Portrait of Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

Acting

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.

Born: July 25, 1894

Place of Birth: Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Filmography

2000
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

as (archive footage)

1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

1997
Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage)

1993
La Classe américaine

as 'Stumpy' (archive footage)

1975
Smoke In The Wind

as H. P. Kingman

1974
Home for the Holidays

as Benjamin Morgan

1973
1972
Two for the Money

as Cody Guilford

1971
1970
The Young Country

as Sheriff Matt Fenley

1969
To Rome with Love

as Andy Pruitt

1969
The Over the Hill Gang

as Nash Crawford

1968
The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1967
1967
1967
The Gnome-Mobile

as D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby

1967
1966
The Oscar

as Quentin

1964
Those Calloways

as Alf Simes

1962
How the West Was Won

as Col. Jeb Hawkins

1962
Shootout at Big Sag

as 'Preacher' Hawker

1959
Rio Bravo

as Stumpy

1957
The Real McCoys

as Amos McCoy

1957
God Is My Partner

as Dr. Charles Grayson

1957
Tammy and the Bachelor

as John Dinwitty

1957
The Way to the Gold

as Uncle George Williams

1957
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Sheriff John Larson

1956
1956
Good-bye, My Lady

as Uncle Jesse Jackson

1956
Come Next Spring

as Jeffrey Storys

1956
Glory

as Ned Otis

1955
At Gunpoint

as Doc Lacy

1955
The Brush Roper

as Grandpa Atkins

1955
1955
Bad Day at Black Rock

as Doc T.R. Velie Jr.

1954
1954
1954
The Far Country

as Ben Tatum

1953
Sea of Lost Ships

as C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1952
Cavalcade of America

as Link Morley

1952
1952
Return of the Texan

as Grandpa Firth Crockett

1951
The Wild Blue Yonder

as Maj. Gen. Wolfe

1951
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Simmons AKA Mr. Ears

1951
Best of the Badmen

as 'Doc' Butcher

1951
Along the Great Divide

as Timothy 'Pop' Keith

1950
Surrender

as Sheriff Bill Howard

1950
The Showdown

as Cap MacKellar

1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk

as Terence Sweeny

1950
Singing Guns

as Dr. Jonathan Mark

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
Task Force

as Pete Richard

1949
Brimstone

as Pop Courteen

1949
The Green Promise

as Mr. Matthews

1948
Blood on the Moon

as Kris Barden

1948
Red River

as 'Groot' Nadine

1948
1947
Driftwood

as Murph

1946
1946
My Darling Clementine

as Old Man Clanton

1946
Centennial Summer

as Jesse Rogers

1946
A Stolen Life

as Eben Folger

1945
Dakota

as Bounce of the Riverbird

1944
1944
Home in Indiana

as J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt

1943
1943
Hangmen Also Die!

as Prof. Stephen Novotny

1943
Slightly Dangerous

as Cornelius Burden

1942
Stand by for Action

as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson

1942
1941
Rise and Shine

as Grandpa

1941
Swamp Water

as Tom Keefer

1941
Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1941
Sergeant York

as Pastor Rosier Pile

1941
This Woman Is Mine

as Captain Jonathan Thorne

1941
Meet John Doe

as The Colonel

1941
Nice Girl?

as Hector Titus

1940
The Westerner

as Judge Roy Bean

1940
Maryland

as William P. Stewart

1940
Northwest Passage

as 'Hunk' Marriner

1939
1939
They Shall Have Music

as Professor Lawson

1939
Land of Liberty

as Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')

1938
Kentucky

as Peter Goodwin

1938
The Texans

as Chuckawalla

1938
Mother Carey's Chickens

as Ossian Popham

1938
The Buccaneer

as Ezra Peavey

1937
Wild and Woolly

as Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn

1937
1937
When Love Is Young

as Uncle Hugo

1937
1936
Banjo on My Knee

as Newt Holley

1936
Come and Get It

as Swan Bostrom

1936
Fury

as Bugs Meyers

1936
These Three

as Taxi Driver

1936
Three Godfathers

as Samuel 'Gus' Barton

1935
Seven Keys to Baldpate

as Station Agent

1935
Metropolitan

as Grandpa

1935
Barbary Coast

as Old Atrocity

1935
1935
We're in the Money

as Wedding Witness (uncredited)

1935
The Perfect Tribute

as Stone Cutter (uncredited)

1935
Man on the Flying Trapeze

as 'Legs' Garnett

1935
Lady Tubbs

as Joseph

1935
Party Wire

as Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)

1935
Bride of Frankenstein

as Peasant (uncredited)

1935
West Point of the Air

as Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage

1935
The Wedding Night

as Bill Jenkins

1935
Restless Knights

as Father (uncredited)

1935
The Mystery of Edwin Drood

as Milkman (uncredited)

1935
Northern Frontier

as Stuttering Cook

1935
Helldorado

as Pete

1935
Biography of a Bachelor Girl

as Reporter on Ship (uncredited)

1934
Prescott Kid

as Zeke - Stage Driver

1934
Cheating Cheaters

as Ship's Telegrapher (uncredited)

1934
There's Always Tomorrow

as Auto mechanic

1934
Great Expectations

as Prisoner on Ship

1934
Gridiron Flash

as Proprietor of Java Joe's

1934
Death on the Diamond

as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

1934
Whom the Gods Destroy

as Clifford (uncredited)

1934
1934
Murder in the Private Car

as Switchman (uncredited)

1934
The Life of Vergie Winters

as Roscoe (uncredited)

1934
Half a Sinner

as Radio Announcer

1934
Woman Haters

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1934
I'll Tell the World

as Otto - Bicycle Repair Man

1934
Riptide

as Chauffeur (uncredited)

1934
Good Dame

as Elmer Spicer

1934
George White's Scandals

as Hick (uncredited)

1934
The Poor Rich

as Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)

1934
Beloved

as Stuttering Boarder

1934
Cross Country Cruise

as Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)

1934
Fugitive Lovers

as 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)

1933
King for a Night

as Soda Jerk

1933
The Invisible Man

as Bicycle Owner (uncredited)

1933
My Woman

as Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)

1933
Curtain at Eight

as Backstage Detective [extra]

1933
1933
Golden Harvest

as Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)

1933
Sailor Beware!

as Stuttering Thief

1933
Sensation Hunters

as Stuttering Waiter

1933
One Year Later

as Man Chuckling at Train Station

1933
Strange People

as The Radio Repairman

1933
The Phantom of the Air

as 'Skid' (uncredited)

1933
The Big Cage

as Ticket Taker

1933
The Rustler's Roundup

as Walt (uncredited)

1933
Girl Missing

as Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)

1933
Parachute Jumper

as Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)

1933
Goldie Gets Along

as Stuttering Waiter

1933
Man Of Action

as Cashier Summers

1932
Manhattan Tower

as Mechanic (uncredited)

1932
Afraid to Talk

as Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)

1932
Women Won't Tell

as Man in Junkyard

1932
Once in a Lifetime

as Lighting Technician (uncredited)

1932
The All-American

as News Commentator at Game (uncredited)

1932
The Fourth Horseman

as Toothless Town Drunk

1932
Cornered

as Court Bailiff (uncredited)

1932
1932
Two-Fisted Law

as Bendix the Deputy Sheriff

1932
Miss Pinkerton

as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

1932
Scandal for Sale

as Newspaperman

1932
The Impatient Maiden

as Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

1932
Texas Cyclone

as Sheriff Lew Collins

1932
Law and Order

as Lanky Smith (uncredited)

1932
The Unexpected Father

as Sailor (uncredited)

1931
A House Divided

as Musician (uncredited)

1931
Neck and Neck

as Hector

1931
1931
1931
Many a Slip

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1930
See America Thirst

as Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)

1930
Little Accident

as Milkman (uncredited)

1930
King of Jazz

as Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')

1930
Dames Ahoy

as Side Show Barker

1929
The Long, Long Trail

as Skinny Rawlins

1929
The Last Performance

as Clown (uncredited)

1929
One Hysterical Night

as Paul Revere

1929
Flight

as Marine Pilot

1929
His Lucky Day

as Road House Thug (uncredited)

1929
The Lariat Kid

as Pat O'Shea

1929
Smilin' Guns

as Ranch Foreman

1928
The Michigan Kid

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1927
Blake of Scotland Yard

as Henchman (uncredited)

1927
Alias The Deacon

as Cashier at Cunningham's Rink

1927
Sensation Seekers

as Below Deck Yacht Crewman

1927
Tearin' Into Trouble

as Billy Martin

1927
Flashing Oars

as Hula Hula Hut Customer

1926
Spangles

as Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

1925
The Calgary Stampede

as Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)

1925
Lorraine of the Lions

as Minor Role (uncredited)