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Walter Brennan

Born 1894-07-25
Died 1974-09-21
📍 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).

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Filmography 226

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
as (archive footage)
2000
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage)
1997
La Classe américaine
as 'Stumpy' (archive footage)
1993
Smoke In The Wind
as H. P. Kingman
1975
Home for the Holidays
as Benjamin Morgan
1974
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
as Self (archive footage)
1973
Two for the Money
as Cody Guilford
1972
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
as Silky O'Sullivan
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
as Nash Crawford
1970
The Young Country
as Sheriff Matt Fenley
1970
To Rome with Love
as Andy Pruitt
1969
The Over the Hill Gang
as Nash Crawford
1969
Support Your Local Sheriff!
as Pa Danby
1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
1969
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
as Grandpa Bower
1968
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
Who's Minding the Mint?
as Pop Gillis
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Will Sonnett
1967
The Gnome-Mobile
as D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby
1967
Project XX: End of the Trail
as Self - Narrator
1967
The Oscar
as Quentin
1966
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
as Narrator
1965
Those Calloways
as Alf Simes
1964
How the West Was Won
as Jeb Hawkins
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
Shootout at Big Sag
as 'Preacher' Hawker
1962
Rio Bravo
as Stumpy
1959
The Western: A Lost TV Special
as Self
1958
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
Armored Attack!
as Karp
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Joe
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sheriff John Larson
1956
The Proud Ones
as Jake
1956
Good-bye, My Lady
as Uncle Jesse Jackson
1956
Come Next Spring
as Jeffrey Storys
1956
Glory
as Ned Otis
1956
At Gunpoint
as Doc Lacy
1955
The Brush Roper
as Grandpa Atkins
1955
Man on a Bus
as Saul
1955
Bad Day at Black Rock
as Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
1955
Four Guns to the Border
as Simon Bhumer
1954
Drums Across the River
as Sam Brannon
1954
The Far Country
as Ben Tatum
1954
Sea of Lost Ships
as C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley
1953
The Oscars
as Self
1953
The Ford Television Theatre
as Duffy
1952
Cavalcade of America
as Link Morley
1952
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
Lure of the Wilderness
as Jim Harper
1952
Return of the Texan
as Grandpa Firth Crockett
1952
The Wild Blue Yonder
as Maj. Gen. Wolfe
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Ezra Jenkins
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Simmons AKA Mr. Ears
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Best of the Badmen
as 'Doc' Butcher
1951
Along the Great Divide
as Timothy 'Pop' Keith
1951
Surrender
as Sheriff Bill Howard
1950
The Showdown
as Cap MacKellar
1950
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Rimrock
1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk
as Terence Sweeny
1950
Singing Guns
as Dr. Jonathan Mark
1950
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Task Force
as Pete Richard
1949
Brimstone
as Pop Courteen
1949
The Green Promise
as Mr. Matthews
1949
Blood on the Moon
as Kris Barden
1948
Red River
as 'Groot' Nadine
1948
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
as Tony Maule
1948
Driftwood
as Murph
1947
Nobody Lives Forever
as Pop Gruber
1946
My Darling Clementine
as Old Man Clanton
1946
Centennial Summer
as Jesse Rogers
1946
A Stolen Life
as Eben Folger
1946
Dakota
as Bounce of the Riverbird
1945
To Have and Have Not
as Eddie
1945
The Princess and the Pirate
as Featherhead
1944
Home in Indiana
as J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt
1944
The North Star
as Karp
1943
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
as George, Mailman
1943
Hangmen Also Die!
as Prof. Stephen Novotny
1943
Slightly Dangerous
as Cornelius Burden
1943
Stand by for Action
as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson
1942
The Pride of the Yankees
as Sam Blake
1942
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
1941
The Westerner
as Judge Roy Bean
1940
Maryland
as William P. Stewart
1940
Northwest Passage
as 'Hunk' Marriner
1940
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Jim
1939
Stanley and Livingstone
as Jeff Slocum
1939
They Shall Have Music
as Professor Lawson
1939
Land of Liberty
as Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Walter
1939
Kentucky
as Peter Goodwin
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Sugar
1938
The Texans
as Chuckawalla
1938
Mother Carey's Chickens
as Ossian Popham
1938
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Muff Potter
1938
The Buccaneer
as Ezra Peavey
1938
Wild and Woolly
as Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn
1937
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
as Cappy Ricks
1937
When Love Is Young
as Uncle Hugo
1937
She's Dangerous
as 'Oats'
1937
Banjo on My Knee
as Newt Holley
1936
Come and Get It
as Swan Bostrom
1936
Fury
as Bugs Meyers
1936
The Moon's Our Home
as Lem
1936
These Three
as Taxi Driver
1936
Three Godfathers
as Samuel 'Gus' Barton
1936
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Station Agent
1935
Metropolitan
as Grandpa
1935
Barbary Coast
as Old Atrocity
1935
She Couldn't Take It
as Peddler
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
Law Beyond the Range
as Abner
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)
1935
The 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
Whom the Gods Destroy
as Clifford
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
Uncertain Lady
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
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)
1934
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
Saturday's Millions
as Reporter
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
1933
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
Speed Madness
as Joe
1932
Two-Fisted Law
as Bendix the Deputy Sheriff
1932
Miss Pinkerton
as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
1932
Scandal for Sale
as Newspaperman
1932
The Airmail Mystery
as Holly
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)
1932
A House Divided
as Musician (uncredited)
1931
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931
Neck and Neck
as Hector
1931
Is There Justice?
as Rollins
1931
Grief Street
as Walt
1931
Honeymoon Lane
as Driver
1931
Many a Slip
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1931
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
1930
The Shannons of Broadway
as Hez
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
1929
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
as Man at Police Station
1929
The Michigan Kid
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1928
The Ballyhoo Buster
1928
Hot Heels
as Pool Hall Habitant (uncredited)
1927
Blake of Scotland Yard
as Henchman (uncredited)
1927
Alias The Deacon
as Cashier at Cunningham's Rink
1927
The Ridin' Rowdy
1927
Sensation Seekers
as Below Deck Yacht Crewman
1927
Tearin' Into Trouble
as Billy Martin
1927
Flashing Oars
as Hula Hula Hut Customer
1927
Spangles
as Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
1926
Watch Your Wife
1926
The Calgary Stampede
as Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)
1925
Lorraine of the Lions
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1925
Webs of Steel
1925