Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

Known for
Acting
Born
July 25, 1894
Died
September 21, 1974 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2000
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs poster

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

Movie · as (archive footage)

1997
Bogart: The Untold Story poster

Bogart: The Untold Story

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender poster

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1993
La Classe américaine poster

La Classe américaine

Movie · as 'Stumpy' (archive footage)

1975
Smoke In The Wind poster

Smoke In The Wind

Movie · as H. P. Kingman

1974
Home for the Holidays poster

Home for the Holidays

Movie · as Benjamin Morgan

1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks poster

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1972
Two for the Money poster

Two for the Money

Movie · as Cody Guilford

1971
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry poster

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

Movie · as Silky O'Sullivan

1971
Alias Smith and Jones poster

Alias Smith and Jones

TV · 3 eps

1970
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again poster

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

Movie · as Nash Crawford

1970
The Young Country poster

The Young Country

Movie · as Sheriff Matt Fenley

1969
Support Your Local Sheriff! poster

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Movie · as Pa Danby

1969
The Over the Hill Gang poster

The Over the Hill Gang

Movie · as Nash Crawford

1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour poster

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1969
To Rome with Love poster

To Rome with Love

TV · as Andy Pruitt · 22 eps

1968
The Movie Orgy poster

The Movie Orgy

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1968
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band poster

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

Movie · as Grandpa Bower

1967
The Gnome-Mobile poster

The Gnome-Mobile

Movie · as D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby

1967
Who's Minding the Mint? poster

Who's Minding the Mint?

Movie · as Pop Gillis

1967
Project XX: End of the Trail poster

Project XX: End of the Trail

Movie · as Self - Narrator

1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett poster

The Guns of Will Sonnett

TV · as Will Sonnett · 51 eps

1966
The Oscar poster

The Oscar

Movie · as Quentin

1965
The Shooting of Dan McGrew poster

The Shooting of Dan McGrew

Movie · as Narrator

1964
Those Calloways poster

Those Calloways

Movie · as Alf Simes

1962
How the West Was Won poster

How the West Was Won

Movie · as Jeb Hawkins

1962
Shootout at Big Sag poster

Shootout at Big Sag

Movie · as 'Preacher' Hawker

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1959
Rio Bravo poster

Rio Bravo

Movie · as Stumpy

1958
The Western: A Lost TV Special poster

The Western: A Lost TV Special

Movie · as Self

1957
Tammy and the Bachelor poster

Tammy and the Bachelor

Movie · as Grandpa

1957
God Is My Partner poster

God Is My Partner

Movie · as Dr. Charles Grayson

1957
Armored Attack! poster

Armored Attack!

Movie · as Karp

1957
The Way to the Gold poster

The Way to the Gold

Movie · as Uncle George Williams

1957
The Real McCoys poster

The Real McCoys

TV · as Amos McCoy · 224 eps

1956
The Proud Ones poster

The Proud Ones

Movie · as Jake

1956
Come Next Spring poster

Come Next Spring

Movie · as Jeffrey Storys

1956
Glory poster

Glory

Movie · as Ned Otis

1956
Good-bye, My Lady poster

Good-bye, My Lady

Movie · as Uncle Jesse Jackson

1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show poster

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Joe, Sheriff John Larson · 1 ep

1956
The Ford Show

The Ford Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1955
Bad Day at Black Rock poster

Bad Day at Black Rock

Movie · as Doc T.R. Velie Jr.

1955
At Gunpoint poster

At Gunpoint

Movie · as Doc Lacy

1955
Man on a Bus poster

Man on a Bus

Movie · as Saul

1955
The Brush Roper poster

The Brush Roper

Movie · as Grandpa Atkins

1954
The Far Country poster

The Far Country

Movie · as Ben Tatum

1954
Drums Across the River poster

Drums Across the River

Movie · as Sam Brannon

1954
Four Guns to the Border poster

Four Guns to the Border

Movie · as Simon Bhumer

1954
The George Gobel Show

The George Gobel Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1953
Sea of Lost Ships poster

Sea of Lost Ships

Movie · as C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1952
Lure of the Wilderness poster

Lure of the Wilderness

Movie · as Jim Harper

1952
Return of the Texan poster

Return of the Texan

Movie · as Grandpa Firth Crockett

1952
Cavalcade of America poster

Cavalcade of America

TV · as Link Morley · 1 ep

1952
The Ford Television Theatre poster

The Ford Television Theatre

TV · as Duffy · 1 ep

1952
This Is Your Life poster

This Is Your Life

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
Along the Great Divide poster

Along the Great Divide

Movie · as Timothy 'Pop' Keith

1951
Best of the Badmen poster

Best of the Badmen

Movie · as 'Doc' Butcher

1951
The Wild Blue Yonder poster

The Wild Blue Yonder

Movie · as Maj. Gen. Wolfe

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · as Ezra Jenkins, Simmons AKA Mr. Ears · 1 ep

1950
The Showdown poster

The Showdown

Movie · as Cap MacKellar

1950
Singing Guns poster

Singing Guns

Movie · as Dr. Jonathan Mark

1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk poster

A Ticket to Tomahawk

Movie · as Terence Sweeny

1950
Surrender poster

Surrender

Movie · as Sheriff Bill Howard

1950
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek poster

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

Movie · as Rimrock

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1950
Lux Video Theatre poster

Lux Video Theatre

TV · as Self - Intermission Guest · 1 ep

1949
Task Force poster

Task Force

Movie · as Pete Richard

1949
Brimstone poster

Brimstone

Movie · as Pop Courteen

1949
The Green Promise poster

The Green Promise

Movie · as Mr. Matthews

1948
Red River poster

Red River

Movie · as 'Groot' Nadine

1948
Blood on the Moon poster

Blood on the Moon

Movie · as Kris Barden

1948
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! poster

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

Movie · as Tony Maule

1947
Driftwood poster

Driftwood

Movie · as Murph

1946
My Darling Clementine poster

My Darling Clementine

Movie · as Old Man Clanton

1946
Nobody Lives Forever poster

Nobody Lives Forever

Movie · as Pop Gruber

1946
A Stolen Life poster

A Stolen Life

Movie · as Eben Folger

1946
Centennial Summer poster

Centennial Summer

Movie · as Jesse Rogers

1945
To Have and Have Not poster

To Have and Have Not

Movie · as Eddie

1945
Dakota poster

Dakota

Movie · as Bounce of the Riverbird

1944
The Princess and the Pirate poster

The Princess and the Pirate

Movie · as Featherhead

1944
Home in Indiana poster

Home in Indiana

Movie · as J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt

1943
Hangmen Also Die! poster

Hangmen Also Die!

Movie · as Prof. Stephen Novotny

1943
The North Star poster

The North Star

Movie · as Karp

1943
Slightly Dangerous poster

Slightly Dangerous

Movie · as Cornelius Burden

1943
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith poster

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

Movie · as George, Mailman

1942
The Pride of the Yankees poster

The Pride of the Yankees

Movie · as Sam Blake

1942
Stand by for Action poster

Stand by for Action

Movie · as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson

1941
Meet John Doe poster

Meet John Doe

Movie · as The Colonel

1941
Nice Girl? poster

Nice Girl?

Movie · as Hector Titus

1941
Swamp Water poster

Swamp Water

Movie · as Tom Keefer

1941
Sergeant York poster

Sergeant York

Movie · as Pastor Rosier Pile

1941
Rise and Shine poster

Rise and Shine

Movie · as Grandpa

1941
Breakdowns of 1941 poster

Breakdowns of 1941

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1941
This Woman Is Mine poster

This Woman Is Mine

Movie · as Captain Jonathan Thorne

1940
The Westerner poster

The Westerner

Movie · as Judge Roy Bean

1940
Northwest Passage poster

Northwest Passage

Movie · as 'Hunk' Marriner

1940
Maryland poster

Maryland

Movie · as William P. Stewart

1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle poster

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Movie · as Walter

1939
Stanley and Livingstone poster

Stanley and Livingstone

Movie · as Jeff Slocum

1939
They Shall Have Music poster

They Shall Have Music

Movie · as Professor Lawson

1939
Land of Liberty poster

Land of Liberty

Movie · as Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')

1939
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President poster

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Movie · as Jim

1938
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer poster

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Movie · as Muff Potter

1938
The Texans poster

The Texans

Movie · as Chuckawalla

1938
The Cowboy and the Lady poster

The Cowboy and the Lady

Movie · as Sugar

1938
The Buccaneer poster

The Buccaneer

Movie · as Ezra Peavey

1938
Kentucky poster

Kentucky

Movie · as Peter Goodwin

1938
Mother Carey's Chickens poster

Mother Carey's Chickens

Movie · as Ossian Popham

1937
Affairs of Cappy Ricks poster

Affairs of Cappy Ricks

Movie · as Cappy Ricks

1937
She's Dangerous poster

She's Dangerous

Movie · as 'Oats'

1937
When Love Is Young poster

When Love Is Young

Movie · as Uncle Hugo

1937
Wild and Woolly poster

Wild and Woolly

Movie · as Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn

1936
Fury poster

Fury

Movie · as Bugs Meyers

1936
These Three poster

These Three

Movie · as Taxi Driver

1936
Come and Get It poster

Come and Get It

Movie · as Swan Bostrom

1936
The Moon's Our Home poster

The Moon's Our Home

Movie · as Lem

1936
Three Godfathers poster

Three Godfathers

Movie · as Samuel 'Gus' Barton

1936
Banjo on My Knee poster

Banjo on My Knee

Movie · as Newt Holley

1935
The Mystery of Edwin Drood poster

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Movie · as Milkman (uncredited)

1935
Man on the Flying Trapeze poster

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Movie · as 'Legs' Garnett

1935
Barbary Coast poster

Barbary Coast

Movie · as Old Atrocity

1935
Helldorado poster

Helldorado

Movie · as Pete

1935
Restless Knights poster

Restless Knights

Movie · as Father (uncredited)

1935
Seven Keys to Baldpate poster

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Movie · as Station Agent

1935
Metropolitan poster

Metropolitan

Movie · as Grandpa

1935
Lady Tubbs poster

Lady Tubbs

Movie · as Joseph

1935
We're in the Money poster

We're in the Money

Movie · as Wedding Witness (uncredited)

1935
The Wedding Night poster

The Wedding Night

Movie · as Bill Jenkins

1935
West Point of the Air poster

West Point of the Air

Movie · as Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage

1935
Northern Frontier poster

Northern Frontier

Movie · as Stuttering Cook

1935
Party Wire poster

Party Wire

Movie · as Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)

1935
Bride of Frankenstein poster

Bride of Frankenstein

Movie · as Peasant (uncredited)

1935
Law Beyond the Range poster

Law Beyond the Range

Movie · as Abner

1935
She Couldn't Take It poster

She Couldn't Take It

Movie · as Peddler

1935
Biography of a Bachelor Girl poster

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

Movie · as Reporter on Ship (uncredited)

1935
Brick-a-Brac

Brick-a-Brac

Movie · as Lem

1935
The Perfect Tribute poster

The Perfect Tribute

Movie · as Stone Cutter (uncredited)

1935
Hunger Pains

Hunger Pains

Movie

1934
The Prescott Kid poster

The Prescott Kid

Movie · as Zeke - Stage Driver

1934
Woman Haters poster

Woman Haters

Movie · as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1934
There's Always Tomorrow poster

There's Always Tomorrow

Movie · as Auto mechanic

1934
Radio Dough

Radio Dough

Movie · as Drunk Customer (uncredited)

1934
Gridiron Flash poster

Gridiron Flash

Movie · as Proprietor of Java Joe's

1934
Cross Country Cruise poster

Cross Country Cruise

Movie · as Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)

1934
I'll Tell the World poster

I'll Tell the World

Movie · as Otto - Bicycle Repair Man

1934
George White's Scandals poster

George White's Scandals

Movie · as Hick (uncredited)

1934
The Life of Vergie Winters poster

The Life of Vergie Winters

Movie · as Roscoe (uncredited)

1934
The Poor Rich poster

The Poor Rich

Movie · as Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)

1934
Murder in the Private Car poster

Murder in the Private Car

Movie · as Switchman (uncredited)

1934
Fugitive Lovers poster

Fugitive Lovers

Movie · as 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)

1934
Whom the Gods Destroy poster

Whom the Gods Destroy

Movie · as Clifford (uncredited)

1934
Death on the Diamond poster

Death on the Diamond

Movie · as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

1934
Good Dame poster

Good Dame

Movie · as Elmer Spicer

1934
Riptide poster

Riptide

Movie · as Chauffeur (uncredited)

1934
Half a Sinner poster

Half a Sinner

Movie · as Radio Announcer

1934
Great Expectations poster

Great Expectations

Movie · as Prisoner on Ship

1934
Beloved poster

Beloved

Movie · as Stuttering Boarder

1934
Cheating Cheaters poster

Cheating Cheaters

Movie · as Ship's Telegrapher (uncredited)

1934
Uncertain Lady poster

Uncertain Lady

Movie · as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

1934
Paradise Valley

Paradise Valley

Movie · as Farmer Hiram

1933
The Rustler's Roundup poster

The Rustler's Roundup

Movie · as Walt (uncredited)

1933
Girl Missing poster

Girl Missing

Movie · as Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)

1933
One Year Later poster

One Year Later

Movie · as Man Chuckling at Train Station

1933
My Woman poster

My Woman

Movie · as Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)

1933
King for a Night poster

King for a Night

Movie · as Soda Jerk

1933
Curtain at Eight poster

Curtain at Eight

Movie · as Backstage Detective [extra]

1933
Man Of Action poster

Man Of Action

Movie · as Cashier Summers

1933
Strange People poster

Strange People

Movie · as The Radio Repairman

1933
Parachute Jumper poster

Parachute Jumper

Movie · as Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)

1933
Sensation Hunters poster

Sensation Hunters

Movie · as Stuttering Waiter

1933
The Invisible Man poster

The Invisible Man

Movie · as Bicycle Owner (uncredited)

1933
The Phantom of the Air poster

The Phantom of the Air

Movie · as 'Skid' (uncredited)

1933
Golden Harvest poster

Golden Harvest

Movie · as Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)

1933
Goldie Gets Along poster

Goldie Gets Along

Movie · as Stuttering Waiter

1933
Saturday's Millions poster

Saturday's Millions

Movie · as Reporter

1933
Lucky Dog

Lucky Dog

Movie · as Drunk #2

1933
Sailor Beware! poster

Sailor Beware!

Movie · as Stuttering Thief

1933
The Big Cage poster

The Big Cage

Movie · as Ticket Taker

1932
The Iceman's Ball

The Iceman's Ball

Movie · as Officer Dugan

1932
Once in a Lifetime poster

Once in a Lifetime

Movie · as Lighting Technician (uncredited)

1932
Two-Fisted Law poster

Two-Fisted Law

Movie · as Bendix the Deputy Sheriff

1932
The Impatient Maiden poster

The Impatient Maiden

Movie · as Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

1932
Law and Order poster

Law and Order

Movie · as Lanky Smith (uncredited)

1932
Manhattan Tower poster

Manhattan Tower

Movie · as Mechanic (uncredited)

1932
Miss Pinkerton poster

Miss Pinkerton

Movie · as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

1932
The Unexpected Father poster

The Unexpected Father

Movie · as Sailor (uncredited)

1932
Scandal for Sale poster

Scandal for Sale

Movie · as Newspaperman

1932
The Airmail Mystery poster

The Airmail Mystery

Movie · as Holly

1932
Speed Madness poster

Speed Madness

Movie · as Joe

1932
Women Won't Tell poster

Women Won't Tell

Movie · as Man in Junkyard

1932
Afraid to Talk poster

Afraid to Talk

Movie · as Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)

1932
Cornered poster

Cornered

Movie · as Court Bailiff (uncredited)

1932
Texas Cyclone poster

Texas Cyclone

Movie · as Sheriff Lew Collins

1932
The All-American poster

The All-American

Movie · as News Commentator at Game (uncredited)

1932
The Fourth Horseman poster

The Fourth Horseman

Movie · as Toothless Town Drunk

1931
Honeymoon Lane poster

Honeymoon Lane

Movie · as Driver

1931
Grief Street poster

Grief Street

Movie · as Walt

1931
Scratch-As-Catch-Can poster

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

Movie

1931
A House Divided poster

A House Divided

Movie · as Musician (uncredited)

1931
Neck and Neck poster

Neck and Neck

Movie · as Hector

1931
Many a Slip poster

Many a Slip

Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited)

1931
Is There Justice? poster

Is There Justice?

Movie · as Rollins

1931
Heroes of the Flames

Heroes of the Flames

Movie · as Bit Part

1930
Dames Ahoy poster

Dames Ahoy

Movie · as Side Show Barker

1930
See America Thirst poster

See America Thirst

Movie · as Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)

1930
King of Jazz poster

King of Jazz

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

1930
Little Accident poster

Little Accident

Movie · as Milkman (uncredited)

1929
Smilin' Guns poster

Smilin' Guns

Movie · as Ranch Foreman

1929
The Lariat Kid poster

The Lariat Kid

Movie · as Pat O'Shea

1929
Flight poster

Flight

Movie · as Marine Pilot

1929
One Hysterical Night poster

One Hysterical Night

Movie · as Paul Revere

1929
His Lucky Day poster

His Lucky Day

Movie · as Road House Thug (uncredited)

1929
The Last Performance poster

The Last Performance

Movie · as Clown (uncredited)

1929
The Long, Long Trail poster

The Long, Long Trail

Movie · as Skinny Rawlins

1929
The Shannons of Broadway poster

The Shannons of Broadway

Movie · as Hez

1929
Flying High

Flying High

Movie · as Kidnapper

1929
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City poster

The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City

Movie · as Man at Police Station

1928
The Michigan Kid poster

The Michigan Kid

Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited)

1928
The Ballyhoo Buster poster

The Ballyhoo Buster

Movie

1927
Flashing Oars poster

Flashing Oars

Movie · as Hula Hula Hut Customer

1927
Sensation Seekers poster

Sensation Seekers

Movie · as Below Deck Yacht Crewman

1927
Tearin' Into Trouble poster

Tearin' Into Trouble

Movie · as Billy Martin

1927
The Ridin' Rowdy poster

The Ridin' Rowdy

Movie

1927
Blake of Scotland Yard poster

Blake of Scotland Yard

Movie · as Henchman (uncredited)

1927
Alias The Deacon poster

Alias The Deacon

Movie · as Cashier at Cunningham's Rink

1927
A Fighting Finish

A Fighting Finish

Movie · as Student

1927
Hot Heels poster

Hot Heels

Movie · as Pool Hall Habitant (uncredited)

1926
Spangles poster

Spangles

Movie · as Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

1926
Watch Your Wife poster

Watch Your Wife

Movie · as Walter (uncredited)

1925
The Calgary Stampede poster

The Calgary Stampede

Movie · as Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)

1925
Lorraine of the Lions poster

Lorraine of the Lions

Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited)

1925
Webs of Steel poster

Webs of Steel

Movie