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Walter Brennan

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

Rio Bravo
Rio Bravo
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy
Red River
Red River
My Darling Clementine
My Darling Clementine
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Princess and the Pirate
The Princess and the Pirate
Hangmen Also Die!
Hangmen Also Die!
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Support Your Local Sheriff!

Filmography

2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
as (archive footage)
1997 The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
1997 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
1971 Alias Smith and Jones
as
1970 The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
as Nash Crawford
1970 The Young Country
as Sheriff Matt Fenley
1969 To Rome with Love
as Andy Pruitt
1969 The Over the Hill Gang
as Nash Crawford
1969 Support Your Local Sheriff!
as Pa Danby
1969 The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
1968 The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
as Grandpa Bower
1968 The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1967 Who's Minding the Mint?
as Pop Gillis