Walter Brennan

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1894-07-25

Day of Death

1974-09-21

Place of Birth

Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Walter Brennan

Biography

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.

Filmography (217)

⭐ 10.0 Role: (archive footage)

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

⭐ 5.1 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Bogart: The Untold Story

⭐ 7.6 Role: 'Stumpy' (archive footage)

La Classe américaine

⭐ 7.5 Role: H. P. Kingman

Smoke In The Wind

⭐ 5.6 Role: Benjamin Morgan

Home for the Holidays

⭐ 6.8 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

⭐ 7.5 Role: Cody Guilford

Two for the Money

⭐ 7.0 Role: Silky O'Sullivan

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

⭐ 5.6 Role: Nash Crawford

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

⭐ 9.0 Role: Sheriff Matt Fenley

The Young Country

⭐ 5.8 Role: Nash Crawford

The Over the Hill Gang

⭐ 7.0 Role: Pa Danby

Support Your Local Sheriff!

⭐ 6.1 Role: Grandpa Bower

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

⭐ 6.6 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Movie Orgy

⭐ 7.1 Role: Pop Gillis

Who's Minding the Mint?

⭐ 6.3 Role: D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby

The Gnome-Mobile

⭐ 0 Role: Self - Narrator

Project XX: End of the Trail

⭐ 5.0 Role: Quentin

The Oscar

⭐ 0 Role: Narrator

The Shooting of Dan McGrew

⭐ 6.4 Role: Alf Simes

Those Calloways

⭐ 7.0 Role: Jeb Hawkins

How the West Was Won

⭐ 5.5 Role: 'Preacher' Hawker

Shootout at Big Sag

⭐ 7.8 Role: Stumpy

Rio Bravo

⭐ 0 Role: Self

The Western: A Lost TV Special

⭐ 7.5 Role: Dr. Charles Grayson

God Is My Partner

⭐ 7.0 Role: John Dinwitty

Tammy and the Bachelor

⭐ 8.0 Role: Uncle George Williams

The Way to the Gold

⭐ 6.2 Role: Karp

Armored Attack!

⭐ 6.5 Role: Jake

The Proud Ones

⭐ 7.8 Role: Uncle Jesse Jackson

Good-bye, My Lady

⭐ 5.9 Role: Jeffrey Storys

Come Next Spring

⭐ 5.7 Role: Ned Otis

Glory

⭐ 6.7 Role: Doc Lacy

At Gunpoint

⭐ 0 Role: Grandpa Atkins

The Brush Roper

⭐ 5.5 Role: Saul

Man on a Bus

⭐ 7.3 Role: Doc T.R. Velie Jr.

Bad Day at Black Rock

⭐ 5.0 Role: Simon Bhumer

Four Guns to the Border

⭐ 5.7 Role: Sam Brannon

Drums Across the River

⭐ 6.9 Role: Ben Tatum

The Far Country

⭐ 7.0 Role: C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley

Sea of Lost Ships

⭐ 6.0 Role: Jim Harper

Lure of the Wilderness

⭐ 6.7 Role: Grandpa Firth Crockett

Return of the Texan

⭐ 7.0 Role: Maj. Gen. Wolfe

The Wild Blue Yonder

⭐ 6.6 Role: 'Doc' Butcher

Best of the Badmen

⭐ 7.4 Role: Timothy 'Pop' Keith

Along the Great Divide

⭐ 4.8 Role: Sheriff Bill Howard

Surrender

⭐ 6.0 Role: Cap MacKellar

The Showdown

⭐ 6.4 Role: Rimrock

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

⭐ 6.0 Role: Terence Sweeny

A Ticket to Tomahawk

⭐ 6.4 Role: Dr. Jonathan Mark

Singing Guns

⭐ 7.0 Role: Pete Richard

Task Force

⭐ 7.2 Role: Pop Courteen

Brimstone

⭐ 6.4 Role: Mr. Matthews

The Green Promise

⭐ 6.3 Role: Kris Barden

Blood on the Moon

⭐ 7.3 Role: 'Groot' Nadine

Red River

⭐ 6.6 Role: Tony Maule

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

⭐ 6.8 Role: Murph

Driftwood

⭐ 6.4 Role: Pop Gruber

Nobody Lives Forever

⭐ 7.5 Role: Old Man Clanton

My Darling Clementine

⭐ 5.9 Role: Jesse Rogers

Centennial Summer

⭐ 6.4 Role: Eben Folger

A Stolen Life

⭐ 5.2 Role: Bounce of the Riverbird

Dakota

⭐ 7.5 Role: Eddie

To Have and Have Not

⭐ 6.9 Role: Featherhead

The Princess and the Pirate

⭐ 5.9 Role: J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt

Home in Indiana

⭐ 6.0 Role: Karp

The North Star

⭐ 8.5 Role: George, Mailman

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

⭐ 6.9 Role: Prof. Stephen Novotny

Hangmen Also Die!

⭐ 6.0 Role: Cornelius Burden

Slightly Dangerous

⭐ 7.1 Role: Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson

Stand by for Action

⭐ 7.4 Role: Sam Blake

The Pride of the Yankees

⭐ 7.3 Role: Grandpa

Rise and Shine

⭐ 6.3 Role: Tom Keefer

Swamp Water

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Breakdowns of 1941

⭐ 7.2 Role: Pastor Rosier Pile

Sergeant York

⭐ 4.5 Role: Captain Jonathan Thorne

This Woman Is Mine

⭐ 7.3 Role: The Colonel

Meet John Doe

⭐ 6.2 Role: Hector Titus

Nice Girl?

⭐ 7.1 Role: Judge Roy Bean

The Westerner

⭐ 6.5 Role: William P. Stewart

Maryland

⭐ 6.6 Role: 'Hunk' Marriner

Northwest Passage

⭐ 5.0 Role: Jim

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

⭐ 6.4 Role: Jeff Slocum

Stanley and Livingstone

⭐ 6.5 Role: Professor Lawson

They Shall Have Music

⭐ 9.0 Role: Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')

Land of Liberty

⭐ 7.0 Role: Walter

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

⭐ 6.1 Role: Peter Goodwin

Kentucky

⭐ 6.3 Role: Sugar

The Cowboy and the Lady

⭐ 6.6 Role: Chuckawalla

The Texans

⭐ 6.0 Role: Ossian Popham

Mother Carey's Chickens

⭐ 6.6 Role: Muff Potter

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

⭐ 6.4 Role: Ezra Peavey

The Buccaneer

⭐ 10.0 Role: Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn

Wild and Woolly

⭐ 4.8 Role: Cappy Ricks

Affairs of Cappy Ricks

⭐ 10.0 Role: Uncle Hugo

When Love Is Young

⭐ 7.0 Role: 'Oats'

She's Dangerous

⭐ 5.8 Role: Newt Holley

Banjo on My Knee

⭐ 6.8 Role: Swan Bostrom

Come and Get It

⭐ 7.5 Role: Bugs Meyers

Fury

⭐ 6.9 Role: Lem

The Moon's Our Home

⭐ 7.2 Role: Taxi Driver

These Three

⭐ 6.9 Role: Samuel 'Gus' Barton

Three Godfathers

⭐ 6.9 Role: Station Agent

Seven Keys to Baldpate

⭐ 8.0 Role: Grandpa

Metropolitan

⭐ 6.5 Role: Old Atrocity

Barbary Coast

⭐ 5.3 Role: Peddler

She Couldn't Take It

⭐ 5.9 Role: Wedding Witness (uncredited)

We're in the Money

⭐ 7.0 Role: Stone Cutter (uncredited)

The Perfect Tribute

⭐ 6.2 Role: 'Legs' Garnett

Man on the Flying Trapeze

⭐ 7.5 Role: Joseph

Lady Tubbs

⭐ 8.3 Role: Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)

Party Wire

⭐ 7.5 Role: Peasant (uncredited)

Bride of Frankenstein

⭐ 7.0 Role: Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage

West Point of the Air

⭐ 5.9 Role: Bill Jenkins

The Wedding Night

⭐ 6.2 Role: Father (uncredited)

Restless Knights

⭐ 7.0 Role: Abner

Law Beyond the Range

⭐ 5.9 Role: Milkman (uncredited)

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

⭐ 8.0 Role: Stuttering Cook

Northern Frontier

⭐ 10.0 Role: Lem

Brick-a-Brac

⭐ 9.0 Role: Pete

Helldorado

⭐ 6.8 Role: Reporter on Ship (uncredited)

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

⭐ 8.0 Role: Zeke - Stage Driver

The Prescott Kid

⭐ 7.0 Role: Ship's Telegrapher (uncredited)

Cheating Cheaters

⭐ 8.0 Role: Auto mechanic

There's Always Tomorrow

⭐ 7.0 Role: Prisoner on Ship

Great Expectations

⭐ 4.8 Role: Proprietor of Java Joe's

Gridiron Flash

⭐ 7.4 Role: Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

Death on the Diamond

⭐ 6.0 Role: Clifford (uncredited)

Whom the Gods Destroy

⭐ 6.0 Role: Clifford

Whom the Gods Destroy

⭐ 5.6 Role: Switchman (uncredited)

Murder in the Private Car

⭐ 5.7 Role: Roscoe (uncredited)

The Life of Vergie Winters

⭐ 8.0 Role: Radio Announcer

Half a Sinner

⭐ 6.2 Role: Train Conductor (uncredited)

Woman Haters

⭐ 7.0 Role: Otto - Bicycle Repair Man

I'll Tell the World

⭐ 9.0 Role: Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Uncertain Lady

⭐ 6.7 Role: Chauffeur (uncredited)

Riptide

⭐ 7.0 Role: Elmer Spicer

Good Dame

⭐ 5.4 Role: Hick (uncredited)

George White's Scandals

⭐ 8.0 Role: Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)

The Poor Rich

⭐ 7.0 Role: Drunk Customer (uncredited)

Radio Dough

⭐ 10.0 Role: Farmer Hiram

Paradise Valley

⭐ 9.0 Role: Stuttering Boarder

Beloved

⭐ 6.7 Role: Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)

Cross Country Cruise

⭐ 6.2 Role: 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)

Fugitive Lovers

⭐ 7.2 Role: Soda Jerk

King for a Night

⭐ 7.5 Role: Bicycle Owner (uncredited)

The Invisible Man

⭐ 4.2 Role: Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)

My Woman

⭐ 6.4 Role: Backstage Detective [extra]

Curtain at Eight

⭐ 7.0 Role: Reporter

Saturday's Millions

⭐ 6.5 Role: Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)

Golden Harvest

⭐ 0 Role: Stuttering Thief

Sailor Beware!

⭐ 3.7 Role: Stuttering Waiter

Sensation Hunters

⭐ 7.2 Role: Man Chuckling at Train Station

One Year Later

⭐ 5.8 Role: The Radio Repairman

Strange People

⭐ 7.0 Role: 'Skid' (uncredited)

The Phantom of the Air

⭐ 8.0 Role: Ticket Taker

The Big Cage

⭐ 7.0 Role: Drunk #2

Lucky Dog

⭐ 9.0 Role: Walt (uncredited)

The Rustler's Roundup

⭐ 5.2 Role: Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)

Girl Missing

⭐ 5.8 Role: Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)

Parachute Jumper

⭐ 5.7 Role: Stuttering Waiter

Goldie Gets Along

⭐ 8.0 Role: Cashier Summers

Man Of Action

⭐ 6.0 Role: Mechanic (uncredited)

Manhattan Tower

⭐ 6.5 Role: Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)

Afraid to Talk

⭐ 7.0 Role: Man in Junkyard

Women Won't Tell

⭐ 7.3 Role: Lighting Technician (uncredited)

Once in a Lifetime

⭐ 6.5 Role: News Commentator at Game (uncredited)

The All-American

⭐ 9.0 Role: Toothless Town Drunk

The Fourth Horseman

⭐ 4.0 Role: Officer Dugan

The Iceman's Ball

⭐ 7.5 Role: Court Bailiff (uncredited)

Cornered

⭐ 9.0 Role: Joe

Speed Madness

⭐ 4.8 Role: Bendix the Deputy Sheriff

Two-Fisted Law

⭐ 5.9 Role: Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

Miss Pinkerton

⭐ 8.5 Role: Newspaperman

Scandal for Sale

⭐ 10.0 Role: Holly

The Airmail Mystery

⭐ 9.0 Role: Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

The Impatient Maiden

⭐ 4.5 Role: Sheriff Lew Collins

Texas Cyclone

⭐ 5.4 Role: Lanky Smith (uncredited)

Law and Order

⭐ 7.0 Role: Sailor (uncredited)

The Unexpected Father

⭐ 5.6 Role: Musician (uncredited)

A House Divided

⭐ 6.0 Role: Unknown

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

⭐ 7.0 Role: Hector

Neck and Neck

⭐ 7.0 Role: Rollins

Is There Justice?

⭐ 4.4 Role: Walt

Grief Street

⭐ 8.0 Role: Driver

Honeymoon Lane

⭐ 9.0 Role: Bit Part

Heroes of the Flames

⭐ 10.0 Role: Minor Role (uncredited)

Many a Slip

⭐ 7.0 Role: Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)

See America Thirst

⭐ 9.0 Role: Milkman (uncredited)

Little Accident

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

King of Jazz

⭐ 9.0 Role: Side Show Barker

Dames Ahoy

⭐ 8.0 Role: Hez

The Shannons of Broadway

⭐ 6.5 Role: Skinny Rawlins

The Long, Long Trail

⭐ 6.5 Role: Clown (uncredited)

The Last Performance

⭐ 7.5 Role: Paul Revere

One Hysterical Night

⭐ 6.6 Role: Marine Pilot

Flight

⭐ 10.0 Role: Kidnapper

Flying High

⭐ 9.0 Role: Road House Thug (uncredited)

His Lucky Day

⭐ 9.0 Role: Pat O'Shea

The Lariat Kid

⭐ 8.0 Role: Ranch Foreman

Smilin' Guns

⭐ 9.0 Role: Man at Police Station

The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City

⭐ 9.0 Role: Minor Role (uncredited)

The Michigan Kid

⭐ 8.0 Role: Unknown

The Ballyhoo Buster

⭐ 8.0 Role: Pool Hall Habitant (uncredited)

Hot Heels

⭐ 9.0 Role: Student

A Fighting Finish

⭐ 7.0 Role: Henchman (uncredited)

Blake of Scotland Yard

⭐ 9.0 Role: Cashier at Cunningham's Rink

Alias The Deacon

⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

The Ridin' Rowdy

⭐ 6.7 Role: Below Deck Yacht Crewman

Sensation Seekers

⭐ 10.0 Role: Billy Martin

Tearin' Into Trouble

⭐ 3.5 Role: Hula Hula Hut Customer

Flashing Oars

⭐ 7.0 Role: Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

Spangles

⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

Watch Your Wife

⭐ 6.0 Role: Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)

The Calgary Stampede

⭐ 6.8 Role: Minor Role (uncredited)

Lorraine of the Lions

⭐ 9.0 Role: Unknown

Webs of Steel