Walter Brennan
Biography
Walter Andrew Brennan was an American actor and singer born on July 25, 1894, in Lynn, Massachusetts, and he passed away on September 21, 1974. He was a character actor in American movies from the 1930s through the 1960s. Brennan won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Come and Get It in 1936, Kentucky in 1938, and The Westerner in 1940. These victories made him one of only three male actors to win three Academy Awards. He received another nomination for his performance in Sergeant York in 1941. Other noteworthy performances in his career include roles in To Have and Have Not in 1944, My Darling Clementine in 1946, Red River in 1948, and Rio Bravo in 1959.
Career overview
Walter Andrew Brennan was an American actor and singer born on July 25, 1894, in Lynn, Massachusetts, and he passed away on September 21, 1974. He established himself as a much-loved and much-Oscared character actor in American movies spanning the 1930s through the 1960s, accumulating 234 known acting credits.
Brennan won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Come and Get It in 1936, Kentucky in 1938, and The Westerner in 1940. These victories made him one of only three male actors to win three Academy Awards. In addition to his three wins, Brennan received an Academy Award nomination for his performance in Sergeant York in 1941.
His film career also included other noteworthy performances in To Have and Have Not in 1944, My Darling Clementine in 1946, Red River in 1948, and Rio Bravo in 1959. Throughout his extensive career on screen, Brennan remained a prominent figure in American cinema.
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- Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000) as (archive footage)
- Bogart: The Untold Story (1997) as Self (archive footage)
- The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (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
- Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
- 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 Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969) as Self
- To Rome with Love (1969) as Andy Pruitt
- Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) as Pa Danby
- The Over the Hill Gang (1969) as Nash Crawford
- The Movie Orgy (1968) as Self (archive footage)
- The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968) as Grandpa Bower
- The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967) as Will Sonnett
- The Gnome-Mobile (1967) as D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby
- Who's Minding the Mint? (1967) as Pop Gillis
- 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
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- 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
- The Real McCoys (1957) as Amos McCoy
- Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) as Grandpa
- God Is My Partner (1957) as Dr. Charles Grayson
- Armored Attack! (1957) as Karp
- The Way to the Gold (1957) as Uncle George Williams
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Joe
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Sheriff John Larson
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956) as Self
- The Ford Show (1956) as Self
- Good-bye, My Lady (1956) as Uncle Jesse Jackson
- The Proud Ones (1956) as Jake
- Glory (1956) as Ned Otis
- Come Next Spring (1956) as Jeffrey Storys
- Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) as Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
- At Gunpoint (1955) as Doc Lacy
- Man on a Bus (1955) as Saul
- The Brush Roper (1955) as Grandpa Atkins
- The George Gobel Show (1954) as Self
- The Far Country (1954) as Ben Tatum
- Four Guns to the Border (1954) as Simon Bhumer
- Drums Across the River (1954) as Sam Brannon
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Sea of Lost Ships (1953) as C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley
- This Is Your Life (1952) as Self
- The Ford Television Theatre (1952) as Duffy
- Cavalcade of America (1952) as Link Morley
- Lure of the Wilderness (1952) as Jim Harper
- Return of the Texan (1952) as Grandpa Firth Crockett
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Ezra Jenkins
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Simmons AKA Mr. Ears
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
- Along the Great Divide (1951) as Timothy 'Pop' Keith
- Best of the Badmen (1951) as 'Doc' Butcher
- The Wild Blue Yonder (1951) as Maj. Gen. Wolfe
- What's My Line? (1950) as Self
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Self - Intermission Guest
- A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950) as Terence Sweeny
- Singing Guns (1950) as Dr. Jonathan Mark
- The Showdown (1950) as Cap MacKellar
- Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950) as Rimrock
- Surrender (1950) as Sheriff Bill Howard
- Task Force (1949) as Pete Richard
- The Green Promise (1949) as Mr. Matthews
- Brimstone (1949) as Pop Courteen
- Red River (1948) as 'Groot' Nadine
- Blood on the Moon (1948) as Kris Barden
- Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948) as Tony Maule
- Driftwood (1947) as Murph
- My Darling Clementine (1946) as Old Man Clanton
- Nobody Lives Forever (1946) as Pop Gruber
- A Stolen Life (1946) as Eben Folger
- Centennial Summer (1946) as Jesse Rogers
- To Have and Have Not (1945) as Eddie
- Dakota (1945) as Bounce of the Riverbird
- The Princess and the Pirate (1944) as Featherhead
- Home in Indiana (1944) as J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt
- Hangmen Also Die! (1943) as Prof. Stephen Novotny
- The North Star (1943) as Karp
- Slightly Dangerous (1943) as Cornelius Burden
- The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith (1943) as George, Mailman
- The Pride of the Yankees (1942) as Sam Blake
- Stand by for Action (1942) as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson
- Sergeant York (1941) as Pastor Rosier Pile
- Meet John Doe (1941) as The Colonel
- Nice Girl? (1941) as Hector Titus
- Breakdowns of 1941 (1941) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Swamp Water (1941) as Tom Keefer
- Rise and Shine (1941) as Grandpa
- This Woman Is Mine (1941) as Captain Jonathan Thorne
- The Westerner (1940) as Judge Roy Bean
- Northwest Passage (1940) as 'Hunk' Marriner
- Maryland (1940) as William P. Stewart
- Stanley and Livingstone (1939) as Jeff Slocum
- Land of Liberty (1939) as Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939) as Jim
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) as Walter
- They Shall Have Music (1939) as Professor Lawson
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) as Muff Potter
- The Cowboy and the Lady (1938) as Sugar
- The Buccaneer (1938) as Ezra Peavey
- Kentucky (1938) as Peter Goodwin
- The Texans (1938) as Chuckawalla
- Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) as Ossian Popham
- She's Dangerous (1937) as 'Oats'
- Wild and Woolly (1937) as Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn
- Affairs of Cappy Ricks (1937) as Cappy Ricks
- When Love Is Young (1937) as Uncle Hugo
- These Three (1936) as Taxi Driver
- Come and Get It (1936) as Swan Bostrom
- Fury (1936) as Bugs Meyers
- Banjo on My Knee (1936) as Newt Holley
- Three Godfathers (1936) as Samuel 'Gus' Barton
- The Moon's Our Home (1936) as Lem
- Bride of Frankenstein (1935) as Peasant (uncredited)
- Restless Knights (1935) as Father (uncredited)
- Hunger Pains (1935)
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) as Milkman (uncredited)
- Barbary Coast (1935) as Old Atrocity
- Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935) as Station Agent
- Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) as 'Legs' Garnett
- She Couldn't Take It (1935) as Peddler
- West Point of the Air (1935) as Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage
- Party Wire (1935) as Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)
- Northern Frontier (1935) as Stuttering Cook
- Law Beyond the Range (1935) as Abner
- Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935) as Reporter on Ship (uncredited)
- Brick-a-Brac (1935) as Lem
- We're in the Money (1935) as Wedding Witness (uncredited)
- Helldorado (1935) as Pete
- Lady Tubbs (1935) as Joseph
- The Perfect Tribute (1935) as Stone Cutter (uncredited)
- Metropolitan (1935) as Grandpa
- The Wedding Night (1935) as Bill Jenkins
- Uncertain Lady (1934) as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
- Paradise Valley (1934) as Farmer Hiram
- Fugitive Lovers (1934) as 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)
- Cheating Cheaters (1934) as Ship's Telegrapher (uncredited)
- The Prescott Kid (1934) as Zeke - Stage Driver
- Half a Sinner (1934) as Radio Announcer
- Death on the Diamond (1934) as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
- The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) as Roscoe (uncredited)
- Riptide (1934) as Chauffeur (uncredited)
- Murder in the Private Car (1934) as Switchman (uncredited)
- The Poor Rich (1934) as Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)
- I'll Tell the World (1934) as Otto - Bicycle Repair Man
- Whom the Gods Destroy (1934) as Clifford (uncredited)
- Whom the Gods Destroy (1934) as Clifford
- Cross Country Cruise (1934) as Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)
- Good Dame (1934) as Elmer Spicer
- Great Expectations (1934) as Prisoner on Ship
- George White's Scandals (1934) as Hick (uncredited)
- Beloved (1934) as Stuttering Boarder
- Gridiron Flash (1934) as Proprietor of Java Joe's
- There's Always Tomorrow (1934) as Auto mechanic
- Woman Haters (1934) as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- Radio Dough (1934) as Drunk Customer (uncredited)
- The Invisible Man (1933) as Bicycle Owner (uncredited)
- Sensation Hunters (1933) as Stuttering Waiter
- One Year Later (1933) as Man Chuckling at Train Station
- My Woman (1933) as Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)
- Man Of Action (1933) as Cashier Summers
- The Phantom of the Air (1933) as 'Skid' (uncredited)
- Parachute Jumper (1933) as Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)
- Curtain at Eight (1933) as Backstage Detective [extra]
- The Rustler's Roundup (1933) as Walt (uncredited)
- Golden Harvest (1933) as Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)
- The Big Cage (1933) as Ticket Taker
- King for a Night (1933) as Soda Jerk
- Girl Missing (1933) as Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)
- Strange People (1933) as The Radio Repairman
- Saturday's Millions (1933) as Reporter
- Goldie Gets Along (1933) as Stuttering Waiter
- Sailor Beware! (1933) as Stuttering Thief
- Lucky Dog (1933) as Drunk #2
- Cornered (1932) as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
- Law and Order (1932) as Lanky Smith (uncredited)
- The All-American (1932) as News Commentator at Game (uncredited)
- The Unexpected Father (1932) as Sailor (uncredited)
- Two-Fisted Law (1932) as Bendix the Deputy Sheriff
- Afraid to Talk (1932) as Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)
- Texas Cyclone (1932) as Sheriff Lew Collins
- The Impatient Maiden (1932) as Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
- Scandal for Sale (1932) as Newspaperman
- The Fourth Horseman (1932) as Toothless Town Drunk
- The Airmail Mystery (1932) as Holly
- Miss Pinkerton (1932) as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
- Once in a Lifetime (1932) as Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- Manhattan Tower (1932) as Mechanic (uncredited)
- Speed Madness (1932) as Joe
- Women Won't Tell (1932) as Man in Junkyard
- The Iceman's Ball (1932) as Officer Dugan
- Is There Justice? (1931) as Rollins
- Heroes of the Flames (1931) as Bit Part
- Neck and Neck (1931) as Hector
- A House Divided (1931) as Musician (uncredited)
- Grief Street (1931) as Walt
- Many a Slip (1931) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Scratch-As-Catch-Can (1931)
- Honeymoon Lane (1931) as Driver
- 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
- See America Thirst (1930) as Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)
- His Lucky Day (1929) as Road House Thug (uncredited)
- The Last Performance (1929) as Clown (uncredited)
- The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City (1929) as Man at Police Station
- Flying High (1929) as Kidnapper
- The Shannons of Broadway (1929) as Hez
- The Long, Long Trail (1929) as Skinny Rawlins
- Flight (1929) as Marine Pilot
- One Hysterical Night (1929) as Paul Revere
- The Lariat Kid (1929) as Pat O'Shea
- Smilin' Guns (1929) as Ranch Foreman
- The Ballyhoo Buster (1928)
- The Michigan Kid (1928) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Hot Heels (1927) as Pool Hall Habitant (uncredited)
- Tearin' Into Trouble (1927) as Billy Martin
- Blake of Scotland Yard (1927) as Henchman (uncredited)
- The Ridin' Rowdy (1927)
- Sensation Seekers (1927) as Below Deck Yacht Crewman
- Flashing Oars (1927) as Hula Hula Hut Customer
- Alias The Deacon (1927) as Cashier at Cunningham's Rink
- A Fighting Finish (1927) as Student
- Watch Your Wife (1926)
- Spangles (1926) as Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
- Lorraine of the Lions (1925) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Calgary Stampede (1925) as Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)
- Webs of Steel (1925)