Walter Brennan

Actor · 1894–1974 · Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Highest rated as cast or director

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.

Acted in 208

2000s

2000
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
(archive footage)

1990s

1993
La Classe américaine
'Stumpy' (archive footage)

1970s

1975
Smoke In The Wind
H. P. Kingman
1974
Home for the Holidays
Benjamin Morgan
61
1972
Two for the Money
Cody Guilford
1971
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
Silky O'Sullivan
Alias Smith and Jones
TV · 3 Seasons · Western · Crime
74
1970
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
Nash Crawford
The Young Country
Sheriff Matt Fenley

1960s

1969
To Rome with Love
Andy Pruitt · 22 episodes
The Over the Hill Gang
Nash Crawford
59
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Pa Danby
71
1968
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Grandpa Bower
1967
Who's Minding the Mint?
Pop Gillis
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Will Sonnett · 51 episodes
73
The Gnome-Mobile
D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby
1966
The Oscar
Quentin
41
1964
Those Calloways
Alf Simes
65
1962
How the West Was Won
Jeb Hawkins
71
Shootout at Big Sag
'Preacher' Hawker

1950s

1959
Rio Bravo
Stumpy
85
1957
The Real McCoys
Amos McCoy · 224 episodes
71
God Is My Partner
Dr. Charles Grayson
Tammy and the Bachelor
Grandpa
69
The Way to the Gold
Uncle George Williams
Armored Attack!
Karp
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Joe, Sheriff John Larson · 1 episode
71
The Proud Ones
Jake
Good-bye, My Lady
Uncle Jesse Jackson
Come Next Spring
Jeffrey Storys
Glory
Ned Otis
1955
At Gunpoint
Doc Lacy
The Brush Roper
Grandpa Atkins
Man on a Bus
Saul
Bad Day at Black Rock
Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
81
1954
Four Guns to the Border
Simon Bhumer
Drums Across the River
Sam Brannon
The Far Country
Ben Tatum
78
1953
Sea of Lost Ships
C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
Duffy · 1 episode
Cavalcade of America
Link Morley · 1 episode
Lure of the Wilderness
Jim Harper
Return of the Texan
Grandpa Firth Crockett
1951
The Wild Blue Yonder
Maj. Gen. Wolfe
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Ezra Jenkins, Simmons AKA Mr. Ears · 1 episode
Best of the Badmen
'Doc' Butcher
61
Along the Great Divide
Timothy 'Pop' Keith
1950
Surrender
Sheriff Bill Howard
The Showdown
Cap MacKellar
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Rimrock
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Terence Sweeny
61
Singing Guns
Dr. Jonathan Mark
63

1940s

1949
Task Force
Pete Richard
Brimstone
Pop Courteen
The Green Promise
Mr. Matthews
1948
Blood on the Moon
Kris Barden
71
Red River
'Groot' Nadine
85
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Tony Maule
1947
Driftwood
Murph
1946
Nobody Lives Forever
Pop Gruber
68
My Darling Clementine
Old Man Clanton
83
Centennial Summer
Jesse Rogers
A Stolen Life
Eben Folger
1945
Dakota
Bounce of the Riverbird
To Have and Have Not
Eddie
84
1944
The Princess and the Pirate
Featherhead
68
Home in Indiana
J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt
63
1943
The North Star
Karp
59
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
George, Mailman
Hangmen Also Die!
Prof. Stephen Novotny
77
Slightly Dangerous
Cornelius Burden
1942
Stand by for Action
Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson
The Pride of the Yankees
Sam Blake
80
1941
Rise and Shine
Grandpa
Swamp Water
Tom Keefer
Sergeant York
Pastor Rosier Pile
77
This Woman Is Mine
Captain Jonathan Thorne
Meet John Doe
The Colonel
76
Nice Girl?
Hector Titus
1940
The Westerner
Judge Roy Bean
79
Maryland
William P. Stewart
Northwest Passage
'Hunk' Marriner
71

1930s

1939
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Jim
Stanley and Livingstone
Jeff Slocum
They Shall Have Music
Professor Lawson
Land of Liberty
Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Walter
1938
Kentucky
Peter Goodwin
The Cowboy and the Lady
Sugar
64
The Texans
Chuckawalla
Mother Carey's Chickens
Ossian Popham
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Muff Potter
The Buccaneer
Ezra Peavey
1937
Wild and Woolly
Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
Cappy Ricks
When Love Is Young
Uncle Hugo
She's Dangerous
'Oats'
1936
Banjo on My Knee
Newt Holley
Come and Get It
Swan Bostrom
75
Fury
Bugs Meyers
The Moon's Our Home
Lem
These Three
Taxi Driver
80
Three Godfathers
Samuel 'Gus' Barton
1935
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Station Agent
Metropolitan
Grandpa
Barbary Coast
Old Atrocity
73
She Couldn't Take It
Peddler
We're in the Money
Wedding Witness (uncredited)
The Perfect Tribute
Stone Cutter (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
'Legs' Garnett
Lady Tubbs
Joseph
Party Wire
Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)
Bride of Frankenstein
Peasant (uncredited)
85
West Point of the Air
Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage
The Wedding Night
Bill Jenkins
Restless Knights
Father (uncredited)
Law Beyond the Range
Abner
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Milkman (uncredited)
Northern Frontier
Stuttering Cook
Helldorado
Pete
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Reporter on Ship (uncredited)
1934
The Prescott Kid
Zeke - Stage Driver
Cheating Cheaters
Ship's Telegrapher (uncredited)
There's Always Tomorrow
Auto mechanic
Great Expectations
Prisoner on Ship
Gridiron Flash
Proprietor of Java Joe's
Death on the Diamond
Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Whom the Gods Destroy
Clifford (uncredited), Clifford
Murder in the Private Car
Switchman (uncredited)
The Life of Vergie Winters
Roscoe (uncredited)
Half a Sinner
Radio Announcer
Woman Haters
Train Conductor (uncredited)
I'll Tell the World
Otto - Bicycle Repair Man
Uncertain Lady
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Riptide
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Good Dame
Elmer Spicer
George White's Scandals
Hick (uncredited)
The Poor Rich
Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)
Beloved
Stuttering Boarder
Cross Country Cruise
Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)
Fugitive Lovers
2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)
1933
King for a Night
Soda Jerk
The Invisible Man
Bicycle Owner (uncredited)
82
My Woman
Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)
Curtain at Eight
Backstage Detective [extra]
Saturday's Millions
Reporter
Golden Harvest
Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)
Sailor Beware!
Stuttering Thief
Sensation Hunters
Stuttering Waiter
One Year Later
Man Chuckling at Train Station
Strange People
The Radio Repairman
The Phantom of the Air
'Skid' (uncredited)
The Big Cage
Ticket Taker
The Rustler's Roundup
Walt (uncredited)
Girl Missing
Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)
Parachute Jumper
Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)
63
Goldie Gets Along
Stuttering Waiter
Man Of Action
Cashier Summers
1932
Manhattan Tower
Mechanic (uncredited)
Afraid to Talk
Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)
Women Won't Tell
Man in Junkyard
Once in a Lifetime
Lighting Technician (uncredited)
The All-American
News Commentator at Game (uncredited)
The Fourth Horseman
Toothless Town Drunk
Cornered
Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Speed Madness
Joe
Two-Fisted Law
Bendix the Deputy Sheriff
Miss Pinkerton
Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
60
Scandal for Sale
Newspaperman
The Airmail Mystery
Holly
The Impatient Maiden
Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
Texas Cyclone
Sheriff Lew Collins
Law and Order
Lanky Smith (uncredited)
The Unexpected Father
Sailor (uncredited)
1931
A House Divided
Musician (uncredited)
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
Movie
Neck and Neck
Hector
Is There Justice?
Rollins
Grief Street
Walt
Honeymoon Lane
Driver
Many a Slip
Minor Role (uncredited)
1930
See America Thirst
Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)
Little Accident
Milkman (uncredited)
King of Jazz
Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')
66
Dames Ahoy
Side Show Barker