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Walter Brennan

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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  • Born In Lynn, Massachusetts
  • Born July 25, 1894
  • Died September 21, 1974
  • Gender Male
  • On Other Sites Wikipedia
  • Race White or Caucasian (Non-Hispanic)
  • Created April 5, 2019 by
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  • Modified May 19, 2023 by
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Tearin' Into Trouble

1927
as Billy Martin

Goldie Gets Along

1933
as Stuttering Waiter

The Moon's Our Home

1936
as Lem

Metropolitan

1935
as Grandpa

Nobody Lives Forever

1946
as Pop Gruber

She Couldn't Take It

1935
as Peddler

Man Of Action

1933
as Summers - Cashier

Parachute Jumper

1933
as Counterman at Jewel Diner

The Unexpected Father

1932
as Sailor

Hangmen Also Die!

1943
as Prof. Stephen Novotny

Support Your Local Sheriff!

1969
as Pa Danby

Driftwood

1947
as Murph

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

1948
as Tony Maule

America at the Movies

1976
as 'Groot' Nadine

Prescott Kid

1934
as Stage Driver Zeke

The Over The Hill Gang Rides Again

1970
as Nash Crawford

How the West Was Won

1962
as Col. Jeb Hawkins

These Three

1936
as Taxi Driver

To Have and Have Not

1944
as Eddie

Lure of the Wilderness

1952
as Jim Harper

Kentucky

1938
as Peter Goodwin

Bad Day at Black Rock

1955
as Doc T.R. Velie Jr.

The North Star

1943
as Karp

West Point of the Air

1935
as Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage

The Real McCoys

1957

A Ticket to Tomahawk

1950
as Terence Sweeny

Who's Minding The Mint?

1967
as Pop Gillis

Flashing Oars

1927
as Hula Hula Hut Customer

The Texans

1938
as Chuckawalla

Two-Fisted Law

1932
as Deputy Sheriff Bendix

Fury

1936
as 'Bugs' Meyers

Banjo on My Knee

1936
as Newt Holley

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

1939
as Jim

Those Calloways

1965
as Alf Simes

Shoot Out At Big Sag

1962
as 'Preacher' Hawker

Four Guns to the Border

1954
as Simon Bhumer

Slightly Dangerous

1943
as Cornelius Burden

Northwest Passage

1940
as 'Hunk' Marriner

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

1943
as George, Mailman

Affairs of Cappy Ricks

1937
as Cappy Ricks

Good Dame

1934
as Elmer Spicer

I'll Tell the World

1934
as Otto - Bicycle Repair Man

King of Jazz

1930
as Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

1968
as Grandpa Bower

My Darling Clementine

1946
as Old Man Clanton

The Oscar

1966
as Quentin

Woman Haters

1934
as Train Conductor

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1938
as Muff Potter

Speed Madness

1932
as Joe

Along the Great Divide

1951
as Timothy 'Pop' Keith

Centennial Summer

1946
as Jesse Rogers

The Showdown

1950
as Cap MacKellar

Red River

1948
as 'Groot' Nadine

Project XX: End of the Trail

1967
as Self - Narrator

Stand by for Action

1942
as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson

A House Divided

1931
as Musician

Man on the Flying Trapeze

1935
as 'Legs' Garnett

Home in Indiana

1944
as J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt

The Way to the Gold

1957
as Uncle George Williams

Rio Bravo

1959
as Stumpy

Brimstone

1949
as Pop Courteen

The Wild Blue Yonder

1951
as Maj. Gen. Wolfe

Task Force

1949
as Pete Richard

Spring Tonic

1935
as Bum

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

1950

Singing Guns

1950
as Dr. Jonathan Mark

They Shall Have Music

1939
as Professor Lawson

Cheating Cheaters

1934
as Ship's Telegrapher

Curtain at Eight

1933
as Silent Detective

The Proud Ones

1956
as Jake

Law Beyond the Range

1935
as Abner (Pete in credits) (as Walter Brennon)

Nice Girl?

1941
as Hector Titus

God Is My Partner

1957
as Dr. Charles Grayson

Good-bye, My Lady

1956
as Uncle Jesse Jackson

Best of the Badmen

1951
as 'Doc' Butcher

Breakdowns of 1941

1941
as Walter Brennan

The Wedding Night

1935
as Bill Jenkins

Swamp Water

1941
as Tom Keefer

The Bride of Frankenstein

1935
as Peasant

A Stolen Life

1946
as Eben Folger

The Far Country

1954
as Ben Tatum

Scandal for Sale

1932
as Newspaperman

Sergeant York

1941
as Pastor Rosier Pile

Come and Get It

1936
as Swan Bostrom

The Tycoon

1964

Grief Street

1931
as Walt

The Cowboy and the Lady

1938
as Sugar

The Iceman's Ball

1932
as Officer Dugan

Ladies Must Love

1933
as Flute Player

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

1997
as Walter Brennan

One Hysterical Night

1929
as Paul Revere

This Woman Is Mine

1941
as Captain Jonathan Thorne

Mother Carey's Chickens

1938
as Ossian Popham

Death on the Diamond

1934
as Hot Dog Vendor

Dames Ahoy

1930
as Side Show Barker

Dakota

1945
as Capt. Bounce of the Riverbird

Tammy and the Bachelor

1957
as John Dinwitty

The Over-the-Hill Gang

1969
as Nash Crawford

Rise and Shine

1941
as Grandpa

Hello Trouble

1932
as Texas Ranger

Come Next Spring

1956
as Jeffrey Storys

The Young Country

1970
as Sheriff Matt Fenley

The Gnome-Mobile

1967
as D.J. Mulrooney

Radio Dough

1934
as Drunk Customer

The Pride of the Yankees

1942
as Sam Blake

The Buccaneer

1938
as Ezra Peavey

The Princess and the Pirate

1944
as Featherhead

His Lucky Day

1929
as Road House Thug

Northern Frontier

1935
as Stuttering Cook

Stanley and Livingstone

1939
as Jeff Slocum

Lorraine of the Lions

1925
as Minor Role

Spangles

1926
as Lunch Counterman

At Gunpoint

1955
as Bob Dennis

The Green Promise

1949
as Mr. Matthews

Drums Across the River

1954
as Sam Brannon

Texas Cyclone

1932
as Sheriff Lew Collins (as Walter Brenan)

The Westerner

1940
as Judge Roy Bean

Home for the Holidays

1974
as Benjamin Morgan

The Airmail Mystery

1932
as Holly

Meet John Doe

1941
as The Colonel

Barbary Coast

1935
as Old Atrocity

Lady Tubbs

1935
as Joseph

Strange People

1933
as The Radio Repairman

When Love Is Young

1937
as Uncle Hugo

Blood on the Moon

1948
as Kris Barden

Glory

1956
as Ned Otis

Sea of Lost Ships

1953
as C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley

She's Dangerous

1937
as Ote O'Leary

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

1939
as Walter

Guest Star

Episode Screen Director's Playhouse
The Bush Roper 		1955
Episode What's My Line?
Walter Brennan 		1966
Episode The Three Stooges
Woman Haters 		1934
Episode Alias Smith and Jones
Don't Get Mad, Get Even 		1972
Episode Alias Smith and Jones
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry 		1971
Episode Zane Grey Theater
Vengeance Canyon 		1956
Episode I've Got a Secret
Walter Brennan 		1959
Episode The Red Skelton Show
There's One Thing Money Won't Buy, and Someday We'll Find Out What It Is 		1969
Episode The Three Stooges
Restless Knights 		1935
Episode Alias Smith and Jones
21 Days to Tenstrike 		1972
Episode Zane Grey Theater
Ride A Lonely Trail 		1957
Episode The Red Skelton Show
A Happening That Happened In Texas 		1969
Episode The Red Skelton Show
Bad Guys and Good Girls 		1970