Biography
Floyd 'Silver Tip' Baker born Floyd Michael Baker in Texas in 1886. Well-known trick rider in rodeos and wild west shows from the late 1900's. He was among the talented few that could handle a team of horses and stagecoach at full speed, became a white-haired old codger character in many westerns, first playing the role, General Grenville M. Dodge in 'In the Days of Buffalo Bill' directed by Edward Laemmle and starring Art Acord as Art Taylor and Duke R. Lee as Buffalo Bill at the Universal, seen in over 100 minor roles in talkies many of them B-Westerns. married to wild show trick rider Mabel Baker.
Acted in 40
1940s
- 1945
- 1942
Lawless Plainsmen
Wagon Train Man (archive footage)
- 1941
Wrangler's Roost
Church Member
Pirates on Horseback
Barfly
Sheriff of Tombstone
Townsman
- 1940
Under Texas Skies
Townsman
The Durango Kid
Piute City Townsman (uncredited)
Winners of the West
Barfly
Adventures of Red Ryder
Barfly
Rocky Mountain Rangers
Texas Ranger
1930s
- 1939
Destry Rides Again
Barfly (uncredited)
- 1938
Frontier Town
Barfly
- 1937
Empty Holsters
Townsman (uncredited)
Gunsmoke Ranch
Settler
Ranger Courage
Settler (uncredited)
- 1936
Rio Grande Ranger
Barfly (uncredited)
Trailin' West
Gambler (uncredited)
- 1935
Big Calibre
Barfly / Man at Dance
Kid Courageous
Pete the Cowhand
Arizona Bad Man
Cowhand
- 1934
- 1933
The Gallant Fool
Silver
The Thrill Hunter
Townsman
- 1932
Young Blood
Stage Driver
The Man from Hell's Edges
Silver, Stage Coach Driver
- 1931
Wild Horse
Cowboy
1920s
- 1922
In the Days of Buffalo Bill
Gen. Grenville M. Dodge