Silver Tip Baker
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1886-04-18
Day of Death
1943-03-15 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Ellis County, Texas, USA
Silver Tip Baker
Biography
Floyd 'Silver Tip' Baker born Floyd Michael Baker in Texas in 1886. Well-known trick rider in rodeos and wild west shows from the late 1900's. He was among the talented few that could handle a team of horses and stagecoach at full speed, became a white-haired old codger character in many westerns, first playing the role, General Grenville M. Dodge in 'In the Days of Buffalo Bill' directed by Edward Laemmle and starring Art Acord as Art Taylor and Duke R. Lee as Buffalo Bill at the Universal, seen in over 100 minor roles in talkies many of them B-Westerns. married to wild show trick rider Mabel Baker.
Known For
Acting
(1945)
Along Came Jones
as Poker Player (uncredited)
(1942)
Lawless Plainsmen
as Wagon Train Man (archive footage)
(1941)
Stick to Your Guns
as Townsman
(1941)
Pirates on Horseback
as Barfly
(1941)
Wrangler's Roost
as Church Member
(1941)
Sheriff of Tombstone
as Townsman
(1941)
Forbidden Trails
as Townsman
(1940)
Arizona
as Barfly
(1940)
Young Buffalo Bill
as Barfly
(1940)
Adventures of Red Ryder
as Barfly
(1940)
Winners of the West
as Barfly
(1940)
Rocky Mountain Rangers
as Texas Ranger
(1940)
The Durango Kid
as Piute City Townsman (uncredited)
(1940)
Under Texas Skies
as Townsman
(1939)
Destry Rides Again
as Barfly (uncredited)
(1939)
Of Mice and Men
as Old Hand (uncredited)
(1938)
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
(1938)
Frontier Town
as Barfly
(1937)
Empty Holsters
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1937)
North of the Rio Grande
as Juror
(1937)
Borderland
as Barfly
(1937)
Gunsmoke Ranch
as Settler
(1937)
Ranger Courage
as Settler (uncredited)
(1936)
Rio Grande Ranger
as Barfly (uncredited)
(1936)
Trailin' West
as Gambler (uncredited)
(1935)
Big Calibre
as Barfly / Man at Dance
(1935)
Gun Play
as Man at Dance (uncredited)
(1935)
Kid Courageous
as Pete the Cowhand
(1935)
Arizona Bad Man
as Cowhand
(1934)
Terror of the Plains
as Posse Rider / Wagon Driver
(1934)
Blue Steel
as Townsman
(1934)
The Man from Hell
as Townsman
(1934)
Thunder Over Texas
as Townsman
(1933)
The Gallant Fool
as Silver
(1933)
The Thrill Hunter
as Townsman
(1932)
Young Blood
as Stage Driver
(1932)
The Man from Hell's Edges
as Silver, Stage Coach Driver
(1931)
Wild Horse
as Cowboy
(1922)
In the Days of Buffalo Bill
as Gen. Grenville M. Dodge