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 Harder They Fall
as Boxing fan at Dundee fight (uncredited)
(1956)
The Fastest Gun Alive
as Man Who Warns Vinny (uncredited)
(1956)
You Can't Run Away from It
as 1st Proprietor
(1956)
Glory
as Doc Brock
(1955)
The Desperate Hours
as George Patterson
(1955)
Stranger on Horseback
as Vince Webb
(1955)
Interrupted Melody
as Jim Owens
(1954)
Destry
as Henry Skinner
(1954)
The Long, Long Trailer
as Uncle Edgar
(1954)
Living It Up
as Isaiah Jackson
(1953)
Ride, Vaquero!
as Adam Smith
(1953)
Scandal at Scourie
as Michael Hayward
(1952)
Carrie
as Mr. Meeber - Carrie's Father
(1952)
The Winning Team
as Pa Alexander (uncredited)
(1951)
Storm Warning
as Coroner Bledsoe
(1951)
The Racket
as Sgt. Sullivan
(1951)
I Want You
as George Kress Sr.
(1951)
Rough Riders of Durango
as Cricket Adams
(1950)
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Jim Bracken (uncredited)
(1950)
The Jackpot
as Watch Buyer (uncredited)
(1949)
Thieves' Highway
as Officer Riley (uncredited)
(1949)
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
as Doc Purdy
(1949)
Come to the Stable
as Claude Jarman (uncredited)
(1949)
Special Agent
as Pop Peters (uncredited)
(1949)
The Gay Amigo
as Editor Stoneham
(1948)
The Man from Colorado
as Stagecoach driver
(1948)
Cry of the City
as Orvy
(1948)
Hazard
as Superintendent
(1948)
Return of the Bad Men
as Muley Wilson
(1948)
Rachel and the Stranger
as Gallus
(1948)
Winter Meeting
as Mr. Castle
(1948)
Albuquerque
as Judge Fred Martin
(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)
The Lost Weekend
as Man from Albany (uncredited)
(1945)
Christmas in Connecticut
as Herb, the Sheriff (uncredited)
(1945)
Murder, He Says
as Vic Hardy (uncredited)
(1945)
Bring on the Girls
as Henry (uncredited)
(1945)
Why Girls Leave Home
as Wilbur Harris
(1945)
Scared Stiff
as Deputy with Rifle (Uncredited)
(1945)
Rhythm Round-Up
as Jed Morton
(1945)
Trail to Vengeance
as Bart Jackson
(1944)
Wilson
as Wilson Campaign Orator (uncredited)
(1944)
The Missing Juror
as Town Sheriff (Uncredited)
(1944)
The Mark of the Whistler
as Fireman (uncredited)
(1944)
Dark Mountain
as Uncle Sam Bates
(1944)
I'm from Arkansas
as Attorney
(1944)
The Ghost That Walks Alone
as Deputy Sheriff
(1944)
Reckless Age
as Music Conductor
(1944)
Faces in the Fog
as Doan, Jury Foreman
(1943)
The Kansan
as Judge Lorrimer
(1943)
Happy Land
as Jake Hibbs (uncredited)
(1943)
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
as Diamond Ed Barnaby
(1943)
A Stranger in Town
as Tom Cooney
(1943)
Reconnaissance Pilot
as George Newton
(1943)
Eyes Aloft
as Pa
(1942)
In This Our Life
as Worker (uncredited)
(1942)
The Remarkable Andrew
as Hugo French
(1942)
For Me and My Gal
as Bill (uncredited)
(1942)
(1942)
The Man Who Returned to Life
as Homer-the Barber
(1942)
Powder Town
as Jerry the Nitrate Technician (uncredited)
(1942)
Scattergood Rides High
as Martin Knox
(1942)
The Incredible Stranger
as Doctor Peabody (uncredited)
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Settler (uncredited)
(1941)
All That Money Can Buy
as Hank (uncredited)
(1941)
The Devil Commands
as Seth Marcy
(1941)
Look Who's Laughing
as Bill
(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