
Walter Brennan
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1894-07-24
Day of Death
1974-09-21 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
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
Acting
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2000)
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
as (archive footage)
(1997)
Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
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
(1970)
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
as Nash Crawford
(1970)
The Young Country
as Sheriff Matt Fenley
(1969)
Support Your Local Sheriff!
as Pa Danby
(1969)
The Over the Hill Gang
as Nash Crawford
(1968)
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
as Grandpa Bower
(1968)
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
(1967)
The Gnome-Mobile
as D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby
(1967)
Who's Minding the Mint?
as Pop Gillis
(1966)
The Oscar
as Quentin
(1965)
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
as Narrator
(1964)
Those Calloways
as Alf Simes
(1962)
How the West Was Won
as Col. Jeb Hawkins
(1962)
Shootout at Big Sag
as 'Preacher' Hawker
(1959)
Rio Bravo
as Stumpy
(1957)
Tammy and the Bachelor
as John Dinwitty
(1957)
Armored Attack!
as Karp
(1957)
God Is My Partner
as Dr. Charles Grayson
(1957)
The Way to the Gold
as Uncle George Williams
(1956)
The Proud Ones
as Jake
(1956)
Glory
as Ned Otis
(1956)
Come Next Spring
as Jeffrey Storys
(1956)
Good-bye, My Lady
as Uncle Jesse Jackson
(1955)
Bad Day at Black Rock
as Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
(1955)
At Gunpoint
as Doc Lacy
(1955)
Man on a Bus
as Saul
(1955)
The Brush Roper
as Grandpa Atkins
(1954)
The Far Country
as Ben Tatum
(1954)
Drums Across the River
as Sam Brannon
(1954)
Four Guns to the Border
as Simon Bhumer
(1953)
Sea of Lost Ships
as C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley
(1952)
Return of the Texan
as Grandpa Firth Crockett
(1952)
Lure of the Wilderness
as Jim Harper
(1951)
Best of the Badmen
as 'Doc' Butcher
(1951)
Along the Great Divide
as Timothy 'Pop' Keith
(1951)
The Wild Blue Yonder
as Maj. Gen. Wolfe
(1950)
A Ticket to Tomahawk
as Terence Sweeny
(1950)
Singing Guns
as Dr. Jonathan Mark
(1950)
The Showdown
as Cap MacKellar
(1950)
Surrender
as Sheriff Bill Howard
(1950)
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Rimrock
(1949)
Task Force
as Pete Richard
(1949)
Brimstone
as Pop Courteen
(1949)
The Green Promise
as Mr. Matthews
(1948)
Red River
as 'Groot' Nadine
(1948)
Blood on the Moon
as Kris Barden
(1948)
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
as Tony Maule
(1947)
Driftwood
as Murph
(1946)
My Darling Clementine
as Old Man Clanton
(1946)
A Stolen Life
as Eben Folger
(1946)
Nobody Lives Forever
as Pop Gruber
(1946)
Centennial Summer
as Jesse Rogers
(1945)
To Have and Have Not
as Eddie
(1945)
Dakota
as Capt. Bounce of the Riverbird
(1944)
The Princess and the Pirate
as Featherhead
(1944)
Home in Indiana
as J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt
(1943)
The North Star
as Karp
(1943)
Hangmen Also Die!
as Prof. Stephen Novotny
(1943)
Slightly Dangerous
as Cornelius Burden
(1943)
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
as George, Mailman
(1942)
The Pride of the Yankees
as Sam Blake
(1942)
Stand by for Action
as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson
(1941)
Meet John Doe
as The Colonel
(1941)
Sergeant York
as Pastor Rosier Pile
(1941)
Rise and Shine
as Grandpa
(1941)
Swamp Water
as Tom Keefer
(1941)
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1941)
Nice Girl?
as Hector Titus
(1941)
This Woman Is Mine
as Captain Jonathan Thorne
(1940)
The Westerner
as Judge Roy Bean
(1940)
Northwest Passage
as 'Hunk' Marriner
(1940)
Maryland
as William P. Stewart
(1939)
They Shall Have Music
as Professor Lawson
(1939)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Walter
(1939)
Stanley and Livingstone
as Jeff Slocum
(1939)
Land of Liberty
as Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
(1939)
(1938)
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Sugar
(1938)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Muff Potter
(1938)
The Buccaneer
as Ezra Peavey
(1938)
Kentucky
as Peter Goodwin
(1938)
The Texans
as Chuckawalla
(1938)
Mother Carey's Chickens
as Ossian Popham
(1937)
When Love Is Young
as Uncle Hugo
(1937)
She's Dangerous
as 'Oats'
(1937)
Wild and Woolly
as Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn
(1937)
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
as Cappy Ricks
(1936)
Fury
as Bugs Meyers
(1936)
Come and Get It
as Swan Bostrom
(1936)
These Three
as Taxi Driver
(1936)
Three Godfathers
as Samuel 'Gus' Barton
(1936)
The Moon's Our Home
as Lem
(1936)
Banjo on My Knee
as Newt Holley
(1935)
Bride of Frankenstein
as Peasant (uncredited)
(1935)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as First Gossip
(1935)
Barbary Coast
as Old Atrocity
(1935)
She Couldn't Take It
as Peddler
(1935)
The Wedding Night
as Bill Jenkins
(1935)
West Point of the Air
as Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage
(1935)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as 'Legs' Garnett
(1935)
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Station Agent
(1935)
We're in the Money
as Wedding Witness (uncredited)
(1935)
Party Wire
as Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)
(1935)
Metropolitan
as Grandpa
(1935)
Restless Knights
as Father (uncredited)
(1935)
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Reporter on Ship (uncredited)
(1935)
Law Beyond the Range
as Abner
(1935)
Brick-a-Brac
as Lem
(1935)
Northern Frontier
as Stuttering Cook
(1935)
The Perfect Tribute
as Stone Cutter (uncredited)
(1935)
Lady Tubbs
as Joseph
(1935)
Helldorado
as Pete
(1934)
Murder in the Private Car
as Switchman (uncredited)
(1934)
Cross Country Cruise
as Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)
(1934)
Great Expectations
as Prisoner on Ship
(1934)
Riptide
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
(1934)
There's Always Tomorrow
as Auto mechanic
(1934)
Good Dame
as Elmer Spicer
(1934)
Woman Haters
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
(1934)
Whom the Gods Destroy
as Clifford (uncredited)
(1934)
Whom the Gods Destroy
as Clifford
(1934)
Death on the Diamond
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
(1934)
Beloved
as Stuttering Boarder
(1934)
The Poor Rich
as Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)
(1934)
Gridiron Flash
as Proprietor of Java Joe's
(1934)
George White's Scandals
as Hick (uncredited)
(1934)
The Life of Vergie Winters
as Roscoe (uncredited)
(1934)
Fugitive Lovers
as 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)
(1934)
I'll Tell the World
as Otto - Bicycle Repair Man
(1934)
Half a Sinner
as Radio Announcer
(1934)
Radio Dough
as Drunk Customer (uncredited)
(1934)
Prescott Kid
as Zeke - Stage Driver
(1933)
The Invisible Man
as Bicycle Owner (uncredited)
(1933)
Parachute Jumper
as Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)
(1933)
Goldie Gets Along
as Stuttering Waiter
(1933)
Sailor Beware!
as Stuttering Thief
(1933)
Golden Harvest
as Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)
(1933)
Curtain at Eight
as Backstage Detective [extra]
(1933)
The Big Cage
as Ticket Taker
(1933)
My Woman
as Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)
(1933)
Girl Missing
as Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)
(1933)
Saturday's Millions
as Reporter
(1933)
Sensation Hunters
as Stuttering Waiter
(1933)
Strange People
as The Radio Repairman
(1933)
The Phantom of the Air
as 'Skid' (uncredited)
(1933)
King for a Night
as Soda Jerk
(1933)
One Year Later
as Man Chuckling at Train Station
(1933)
Lucky Dog
as Drunk #2
(1933)
The Rustler's Roundup
as Walt (uncredited)
(1933)
Man Of Action
as Cashier Summers
(1932)
Two-Fisted Law
as Bendix the Deputy Sheriff
(1932)
Afraid to Talk
as Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)
(1932)
Once in a Lifetime
as Lighting Technician (uncredited)
(1932)
Miss Pinkerton
as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
(1932)
Law and Order
as Lanky Smith (uncredited)
(1932)
Texas Cyclone
as Sheriff Lew Collins
(1932)
The All-American
as News Commentator at Game (uncredited)
(1932)
Women Won't Tell
as Man in Junkyard
(1932)
Scandal for Sale
as Newspaperman
(1932)
The Unexpected Father
as Sailor (uncredited)
(1932)
The Iceman's Ball
as Officer Dugan
(1932)
The Impatient Maiden
as Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
(1932)
Manhattan Tower
as Mechanic (uncredited)
(1932)
The Airmail Mystery
as Holly
(1932)
Cornered
as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
(1932)
Speed Madness
as Joe
(1931)
A House Divided
as Musician (uncredited)
(1931)
Many a Slip
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1931)
Grief Street
as Walt
(1931)
(1931)
Honeymoon Lane
as Driver
(1931)
Neck and Neck
as Hector
(1930)
King of Jazz
as Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')
(1930)
Dames Ahoy
as Side Show Barker
(1930)
Little Accident
as Milkman (uncredited)
(1930)
See America Thirst
as Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)
(1929)
The Last Performance
as Clown (uncredited)
(1929)
His Lucky Day
as Road House Thug (uncredited)
(1929)
Flight
as Marine Pilot
(1929)
The Lariat Kid
as Pat O'Shea
(1929)
One Hysterical Night
as Paul Revere
(1929)
Smilin' Guns
as Ranch Foreman
(1929)
The Long, Long Trail
as Skinny Rawlins
(1928)
The Michigan Kid
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1928)
(1927)
Sensation Seekers
as Below Deck Yacht Crewman
(1927)
Alias The Deacon
as Cashier at Cunningham's Rink
(1927)
Tearin' Into Trouble
as Billy Martin
(1927)
A Fighting Finish
as Student
(1927)
Blake of Scotland Yard
as Henchman (uncredited)
(1927)
(1927)
Flashing Oars
as Hula Hula Hut Customer
(1926)
Spangles
as Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
(1925)
The Calgary Stampede
as Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)
(1925)
Lorraine of the Lions
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1925)