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