Walter Brennan

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
July 24, 1894 (80 years old)
Died
September 21, 1974
Place of Birth
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Popular Genres
Western Drama Comedy
Career Span
1925 – 2014

Walter Brennan

4 wins
46 nominations
4 Oscars
205 credits

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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Personal Info

Born
Jul 24, 1894
From
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1925 – 2014

Award Recognition

4
Wins
46
Nominations
4
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2014

And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage) Award

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) Award

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 Award
The Young Country as Sheriff Matt Fenley

1969

The Over the Hill Gang as Nash Crawford Award
Support Your Local Sheriff! as Pa Danby

1968

The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band as Grandpa Bower Award

1967

The Gnome-Mobile as D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby Award
Who's Minding the Mint? as Pop Gillis

1966

The Oscar as Quentin

1965

Those Calloways as Alf Simes
The Shooting of Dan McGrew as Narrator

1962

How the West Was Won as Col. Jeb Hawkins Award
Shootout at Big Sag as 'Preacher' Hawker

1959

Rio Bravo as Stumpy Award

1957

Tammy and the Bachelor as John Dinwitty
God Is My Partner as Dr. Charles Grayson
Armored Attack! as Karp
The Way to the Gold as Uncle George Williams

1956

The Proud Ones as Jake
Come Next Spring as Jeffrey Storys
Good-bye, My Lady as Uncle Jesse Jackson
Glory as Ned Otis

1955

Bad Day at Black Rock as Doc T.R. Velie Jr. Award
At Gunpoint as Doc Lacy
Man on a Bus as Saul
The Brush Roper as Grandpa Atkins

1954

Four Guns to the Border as Simon Bhumer
Drums Across the River as Sam Brannon
The Far Country as Ben Tatum

1953

Sea of Lost Ships as C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley

1952

Return of the Texan as Grandpa Firth Crockett
Lure of the Wilderness as Jim Harper

1951

Along the Great Divide as Timothy 'Pop' Keith
Best of the Badmen as 'Doc' Butcher
The Wild Blue Yonder as Maj. Gen. Wolfe

1950

Singing Guns as Dr. Jonathan Mark
The Showdown as Cap MacKellar
Surrender as Sheriff Bill Howard
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek as Rimrock
A Ticket to Tomahawk as Terence Sweeny

1949

Brimstone as Pop Courteen
Task Force as Pete Richard
The Green Promise as Mr. Matthews

1948

Red River as 'Groot' Nadine Award
Blood on the Moon as Kris Barden
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! as Tony Maule

1947

Driftwood as Murph

1946

My Darling Clementine as Old Man Clanton Award
A Stolen Life as Eben Folger
Nobody Lives Forever as Pop Gruber
Centennial Summer as Jesse Rogers

1945

Dakota as Capt. Bounce of the Riverbird Award
To Have and Have Not as Eddie

1944

The Princess and the Pirate as Featherhead Award
Home in Indiana as J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt

1943

The North Star as Karp Award
Hangmen Also Die! as Prof. Stephen Novotny
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith as George, Mailman
Slightly Dangerous as Cornelius Burden

1942

The Pride of the Yankees as Sam Blake Award
Stand by for Action as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson

1941

Meet John Doe as The Colonel Award
Sergeant York as Pastor Rosier Pile
This Woman Is Mine as Captain Jonathan Thorne
Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Swamp Water as Tom Keefer
Nice Girl? as Hector Titus
Rise and Shine as Grandpa

1940

Northwest Passage as 'Hunk' Marriner Award
The Westerner as Judge Roy Bean
Maryland as William P. Stewart

1939

They Shall Have Music as Professor Lawson
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Jim
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Walter
Stanley and Livingstone as Jeff Slocum
Land of Liberty as Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')

1938

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Muff Potter
The Buccaneer as Ezra Peavey
Kentucky as Peter Goodwin
The Cowboy and the Lady as Sugar
The Texans as Chuckawalla
Mother Carey's Chickens as Ossian Popham

1937

When Love Is Young as Uncle Hugo
She's Dangerous as 'Oats'
Wild and Woolly as Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn
Affairs of Cappy Ricks as Cappy Ricks

1936

Come and Get It as Swan Bostrom
Three Godfathers as Samuel 'Gus' Barton
Fury as Bugs Meyers
These Three as Taxi Driver
Banjo on My Knee as Newt Holley
The Moon's Our Home as Lem

1935

Bride of Frankenstein as Peasant (uncredited) Award
She Couldn't Take It as Peddler
The Wedding Night as Bill Jenkins
Seven Keys to Baldpate as Station Agent
Northern Frontier as Stuttering Cook
West Point of the Air as Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage
Barbary Coast as Old Atrocity
We're in the Money as Wedding Witness (uncredited)
Biography of a Bachelor Girl as Reporter on Ship (uncredited)
Helldorado as Pete
Man on the Flying Trapeze as 'Legs' Garnett
The Perfect Tribute as Stone Cutter (uncredited)
Lady Tubbs as Joseph
Party Wire as Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood as First Gossip
Metropolitan as Grandpa
Brick-a-Brac as Lem
Law Beyond the Range as Abner
Restless Knights as Father (uncredited)

1934

Death on the Diamond as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Great Expectations as Prisoner on Ship
Murder in the Private Car as Switchman (uncredited)
Beloved as Stuttering Boarder
The Life of Vergie Winters as Roscoe (uncredited)
Whom the Gods Destroy as Clifford (uncredited)
Whom the Gods Destroy as Clifford
The Poor Rich as Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)
There's Always Tomorrow as Auto mechanic
Cross Country Cruise as Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)
George White's Scandals as Hick (uncredited)
Riptide as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Gridiron Flash as Proprietor of Java Joe's
Good Dame as Elmer Spicer
Half a Sinner as Radio Announcer
I'll Tell the World as Otto - Bicycle Repair Man
Prescott Kid as Zeke - Stage Driver
Fugitive Lovers as 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)
Woman Haters as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Radio Dough as Drunk Customer (uncredited)

1933

Curtain at Eight as Backstage Detective [extra] Award
The Invisible Man as Bicycle Owner (uncredited)
Parachute Jumper as Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)
Golden Harvest as Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)
King for a Night as Soda Jerk
The Big Cage as Ticket Taker
Girl Missing as Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)
My Woman as Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)
Saturday's Millions as Reporter
Lucky Dog as Drunk #2
Goldie Gets Along as Stuttering Waiter
Sensation Hunters as Stuttering Waiter
One Year Later as Man Chuckling at Train Station
The Phantom of the Air as 'Skid' (uncredited)
Sailor Beware! as Stuttering Thief
The Rustler's Roundup as Walt (uncredited)
Strange People as The Radio Repairman
Man Of Action as Cashier Summers

1932

Miss Pinkerton as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Law and Order as Lanky Smith (uncredited)
Manhattan Tower as Mechanic (uncredited)
The Impatient Maiden as Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
Afraid to Talk as Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)
The Unexpected Father as Sailor (uncredited)
The All-American as News Commentator at Game (uncredited)
Two-Fisted Law as Bendix the Deputy Sheriff
Texas Cyclone as Sheriff Lew Collins
Scandal for Sale as Newspaperman
The Airmail Mystery as Holly
Cornered as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Once in a Lifetime as Lighting Technician (uncredited)
The Iceman's Ball as Officer Dugan
Women Won't Tell as Man in Junkyard
Speed Madness as Joe

1931

A House Divided as Musician (uncredited)
Many a Slip as Minor Role (uncredited)
Grief Street as Walt
Honeymoon Lane as Driver
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
Neck and Neck as Hector

1930

Dames Ahoy as Side Show Barker
See America Thirst as Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)
Little Accident as Milkman (uncredited)
King of Jazz as Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')

1929

The Long, Long Trail as Skinny Rawlins
Flight as Marine Pilot
His Lucky Day as Road House Thug (uncredited)
The Last Performance as Clown (uncredited)
One Hysterical Night as Paul Revere
The Lariat Kid as Pat O'Shea
Smilin' Guns as Ranch Foreman

1928

The Ballyhoo Buster
The Michigan Kid as Minor Role (uncredited)

1927

Sensation Seekers as Below Deck Yacht Crewman
A Fighting Finish as Student
Alias The Deacon as Cashier at Cunningham's Rink
Flashing Oars as Hula Hula Hut Customer
The Ridin' Rowdy
Tearin' Into Trouble as Billy Martin
Blake of Scotland Yard as Henchman (uncredited)

1926

Spangles as Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

1925

The Calgary Stampede as Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)
Webs of Steel
Lorraine of the Lions as Minor Role (uncredited)

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Bride of Frankenstein
Rio Bravo
Red River
My Darling Clementine
Meet John Doe
The Movie Orgy

Career Statistics

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Genre Evolution