Walter Baldwin
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-01-01
Day of Death
1977-01-27 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Lima, Ohio, USA
Walter Baldwin
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Walter S. Baldwin Jr. (January 2, 1889 − January 27, 1977) was a prolific character actor whose career spanned five decades and 150 film and television roles, and numerous stage performances.
Baldwin was born in Lima, Ohio from a theatrical family and served in the First World War.
He was probably best known for playing the father of the handicapped sailor in The Best Years of Our Lives. He was the first actor to portray "Floyd the Barber" on The Andy Griffith Show.
Prior to his first film roles in 1939, Baldwin had appeared in more than a dozen Broadway plays. He played Whit in the first Broadway production of Of Mice and Men, and also appeared in the original Grand Hotel in a small role, as well as serving as the production's stage manager. He originated the role of Bensinger, the prissy Chicago Tribune reporter, in the Broadway production of The Front Page.
In the 1960s he had small acting roles in television shows such as Petticoat Junction and Green Acres. He continued to act in motion pictures, and one of his last roles was in Rosemary's Baby.
Baldwin was known for playing solid middle class burghers, although sometimes he gave portrayals of eccentric characters. He played a customer seeking a prostitute in The Lost Weekend and the rebellious prison trusty Orvy in Cry of the City. Walter Baldwin was featured in a lot of John Deere Day Movies from 1949-59 where he played the farmer Tom Gordon. In this series of Deere Day movies over a decade he helped to introduce many new pieces of John Deere farm equipment year-by-year. In each yearly movie he would be shown on his in A Tom Gordon Family Film where he would be buying new John Deere farm equipment or a new green and yellow tractor.A picture of Walter Baldwin playing Tom Gordon can be found on page 108 of Bob Pripp's book John Deere Yesterday & Today
Hal Erickson writes in Allmovie: "With a pinched Midwestern countenance that enabled him to portray taciturn farmers, obsequious grocery store clerks and the occasional sniveling coward, Baldwin was a familiar (if often unbilled) presence in Hollywood films for three decades."
Known For
Acting
(1968)
Rosemary's Baby
as Mr. Wees (uncredited)
(1964)
Cheyenne Autumn
as Jeremy Wright (uncredited)
(1962)
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
as Conductor (uncredited)
(1961)
Wild in the Country
as Mr. Spangler (uncredited)
(1960)
Oklahoma Territory
as Ward Harlan
(1956)
The Fastest Gun Alive
as Man Who Warns Vinny (uncredited)
(1956)
The Harder They Fall
as Boxing fan at Dundee fight (uncredited)
(1956)
Glory
as Doc Brock
(1956)
You Can't Run Away from It
as 1st Proprietor
(1955)
The Desperate Hours
as George Patterson
(1955)
Stranger on Horseback
as Vince Webb
(1955)
Interrupted Melody
as Jim Owens
(1954)
The Long, Long Trailer
as Uncle Edgar
(1954)
Destry
as Henry Skinner
(1954)
Living It Up
as Isaiah Jackson
(1953)
Ride, Vaquero!
as Adam Smith
(1953)
Scandal at Scourie
as Michael Hayward
(1952)
The Winning Team
as Pa Alexander (uncredited)
(1952)
Carrie
as Mr. Meeber - Carrie's Father
(1951)
Storm Warning
as Coroner Bledsoe
(1951)
The Racket
as Sgt. Sullivan
(1951)
Rough Riders of Durango
as Cricket Adams
(1951)
I Want You
as George Kress Sr.
(1950)
The Jackpot
as Watch Buyer (uncredited)
(1950)
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Jim Bracken (uncredited)
(1949)
Thieves' Highway
as Officer Riley (uncredited)
(1949)
Come to the Stable
as Claude Jarman (uncredited)
(1949)
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
as Doc Purdy
(1949)
Special Agent
as Pop Peters (uncredited)
(1949)
The Gay Amigo
as Editor Stoneham
(1948)
Hazard
as Superintendent
(1948)
The Man from Colorado
as Stagecoach driver
(1948)
Rachel and the Stranger
as Gallus
(1948)
Cry of the City
as Orvy
(1948)
Albuquerque
as Judge Fred Martin
(1948)
Winter Meeting
as Mr. Castle
(1948)
Return of the Bad Men
as Muley Wilson
(1947)
The Unsuspected
as Judge Maynard
(1947)
Framed
as (uncredited)
(1947)
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Amos Ames
(1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mr. Parrish
(1946)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Dempsey (uncredited)
(1946)
Dragonwyck
as Tom Wilson (uncredited)
(1946)
Young Widow
as Miller (Uncredited)
(1946)
Sister Kenny
as Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
(1946)
The Bride Wore Boots
as Mr. Hodges (uncredited)
(1945)
Trail to Vengeance
as Bart Jackson
(1945)
The Lost Weekend
as Man from Albany (uncredited)
(1945)
Rhythm Round-Up
as Jed Morton
(1945)
Christmas in Connecticut
as Herb, the Sheriff (uncredited)
(1945)
Murder, He Says
as Vic Hardy (uncredited)
(1945)
Scared Stiff
as Deputy with Rifle (Uncredited)
(1945)
Why Girls Leave Home
as Wilbur Harris
(1945)
Bring on the Girls
as Henry (uncredited)
(1944)
I'm from Arkansas
as Attorney
(1944)
The Ghost That Walks Alone
as Deputy Sheriff
(1944)
Reckless Age
as Music Conductor
(1944)
Tall in the Saddle
as Stan - Depot Master (uncredited)
(1944)
The Missing Juror
as Town Sheriff (Uncredited)
(1944)
Faces in the Fog
as Doan, Jury Foreman
(1944)
Wilson
as Wilson Campaign Orator (uncredited)
(1944)
The Mark of the Whistler
as Fireman (uncredited)
(1944)
Dark Mountain
as Uncle Sam Bates
(1943)
The Kansan
as Judge Lorrimer
(1943)
Happy Land
as Jake Hibbs (uncredited)
(1943)
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
as Diamond Ed Barnaby
(1943)
Reconnaissance Pilot
as George Newton
(1943)
A Stranger in Town
as Tom Cooney
(1943)
Eyes Aloft
as Pa
(1942)
The Remarkable Andrew
as Hugo French
(1942)
The Incredible Stranger
as Doctor Peabody (uncredited)
(1942)
(1942)
For Me and My Gal
as Bill (uncredited)
(1942)
Powder Town
as Jerry the Nitrate Technician (uncredited)
(1942)
Scattergood Rides High
as Martin Knox
(1942)
In This Our Life
as Worker (uncredited)
(1942)
The Man Who Returned to Life
as Homer-the Barber
(1941)
The Devil Commands
as Seth Marcy
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Settler (uncredited)
(1941)
Look Who's Laughing
as Bill
(1941)
All That Money Can Buy
as Hank (uncredited)
(1941)
Miss Polly
as Lem Wiggins
(1940)
Arizona
as Man Who Declares for the South
(1940)
Angels Over Broadway
as Rennick (uncredited)
(1940)
Cafe Hostess
as Jones
(1939)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Finch (uncredited)
(1939)
Those High Grey Walls
as Mr. Mason (uncredited)
(1936)
Peaceful Relations
as Mr. Brown