Acting
Silver Tip Baker
EN cinema · 40 credits
Born
18 April 1886
Died
15 March 1943 (aged 56)
Birthplace
Ellis County, Texas, USA
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
Filmography
Along Came Jones
as Poker Player (uncredited)
Lawless Plainsmen
as Wagon Train Man (archive footage)
Wrangler's Roost
as Church Member
Forbidden Trails
as Townsman
Stick to Your Guns
as Townsman
Pirates on Horseback
as Barfly
Sheriff of Tombstone
as Townsman
Under Texas Skies
as Townsman
Young Buffalo Bill
as Barfly
Arizona
as Barfly
Winners of the West
as Barfly
Adventures of Red Ryder
as Barfly
Rocky Mountain Rangers
as Texas Ranger
The Durango Kid
as Piute City Townsman (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again
as Barfly (uncredited)
Of Mice and Men
as Old Hand (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
Frontier Town
as Barfly
Gunsmoke Ranch
as Settler
Borderland
as Barfly
Ranger Courage
as Settler (uncredited)
Empty Holsters
as Townsman (uncredited)
Rio Grande Ranger
as Barfly (uncredited)
Trailin' West
as Gambler (uncredited)
Gun Play
as Man at Dance (uncredited)
Arizona Bad Man
as Cowhand
Big Calibre
as Barfly / Man at Dance
Kid Courageous
as Pete the Cowhand
Terror of the Plains
as Posse Rider / Wagon Driver
Thunder Over Texas
as Townsman
The Man from Hell
as Townsman
Blue Steel
as Townsman
In Old Santa Fe
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Thrill Hunter
as Townsman
The Gallant Fool
as Silver
The Man from Hell's Edges
as Silver, Stage Coach Driver
Young Blood
as Stage Driver
Wild Horse
as Cowboy
In the Days of Buffalo Bill
as Gen. Grenville M. Dodge