Walter Brennan

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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

Rio Bravo

Stumpy

Bride of Frankenstein

Peasant (uncredited)

The Invisible Man

Bicycle Owner (uncredited)

Red River

'Groot' Nadine

To Have and Have Not

Eddie

How the West Was Won

Jeb Hawkins

My Darling Clementine

Old Man Clanton

Bad Day at Black Rock

Doc T.R. Velie Jr.

Full Filmography

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

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