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Walter Brennan

Acting 80 (deceased) years old Lynn, Massachusetts, USA ★ 1.4
Born: July 25, 1894
Died: September 21, 1974

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).

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Filmography

Acting Credits (235)

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (archive footage) 2000
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender Self (archive footage) 1997
Bogart: The Untold Story
Bogart: The Untold Story Self (archive footage) 1997
La Classe américaine
La Classe américaine 'Stumpy' (archive footage) 1993
Smoke In The Wind
Smoke In The Wind H. P. Kingman 1975
Home for the Holidays
Home for the Holidays Benjamin Morgan 1974
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks Self (archive footage) 1973
Two for the Money
Two for the Money Cody Guilford 1972
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry Silky O'Sullivan 1971
Alias Smith and Jones
Alias Smith and Jones 1971
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again Nash Crawford 1970
The Young Country
The Young Country Sheriff Matt Fenley 1970
To Rome with Love
To Rome with Love Andy Pruitt 1969
The Over the Hill Gang
The Over the Hill Gang Nash Crawford 1969
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Support Your Local Sheriff! Pa Danby 1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour Self 1969
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band Grandpa Bower 1968
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy Self (archive footage) 1968
Who's Minding the Mint?
Who's Minding the Mint? Pop Gillis 1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Guns of Will Sonnett Will Sonnett 1967
The Gnome-Mobile
The Gnome-Mobile D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby 1967
Project XX: End of the Trail
Project XX: End of the Trail Self - Narrator 1967
The Oscar
The Oscar Quentin 1966
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
The Shooting of Dan McGrew Narrator 1965
Those Calloways
Those Calloways Alf Simes 1964
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won Jeb Hawkins 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show Self 1962
Shootout at Big Sag
Shootout at Big Sag 'Preacher' Hawker 1962
Rio Bravo
Rio Bravo Stumpy 1959
The Western: A Lost TV Special
The Western: A Lost TV Special Self 1958
The Real McCoys
The Real McCoys Amos McCoy 1957
God Is My Partner
God Is My Partner Dr. Charles Grayson 1957
Tammy and the Bachelor
Tammy and the Bachelor John Dinwitty 1957
The Way to the Gold
The Way to the Gold Uncle George Williams 1957
Armored Attack!
Armored Attack! Karp 1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show Self 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Joe 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Sheriff John Larson 1956
The Ford Show
The Ford Show Self 1956
The Proud Ones
The Proud Ones Jake 1956
Good-bye, My Lady
Good-bye, My Lady Uncle Jesse Jackson 1956
Come Next Spring
Come Next Spring Jeffrey Storys 1956
Glory
Glory Ned Otis 1956
At Gunpoint
At Gunpoint Doc Lacy 1955
The Brush Roper
The Brush Roper Grandpa Atkins 1955
Man on a Bus
Man on a Bus Saul 1955
Bad Day at Black Rock
Bad Day at Black Rock Doc T.R. Velie Jr. 1955
Four Guns to the Border
Four Guns to the Border Simon Bhumer 1954
The George Gobel Show
The George Gobel Show Self 1954
Drums Across the River
Drums Across the River Sam Brannon 1954
The Far Country
The Far Country Ben Tatum 1954
Sea of Lost Ships
Sea of Lost Ships C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley 1953
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
The Ford Television Theatre
The Ford Television Theatre Duffy 1952
Cavalcade of America
Cavalcade of America Link Morley 1952
This Is Your Life
This Is Your Life Self 1952
Lure of the Wilderness
Lure of the Wilderness Jim Harper 1952
Return of the Texan
Return of the Texan Grandpa Firth Crockett 1952
The Wild Blue Yonder
The Wild Blue Yonder Maj. Gen. Wolfe 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Ezra Jenkins 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Simmons AKA Mr. Ears 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951
Best of the Badmen
Best of the Badmen 'Doc' Butcher 1951
Along the Great Divide
Along the Great Divide Timothy 'Pop' Keith 1951
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre Self - Intermission Guest 1950
Surrender
Surrender Sheriff Bill Howard 1950
The Showdown
The Showdown Cap MacKellar 1950
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek Rimrock 1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk
A Ticket to Tomahawk Terence Sweeny 1950
Singing Guns
Singing Guns Dr. Jonathan Mark 1950
What's My Line?
What's My Line? Self - Mystery Guest 1950
Task Force
Task Force Pete Richard 1949
Brimstone
Brimstone Pop Courteen 1949
The Green Promise
The Green Promise Mr. Matthews 1949
Blood on the Moon
Blood on the Moon Kris Barden 1948
Red River
Red River 'Groot' Nadine 1948
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! Tony Maule 1948
Driftwood
Driftwood Murph 1947
Nobody Lives Forever
Nobody Lives Forever Pop Gruber 1946
My Darling Clementine
My Darling Clementine Old Man Clanton 1946
Centennial Summer
Centennial Summer Jesse Rogers 1946
A Stolen Life
A Stolen Life Eben Folger 1946
Dakota
Dakota Bounce of the Riverbird 1945
To Have and Have Not
To Have and Have Not Eddie 1945
The Princess and the Pirate
The Princess and the Pirate Featherhead 1944
Home in Indiana
Home in Indiana J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt 1944
The North Star
The North Star Karp 1943
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith George, Mailman 1943
Hangmen Also Die!
Hangmen Also Die! Prof. Stephen Novotny 1943
Slightly Dangerous
Slightly Dangerous Cornelius Burden 1943
Stand by for Action
Stand by for Action Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson 1942
The Pride of the Yankees
The Pride of the Yankees Sam Blake 1942
Rise and Shine
Rise and Shine Grandpa 1941
Swamp Water
Swamp Water Tom Keefer 1941
Breakdowns of 1941
Breakdowns of 1941 Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1941
Sergeant York
Sergeant York Pastor Rosier Pile 1941
This Woman Is Mine
This Woman Is Mine Captain Jonathan Thorne 1941
Meet John Doe
Meet John Doe The Colonel 1941
Nice Girl?
Nice Girl? Hector Titus 1941
The Westerner
The Westerner Judge Roy Bean 1940
Maryland
Maryland William P. Stewart 1940
Northwest Passage
Northwest Passage 'Hunk' Marriner 1940
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President Jim 1939
Stanley and Livingstone
Stanley and Livingstone Jeff Slocum 1939
They Shall Have Music
They Shall Have Music Professor Lawson 1939
Land of Liberty
Land of Liberty Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer') 1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle Walter 1939
Kentucky
Kentucky Peter Goodwin 1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
The Cowboy and the Lady Sugar 1938
The Texans
The Texans Chuckawalla 1938
Mother Carey's Chickens
Mother Carey's Chickens Ossian Popham 1938
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Muff Potter 1938
The Buccaneer
The Buccaneer Ezra Peavey 1938
Wild and Woolly
Wild and Woolly Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn 1937
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
Affairs of Cappy Ricks Cappy Ricks 1937
When Love Is Young
When Love Is Young Uncle Hugo 1937
She's Dangerous
She's Dangerous 'Oats' 1937
Banjo on My Knee
Banjo on My Knee Newt Holley 1936
Come and Get It
Come and Get It Swan Bostrom 1936
Fury
Fury Bugs Meyers 1936
The Moon's Our Home
The Moon's Our Home Lem 1936
These Three
These Three Taxi Driver 1936
Three Godfathers
Three Godfathers Samuel 'Gus' Barton 1936
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Seven Keys to Baldpate Station Agent 1935
Metropolitan
Metropolitan Grandpa 1935
Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast Old Atrocity 1935
She Couldn't Take It
She Couldn't Take It Peddler 1935
We're in the Money
We're in the Money Wedding Witness (uncredited) 1935
The Perfect Tribute
The Perfect Tribute Stone Cutter (uncredited) 1935
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Man on the Flying Trapeze 'Legs' Garnett 1935
Lady Tubbs
Lady Tubbs Joseph 1935
Party Wire
Party Wire Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited) 1935
Bride of Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein Peasant (uncredited) 1935
West Point of the Air
West Point of the Air Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage 1935
The Wedding Night
The Wedding Night Bill Jenkins 1935
Restless Knights
Restless Knights Father (uncredited) 1935
Law Beyond the Range
Law Beyond the Range Abner 1935
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood Milkman (uncredited) 1935
Northern Frontier
Northern Frontier Stuttering Cook 1935
Brick-a-Brac
Brick-a-Brac Lem 1935
Helldorado
Helldorado Pete 1935
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Biography of a Bachelor Girl Reporter on Ship (uncredited) 1935
Prescott Kid
Prescott Kid Zeke - Stage Driver 1934
Cheating Cheaters
Cheating Cheaters Ship's Telegrapher (uncredited) 1934
There's Always Tomorrow
There's Always Tomorrow Auto mechanic 1934
Great Expectations
Great Expectations Prisoner on Ship 1934
Gridiron Flash
Gridiron Flash Proprietor of Java Joe's 1934
Death on the Diamond
Death on the Diamond Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited) 1934
Whom the Gods Destroy
Whom the Gods Destroy Clifford (uncredited) 1934
Whom the Gods Destroy
Whom the Gods Destroy Clifford 1934
Murder in the Private Car
Murder in the Private Car Switchman (uncredited) 1934
The Life of Vergie Winters
The Life of Vergie Winters Roscoe (uncredited) 1934
Half a Sinner
Half a Sinner Radio Announcer 1934
Woman Haters
Woman Haters Train Conductor (uncredited) 1934
I'll Tell the World
I'll Tell the World Otto - Bicycle Repair Man 1934
Uncertain Lady
Uncertain Lady Gas Station Attendant (uncredited) 1934
Riptide
Riptide Chauffeur (uncredited) 1934
Good Dame
Good Dame Elmer Spicer 1934
George White's Scandals
George White's Scandals Hick (uncredited) 1934
The Poor Rich
The Poor Rich Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited) 1934
Radio Dough
Radio Dough Drunk Customer (uncredited) 1934
Paradise Valley
Paradise Valley Farmer Hiram 1934
Beloved
Beloved Stuttering Boarder 1934
Cross Country Cruise
Cross Country Cruise Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited) 1934
Fugitive Lovers
Fugitive Lovers 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited) 1934
King for a Night
King for a Night Soda Jerk 1933
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man Bicycle Owner (uncredited) 1933
My Woman
My Woman Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited) 1933
Curtain at Eight
Curtain at Eight Backstage Detective [extra] 1933
Saturday's Millions
Saturday's Millions Reporter 1933
Golden Harvest
Golden Harvest Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited) 1933
Sailor Beware!
Sailor Beware! Stuttering Thief 1933
Sensation Hunters
Sensation Hunters Stuttering Waiter 1933
One Year Later
One Year Later Man Chuckling at Train Station 1933
Strange People
Strange People The Radio Repairman 1933
The Phantom of the Air
The Phantom of the Air 'Skid' (uncredited) 1933
The Big Cage
The Big Cage Ticket Taker 1933
Lucky Dog
Lucky Dog Drunk #2 1933
The Rustler's Roundup
The Rustler's Roundup Walt (uncredited) 1933
Girl Missing
Girl Missing Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited) 1933
Parachute Jumper
Parachute Jumper Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited) 1933
Goldie Gets Along
Goldie Gets Along Stuttering Waiter 1933
Man Of Action
Man Of Action Cashier Summers 1933
Manhattan Tower
Manhattan Tower Mechanic (uncredited) 1932
Afraid to Talk
Afraid to Talk Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited) 1932
Women Won't Tell
Women Won't Tell Man in Junkyard 1932
Once in a Lifetime
Once in a Lifetime Lighting Technician (uncredited) 1932
The All-American
The All-American News Commentator at Game (uncredited) 1932
The Fourth Horseman
The Fourth Horseman Toothless Town Drunk 1932
The Iceman's Ball
The Iceman's Ball Officer Dugan 1932
Cornered
Cornered Court Bailiff (uncredited) 1932
Speed Madness
Speed Madness Joe 1932
Two-Fisted Law
Two-Fisted Law Bendix the Deputy Sheriff 1932
Miss Pinkerton
Miss Pinkerton Police Dispatcher (uncredited) 1932
Scandal for Sale
Scandal for Sale Newspaperman 1932
The Airmail Mystery
The Airmail Mystery Holly 1932
The Impatient Maiden
The Impatient Maiden Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited) 1932
Texas Cyclone
Texas Cyclone Sheriff Lew Collins 1932
Law and Order
Law and Order Lanky Smith (uncredited) 1932
The Unexpected Father
The Unexpected Father Sailor (uncredited) 1932
A House Divided
A House Divided Musician (uncredited) 1931
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
Scratch-As-Catch-Can 1931
Neck and Neck
Neck and Neck Hector 1931
Grief Street
Grief Street Walt 1931
Honeymoon Lane
Honeymoon Lane Driver 1931
Many a Slip
Many a Slip Minor Role (uncredited) 1931
See America Thirst
See America Thirst Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited) 1930
Little Accident
Little Accident Milkman (uncredited) 1930
King of Jazz
King of Jazz Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie') 1930
Dames Ahoy
Dames Ahoy Side Show Barker 1930
The Shannons of Broadway
The Shannons of Broadway Hez 1929
The Long, Long Trail
The Long, Long Trail Skinny Rawlins 1929
The Last Performance
The Last Performance Clown (uncredited) 1929
One Hysterical Night
One Hysterical Night Paul Revere 1929
Flight
Flight Marine Pilot 1929
Flying High
Flying High Kidnapper 1929
His Lucky Day
His Lucky Day Road House Thug (uncredited) 1929
The Lariat Kid
The Lariat Kid Pat O'Shea 1929
Smilin' Guns
Smilin' Guns Ranch Foreman 1929
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City Man at Police Station 1929
The Michigan Kid
The Michigan Kid Minor Role (uncredited) 1928
The Ballyhoo Buster
The Ballyhoo Buster 1928
Hot Heels
Hot Heels Pool Hall Habitant (uncredited) 1927
A Fighting Finish
A Fighting Finish Student 1927
Blake of Scotland Yard
Blake of Scotland Yard Henchman (uncredited) 1927
Alias The Deacon
Alias The Deacon Cashier at Cunningham's Rink 1927
The Ridin' Rowdy
The Ridin' Rowdy 1927
Sensation Seekers
Sensation Seekers Below Deck Yacht Crewman 1927
Tearin' Into Trouble
Tearin' Into Trouble Billy Martin 1927
Flashing Oars
Flashing Oars Hula Hula Hut Customer 1927
Spangles
Spangles Lunch Counterman (uncredited) 1926
Watch Your Wife
Watch Your Wife 1926
The Calgary Stampede
The Calgary Stampede Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited) 1925
Lorraine of the Lions
Lorraine of the Lions Minor Role (uncredited) 1925
Webs of Steel
Webs of Steel 1925

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