Walter Brennan: movies and TV shows
Walter Brennan has 238 credits in the archive: 218 films and 20 TV series, from 1925 to 2000. Highest rated: Rio Bravo (7.8/10).
Career timeline
1925 – 2000 · busiest year: 1934 (23 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs | (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 105 |
| 1997 | Bogart: The Untold Story | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 102 |
| 1997 | The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.1 | 102 |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | 'Stumpy' (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 98 |
| 1975 | Smoke In The Wind | H. P. Kingman | Film | 7.5 | 80 |
| 1974 | Home for the Holidays | Benjamin Morgan | Film | 5.6 | 79 |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 78 |
| 1972 | Two for the Money | Cody Guilford | Film | 7.5 | 77 |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | TV | 7.0 | 76 | |
| 1971 | The Day They Hanged Kid Curry | Silky O'Sullivan | Film | 7.0 | 76 |
| 1970 | The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again | Nash Crawford | Film | 5.6 | 75 |
| 1970 | The Young Country | Sheriff Matt Fenley | Film | 9.0 | 75 |
| 1969 | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Self | TV | 6.8 | 74 |
| 1969 | To Rome with Love | Andy Pruitt | TV | 7.0 | 74 |
| 1969 | Support Your Local Sheriff! | Pa Danby | Film | 7.0 | 74 |
| 1969 | The Over the Hill Gang | Nash Crawford | Film | 5.8 | 74 |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.6 | 73 |
| 1968 | The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band | Grandpa Bower | Film | 6.1 | 73 |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Will Sonnett | TV | 6.3 | 72 |
| 1967 | The Gnome-Mobile | D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby | Film | 6.3 | 72 |
| 1967 | Who's Minding the Mint? | Pop Gillis | Film | 7.1 | 72 |
| 1967 | Project XX: End of the Trail | Self - Narrator | Film | — | 72 |
| 1966 | The Oscar | Quentin | Film | 5.0 | 71 |
| 1965 | The Shooting of Dan McGrew | Narrator | Film | — | 70 |
| 1964 | Those Calloways | Alf Simes | Film | 6.4 | 69 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 67 |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Jeb Hawkins | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1962 | Shootout at Big Sag | 'Preacher' Hawker | Film | 5.5 | 67 |
| 1959 | Rio Bravo | Stumpy | Film | 7.8 | 64 |
| 1958 | The Western: A Lost TV Special | Self | Film | — | 63 |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys | Amos McCoy | TV | 5.9 | 62 |
| 1957 | Tammy and the Bachelor | Grandpa | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1957 | God Is My Partner | Dr. Charles Grayson | Film | 7.5 | 62 |
| 1957 | Armored Attack! | Karp | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 1957 | The Way to the Gold | Uncle George Williams | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Joe | TV | 6.2 | 61 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sheriff John Larson | TV | 6.2 | 61 |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 61 |
| 1956 | The Ford Show | Self | TV | 7.8 | 61 |
| 1956 | Good-bye, My Lady | Uncle Jesse Jackson | Film | 7.8 | 61 |
| 1956 | The Proud Ones | Jake | Film | 6.5 | 61 |
| 1956 | Glory | Ned Otis | Film | 5.7 | 61 |
| 1956 | Come Next Spring | Jeffrey Storys | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 1955 | Bad Day at Black Rock | Doc T.R. Velie Jr. | Film | 7.3 | 60 |
| 1955 | At Gunpoint | Doc Lacy | Film | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1955 | Man on a Bus | Saul | Film | 5.5 | 60 |
| 1955 | The Brush Roper | Grandpa Atkins | Film | — | 60 |
| 1954 | The George Gobel Show | Self | TV | 7.8 | 59 |
| 1954 | The Far Country | Ben Tatum | Film | 6.9 | 59 |
| 1954 | Four Guns to the Border | Simon Bhumer | Film | 5.0 | 59 |
| 1954 | Drums Across the River | Sam Brannon | Film | 5.8 | 59 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1953 | Sea of Lost Ships | C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1952 | This Is Your Life | Self | TV | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Duffy | TV | 7.8 | 57 |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Link Morley | TV | 4.6 | 57 |
| 1952 | Lure of the Wilderness | Jim Harper | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1952 | Return of the Texan | Grandpa Firth Crockett | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Ezra Jenkins | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Simmons AKA Mr. Ears | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | TV | 7.2 | 56 | |
| 1951 | Along the Great Divide | Timothy 'Pop' Keith | Film | 7.4 | 56 |
| 1951 | Best of the Badmen | 'Doc' Butcher | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1951 | The Wild Blue Yonder | Maj. Gen. Wolfe | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Self - Intermission Guest | TV | 6.7 | 55 |
| 1950 | A Ticket to Tomahawk | Terence Sweeny | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1950 | Singing Guns | Dr. Jonathan Mark | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 1950 | The Showdown | Cap MacKellar | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1950 | Curtain Call at Cactus Creek | Rimrock | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 1950 | Surrender | Sheriff Bill Howard | Film | 4.8 | 55 |
| 1949 | Task Force | Pete Richard | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1949 | The Green Promise | Mr. Matthews | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 1949 | Brimstone | Pop Courteen | Film | 7.3 | 54 |
| 1948 | Red River | 'Groot' Nadine | Film | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1948 | Blood on the Moon | Kris Barden | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1948 | Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! | Tony Maule | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1947 | Driftwood | Murph | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1946 | My Darling Clementine | Old Man Clanton | Film | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1946 | Nobody Lives Forever | Pop Gruber | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 1946 | A Stolen Life | Eben Folger | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 1946 | Centennial Summer | Jesse Rogers | Film | 5.9 | 51 |
| 1945 | To Have and Have Not | Eddie | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1945 | Dakota | Bounce of the Riverbird | Film | 5.2 | 50 |
| 1944 | The Princess and the Pirate | Featherhead | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1944 | Home in Indiana | J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! | Prof. Stephen Novotny | Film | 6.9 | 48 |
| 1943 | The North Star | Karp | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Cornelius Burden | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1943 | The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith | George, Mailman | Film | 8.5 | 48 |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Sam Blake | Film | 7.4 | 47 |
| 1942 | Stand by for Action | Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Pastor Rosier Pile | Film | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | The Colonel | Film | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1941 | Nice Girl? | Hector Titus | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1941 | Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1941 | Swamp Water | Tom Keefer | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1941 | Rise and Shine | Grandpa | Film | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1941 | This Woman Is Mine | Captain Jonathan Thorne | Film | 4.5 | 46 |
| 1940 | The Westerner | Judge Roy Bean | Film | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1940 | Northwest Passage | 'Hunk' Marriner | Film | 6.6 | 45 |
| 1940 | Maryland | William P. Stewart | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1939 | Stanley and Livingstone | Jeff Slocum | Film | 6.4 | 44 |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty | Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer') | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1939 | Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Jim | Film | 5.0 | 44 |
| 1939 | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Walter | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1939 | They Shall Have Music | Professor Lawson | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Muff Potter | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1938 | The Cowboy and the Lady | Sugar | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1938 | The Buccaneer | Ezra Peavey | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1938 | Kentucky | Peter Goodwin | Film | 6.1 | 43 |
| 1938 | The Texans | Chuckawalla | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1938 | Mother Carey's Chickens | Ossian Popham | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1937 | She's Dangerous | 'Oats' | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1937 | Wild and Woolly | Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1937 | Affairs of Cappy Ricks | Cappy Ricks | Film | 4.8 | 42 |
| 1937 | When Love Is Young | Uncle Hugo | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1936 | These Three | Taxi Driver | Film | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1936 | Come and Get It | Swan Bostrom | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1936 | Fury | Bugs Meyers | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1936 | Banjo on My Knee | Newt Holley | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1936 | Three Godfathers | Samuel 'Gus' Barton | Film | 6.9 | 41 |
| 1936 | The Moon's Our Home | Lem | Film | 6.9 | 41 |
| 1935 | Bride of Frankenstein | Peasant (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1935 | Restless Knights | Father (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1935 | Hunger Pains | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1935 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Milkman (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 40 |
| 1935 | Barbary Coast | Old Atrocity | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1935 | Seven Keys to Baldpate | Station Agent | Film | 6.9 | 40 |
| 1935 | Man on the Flying Trapeze | 'Legs' Garnett | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1935 | She Couldn't Take It | Peddler | Film | 5.3 | 40 |
| 1935 | West Point of the Air | Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1935 | Party Wire | Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited) | Film | 8.3 | 40 |
| 1935 | Northern Frontier | Stuttering Cook | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1935 | Law Beyond the Range | Abner | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1935 | Biography of a Bachelor Girl | Reporter on Ship (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1935 | Brick-a-Brac | Lem | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1935 | We're in the Money | Wedding Witness (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 40 |
| 1935 | Helldorado | Pete | Film | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1935 | Lady Tubbs | Joseph | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1935 | The Perfect Tribute | Stone Cutter (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1935 | Metropolitan | Grandpa | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1935 | The Wedding Night | Bill Jenkins | Film | 5.9 | 40 |
| 1934 | Uncertain Lady | Gas Station Attendant (uncredited) | Film | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1934 | Paradise Valley | Farmer Hiram | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1934 | Fugitive Lovers | 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1934 | Cheating Cheaters | Ship's Telegrapher (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1934 | The Prescott Kid | Zeke - Stage Driver | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1934 | Half a Sinner | Radio Announcer | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1934 | Death on the Diamond | Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1934 | The Life of Vergie Winters | Roscoe (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1934 | Riptide | Chauffeur (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1934 | Murder in the Private Car | Switchman (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 39 |
| 1934 | The Poor Rich | Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1934 | I'll Tell the World | Otto - Bicycle Repair Man | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1934 | Whom the Gods Destroy | Clifford (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1934 | Whom the Gods Destroy | Clifford | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1934 | Cross Country Cruise | Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1934 | Good Dame | Elmer Spicer | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1934 | Great Expectations | Prisoner on Ship | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1934 | George White's Scandals | Hick (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 39 |
| 1934 | Beloved | Stuttering Boarder | Film | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1934 | Gridiron Flash | Proprietor of Java Joe's | Film | 4.8 | 39 |
| 1934 | There's Always Tomorrow | Auto mechanic | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1934 | Woman Haters | Train Conductor (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1934 | Radio Dough | Drunk Customer (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1933 | The Invisible Man | Bicycle Owner (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1933 | Sensation Hunters | Stuttering Waiter | Film | 3.7 | 38 |
| 1933 | One Year Later | Man Chuckling at Train Station | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1933 | My Woman | Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited) | Film | 4.2 | 38 |
| 1933 | Man Of Action | Cashier Summers | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1933 | The Phantom of the Air | 'Skid' (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1933 | Parachute Jumper | Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1933 | Curtain at Eight | Backstage Detective [extra] | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1933 | The Rustler's Roundup | Walt (uncredited) | Film | 9.0 | 38 |
| 1933 | Golden Harvest | Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1933 | The Big Cage | Ticket Taker | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1933 | King for a Night | Soda Jerk | Film | 7.2 | 38 |
| 1933 | Girl Missing | Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited) | Film | 5.2 | 38 |
| 1933 | Strange People | The Radio Repairman | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1933 | Saturday's Millions | Reporter | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1933 | Goldie Gets Along | Stuttering Waiter | Film | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1933 | Sailor Beware! | Stuttering Thief | Film | — | 38 |
| 1933 | Lucky Dog | Drunk #2 | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1932 | Cornered | Court Bailiff (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1932 | Law and Order | Lanky Smith (uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 37 |
| 1932 | The All-American | News Commentator at Game (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1932 | The Unexpected Father | Sailor (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1932 | Two-Fisted Law | Bendix the Deputy Sheriff | Film | 4.8 | 37 |
| 1932 | Afraid to Talk | Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1932 | Texas Cyclone | Sheriff Lew Collins | Film | 4.5 | 37 |
| 1932 | The Impatient Maiden | Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited) | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1932 | Scandal for Sale | Newspaperman | Film | 8.5 | 37 |
| 1932 | The Fourth Horseman | Toothless Town Drunk | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1932 | The Airmail Mystery | Holly | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1932 | Miss Pinkerton | Police Dispatcher (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 37 |
| 1932 | Once in a Lifetime | Lighting Technician (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1932 | Manhattan Tower | Mechanic (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1932 | Speed Madness | Joe | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1932 | Women Won't Tell | Man in Junkyard | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1932 | The Iceman's Ball | Officer Dugan | Film | 4.0 | 37 |
| 1931 | Is There Justice? | Rollins | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1931 | Heroes of the Flames | Bit Part | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1931 | Neck and Neck | Hector | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1931 | A House Divided | Musician (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 36 |
| 1931 | Grief Street | Walt | Film | 4.4 | 36 |
| 1931 | Many a Slip | Minor Role (uncredited) | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1931 | Scratch-As-Catch-Can | Film | 6.0 | 36 | |
| 1931 | Honeymoon Lane | Driver | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1930 | Little Accident | Milkman (uncredited) | Film | 9.0 | 35 |
| 1930 | King of Jazz | Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie') | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1930 | Dames Ahoy | Side Show Barker | Film | 9.0 | 35 |
| 1930 | See America Thirst | Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1929 | His Lucky Day | Road House Thug (uncredited) | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1929 | The Last Performance | Clown (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1929 | The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City | Man at Police Station | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1929 | Flying High | Kidnapper | Film | 10.0 | 34 |
| 1929 | The Shannons of Broadway | Hez | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1929 | The Long, Long Trail | Skinny Rawlins | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1929 | Flight | Marine Pilot | Film | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1929 | One Hysterical Night | Paul Revere | Film | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1929 | The Lariat Kid | Pat O'Shea | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1929 | Smilin' Guns | Ranch Foreman | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1928 | The Ballyhoo Buster | Film | 8.0 | 33 | |
| 1928 | The Michigan Kid | Minor Role (uncredited) | Film | 9.0 | 33 |
| 1927 | Hot Heels | Pool Hall Habitant (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1927 | Tearin' Into Trouble | Billy Martin | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1927 | Blake of Scotland Yard | Henchman (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1927 | The Ridin' Rowdy | Film | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1927 | Sensation Seekers | Below Deck Yacht Crewman | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1927 | Flashing Oars | Hula Hula Hut Customer | Film | 3.5 | 32 |
| 1927 | Alias The Deacon | Cashier at Cunningham's Rink | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1927 | A Fighting Finish | Student | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1926 | Watch Your Wife | Film | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1926 | Spangles | Lunch Counterman (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1925 | Lorraine of the Lions | Minor Role (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 30 |
| 1925 | The Calgary Stampede | Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1925 | Webs of Steel | Film | 9.0 | 30 |