Walter Brennan
Acting
Born: July 25, 1894 · Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Died: September 21, 1974 (aged 80)
Highest Rated
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
Rio Bravo
1959
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
The Invisible Man
1933
Red River
1948
To Have and Have Not
1945
How the West Was Won
1962
My Darling Clementine
1946
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
Meet John Doe
1941
Fury
1936
La Classe américaine
1993
Sergeant York
1941
Photos (4)
Movies (202)
Rio Bravo
Stumpy
How the West Was Won
Jeb Hawkins
Bad Day at Black Rock
Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
The Invisible Man
Bicycle Owner (uncredited)
Bride of Frankenstein
Peasant (uncredited)
Red River
'Groot' Nadine
The Far Country
Ben Tatum
Blood on the Moon
Kris Barden
My Darling Clementine
Old Man Clanton
The Princess and the Pirate
Featherhead
Meet John Doe
The Colonel
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Pa Danby
Tammy and the Bachelor
Grandpa
Sergeant York
Pastor Rosier Pile
To Have and Have Not
Eddie
The Cowboy and the Lady
Sugar
The Oscar
Quentin
Nobody Lives Forever
Pop Gruber
The Gnome-Mobile
D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby
The Pride of the Yankees
Sam Blake
Those Calloways
Alf Simes
Along the Great Divide
Timothy 'Pop' Keith
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Muff Potter
Singing Guns
Dr. Jonathan Mark
Lure of the Wilderness
Jim Harper
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Walter
Hangmen Also Die!
Prof. Stephen Novotny
Miss Pinkerton
Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Fury
Bugs Meyers
Home for the Holidays
Benjamin Morgan
The Last Performance
Clown (uncredited)
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Grandpa Bower
Dakota
Bounce of the Riverbird
Come Next Spring
Jeffrey Storys
King of Jazz
Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')
The Buccaneer
Ezra Peavey
Nice Girl?
Hector Titus
The Proud Ones
Jake
The North Star
Karp
The Westerner
Judge Roy Bean
Three Godfathers
Samuel 'Gus' Barton
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Jim
Cheating Cheaters
Ship's Telegrapher (uncredited)
Who's Minding the Mint?
Pop Gillis
Swamp Water
Tom Keefer
Drums Across the River
Sam Brannon
She Couldn't Take It
Peddler
Stand by for Action
Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson
Four Guns to the Border
Simon Bhumer
Death on the Diamond
Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Terence Sweeny
God Is My Partner
Dr. Charles Grayson
Northwest Passage
'Hunk' Marriner
King for a Night
Soda Jerk
The Wild Blue Yonder
Maj. Gen. Wolfe
The Life of Vergie Winters
Roscoe (uncredited)
Best of the Badmen
'Doc' Butcher
Armored Attack!
Karp
Restless Knights
Father (uncredited)
Half a Sinner
Radio Announcer
Brimstone
Pop Courteen
Task Force
Pete Richard
When Love Is Young
Uncle Hugo
La Classe américaine
'Stumpy' (archive footage)
West Point of the Air
Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage
The Showdown
Cap MacKellar
These Three
Taxi Driver
Two for the Money
Cody Guilford
Afraid to Talk
Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)
A House Divided
Musician (uncredited)
A Stolen Life
Eben Folger
Good-bye, My Lady
Uncle Jesse Jackson
Uncertain Lady
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
The Young Country
Sheriff Matt Fenley
Stanley and Livingstone
Jeff Slocum
The Texans
Chuckawalla
Slightly Dangerous
Cornelius Burden
Come and Get It
Swan Bostrom
The Michigan Kid
Minor Role (uncredited)
Shootout at Big Sag
'Preacher' Hawker
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Milkman (uncredited)
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
Nash Crawford
Great Expectations
Prisoner on Ship
Driftwood
Murph
Glory
Ned Otis
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Station Agent
They Shall Have Music
Professor Lawson
Man on a Bus
Saul
There's Always Tomorrow
Auto mechanic
Cornered
Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Banjo on My Knee
Newt Holley
Sensation Hunters
Stuttering Waiter
The Over the Hill Gang
Nash Crawford
At Gunpoint
Doc Lacy
Barbary Coast
Old Atrocity
Wild and Woolly
Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn
Sea of Lost Ships
C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley
Murder in the Private Car
Switchman (uncredited)
The Wedding Night
Bill Jenkins
Two-Fisted Law
Bendix the Deputy Sheriff
The Long, Long Trail
Skinny Rawlins
Helldorado
Pete
The Way to the Gold
Uncle George Williams
This Woman Is Mine
Captain Jonathan Thorne
Fugitive Lovers
2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)
Speed Madness
Joe
Law and Order
Lanky Smith (uncredited)
Beloved
Stuttering Boarder
The Shannons of Broadway
Hez
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Tony Maule
We're in the Money
Wedding Witness (uncredited)
Smoke In The Wind
H. P. Kingman
His Lucky Day
Road House Thug (uncredited)
Kentucky
Peter Goodwin
My Woman
Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)
Party Wire
Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)
Mother Carey's Chickens
Ossian Popham
Centennial Summer
Jesse Rogers
Hot Heels
Pool Hall Habitant (uncredited)
Golden Harvest
Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)
Scandal for Sale
Newspaperman
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Reporter on Ship (uncredited)
I'll Tell the World
Otto - Bicycle Repair Man
George White's Scandals
Hick (uncredited)
The Phantom of the Air
'Skid' (uncredited)
Parachute Jumper
Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
Silky O'Sullivan
Goldie Gets Along
Stuttering Waiter
The Airmail Mystery
Holly
The Moon's Our Home
Lem
See America Thirst
Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)
She's Dangerous
'Oats'
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
Narrator
Riptide
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Once in a Lifetime
Lighting Technician (uncredited)
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
(archive footage)
Gridiron Flash
Proprietor of Java Joe's
Smilin' Guns
Ranch Foreman
The Impatient Maiden
Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
The Rustler's Roundup
Walt (uncredited)
The Calgary Stampede
Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)
Dames Ahoy
Side Show Barker
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
George, Mailman
Flight
Marine Pilot
Blake of Scotland Yard
Henchman (uncredited)
The Poor Rich
Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)
One Year Later
Man Chuckling at Train Station
Whom the Gods Destroy
Clifford (uncredited)
Whom the Gods Destroy
Clifford
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
Cappy Ricks
Tearin' Into Trouble
Billy Martin
The Ballyhoo Buster
1928
Surrender
Sheriff Bill Howard
Man on the Flying Trapeze
'Legs' Garnett
Good Dame
Elmer Spicer
Lorraine of the Lions
Minor Role (uncredited)
Texas Cyclone
Sheriff Lew Collins
Man Of Action
Cashier Summers
Honeymoon Lane
Driver
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Rimrock
Manhattan Tower
Mechanic (uncredited)
Return of the Texan
Grandpa Firth Crockett
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931
Grief Street
Walt
Saturday's Millions
Reporter
The Prescott Kid
Zeke - Stage Driver
Girl Missing
Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)
Sensation Seekers
Below Deck Yacht Crewman
Lady Tubbs
Joseph
The Fourth Horseman
Toothless Town Drunk
Law Beyond the Range
Abner
Rise and Shine
Grandpa
Flashing Oars
Hula Hula Hut Customer
Land of Liberty
Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
Home in Indiana
J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt
The Unexpected Father
Sailor (uncredited)
Little Accident
Milkman (uncredited)
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
Man at Police Station
The Big Cage
Ticket Taker
The All-American
News Commentator at Game (uncredited)
Neck and Neck
Hector
Women Won't Tell
Man in Junkyard
The Green Promise
Mr. Matthews
Strange People
The Radio Repairman
The Brush Roper
Grandpa Atkins
Curtain at Eight
Backstage Detective [extra]
The Perfect Tribute
Stone Cutter (uncredited)
Watch Your Wife
Walter (uncredited)
Webs of Steel
1925
Many a Slip
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Ridin' Rowdy
1927
Northern Frontier
Stuttering Cook
Woman Haters
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Maryland
William P. Stewart
Sailor Beware!
Stuttering Thief
Alias The Deacon
Cashier at Cunningham's Rink
Is There Justice?
Rollins
One Hysterical Night
Paul Revere
Cross Country Cruise
Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)
The Lariat Kid
Pat O'Shea
Metropolitan
Grandpa
Spangles
Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
TV Shows (11)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Joe · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sheriff John Larson · 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Duffy · 1 eps
Alias Smith and Jones
3 eps
The Real McCoys
Amos McCoy · 224 eps
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Will Sonnett · 51 eps
Cavalcade of America
Link Morley · 1 eps
To Rome with Love
Andy Pruitt · 22 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Ezra Jenkins · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Simmons AKA Mr. Ears · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 eps
Self / Appearances (14)
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 3 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · 1 eps
This Is Your Life
Self · 1 eps
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self · 2 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Self - Intermission Guest · 1 eps
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Self
Bogart: The Untold Story
Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Self (archive footage)
Project XX: End of the Trail
Self - Narrator