Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

Acting • Born 1894-07-25 – Died 1974-09-21

Acting2Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Filmography

236 credits
Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo

Movie • 1959

Stumpy

The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy

Movie • 1968

Self (archive footage)

My Darling Clementine

My Darling Clementine

Movie • 1946

Old Man Clanton

Red River

Red River

Movie • 1948

'Groot' Nadine

Spangles

Spangles

Movie • 1926

Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Movie • 1938

Muff Potter

The Princess and the Pirate

The Princess and the Pirate

Movie • 1944

Featherhead

Hangmen Also Die!

Hangmen Also Die!

Movie • 1943

Prof. Stephen Novotny

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Movie • 1969

Pa Danby

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

Movie • 2000

(archive footage)

To Have and Have Not

To Have and Have Not

Movie • 1945

Eddie

Home for the Holidays

Home for the Holidays

Movie • 1974

Benjamin Morgan

The Gnome-Mobile

The Gnome-Mobile

Movie • 1967

D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

Movie • 1962

Jeb Hawkins

Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe

Movie • 1941

The Colonel

Nobody Lives Forever

Nobody Lives Forever

Movie • 1946

Pop Gruber

Nice Girl?

Nice Girl?

Movie • 1941

Hector Titus

The Rustler's Roundup

The Rustler's Roundup

Movie • 1933

Walt (uncredited)

Bad Day at Black Rock

Bad Day at Black Rock

Movie • 1955

Doc T.R. Velie Jr.

Fury

Fury

Movie • 1936

Bugs Meyers

Blood on the Moon

Blood on the Moon

Movie • 1948

Kris Barden

Prescott Kid

Prescott Kid

Movie • 1934

Zeke - Stage Driver

The Westerner

The Westerner

Movie • 1940

Judge Roy Bean

Those Calloways

Those Calloways

Movie • 1964

Alf Simes

Tammy and the Bachelor

Tammy and the Bachelor

Movie • 1957

John Dinwitty

A Stolen Life

A Stolen Life

Movie • 1946

Eben Folger

Task Force

Task Force

Movie • 1949

Pete Richard

Flashing Oars

Flashing Oars

Movie • 1927

Hula Hula Hut Customer

Northwest Passage

Northwest Passage

Movie • 1940

'Hunk' Marriner

Along the Great Divide

Along the Great Divide

Movie • 1951

Timothy 'Pop' Keith

Who's Minding the Mint?

Who's Minding the Mint?

Movie • 1967

Pop Gillis

The Iceman's Ball

The Iceman's Ball

Movie • 1932

Officer Dugan

Swamp Water

Swamp Water

Movie • 1941

Tom Keefer

Sergeant York

Sergeant York

Movie • 1941

Pastor Rosier Pile

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

Movie • 1968

Grandpa Bower

The North Star

The North Star

Movie • 1943

Karp

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Movie • 1939

Walter

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Movie • 1935

Milkman (uncredited)

The Far Country

The Far Country

Movie • 1954

Ben Tatum

Rise and Shine

Rise and Shine

Movie • 1941

Grandpa

Breakdowns of 1941

Breakdowns of 1941

Movie • 1941

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees

Movie • 1942

Sam Blake

Once in a Lifetime

Once in a Lifetime

Movie • 1932

Lighting Technician (uncredited)

These Three

These Three

Movie • 1936

Taxi Driver

The Over the Hill Gang

The Over the Hill Gang

Movie • 1969

Nash Crawford

The Oscar

The Oscar

Movie • 1966

Quentin

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Movie • 1935

'Legs' Garnett

Two-Fisted Law

Two-Fisted Law

Movie • 1932

Bendix the Deputy Sheriff

Barbary Coast

Barbary Coast

Movie • 1935

Old Atrocity

Come and Get It

Come and Get It

Movie • 1936

Swan Bostrom

The Impatient Maiden

The Impatient Maiden

Movie • 1932

Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

Dakota

Dakota

Movie • 1945

Bounce of the Riverbird

Helldorado

Helldorado

Movie • 1935

Pete

The Showdown

The Showdown

Movie • 1950

Cap MacKellar

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

Movie • 1970

Nash Crawford

Stanley and Livingstone

Stanley and Livingstone

Movie • 1939

Jeff Slocum

Stand by for Action

Stand by for Action

Movie • 1942

Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson

Law and Order

Law and Order

Movie • 1932

Lanky Smith (uncredited)

Driftwood

Driftwood

Movie • 1947

Murph

Drums Across the River

Drums Across the River

Movie • 1954

Sam Brannon

The Moon's Our Home

The Moon's Our Home

Movie • 1936

Lem

At Gunpoint

At Gunpoint

Movie • 1955

Doc Lacy

The Proud Ones

The Proud Ones

Movie • 1956

Jake

The Texans

The Texans

Movie • 1938

Chuckawalla

Come Next Spring

Come Next Spring

Movie • 1956

Jeffrey Storys

The Cowboy and the Lady

The Cowboy and the Lady

Movie • 1938

Sugar

Best of the Badmen

Best of the Badmen

Movie • 1951

'Doc' Butcher

Woman Haters

Woman Haters

Movie • 1934

Train Conductor (uncredited)

They Shall Have Music

They Shall Have Music

Movie • 1939

Professor Lawson

The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer

Movie • 1938

Ezra Peavey

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

Movie • 1948

Tony Maule

Singing Guns

Singing Guns

Movie • 1950

Dr. Jonathan Mark

Manhattan Tower

Manhattan Tower

Movie • 1932

Mechanic (uncredited)

Kentucky

Kentucky

Movie • 1938

Peter Goodwin

Centennial Summer

Centennial Summer

Movie • 1946

Jesse Rogers

The Calgary Stampede

The Calgary Stampede

Movie • 1925

Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)

A Ticket to Tomahawk

A Ticket to Tomahawk

Movie • 1950

Terence Sweeny

Three Godfathers

Three Godfathers

Movie • 1936

Samuel 'Gus' Barton

Banjo on My Knee

Banjo on My Knee

Movie • 1936

Newt Holley

Smilin' Guns

Smilin' Guns

Movie • 1929

Ranch Foreman

The Lariat Kid

The Lariat Kid

Movie • 1929

Pat O'Shea

The Wild Blue Yonder

The Wild Blue Yonder

Movie • 1951

Maj. Gen. Wolfe

Surrender

Surrender

Movie • 1950

Sheriff Bill Howard

Flight

Flight

Movie • 1929

Marine Pilot

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

Movie • 1973

Self (archive footage)

Honeymoon Lane

Honeymoon Lane

Movie • 1931

Driver

Restless Knights

Restless Knights

Movie • 1935

Father (uncredited)

Girl Missing

Girl Missing

Movie • 1933

Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)

Glory

Glory

Movie • 1956

Ned Otis

Slightly Dangerous

Slightly Dangerous

Movie • 1943

Cornelius Burden

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Movie • 1935

Station Agent

There's Always Tomorrow

There's Always Tomorrow

Movie • 1934

Auto mechanic

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

Movie • 1950

Rimrock

Home in Indiana

Home in Indiana

Movie • 1944

J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt

The Young Country

The Young Country

Movie • 1970

Sheriff Matt Fenley

Maryland

Maryland

Movie • 1940

William P. Stewart

Radio Dough

Radio Dough

Movie • 1934

Drunk Customer (uncredited)

Two for the Money

Two for the Money

Movie • 1972

Cody Guilford

Mother Carey's Chickens

Mother Carey's Chickens

Movie • 1938

Ossian Popham

Affairs of Cappy Ricks

Affairs of Cappy Ricks

Movie • 1937

Cappy Ricks

Brimstone

Brimstone

Movie • 1949

Pop Courteen

Metropolitan

Metropolitan

Movie • 1935

Grandpa

Lady Tubbs

Lady Tubbs

Movie • 1935

Joseph

She's Dangerous

She's Dangerous

Movie • 1937

'Oats'

Four Guns to the Border

Four Guns to the Border

Movie • 1954

Simon Bhumer

Lure of the Wilderness

Lure of the Wilderness

Movie • 1952

Jim Harper

Gridiron Flash

Gridiron Flash

Movie • 1934

Proprietor of Java Joe's

We're in the Money

We're in the Money

Movie • 1935

Wedding Witness (uncredited)

Miss Pinkerton

Miss Pinkerton

Movie • 1932

Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

Grief Street

Grief Street

Movie • 1931

Walt

Dames Ahoy

Dames Ahoy

Movie • 1930

Side Show Barker

Return of the Texan

Return of the Texan

Movie • 1952

Grandpa Firth Crockett

Cross Country Cruise

Cross Country Cruise

Movie • 1934

Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)

See America Thirst

See America Thirst

Movie • 1930

Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)

One Year Later

One Year Later

Movie • 1933

Man Chuckling at Train Station

The Wedding Night

The Wedding Night

Movie • 1935

Bill Jenkins

The Unexpected Father

The Unexpected Father

Movie • 1932

Sailor (uncredited)

My Woman

My Woman

Movie • 1933

Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)

The Michigan Kid

The Michigan Kid

Movie • 1928

Minor Role (uncredited)

Land of Liberty

Land of Liberty

Movie • 1939

Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')

Lorraine of the Lions

Lorraine of the Lions

Movie • 1925

Minor Role (uncredited)

Sensation Seekers

Sensation Seekers

Movie • 1927

Below Deck Yacht Crewman

The Green Promise

The Green Promise

Movie • 1949

Mr. Matthews

Scandal for Sale

Scandal for Sale

Movie • 1932

Newspaperman

Good-bye, My Lady

Good-bye, My Lady

Movie • 1956

Uncle Jesse Jackson

God Is My Partner

God Is My Partner

Movie • 1957

Dr. Charles Grayson

I'll Tell the World

I'll Tell the World

Movie • 1934

Otto - Bicycle Repair Man

Tearin' Into Trouble

Tearin' Into Trouble

Movie • 1927

Billy Martin

The Ridin' Rowdy

The Ridin' Rowdy

Movie • 1927

The Ballyhoo Buster

The Ballyhoo Buster

Movie • 1928

King of Jazz

King of Jazz

Movie • 1930

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

George White's Scandals

George White's Scandals

Movie • 1934

Hick (uncredited)

West Point of the Air

West Point of the Air

Movie • 1935

Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage

The Airmail Mystery

The Airmail Mystery

Movie • 1932

Holly

King for a Night

King for a Night

Movie • 1933

Soda Jerk

Blake of Scotland Yard

Blake of Scotland Yard

Movie • 1927

Henchman (uncredited)

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

Movie • 1931

Northern Frontier

Northern Frontier

Movie • 1935

Stuttering Cook

Curtain at Eight

Curtain at Eight

Movie • 1933

Backstage Detective [extra]

Party Wire

Party Wire

Movie • 1935

Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)

The Life of Vergie Winters

The Life of Vergie Winters

Movie • 1934

Roscoe (uncredited)

Man Of Action

Man Of Action

Movie • 1933

Cashier Summers

Bride of Frankenstein

Bride of Frankenstein

Movie • 1935

Peasant (uncredited)

Strange People

Strange People

Movie • 1933

The Radio Repairman

A House Divided

A House Divided

Movie • 1931

Musician (uncredited)

Parachute Jumper

Parachute Jumper

Movie • 1933

Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)

Speed Madness

Speed Madness

Movie • 1932

Joe

Law Beyond the Range

Law Beyond the Range

Movie • 1935

Abner

Sensation Hunters

Sensation Hunters

Movie • 1933

Stuttering Waiter

When Love Is Young

When Love Is Young

Movie • 1937

Uncle Hugo

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Movie • 1939

Jim

The Shooting of Dan McGrew

The Shooting of Dan McGrew

Movie • 1965

Narrator

Women Won't Tell

Women Won't Tell

Movie • 1932

Man in Junkyard

The Poor Rich

The Poor Rich

Movie • 1934

Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)

Alias The Deacon

Alias The Deacon

Movie • 1927

Cashier at Cunningham's Rink

The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man

Movie • 1933

Bicycle Owner (uncredited)

Afraid to Talk

Afraid to Talk

Movie • 1932

Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)

Murder in the Private Car

Murder in the Private Car

Movie • 1934

Switchman (uncredited)

Cornered

Cornered

Movie • 1932

Court Bailiff (uncredited)

This Woman Is Mine

This Woman Is Mine

Movie • 1941

Captain Jonathan Thorne

The Phantom of the Air

The Phantom of the Air

Movie • 1933

'Skid' (uncredited)

Golden Harvest

Golden Harvest

Movie • 1933

Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)

Fugitive Lovers

Fugitive Lovers

Movie • 1934

2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)

She Couldn't Take It

She Couldn't Take It

Movie • 1935

Peddler

Whom the Gods Destroy

Whom the Gods Destroy

Movie • 1934

Clifford (uncredited)

Texas Cyclone

Texas Cyclone

Movie • 1932

Sheriff Lew Collins

Goldie Gets Along

Goldie Gets Along

Movie • 1933

Stuttering Waiter

One Hysterical Night

One Hysterical Night

Movie • 1929

Paul Revere

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

Movie • 1935

Reporter on Ship (uncredited)

Shootout at Big Sag

Shootout at Big Sag

Movie • 1962

'Preacher' Hawker

Death on the Diamond

Death on the Diamond

Movie • 1934

Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

Little Accident

Little Accident

Movie • 1930

Milkman (uncredited)

Saturday's Millions

Saturday's Millions

Movie • 1933

Reporter

Neck and Neck

Neck and Neck

Movie • 1931

Hector

Good Dame

Good Dame

Movie • 1934

Elmer Spicer

Bogart: The Untold Story

Bogart: The Untold Story

Movie • 1997

Self (archive footage)

His Lucky Day

His Lucky Day

Movie • 1929

Road House Thug (uncredited)

The All-American

The All-American

Movie • 1932

News Commentator at Game (uncredited)

The Last Performance

The Last Performance

Movie • 1929

Clown (uncredited)

The Long, Long Trail

The Long, Long Trail

Movie • 1929

Skinny Rawlins

Armored Attack!

Armored Attack!

Movie • 1957

Karp

Brick-a-Brac

Brick-a-Brac

Movie • 1935

Lem

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

Movie • 1943

George, Mailman

Sea of Lost Ships

Sea of Lost Ships

Movie • 1953

C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley

Riptide

Riptide

Movie • 1934

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Half a Sinner

Half a Sinner

Movie • 1934

Radio Announcer

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Movie • 1934

Prisoner on Ship

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

Movie • 1997

Self (archive footage)

The Perfect Tribute

The Perfect Tribute

Movie • 1935

Stone Cutter (uncredited)

Lucky Dog

Lucky Dog

Movie • 1933

Drunk #2

La Classe américaine

La Classe américaine

Movie • 1993

'Stumpy' (archive footage)

Smoke In The Wind

Smoke In The Wind

Movie • 1975

H. P. Kingman

The Way to the Gold

The Way to the Gold

Movie • 1957

Uncle George Williams

Wild and Woolly

Wild and Woolly

Movie • 1937

Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn

Sailor Beware!

Sailor Beware!

Movie • 1933

Stuttering Thief

Beloved

Beloved

Movie • 1934

Stuttering Boarder

Man on a Bus

Man on a Bus

Movie • 1955

Saul

Many a Slip

Many a Slip

Movie • 1931

Minor Role (uncredited)

The Big Cage

The Big Cage

Movie • 1933

Ticket Taker

A Fighting Finish

A Fighting Finish

Movie • 1927

Student

The Brush Roper

The Brush Roper

Movie • 1955

Grandpa Atkins

Webs of Steel

Webs of Steel

Movie • 1925

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

Movie • 1971

Silky O'Sullivan

Whom the Gods Destroy

Whom the Gods Destroy

Movie • 1934

Clifford

Project XX: End of the Trail

Project XX: End of the Trail

Movie • 1967

Self - Narrator

The Fourth Horseman

The Fourth Horseman

Movie • 1932

Toothless Town Drunk

The Western: A Lost TV Special

The Western: A Lost TV Special

Movie • 1958

Self

Cheating Cheaters

Cheating Cheaters

Movie • 1934

Ship's Telegrapher (uncredited)

Hot Heels

Hot Heels

Movie • 1927

Pool Hall Habitant (uncredited)

The Shannons of Broadway

The Shannons of Broadway

Movie • 1929

Hez

Watch Your Wife

Watch Your Wife

Movie • 1926

Uncertain Lady

Uncertain Lady

Movie • 1934

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Paradise Valley

Paradise Valley

Movie • 1934

Farmer Hiram

Flying High

Flying High

Movie • 1929

Kidnapper

The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City

The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City

Movie • 1929

Man at Police Station

Is There Justice?

Is There Justice?

Movie • 1931

Rollins

Alias Smith and Jones

Alias Smith and Jones

TV • 1971

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

TV • 1962

Self

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

TV • 1969

Self

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV • 1951

Ezra Jenkins

The Real McCoys

The Real McCoys

TV • 1957

Amos McCoy

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

TV • 1956

Self

The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Guns of Will Sonnett

TV • 1967

Will Sonnett

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV • 1956

Joe

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America

TV • 1952

Link Morley

The Oscars

The Oscars

TV • 1953

Self

The Ford Television Theatre

The Ford Television Theatre

TV • 1952

Duffy

The George Gobel Show

The George Gobel Show

TV • 1954

Self

This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life

TV • 1952

Self

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV • 1951

Simmons AKA Mr. Ears

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV • 1951

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV • 1956

Sheriff John Larson

The Ford Show

The Ford Show

TV • 1956

Self

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

TV • 1950

Self - Mystery Guest

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

TV • 1950

Self - Intermission Guest

To Rome with Love

To Rome with Love

TV • 1969

Andy Pruitt