Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

Deceased · Born: Jul 24, 1894 · Died: Sep 21, 1974

Personal Details

Born Jul 24, 1894 Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
  • William John Brennan
  • Margaret Elizabeth Flanagan

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.

Career

2008
How the West Was Lost
How the West Was Lost as Old Man Clanton
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1975
Smoke in the Wind
Smoke in the Wind as H. P. Kingman
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1974
Home for the Holidays
Home for the Holidays as Benjamin Morgan
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1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks as Various unspecified characters in various archival movie clips
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1972
Two for the Money
Two for the Money as Cody Guilford
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1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1970
The Young Country
The Young Country as Sheriff Matt Fenley
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The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again as Nash Crawford
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1969
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Support Your Local Sheriff! as Pa Danby
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The Over-the-Hill Gang
The Over-the-Hill Gang as Nash Crawford
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1968
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1967
The Gnome-Mobile
The Gnome-Mobile as D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby
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Who's Minding the Mint?
Who's Minding the Mint? as Pop Gillis
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The Guns of Will Sonnett
1965
Those Calloways
Those Calloways as Alf Simes
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1962
Shootout at Big Sag
Shootout at Big Sag as 'Preacher' Hawker
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1959
Rio Bravo
Rio Bravo as Stumpy
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1957
The Way to the Gold
The Way to the Gold as Uncle George Williams
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Tammy and the Bachelor
Tammy and the Bachelor as John Dinwitty
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The Real McCoys
The Real McCoys as Grandpa Amos McCoy
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1956
Glory
Glory as Ned Otis
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Good-bye, My Lady
Good-bye, My Lady as Uncle Jesse Jackson
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Come Next Spring
Come Next Spring as Jeffrey Storys
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The Proud Ones
The Proud Ones as Jake
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1955
Bad Day at Black Rock
Bad Day at Black Rock as Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
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At Gunpoint
At Gunpoint as Doc Lacy
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1954
The Far Country
The Far Country as Ben Tatum
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Drums Across the River
Drums Across the River as Sam Brannon
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Four Guns to the Border
Four Guns to the Border as Simon Bhumer
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1953
Sea of Lost Ships
Sea of Lost Ships as C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley
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1952
Lure of the Wilderness
Lure of the Wilderness as Jim Harper
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Return of the Texan
Return of the Texan as Grandpa Firth Crockett
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1951
Best of the Badmen
Best of the Badmen as 'Doc' Butcher
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The Wild Blue Yonder
The Wild Blue Yonder as Maj. Gen. Wolfe
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Along the Great Divide
Along the Great Divide as Timothy 'Pop' Keith
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1950
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek as Rimrock
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The Showdown
The Showdown as Cap MacKellar
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Surrender
Surrender as Sheriff Bill Howard
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Singing Guns
Singing Guns as Dr. Jonathan Mark
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A Ticket to Tomahawk
A Ticket to Tomahawk as Terence Sweeny
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1949
Brimstone
Brimstone as Pop Courteen
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The Green Promise
The Green Promise as Mr. Matthews
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Task Force
Task Force as Pete Richard
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1948
Blood on the Moon
Blood on the Moon as Kris Barden
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Red River
Red River as 'Groot' Nadine
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Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! as Tony Maule
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1947
Driftwood
Driftwood as Murph
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1946
Nobody Lives Forever
Nobody Lives Forever as Pop Gruber
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Centennial Summer
Centennial Summer as Jesse Rogers
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A Stolen Life
A Stolen Life as Eben Folger
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My Darling Clementine
My Darling Clementine as Old Man Clanton
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1945
Dakota
Dakota as Capt. Bounce of the Riverbird
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To Have and Have Not
To Have and Have Not as Eddie
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1944
Home in Indiana
Home in Indiana as J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt
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The Princess and the Pirate
The Princess and the Pirate as Featherhead
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1943
Hangmen Also Die!
Hangmen Also Die! as Prof. Stephen Novotny
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Slightly Dangerous
Slightly Dangerous as Cornelius Burden
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The North Star
The North Star as Karp
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1942
Stand by for Action
Stand by for Action as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson
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The Pride of the Yankees
The Pride of the Yankees as Sam Blake
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1941
Meet John Doe
Meet John Doe as The Colonel
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This Woman Is Mine
This Woman Is Mine as Captain Jonathan Thorne
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Sergeant York
Sergeant York as Pastor Rosier Pile
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Nice Girl?
Nice Girl? as Hector Titus
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Rise and Shine
Rise and Shine as Grandpa
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Swamp Water
Swamp Water as Tom Keefer
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1940
The Westerner
The Westerner as Judge Roy Bean
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Maryland
Maryland as William P. Stewart
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Northwest Passage
Northwest Passage as 'Hunk' Marriner
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1939
They Shall Have Music
They Shall Have Music as Professor Lawson
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Stanley and Livingstone
Stanley and Livingstone as Jeff Slocum
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
The Cowboy and the Lady as Sugar
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Kentucky
Kentucky as Peter Goodwin
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Muff Potter
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The Texans
The Texans as Chuckawalla
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The Buccaneer
The Buccaneer as Ezra Peavey
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1937
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
Affairs of Cappy Ricks as Cappy Ricks
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She's Dangerous
She's Dangerous as 'Oats'
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1936
Banjo on My Knee
Banjo on My Knee as Newt Holley
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Three Godfathers
Three Godfathers as Samuel 'Gus' Barton
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Come and Get It
Come and Get It as Swan Bostrom
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Fury
Fury as Bugs Meyers
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1935
Northern Frontier
Northern Frontier as Stuttering Cook
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Restless Knights
Restless Knights as Father (uncredited)
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Seven Keys to Baldpate
Seven Keys to Baldpate as Station Agent
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The Wedding Night
The Wedding Night as Bill Jenkins
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Lady Tubbs
Lady Tubbs as Joseph
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Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast as Old Atrocity
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Man on the Flying Trapeze
Man on the Flying Trapeze as 'Legs' Garnett
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1934
Woman Haters
Woman Haters as Train Conductor
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Gridiron Flash
Gridiron Flash as Proprietor of Java Joe's
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The Prescott Kid
The Prescott Kid as Zeke - Stage Driver
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Murder in the Private Car
Murder in the Private Car as Switchman (uncredited)
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Fugitive Lovers
Fugitive Lovers as 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)
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1933
Man of Action
Man of Action as Cashier Summers
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One Year Later
One Year Later as Man Chuckling at Train Station
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The Phantom of the Air
The Phantom of the Air as 'Skid' (uncredited)
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1932
Two-Fisted Law
Two-Fisted Law as Bendix the Deputy Sheriff
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The Airmail Mystery
The Airmail Mystery as Holly
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Law and Order
Law and Order as Lanky Smith (uncredited)
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Texas Cyclone
Texas Cyclone as Sheriff Lew Collins
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1931
A House Divided
A House Divided as Musician (uncredited)
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1930
Dames Ahoy
Dames Ahoy as Side Show Barker
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1929
Flight
Flight as Marine Pilot
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1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1968
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy
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1941
Breakdowns of 1941