Walter Brennan
Acting1894Lynn, 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).
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Known For
Acting History
2000
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
as (archive footage)
1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage)
1993
La Classe américaine
as 'Stumpy' (archive footage)
1975
Smoke In The Wind
as H. P. Kingman
1974
Home for the Holidays
as Benjamin Morgan
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
as Self (archive footage)
1972
Two for the Money
as Cody Guilford
1971
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
as Silky O'Sullivan
1970
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
as Nash Crawford
The Young Country
as Sheriff Matt Fenley
1969
Support Your Local Sheriff!
as Pa Danby
The Over the Hill Gang
as Nash Crawford
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TVas Self
To Rome with Love
TVas Andy Pruitt
1968
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
as Grandpa Bower
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1967
The Gnome-Mobile
as D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby
Project XX: End of the Trail
as Self - Narrator
Who's Minding the Mint?
as Pop Gillis
The Guns of Will Sonnett
TVas Will Sonnett
1966
The Oscar
as Quentin
1965
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
as Narrator
1964
Those Calloways
as Alf Simes
1962
How the West Was Won
as Jeb Hawkins
Shootout at Big Sag
as 'Preacher' Hawker
The Merv Griffin Show
TVas Self
1959
Rio Bravo
as Stumpy
1958
1957
Armored Attack!
as Karp
God Is My Partner
as Dr. Charles Grayson
The Way to the Gold
as Uncle George Williams
Tammy and the Bachelor
as John Dinwitty
The Real McCoys
TVas Amos McCoy
1956
The Proud Ones
as Jake
Good-bye, My Lady
as Uncle Jesse Jackson
Glory
as Ned Otis
Come Next Spring
as Jeffrey Storys
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Joe / Sheriff John Larson
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TVas Self
The Ford Show
TVas Self
1955
Bad Day at Black Rock
as Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
The Brush Roper
as Grandpa Atkins
At Gunpoint
as Doc Lacy
Man on a Bus
as Saul
1954
The Far Country
as Ben Tatum
Drums Across the River
as Sam Brannon
Four Guns to the Border
as Simon Bhumer
The George Gobel Show
TVas Self
1953
Sea of Lost Ships
as C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley
The Oscars
TVas Self
1952
Return of the Texan
as Grandpa Firth Crockett
Lure of the Wilderness
as Jim Harper
This Is Your Life
TVas Self
The Ford Television Theatre
TVas Duffy
Cavalcade of America
TVas Link Morley
1951
Along the Great Divide
as Timothy 'Pop' Keith
The Wild Blue Yonder
as Maj. Gen. Wolfe
Best of the Badmen
as 'Doc' Butcher
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TVas Ezra Jenkins / Simmons AKA Mr. Ears
1950
Singing Guns
as Dr. Jonathan Mark
Surrender
as Sheriff Bill Howard
The Showdown
as Cap MacKellar
A Ticket to Tomahawk
as Terence Sweeny
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Rimrock
What's My Line?
TVas Self - Mystery Guest
Lux Video Theatre
TVas Self - Intermission Guest
1949
1948
1947
Driftwood
as Murph
1946
My Darling Clementine
as Old Man Clanton
Nobody Lives Forever
as Pop Gruber
Centennial Summer
as Jesse Rogers
A Stolen Life
as Eben Folger
1945
To Have and Have Not
as Eddie
Dakota
as Bounce of the Riverbird
1944
The Princess and the Pirate
as Featherhead
Home in Indiana
as J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt
1943
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
as George, Mailman
The North Star
as Karp
Hangmen Also Die!
as Prof. Stephen Novotny
Slightly Dangerous
as Cornelius Burden
1942
The Pride of the Yankees
as Sam Blake
Stand by for Action
as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson
1941
Swamp Water
as Tom Keefer
Meet John Doe
as The Colonel
Rise and Shine
as Grandpa
This Woman Is Mine
as Captain Jonathan Thorne
Sergeant York
as Pastor Rosier Pile
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nice Girl?
as Hector Titus
1940
1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Walter
Stanley and Livingstone
as Jeff Slocum
They Shall Have Music
as Professor Lawson
Land of Liberty
as Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
1938
The Texans
as Chuckawalla
Kentucky
as Peter Goodwin
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Muff Potter
The Buccaneer
as Ezra Peavey
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Sugar
Mother Carey's Chickens
as Ossian Popham
1937
When Love Is Young
as Uncle Hugo
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
as Cappy Ricks
She's Dangerous
as 'Oats'
Wild and Woolly
as Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn
1936
The Children's Hour
as Taxi Driver
Fury
as Bugs Meyers
Come and Get It
as Swan Bostrom
The Moon's Our Home
as Lem
Three Godfathers
as Samuel 'Gus' Barton
Banjo on My Knee
as Newt Holley
1935
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Milkman (uncredited)
West Point of the Air
as Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage
Barbary Coast
as Old Atrocity
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Reporter on Ship (uncredited)
Party Wire
as Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)
Helldorado
as Pete
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as 'Legs' Garnett
Restless Knights
as Father (uncredited)
Lady Tubbs
as Joseph
Metropolitan
as Grandpa
The Wedding Night
as Bill Jenkins
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Station Agent
We're in the Money
as Wedding Witness (uncredited)
She Couldn't Take It
as Peddler
Northern Frontier
as Stuttering Cook
Law Beyond the Range
as Abner
Brick-a-Brac
as Lem
The Perfect Tribute
as Stone Cutter (uncredited)
Bride of Frankenstein
as Peasant (uncredited)
1934
George White's Scandals
as Hick (uncredited)
Beloved
as Stuttering Boarder
Cross Country Cruise
as Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)
Murder in the Private Car
as Switchman (uncredited)
Death on the Diamond
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Riptide
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Woman Haters
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Great Expectations
as Prisoner on Ship
Fugitive Lovers
as 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)
Good Dame
as Elmer Spicer
The Life of Vergie Winters
as Roscoe (uncredited)
The Poor Rich
as Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)
There's Always Tomorrow
as Auto mechanic
Gridiron Flash
as Proprietor of Java Joe's
Radio Dough
as Drunk Customer (uncredited)
Whom the Gods Destroy
as Clifford
I'll Tell the World
as Otto - Bicycle Repair Man
Prescott Kid
as Zeke - Stage Driver
Cheating Cheaters
as Ship's Telegrapher (uncredited)
Half a Sinner
as Radio Announcer
Uncertain Lady
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Paradise Valley
as Farmer Hiram
1933
The Invisible Man
as Bicycle Owner (uncredited)
Parachute Jumper
as Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)
Girl Missing
as Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)
Golden Harvest
as Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)
King for a Night
as Soda Jerk
Sensation Hunters
as Stuttering Waiter
My Woman
as Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)
The Big Cage
as Ticket Taker
Lucky Dog
as Drunk #2
One Year Later
as Man Chuckling at Train Station
Curtain at Eight
as Backstage Detective [extra]
The Phantom of the Air
as 'Skid' (uncredited)
Goldie Gets Along
as Stuttering Waiter
Man Of Action
as Cashier Summers
Strange People
as The Radio Repairman
Saturday's Millions
as Reporter
Sailor Beware!
as Stuttering Thief
The Rustler's Roundup
as Walt (uncredited)
1932
The Impatient Maiden
as Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
Afraid to Talk
as Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)
Manhattan Tower
as Mechanic (uncredited)
The Iceman's Ball
as Officer Dugan
Miss Pinkerton
as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Two-Fisted Law
as Bendix the Deputy Sheriff
Cornered
as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Law and Order
as Lanky Smith (uncredited)
Once in a Lifetime
as Lighting Technician (uncredited)
Scandal for Sale
as Newspaperman
Texas Cyclone
as Sheriff Lew Collins
Women Won't Tell
as Man in Junkyard
The Airmail Mystery
as Holly
Speed Madness
as Joe
The Fourth Horseman
as Toothless Town Drunk
The All-American
as News Commentator at Game (uncredited)
The Unexpected Father
as Sailor (uncredited)
1931
Grief Street
as Walt
Honeymoon Lane
as Driver
A House Divided
as Musician (uncredited)
Many a Slip
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Neck and Neck
as Hector
1930
King of Jazz
as Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')
Dames Ahoy
as Side Show Barker
Little Accident
as Milkman (uncredited)
See America Thirst
as Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)
1929
The Lariat Kid
as Pat O'Shea
Flight
as Marine Pilot
The Last Performance
as Clown (uncredited)
One Hysterical Night
as Paul Revere
His Lucky Day
as Road House Thug (uncredited)
The Long, Long Trail
as Skinny Rawlins
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
as Man at Police Station
Smilin' Guns
as Ranch Foreman
The Shannons of Broadway
as Hez
Flying High
as Kidnapper
1928
The Michigan Kid
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1927
Flashing Oars
as Hula Hula Hut Customer
Hot Heels
as Pool Hall Habitant (uncredited)
Sensation Seekers
as Below Deck Yacht Crewman
Alias The Deacon
as Cashier at Cunningham's Rink
Tearin' Into Trouble
as Billy Martin
Blake of Scotland Yard
as Henchman (uncredited)
A Fighting Finish
as Student
1926
Spangles
as Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
1925
The Calgary Stampede
as Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)
Lorraine of the Lions
as Minor Role (uncredited)