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Walter Brennan

Acting

Walter Brennan

EN, FR cinema · 217 credits

Born

25 July 1894

Died

21 September 1974 (aged 80)

Birthplace

Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Also known as Walter Andrew Brennan · والتر برنان

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Brennan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Filmography

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs poster

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

EN · 200010.0

as (archive footage)

Bogart: The Untold Story poster

Bogart: The Untold Story

EN · 1997Not rated

as Self (archive footage)

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender poster

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

EN · 19975.3

as Self (archive footage)

La Classe américaine poster

La Classe américaine

FR · 19937.6

as 'Stumpy' (archive footage)

Smoke In The Wind poster

Smoke In The Wind

EN · 19757.5

as H. P. Kingman

Home for the Holidays poster

Home for the Holidays

EN · 19745.5

as Benjamin Morgan

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks poster

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

EN · 19736.8

as Self (archive footage)

Two for the Money poster

Two for the Money

EN · 19727.5

as Cody Guilford

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry poster

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

EN · 19717.0

as Silky O'Sullivan

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again poster

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

EN · 19705.9

as Nash Crawford

The Young Country poster

The Young Country

EN · 19709.0

as Sheriff Matt Fenley

Support Your Local Sheriff! poster

Support Your Local Sheriff!

EN · 19696.9

as Pa Danby

The Over the Hill Gang poster

The Over the Hill Gang

EN · 19695.8

as Nash Crawford

The Movie Orgy poster

The Movie Orgy

EN · 19686.8

as Self (archive footage)

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band poster

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

EN · 19686.1

as Grandpa Bower

The Gnome-Mobile poster

The Gnome-Mobile

EN · 19676.3

as D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby

Who's Minding the Mint? poster

Who's Minding the Mint?

EN · 19677.1

as Pop Gillis

Project XX: End of the Trail poster

Project XX: End of the Trail

EN · 1967Not rated

as Self - Narrator

The Oscar poster

The Oscar

EN · 19665.1

as Quentin

The Shooting of Dan McGrew poster

The Shooting of Dan McGrew

EN · 1965Not rated

as Narrator

Those Calloways poster

Those Calloways

EN · 19646.5

as Alf Simes

How the West Was Won poster

How the West Was Won

EN · 19627.0

as Jeb Hawkins

Shootout at Big Sag poster

Shootout at Big Sag

EN · 19625.5

as 'Preacher' Hawker

Rio Bravo poster

Rio Bravo

EN · 19597.8

as Stumpy

The Western: A Lost TV Special poster

The Western: A Lost TV Special

EN · 1958Not rated

as Self

Tammy and the Bachelor poster

Tammy and the Bachelor

EN · 19577.0

as Grandpa

God Is My Partner poster

God Is My Partner

EN · 19577.5

as Dr. Charles Grayson

Armored Attack! poster

Armored Attack!

EN · 19576.2

as Karp

The Way to the Gold poster

The Way to the Gold

EN · 19578.0

as Uncle George Williams

The Proud Ones poster

The Proud Ones

EN · 19566.5

as Jake

Come Next Spring poster

Come Next Spring

EN · 19565.9

as Jeffrey Storys

Glory poster

Glory

EN · 19565.7

as Ned Otis

Good-bye, My Lady poster

Good-bye, My Lady

EN · 19567.8

as Uncle Jesse Jackson

Bad Day at Black Rock poster

Bad Day at Black Rock

EN · 19557.3

as Doc T.R. Velie Jr.

At Gunpoint poster

At Gunpoint

EN · 19556.7

as Doc Lacy

Man on a Bus poster

Man on a Bus

EN · 19555.0

as Saul

The Brush Roper poster

The Brush Roper

EN · 1955Not rated

as Grandpa Atkins

The Far Country poster

The Far Country

EN · 19546.9

as Ben Tatum

Drums Across the River poster

Drums Across the River

EN · 19545.8

as Sam Brannon

Four Guns to the Border poster

Four Guns to the Border

EN · 19545.0

as Simon Bhumer

Sea of Lost Ships poster

Sea of Lost Ships

EN · 19537.0

as C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley

Lure of the Wilderness poster

Lure of the Wilderness

EN · 19526.1

as Jim Harper

Return of the Texan poster

Return of the Texan

EN · 19526.7

as Grandpa Firth Crockett

Along the Great Divide poster

Along the Great Divide

EN · 19517.4

as Timothy 'Pop' Keith

Best of the Badmen poster

Best of the Badmen

EN · 19516.5

as 'Doc' Butcher

The Wild Blue Yonder poster

The Wild Blue Yonder

EN · 19517.0

as Maj. Gen. Wolfe

The Showdown poster

The Showdown

EN · 19506.0

as Cap MacKellar

Singing Guns poster

Singing Guns

EN · 19506.4

as Dr. Jonathan Mark

A Ticket to Tomahawk poster

A Ticket to Tomahawk

EN · 19506.0

as Terence Sweeny

Surrender poster

Surrender

EN · 19504.8

as Sheriff Bill Howard

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek poster

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

EN · 19506.4

as Rimrock

Task Force poster

Task Force

EN · 19496.9

as Pete Richard

Brimstone poster

Brimstone

EN · 19497.2

as Pop Courteen

The Green Promise poster

The Green Promise

EN · 19496.4

as Mr. Matthews

Red River poster

Red River

EN · 19487.3

as 'Groot' Nadine

Blood on the Moon poster

Blood on the Moon

EN · 19486.2

as Kris Barden

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! poster

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

EN · 19486.5

as Tony Maule

Driftwood poster

Driftwood

EN · 19476.8

as Murph

My Darling Clementine poster

My Darling Clementine

EN · 19467.5

as Old Man Clanton

Nobody Lives Forever poster

Nobody Lives Forever

EN · 19466.4

as Pop Gruber

A Stolen Life poster

A Stolen Life

EN · 19466.4

as Eben Folger

Centennial Summer poster

Centennial Summer

EN · 19465.9

as Jesse Rogers

To Have and Have Not poster

To Have and Have Not

EN · 19457.4

as Eddie

Dakota poster

Dakota

EN · 19455.2

as Bounce of the Riverbird

The Princess and the Pirate poster

The Princess and the Pirate

EN · 19446.9

as Featherhead

Home in Indiana poster

Home in Indiana

EN · 19445.9

as J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt

Hangmen Also Die! poster

Hangmen Also Die!

EN · 19436.9

as Prof. Stephen Novotny

The North Star poster

The North Star

EN · 19436.0

as Karp

Slightly Dangerous poster

Slightly Dangerous

EN · 19436.0

as Cornelius Burden

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith poster

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

EN · 19436.3

as George, Mailman

The Pride of the Yankees poster

The Pride of the Yankees

EN · 19427.3

as Sam Blake

Stand by for Action poster

Stand by for Action

EN · 19427.0

as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson

Meet John Doe poster

Meet John Doe

EN · 19417.3

as The Colonel

Nice Girl? poster

Nice Girl?

EN · 19416.4

as Hector Titus

Swamp Water poster

Swamp Water

EN · 19416.4

as Tom Keefer

Sergeant York poster

Sergeant York

EN · 19417.2

as Pastor Rosier Pile

Rise and Shine poster

Rise and Shine

EN · 19417.3

as Grandpa

Breakdowns of 1941 poster

Breakdowns of 1941

EN · 19417.0

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

This Woman Is Mine poster

This Woman Is Mine

EN · 19414.5

as Captain Jonathan Thorne

The Westerner poster

The Westerner

EN · 19407.1

as Judge Roy Bean

Northwest Passage poster

Northwest Passage

EN · 19406.6

as 'Hunk' Marriner

Maryland poster

Maryland

EN · 19406.5

as William P. Stewart

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle poster

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

EN · 19397.0

as Walter

Stanley and Livingstone poster

Stanley and Livingstone

EN · 19396.4

as Jeff Slocum

They Shall Have Music poster

They Shall Have Music

EN · 19396.4

as Professor Lawson

Land of Liberty poster

Land of Liberty

EN · 19399.0

as Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President poster

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

EN · 19395.0

as Jim

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer poster

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

EN · 19386.6

as Muff Potter

The Texans poster

The Texans

EN · 19386.6

as Chuckawalla

The Cowboy and the Lady poster

The Cowboy and the Lady

EN · 19386.3

as Sugar

The Buccaneer poster

The Buccaneer

EN · 19386.4

as Ezra Peavey

Kentucky poster

Kentucky

EN · 19386.1

as Peter Goodwin

Mother Carey's Chickens poster

Mother Carey's Chickens

EN · 19386.0

as Ossian Popham

Affairs of Cappy Ricks poster

Affairs of Cappy Ricks

EN · 19374.8

as Cappy Ricks

She's Dangerous poster

She's Dangerous

EN · 19377.0

as 'Oats'

When Love Is Young poster

When Love Is Young

EN · 193710.0

as Uncle Hugo

Wild and Woolly poster

Wild and Woolly

EN · 193710.0

as Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn

Fury poster

Fury

EN · 19367.5

as Bugs Meyers

These Three poster

These Three

EN · 19367.1

as Taxi Driver

Come and Get It poster

Come and Get It

EN · 19366.8

as Swan Bostrom

The Moon's Our Home poster

The Moon's Our Home

EN · 19366.9

as Lem

Three Godfathers poster

Three Godfathers

EN · 19366.9

as Samuel 'Gus' Barton

Banjo on My Knee poster

Banjo on My Knee

EN · 19365.8

as Newt Holley

The Mystery of Edwin Drood poster

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

EN · 19355.9

as Milkman (uncredited)

Man on the Flying Trapeze poster

Man on the Flying Trapeze

EN · 19356.3

as 'Legs' Garnett

Barbary Coast poster

Barbary Coast

EN · 19356.4

as Old Atrocity

Helldorado poster

Helldorado

EN · 19359.0

as Pete

Restless Knights poster

Restless Knights

EN · 19356.4

as Father (uncredited)

Seven Keys to Baldpate poster

Seven Keys to Baldpate

EN · 19356.9

as Station Agent

Metropolitan poster

Metropolitan

EN · 19358.0

as Grandpa

Lady Tubbs poster

Lady Tubbs

EN · 19357.5

as Joseph

We're in the Money poster

We're in the Money

EN · 19355.9

as Wedding Witness (uncredited)

The Wedding Night poster

The Wedding Night

EN · 19355.9

as Bill Jenkins

West Point of the Air poster

West Point of the Air

EN · 19357.0

as Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage

Northern Frontier poster

Northern Frontier

EN · 19358.0

as Stuttering Cook

Party Wire poster

Party Wire

EN · 19358.3

as Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)

Bride of Frankenstein poster

Bride of Frankenstein

EN · 19357.5

as Peasant (uncredited)

Law Beyond the Range poster

Law Beyond the Range

EN · 19357.0

as Abner

She Couldn't Take It poster

She Couldn't Take It

EN · 19355.3

as Peddler

Biography of a Bachelor Girl poster

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

EN · 19356.8

as Reporter on Ship (uncredited)

Brick-a-Brac

1935

Brick-a-Brac

EN · 193510.0

as Lem

The Perfect Tribute poster

The Perfect Tribute

EN · 19357.0

as Stone Cutter (uncredited)

Hunger Pains

1935

Hunger Pains

EN · 1935Not rated

Actor

The Prescott Kid poster

The Prescott Kid

EN · 19348.0

as Zeke - Stage Driver

Woman Haters poster

Woman Haters

EN · 19346.3

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

There's Always Tomorrow poster

There's Always Tomorrow

EN · 19348.0

as Auto mechanic

Radio Dough

1934

Radio Dough

EN · 19347.0

as Drunk Customer (uncredited)

Gridiron Flash poster

Gridiron Flash

EN · 19344.8

as Proprietor of Java Joe's

Cross Country Cruise poster

Cross Country Cruise

EN · 19346.7

as Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)

I'll Tell the World poster

I'll Tell the World

EN · 19347.0

as Otto - Bicycle Repair Man

George White's Scandals poster

George White's Scandals

EN · 19345.4

as Hick (uncredited)

The Life of Vergie Winters poster

The Life of Vergie Winters

EN · 19345.7

as Roscoe (uncredited)

The Poor Rich poster

The Poor Rich

EN · 19348.0

as Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)

Murder in the Private Car poster

Murder in the Private Car

EN · 19345.6

as Switchman (uncredited)

Fugitive Lovers poster

Fugitive Lovers

EN · 19346.2

as 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)

Whom the Gods Destroy poster

Whom the Gods Destroy

EN · 19346.0

as Clifford (uncredited), as Clifford

Death on the Diamond poster

Death on the Diamond

EN · 19347.3

as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

Good Dame poster

Good Dame

EN · 19347.0

as Elmer Spicer

Riptide poster

Riptide

EN · 19346.7

as Chauffeur (uncredited)

Half a Sinner poster

Half a Sinner

EN · 19348.0

as Radio Announcer

Great Expectations poster

Great Expectations

EN · 19347.0

as Prisoner on Ship

Beloved poster

Beloved

EN · 19349.0

as Stuttering Boarder

Cheating Cheaters poster

Cheating Cheaters

EN · 19347.0

as Ship's Telegrapher (uncredited)

Uncertain Lady poster

Uncertain Lady

EN · 19349.0

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Paradise Valley

1934

Paradise Valley

EN · 193410.0

as Farmer Hiram

The Rustler's Roundup poster

The Rustler's Roundup

EN · 19339.0

as Walt (uncredited)

Girl Missing poster

Girl Missing

EN · 19335.2

as Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)

One Year Later poster

One Year Later

EN · 19337.2

as Man Chuckling at Train Station

My Woman poster

My Woman

EN · 19334.2

as Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)

King for a Night poster

King for a Night

EN · 19337.2

as Soda Jerk

Curtain at Eight poster

Curtain at Eight

EN · 19336.4

as Backstage Detective [extra]

Man Of Action poster

Man Of Action

EN · 19338.0

as Cashier Summers

Strange People poster

Strange People

EN · 19335.8

as The Radio Repairman

Parachute Jumper poster

Parachute Jumper

EN · 19336.0

as Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)

Sensation Hunters poster

Sensation Hunters

EN · 19333.7

as Stuttering Waiter

The Invisible Man poster

The Invisible Man

EN · 19337.5

as Bicycle Owner (uncredited)

The Phantom of the Air poster

The Phantom of the Air

EN · 19337.0

as 'Skid' (uncredited)

Golden Harvest poster

Golden Harvest

EN · 19336.5

as Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)

Goldie Gets Along poster

Goldie Gets Along

EN · 19335.7

as Stuttering Waiter

Saturday's Millions poster

Saturday's Millions

EN · 19337.0

as Reporter

Lucky Dog

1933

Lucky Dog

EN · 19337.0

as Drunk #2

Sailor Beware! poster

Sailor Beware!

EN · 1933Not rated

as Stuttering Thief

The Big Cage poster

The Big Cage

EN · 19338.0

as Ticket Taker

The Iceman's Ball

1932

The Iceman's Ball

EN · 19324.0

as Officer Dugan

Once in a Lifetime poster

Once in a Lifetime

EN · 19327.3

as Lighting Technician (uncredited)

Two-Fisted Law poster

Two-Fisted Law

EN · 19324.8

as Bendix the Deputy Sheriff

The Impatient Maiden poster

The Impatient Maiden

EN · 19329.0

as Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

Law and Order poster

Law and Order

EN · 19325.0

as Lanky Smith (uncredited)

Manhattan Tower poster

Manhattan Tower

EN · 19326.0

as Mechanic (uncredited)

Miss Pinkerton poster

Miss Pinkerton

EN · 19325.9

as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

The Unexpected Father poster

The Unexpected Father

EN · 19327.0

as Sailor (uncredited)

Scandal for Sale poster

Scandal for Sale

EN · 19328.5

as Newspaperman

The Airmail Mystery poster

The Airmail Mystery

EN · 193210.0

as Holly

Speed Madness poster

Speed Madness

EN · 19329.0

as Joe

Women Won't Tell poster

Women Won't Tell

EN · 19327.0

as Man in Junkyard

Afraid to Talk poster

Afraid to Talk

EN · 19326.5

as Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)

Cornered poster

Cornered

EN · 19327.5

as Court Bailiff (uncredited)

Texas Cyclone poster

Texas Cyclone

EN · 19324.5

as Sheriff Lew Collins

The All-American poster

The All-American

EN · 19326.5

as News Commentator at Game (uncredited)

The Fourth Horseman poster

The Fourth Horseman

EN · 19329.0

as Toothless Town Drunk

Honeymoon Lane poster

Honeymoon Lane

EN · 19318.0

as Driver

Grief Street poster

Grief Street

EN · 19314.4

as Walt

Scratch-As-Catch-Can poster

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

EN · 19316.0

Actor

A House Divided poster

A House Divided

EN · 19315.6

as Musician (uncredited)

Neck and Neck poster

Neck and Neck

EN · 19317.0

as Hector

Many a Slip poster

Many a Slip

EN · 193110.0

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Is There Justice? poster

Is There Justice?

EN · 19317.0

as Rollins

Heroes of the Flames

1931

Heroes of the Flames

EN · 19319.0

as Bit Part

Dames Ahoy poster

Dames Ahoy

EN · 19309.0

as Side Show Barker

See America Thirst poster

See America Thirst

EN · 19307.0

as Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)

King of Jazz poster

King of Jazz

EN · 19306.5

as Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')

Little Accident poster

Little Accident

EN · 19309.0

as Milkman (uncredited)

Smilin' Guns poster

Smilin' Guns

EN · 19298.0

as Ranch Foreman

The Lariat Kid poster

The Lariat Kid

EN · 19299.0

as Pat O'Shea

Flight poster

Flight

EN · 19296.6

as Marine Pilot

One Hysterical Night poster

One Hysterical Night

EN · 19297.5

as Paul Revere

His Lucky Day poster

His Lucky Day

EN · 19299.0

as Road House Thug (uncredited)

The Last Performance poster

The Last Performance

EN · 19296.5

as Clown (uncredited)

The Long, Long Trail poster

The Long, Long Trail

EN · 19296.5

as Skinny Rawlins

The Shannons of Broadway poster

The Shannons of Broadway

EN · 19298.0

as Hez

Flying High

1929

Flying High

EN · 192910.0

as Kidnapper

The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City poster

The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City

EN · 19299.0

as Man at Police Station

The Michigan Kid poster

The Michigan Kid

EN · 19289.0

as Minor Role (uncredited)

The Ballyhoo Buster poster

The Ballyhoo Buster

EN · 19288.0

Actor

Flashing Oars poster

Flashing Oars

EN · 19273.5

as Hula Hula Hut Customer

Sensation Seekers poster

Sensation Seekers

EN · 19276.7

as Below Deck Yacht Crewman

Tearin' Into Trouble poster

Tearin' Into Trouble

EN · 192710.0

as Billy Martin

The Ridin' Rowdy poster

The Ridin' Rowdy

EN · 19277.0

Actor

Blake of Scotland Yard poster

Blake of Scotland Yard

EN · 19277.0

as Henchman (uncredited)

Alias The Deacon poster

Alias The Deacon

EN · 19279.0

as Cashier at Cunningham's Rink

A Fighting Finish

1927

A Fighting Finish

EN · 19279.0

as Student

Hot Heels poster

Hot Heels

EN · 19278.0

as Pool Hall Habitant (uncredited)

Spangles poster

Spangles

EN · 19267.0

as Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

Watch Your Wife poster

Watch Your Wife

EN · 19267.0

as Walter (uncredited)

The Calgary Stampede poster

The Calgary Stampede

EN · 19256.0

as Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)

Lorraine of the Lions poster

Lorraine of the Lions

EN · 19256.8

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Webs of Steel poster

Webs of Steel

EN · 19259.0

Actor