Brennan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 25, 1894
- Died
- September 21, 1974
- Birthplace
- Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
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
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs 2000
as (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender 1997
as Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story 1997
as Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine 1993
as 'Stumpy' (archive footage)
Smoke In The Wind 1975
as H. P. Kingman
Home for the Holidays 1974
as Benjamin Morgan
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks 1973
as Self (archive footage)
Two for the Money 1972
as Cody Guilford
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry 1971
as Silky O'Sullivan
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again 1970
as Nash Crawford
The Young Country 1970
as Sheriff Matt Fenley
The Over the Hill Gang 1969
as Nash Crawford
Support Your Local Sheriff! 1969
as Pa Danby
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band 1968
as Grandpa Bower
The Movie Orgy 1968
as Self (archive footage)
Who's Minding the Mint? 1967
as Pop Gillis
The Gnome-Mobile 1967
as D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby
Project XX: End of the Trail 1967
as Self - Narrator
The Oscar 1966
as Quentin
The Shooting of Dan McGrew 1965
as Narrator
Those Calloways 1964
as Alf Simes
How the West Was Won 1962
as Jeb Hawkins
Shootout at Big Sag 1962
as 'Preacher' Hawker
Rio Bravo 1959
as Stumpy
The Western: A Lost TV Special 1958
as Self
God Is My Partner 1957
as Dr. Charles Grayson
Tammy and the Bachelor 1957
as Grandpa
The Way to the Gold 1957
as Uncle George Williams
Armored Attack! 1957
as Karp
The Proud Ones 1956
as Jake
Good-bye, My Lady 1956
as Uncle Jesse Jackson
Come Next Spring 1956
as Jeffrey Storys
Glory 1956
as Ned Otis
At Gunpoint 1955
as Doc Lacy
The Brush Roper 1955
as Grandpa Atkins
Man on a Bus 1955
as Saul
Bad Day at Black Rock 1955
as Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
Four Guns to the Border 1954
as Simon Bhumer
Drums Across the River 1954
as Sam Brannon
The Far Country 1954
as Ben Tatum
Sea of Lost Ships 1953
as C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley
Lure of the Wilderness 1952
as Jim Harper
Return of the Texan 1952
as Grandpa Firth Crockett
The Wild Blue Yonder 1951
as Maj. Gen. Wolfe
Best of the Badmen 1951
as 'Doc' Butcher
Along the Great Divide 1951
as Timothy 'Pop' Keith
Surrender 1950
as Sheriff Bill Howard
The Showdown 1950
as Cap MacKellar
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek 1950
as Rimrock
A Ticket to Tomahawk 1950
as Terence Sweeny
Singing Guns 1950
as Dr. Jonathan Mark
Task Force 1949
as Pete Richard
Brimstone 1949
as Pop Courteen
The Green Promise 1949
as Mr. Matthews
Blood on the Moon 1948
as Kris Barden
Red River 1948
as 'Groot' Nadine
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! 1948
as Tony Maule
Driftwood 1947
as Murph
Nobody Lives Forever 1946
as Pop Gruber
My Darling Clementine 1946
as Old Man Clanton
Centennial Summer 1946
as Jesse Rogers
A Stolen Life 1946
as Eben Folger
Dakota 1945
as Bounce of the Riverbird
To Have and Have Not 1945
as Eddie
The Princess and the Pirate 1944
as Featherhead
Home in Indiana 1944
as J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt
The North Star 1943
as Karp
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith 1943
as George, Mailman
Slightly Dangerous 1943
as Cornelius Burden
Hangmen Also Die! 1943
as Prof. Stephen Novotny
Stand by for Action 1942
as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson
The Pride of the Yankees 1942
as Sam Blake
Rise and Shine 1941
as Grandpa
Swamp Water 1941
as Tom Keefer
Breakdowns of 1941 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sergeant York 1941
as Pastor Rosier Pile
This Woman Is Mine 1941
as Captain Jonathan Thorne
Meet John Doe 1941
as The Colonel
Nice Girl? 1941
as Hector Titus
The Westerner 1940
as Judge Roy Bean
Maryland 1940
as William P. Stewart
Northwest Passage 1940
as 'Hunk' Marriner
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President 1939
as Jim
They Shall Have Music 1939
as Professor Lawson
Stanley and Livingstone 1939
as Jeff Slocum
Land of Liberty 1939
as Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939
as Walter
Kentucky 1938
as Peter Goodwin
The Cowboy and the Lady 1938
as Sugar
The Texans 1938
as Chuckawalla
Mother Carey's Chickens 1938
as Ossian Popham
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1938
as Muff Potter
The Buccaneer 1938
as Ezra Peavey
Wild and Woolly 1937
as Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn
Affairs of Cappy Ricks 1937
as Cappy Ricks
When Love Is Young 1937
as Uncle Hugo
She's Dangerous 1937
as 'Oats'
Banjo on My Knee 1936
as Newt Holley
Come and Get It 1936
as Swan Bostrom
Fury 1936
as Bugs Meyers
The Moon's Our Home 1936
as Lem
These Three 1936
as Taxi Driver
Three Godfathers 1936
as Samuel 'Gus' Barton
Seven Keys to Baldpate 1935
as Station Agent
Metropolitan 1935
as Grandpa
Barbary Coast 1935
as Old Atrocity
She Couldn't Take It 1935
as Peddler
We're in the Money 1935
as Wedding Witness (uncredited)
The Perfect Tribute 1935
as Stone Cutter (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze 1935
as 'Legs' Garnett
Lady Tubbs 1935
as Joseph
Party Wire 1935
as Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)
Bride of Frankenstein 1935
as Peasant (uncredited)
West Point of the Air 1935
as Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage
The Wedding Night 1935
as Bill Jenkins
- Hunger Pains
Hunger Pains 1935
Actor
Restless Knights 1935
as Father (uncredited)
Law Beyond the Range 1935
as Abner
The Mystery of Edwin Drood 1935
as Milkman (uncredited)
Northern Frontier 1935
as Stuttering Cook
- Brick-a-Brac
Brick-a-Brac 1935
as Lem
Helldorado 1935
as Pete
Biography of a Bachelor Girl 1935
as Reporter on Ship (uncredited)
The Prescott Kid 1934
as Zeke - Stage Driver
Cheating Cheaters 1934
as Ship's Telegrapher (uncredited)
There's Always Tomorrow 1934
as Auto mechanic
Great Expectations 1934
as Prisoner on Ship
Gridiron Flash 1934
as Proprietor of Java Joe's
Death on the Diamond 1934
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Whom the Gods Destroy 1934
as Clifford (uncredited), as Clifford
Murder in the Private Car 1934
as Switchman (uncredited)
The Life of Vergie Winters 1934
as Roscoe (uncredited)
Half a Sinner 1934
as Radio Announcer
Woman Haters 1934
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
I'll Tell the World 1934
as Otto - Bicycle Repair Man
Uncertain Lady 1934
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Riptide 1934
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Good Dame 1934
as Elmer Spicer
George White's Scandals 1934
as Hick (uncredited)
The Poor Rich 1934
as Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)
- Radio Dough
Radio Dough 1934
as Drunk Customer (uncredited)
- Paradise Valley
Paradise Valley 1934
as Farmer Hiram
Beloved 1934
as Stuttering Boarder
Cross Country Cruise 1934
as Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)
Fugitive Lovers 1934
as 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)
King for a Night 1933
as Soda Jerk
The Invisible Man 1933
as Bicycle Owner (uncredited)
My Woman 1933
as Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)
Curtain at Eight 1933
as Backstage Detective [extra]
Saturday's Millions 1933
as Reporter
Golden Harvest 1933
as Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)
Sailor Beware! 1933
as Stuttering Thief
Sensation Hunters 1933
as Stuttering Waiter
One Year Later 1933
as Man Chuckling at Train Station
Strange People 1933
as The Radio Repairman
The Phantom of the Air 1933
as 'Skid' (uncredited)
The Big Cage 1933
as Ticket Taker
- Lucky Dog
Lucky Dog 1933
as Drunk #2
The Rustler's Roundup 1933
as Walt (uncredited)
Girl Missing 1933
as Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)
Parachute Jumper 1933
as Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)
Goldie Gets Along 1933
as Stuttering Waiter
Man Of Action 1933
as Cashier Summers
Manhattan Tower 1932
as Mechanic (uncredited)
Afraid to Talk 1932
as Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)
Women Won't Tell 1932
as Man in Junkyard
Once in a Lifetime 1932
as Lighting Technician (uncredited)
The All-American 1932
as News Commentator at Game (uncredited)
The Fourth Horseman 1932
as Toothless Town Drunk
- The Iceman's Ball
The Iceman's Ball 1932
as Officer Dugan
Cornered 1932
as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Speed Madness 1932
as Joe
Two-Fisted Law 1932
as Bendix the Deputy Sheriff
Miss Pinkerton 1932
as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Scandal for Sale 1932
as Newspaperman
The Airmail Mystery 1932
as Holly
The Impatient Maiden 1932
as Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
Texas Cyclone 1932
as Sheriff Lew Collins
Law and Order 1932
as Lanky Smith (uncredited)
The Unexpected Father 1932
as Sailor (uncredited)
A House Divided 1931
as Musician (uncredited)
Scratch-As-Catch-Can 1931
Actor
Neck and Neck 1931
as Hector
Is There Justice? 1931
as Rollins
Grief Street 1931
as Walt
Honeymoon Lane 1931
as Driver
- Heroes of the Flames
Heroes of the Flames 1931
as Bit Part
Many a Slip 1931
as Minor Role (uncredited)
See America Thirst 1930
as Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)
Little Accident 1930
as Milkman (uncredited)
King of Jazz 1930
as Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')
Dames Ahoy 1930
as Side Show Barker
The Shannons of Broadway 1929
as Hez
The Long, Long Trail 1929
as Skinny Rawlins
The Last Performance 1929
as Clown (uncredited)
One Hysterical Night 1929
as Paul Revere
Flight 1929
as Marine Pilot
- Flying High
Flying High 1929
as Kidnapper
His Lucky Day 1929
as Road House Thug (uncredited)
The Lariat Kid 1929
as Pat O'Shea
Smilin' Guns 1929
as Ranch Foreman
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City 1929
as Man at Police Station
The Michigan Kid 1928
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Ballyhoo Buster 1928
Actor
Hot Heels 1927
as Pool Hall Habitant (uncredited)
- A Fighting Finish
A Fighting Finish 1927
as Student
Blake of Scotland Yard 1927
as Henchman (uncredited)
Alias The Deacon 1927
as Cashier at Cunningham's Rink
The Ridin' Rowdy 1927
Actor
Sensation Seekers 1927
as Below Deck Yacht Crewman
Tearin' Into Trouble 1927
as Billy Martin
Flashing Oars 1927
as Hula Hula Hut Customer
Spangles 1926
as Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
Watch Your Wife 1926
as Walter (uncredited)
The Calgary Stampede 1925
as Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)
Lorraine of the Lions 1925
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Webs of Steel 1925
Actor
Credits from TMDB.