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Walter Brennan

Actor

Walter Brennan

Born July 25, 1894 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USADied September 21, 1974208 films

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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Rio Bravo posterFirst watchRio Bravo19597.8as StumpyA small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Bride of Frankenstein poster7.5Bride of Frankenstein1935The Invisible Man poster7.5The Invisible Man1933To Have and Have Not poster7.5To Have and Have Not1945Red River poster7.3Red River1948My Darling Clementine poster7.5My Darling Clementine1946Bad Day at Black Rock poster7.3Bad Day at Black Rock1955How the West Was Won poster7.0How the West Was Won1962Fury poster7.5Fury1936

Filmography

208 films as actor
  1. 1975Smoke In The WindH. P. Kingman
  2. 1974Home for the HolidaysBenjamin Morgan
  3. 1972Two for the MoneyCody Guilford
  4. 1971The Day They Hanged Kid CurrySilky O'Sullivan
  5. 1970The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides AgainNash Crawford
  6. 1970The Young CountrySheriff Matt Fenley
  7. 1969The Over the Hill GangNash Crawford
  8. 1969Support Your Local Sheriff!Pa Danby
  9. 1968The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family BandGrandpa Bower
  10. 1967Who's Minding the Mint?Pop Gillis
  11. 1967The Gnome-MobileD.J. Mulrooney / Knobby
  12. 1966The OscarQuentin
  13. 1965The Shooting of Dan McGrewNarrator
  14. 1964Those CallowaysAlf Simes
  15. 1962How the West Was WonJeb Hawkins
  16. 1962Shootout at Big Sag'Preacher' Hawker
  17. 1959Rio BravoStumpy
  18. 1957God Is My PartnerDr. Charles Grayson
  19. 1957Tammy and the BachelorGrandpa
  20. 1957The Way to the GoldUncle George Williams
  21. 1957Armored Attack!Karp
  22. 1956The Proud OnesJake
  23. 1956Good-bye, My LadyUncle Jesse Jackson
  24. 1956Come Next SpringJeffrey Storys
  25. 1956GloryNed Otis
  26. 1955At GunpointDoc Lacy
  27. 1955The Brush RoperGrandpa Atkins
  28. 1955Man on a BusSaul
  29. 1955Bad Day at Black RockDoc T.R. Velie Jr.
  30. 1954Four Guns to the BorderSimon Bhumer
  31. 1954Drums Across the RiverSam Brannon
  32. 1954The Far CountryBen Tatum
  33. 1953Sea of Lost ShipsC.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley
  34. 1952Lure of the WildernessJim Harper
  35. 1952Return of the TexanGrandpa Firth Crockett
  36. 1951The Wild Blue YonderMaj. Gen. Wolfe
  37. 1951Best of the Badmen'Doc' Butcher
  38. 1951Along the Great DivideTimothy 'Pop' Keith
  39. 1950SurrenderSheriff Bill Howard
  40. 1950The ShowdownCap MacKellar
  41. 1950Curtain Call at Cactus CreekRimrock
  42. 1950A Ticket to TomahawkTerence Sweeny
  43. 1950Singing GunsDr. Jonathan Mark
  44. 1949Task ForcePete Richard
  45. 1949BrimstonePop Courteen
  46. 1949The Green PromiseMr. Matthews
  47. 1948Blood on the MoonKris Barden
  48. 1948Red River'Groot' Nadine
  49. 1948Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!Tony Maule
  50. 1947DriftwoodMurph
  51. 1946Nobody Lives ForeverPop Gruber
  52. 1946My Darling ClementineOld Man Clanton
  53. 1946Centennial SummerJesse Rogers
  54. 1946A Stolen LifeEben Folger
  55. 1945DakotaBounce of the Riverbird
  56. 1945To Have and Have NotEddie
  57. 1944The Princess and the PirateFeatherhead
  58. 1944Home in IndianaJ. F. 'Thunder' Bolt
  59. 1943The North StarKarp
  60. 1943The Last Will and Testament of Tom SmithGeorge, Mailman
  61. 1943Hangmen Also Die!Prof. Stephen Novotny
  62. 1943Slightly DangerousCornelius Burden
  63. 1942Stand by for ActionChief Yeoman Henry Johnson
  64. 1942The Pride of the YankeesSam Blake
  65. 1941Rise and ShineGrandpa
  66. 1941Swamp WaterTom Keefer
  67. 1941Sergeant YorkPastor Rosier Pile
  68. 1941This Woman Is MineCaptain Jonathan Thorne
  69. 1941Meet John DoeThe Colonel
  70. 1941Nice Girl?Hector Titus
  71. 1940The WesternerJudge Roy Bean
  72. 1940MarylandWilliam P. Stewart
  73. 1940Northwest Passage'Hunk' Marriner
  74. 1939Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the PresidentJim
  75. 1939Stanley and LivingstoneJeff Slocum
  76. 1939They Shall Have MusicProfessor Lawson
  77. 1939Land of LibertyEzra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
  78. 1939The Story of Vernon and Irene CastleWalter
  79. 1938KentuckyPeter Goodwin
  80. 1938The Cowboy and the LadySugar
  81. 1938The TexansChuckawalla
  82. 1938Mother Carey's ChickensOssian Popham
  83. 1938The Adventures of Tom SawyerMuff Potter
  84. 1938The BuccaneerEzra Peavey
  85. 1937Wild and WoollyGramp 'Hercules' Flynn
  86. 1937Affairs of Cappy RicksCappy Ricks
  87. 1937When Love Is YoungUncle Hugo
  88. 1937She's Dangerous'Oats'
  89. 1936Banjo on My KneeNewt Holley
  90. 1936Come and Get ItSwan Bostrom
  91. 1936FuryBugs Meyers
  92. 1936The Moon's Our HomeLem
  93. 1936These ThreeTaxi Driver
  94. 1936Three GodfathersSamuel 'Gus' Barton
  95. 1935Seven Keys to BaldpateStation Agent
  96. 1935MetropolitanGrandpa
  97. 1935Barbary CoastOld Atrocity
  98. 1935She Couldn't Take ItPeddler
  99. 1935We're in the MoneyWedding Witness (uncredited)
  100. 1935The Perfect TributeStone Cutter (uncredited)
  101. 1935Man on the Flying Trapeze'Legs' Garnett
  102. 1935Lady TubbsJoseph
  103. 1935Party WirePaul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)
  104. 1935Bride of FrankensteinPeasant (uncredited)
  105. 1935West Point of the AirSoldier at Kelly's Wreckage
  106. 1935The Wedding NightBill Jenkins
  107. 1935Hunger Pains
  108. 1935Restless KnightsFather (uncredited)
  109. 1935Law Beyond the RangeAbner
  110. 1935The Mystery of Edwin DroodMilkman (uncredited)
  111. 1935Northern FrontierStuttering Cook
  112. 1935Brick-a-BracLem
  113. 1935HelldoradoPete
  114. 1935Biography of a Bachelor GirlReporter on Ship (uncredited)
  115. 1934The Prescott KidZeke - Stage Driver
  116. 1934Cheating CheatersShip's Telegrapher (uncredited)
  117. 1934There's Always TomorrowAuto mechanic
  118. 1934Great ExpectationsPrisoner on Ship
  119. 1934Gridiron FlashProprietor of Java Joe's
  120. 1934Death on the DiamondHot Dog Vendor (uncredited)