Walter Brennan

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.

Known For

Stumpy

Rio Bravo

Self (archive footage)

The Movie Orgy

Old Man Clanton

My Darling Clementine

'Groot' Nadine

Red River

Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

Spangles

Muff Potter

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Featherhead

The Princess and the Pirate

Prof. Stephen Novotny

Hangmen Also Die!

Pa Danby

Support Your Local Sheriff!

(archive footage)

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

Eddie

To Have and Have Not

Benjamin Morgan

Home for the Holidays

D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby

The Gnome-Mobile

Col. Jeb Hawkins

How the West Was Won

The Colonel

Meet John Doe

Pop Gruber

Nobody Lives Forever

Hector Titus

Nice Girl?

Walt (uncredited)

The Rustler's Roundup

Doc T.R. Velie Jr.

Bad Day at Black Rock

Bugs Meyers

Fury

Kris Barden

Blood on the Moon

Zeke - Stage Driver

Prescott Kid

Judge Roy Bean

The Westerner

Alf Simes

Those Calloways

John Dinwitty

Tammy and the Bachelor

Eben Folger

A Stolen Life

Pete Richard

Task Force

Hula Hula Hut Customer

Flashing Oars

'Hunk' Marriner

Northwest Passage

Timothy 'Pop' Keith

Along the Great Divide

Pop Gillis

Who's Minding the Mint?

Officer Dugan

The Iceman's Ball

Tom Keefer

Swamp Water

Pastor Rosier Pile

Sergeant York

Grandpa Bower

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

Karp

The North Star

Walter

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

First Gossip

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Ben Tatum

The Far Country

Grandpa

Rise and Shine

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Breakdowns of 1941

Sam Blake

The Pride of the Yankees

Lighting Technician (uncredited)

Once in a Lifetime

Taxi Driver

These Three

Nash Crawford

The Over the Hill Gang

Quentin

The Oscar

'Legs' Garnett

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Bendix the Deputy Sheriff

Two-Fisted Law

Old Atrocity

Barbary Coast

Swan Bostrom

Come and Get It

Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

The Impatient Maiden

Capt. Bounce of the Riverbird

Dakota

Pete

Helldorado

Cap MacKellar

The Showdown

Nash Crawford

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

Jeff Slocum

Stanley and Livingstone

Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson

Stand by for Action

Lanky Smith (uncredited)

Law and Order

Murph

Driftwood

Sam Brannon

Drums Across the River

Lem

The Moon's Our Home

Doc Lacy

At Gunpoint

Jake

The Proud Ones

Chuckawalla

The Texans

Jeffrey Storys

Come Next Spring

Sugar

The Cowboy and the Lady

'Doc' Butcher

Best of the Badmen

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Woman Haters

Professor Lawson

They Shall Have Music

Ezra Peavey

The Buccaneer

Tony Maule

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

Dr. Jonathan Mark

Singing Guns

Mechanic (uncredited)

Manhattan Tower

Peter Goodwin

Kentucky

Jesse Rogers

Centennial Summer

Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)

The Calgary Stampede

Terence Sweeny

A Ticket to Tomahawk

Samuel 'Gus' Barton

Three Godfathers

Newt Holley

Banjo on My Knee

Ranch Foreman

Smilin' Guns

Pat O'Shea

The Lariat Kid

Maj. Gen. Wolfe

The Wild Blue Yonder

Sheriff Bill Howard

Surrender

Marine Pilot

Flight

Self (archive footage)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

Driver

Honeymoon Lane

Father (uncredited)

Restless Knights

Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)

Girl Missing

Ned Otis

Glory

Cornelius Burden

Slightly Dangerous

Station Agent

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Auto mechanic

There's Always Tomorrow

Rimrock

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt

Home in Indiana

Sheriff Matt Fenley

The Young Country

William P. Stewart

Maryland

Drunk Customer (uncredited)

Radio Dough

Cody Guilford

Two for the Money

Ossian Popham

Mother Carey's Chickens

Cappy Ricks

Affairs of Cappy Ricks

Pop Courteen

Brimstone

Grandpa

Metropolitan

Joseph

Lady Tubbs

'Oats'

She's Dangerous

Simon Bhumer

Four Guns to the Border

Jim Harper

Lure of the Wilderness

Proprietor of Java Joe's

Gridiron Flash

Wedding Witness (uncredited)

We're in the Money

Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

Miss Pinkerton

Walt

Grief Street

Side Show Barker

Dames Ahoy

Grandpa Firth Crockett

Return of the Texan

Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)

Cross Country Cruise

Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)

See America Thirst

Man Chuckling at Train Station

One Year Later

Bill Jenkins

The Wedding Night

Sailor (uncredited)

The Unexpected Father

Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)

My Woman

Minor Role (uncredited)

The Michigan Kid

Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')

Land of Liberty

Minor Role (uncredited)

Lorraine of the Lions

Below Deck Yacht Crewman

Sensation Seekers

Mr. Matthews

The Green Promise

Newspaperman

Scandal for Sale

Uncle Jesse Jackson

Good-bye, My Lady

Dr. Charles Grayson

God Is My Partner

Otto - Bicycle Repair Man

I'll Tell the World

Billy Martin

Tearin' Into Trouble

The Ridin' Rowdy

The Ballyhoo Buster

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

King of Jazz

Hick (uncredited)

George White's Scandals

Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage

West Point of the Air

Holly

The Airmail Mystery

Soda Jerk

King for a Night

Henchman (uncredited)

Blake of Scotland Yard

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

Stuttering Cook

Northern Frontier

Backstage Detective [extra]

Curtain at Eight

Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)

Party Wire

Roscoe (uncredited)

The Life of Vergie Winters

Cashier Summers

Man Of Action

Peasant (uncredited)

Bride of Frankenstein

The Radio Repairman

Strange People

Musician (uncredited)

A House Divided

Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)

Parachute Jumper

Joe

Speed Madness

Abner

Law Beyond the Range

Stuttering Waiter

Sensation Hunters

Uncle Hugo

When Love Is Young

Jim

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Narrator

The Shooting of Dan McGrew

Man in Junkyard

Women Won't Tell

Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)

The Poor Rich

Cashier at Cunningham's Rink

Alias The Deacon

Bicycle Owner (uncredited)

The Invisible Man

Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)

Afraid to Talk

Switchman (uncredited)

Murder in the Private Car

Court Bailiff (uncredited)

Cornered

Captain Jonathan Thorne

This Woman Is Mine

'Skid' (uncredited)

The Phantom of the Air

Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)

Golden Harvest

2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)

Fugitive Lovers

Peddler

She Couldn't Take It

Clifford (uncredited)

Whom the Gods Destroy

Sheriff Lew Collins

Texas Cyclone

Stuttering Waiter

Goldie Gets Along

Paul Revere

One Hysterical Night

Reporter on Ship (uncredited)

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

'Preacher' Hawker

Shootout at Big Sag

Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

Death on the Diamond

Milkman (uncredited)

Little Accident

Reporter

Saturday's Millions

Hector

Neck and Neck

Elmer Spicer

Good Dame

Self (archive footage)

Bogart: The Untold Story

Road House Thug (uncredited)

His Lucky Day

News Commentator at Game (uncredited)

The All-American

Clown (uncredited)

The Last Performance

Skinny Rawlins

The Long, Long Trail

Karp

Armored Attack!

Lem

Brick-a-Brac

George, Mailman

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley

Sea of Lost Ships

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Riptide

Radio Announcer

Half a Sinner

Prisoner on Ship

Great Expectations

Self (archive footage)

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self (archive footage)

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

Stone Cutter (uncredited)

The Perfect Tribute

Drunk #2

Lucky Dog

'Stumpy' (archive footage)

La Classe américaine

H. P. Kingman

Smoke In The Wind

Uncle George Williams

The Way to the Gold

Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn

Wild and Woolly

Stuttering Thief

Sailor Beware!

Stuttering Boarder

Beloved

Saul

Man on a Bus

Minor Role (uncredited)

Many a Slip

Ticket Taker

The Big Cage

Student

A Fighting Finish

Grandpa Atkins

The Brush Roper

Webs of Steel

Silky O'Sullivan

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

Clifford

Whom the Gods Destroy

Self - Narrator

Project XX: End of the Trail

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

206

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-07-24

Place of Birth

Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Walter Andrew Brennan