Walter Baldwin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1889
- Died
- January 27, 1977 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- Lima, Ohio, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Walter S. Baldwin Jr. (January 2, 1889 − January 27, 1977) was a prolific character actor whose career spanned five decades and 150 film and television roles, and numerous stage performances. Baldwin was born in Lima, Ohio from a theatrical family and served in the First World War. He was probably best known for playing the father of the handicapped sailor in The Best Years of Our Lives. He was the first actor to portray "Floyd the Barber" on The Andy Griffith Show. Prior to his first film roles in 1939, Baldwin had appeared in more than a dozen Broadway plays. He played Whit in the first Broadway production of Of Mice and Men, and also appeared in the original Grand Hotel in a small role, as well as serving as the production's stage manager. He originated the role of Bensinger, the prissy Chicago Tribune reporter, in the Broadway production of The Front Page. In the 1960s he had small acting roles in television shows such as Petticoat Junction and Green Acres. He continued to act in motion pictures, and one of his last roles was in Rosemary's Baby. Baldwin was known for playing solid middle class burghers, although sometimes he gave portrayals of eccentric characters. He played a customer seeking a prostitute in The Lost Weekend and the rebellious prison trusty Orvy in Cry of the City. Walter Baldwin was featured in a lot of John Deere Day Movies from 1949-59 where he played the farmer Tom Gordon. In this series of Deere Day movies over a decade he helped to introduce many new pieces of John Deere farm equipment year-by-year. In each yearly movie he would be shown on his in A Tom Gordon Family Film where he would be buying new John Deere farm equipment or a new green and yellow tractor.A picture of Walter Baldwin playing Tom Gordon can be found on page 108 of Bob Pripp's book John Deere Yesterday & Today Hal Erickson writes in Allmovie: "With a pinched Midwestern countenance that enabled him to portray taciturn farmers, obsequious grocery store clerks and the occasional sniveling coward, Baldwin was a familiar (if often unbilled) presence in Hollywood films for three decades."
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Filmography
Nanny and the Professor
TV · 1 ep
Rosemary's Baby
Movie · as Mr. Wees (uncredited)
Lancer
TV · 1 ep
Mannix
TV · as Luther · 1 ep
My Mother the Car
TV · 1 ep
Green Acres
TV · as Grandpappy Miller · 2 eps
Cheyenne Autumn
Movie · as Jeremy Wright (uncredited)
Petticoat Junction
TV · as Grandpappy Miller · 9 eps
The Fugitive
TV · as Mr. Weaver · 1 ep
The Dakotas
TV · 1 ep
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Movie · as Conductor (uncredited)
Wild in the Country
Movie · as Mr. Spangler (uncredited)
Oklahoma Territory
Movie · as Ward Harlan
The Andy Griffith Show
TV · as Floyd Lawson · 1 ep
Lawman
TV · 1 ep
Wagon Train
TV · as Eddie Blake (uncredited) · 1 ep
Casey Jones
TV · as Conductor · 1 ep
The Fastest Gun Alive
Movie · as Man Who Warns Vinny (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall
Movie · as Boxing fan at Dundee fight (uncredited)
Glory
Movie · as Doc Brock
You Can't Run Away from It
Movie · as 1st Proprietor
Interrupted Melody
Movie · as Jim Owens
Stranger on Horseback
Movie · as Vince Webb
The Desperate Hours
Movie · as George Patterson
Gunsmoke
TV · as Old Man · 1 ep
The Millionaire
TV · as Dr. Frank Kenston · 1 ep
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV · as Farmer Everett · 1 ep
Frontier
TV · as Briggs · 1 ep
Living It Up
Movie · as Isaiah Jackson
Destry
Movie · as Henry Skinner
The Long, Long Trailer
Movie · as Uncle Edgar
Lassie
TV · 1 ep
Scandal at Scourie
Movie · as Michael Hayward
Ride, Vaquero!
Movie · as Adam Smith
General Electric Theater
TV · as Spivak, Johnson, Henry Clayburn · 1 ep
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV · as George · 1 ep
The Winning Team
Movie · as Pa Alexander (uncredited)
Carrie
Movie · as Mr. Meeber - Carrie's Father
The Racket
Movie · as Sullivan
I Want You
Movie · as George Kress Sr.
Rough Riders of Durango
Movie · as Cricket Adams
Storm Warning
Movie · as Coroner Bledsoe
Cheaper by the Dozen
Movie · as Jim Bracken (uncredited)
The Jackpot
Movie · as Watch Buyer (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Mr. Brinker · 1 ep
Special Agent
Movie · as Pop Peters (uncredited)
Come to the Stable
Movie · as Claude Jarman (uncredited)
Thieves' Highway
Movie · as Officer Riley (uncredited)
The Gay Amigo
Movie · as Editor Stoneham
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Movie · as Doc Purdy
Cry of the City
Movie · as Orvy
The Man from Colorado
Movie · as Stagecoach driver
Winter Meeting
Movie · as Mr. Castle
Return of the Bad Men
Movie · as Muley Wilson
Hazard
Movie · as Superintendent
Rachel and the Stranger
Movie · as Gallus
Albuquerque
Movie · as Judge Fred Martin
Framed
Movie · as (uncredited)
The Unsuspected
Movie · as Judge Maynard
Mourning Becomes Electra
Movie · as Amos Ames
The Millerson Case
Movie · as Link Hazen
The Best Years of Our Lives
Movie · as Mr. Parrish
Dragonwyck
Movie · as Tom Wilson (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
Movie · as Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
The Bride Wore Boots
Movie · as Mr. Hodges (uncredited)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Movie · as Dempsey (uncredited)
Young Widow
Movie · as Miller (Uncredited)
The Lost Weekend
Movie · as Man from Albany (uncredited)
Why Girls Leave Home
Movie · as Wilbur Harris
Christmas in Connecticut
Movie · as Herb, the Sheriff (uncredited)
Bring on the Girls
Movie · as Henry (uncredited)
Trail to Vengeance
Movie · as Bart Jackson
Rhythm Round-Up
Movie · as Jed Morton
Murder, He Says
Movie · as Vic Hardy (uncredited)
Scared Stiff
Movie · as Deputy with Rifle (Uncredited)
Blonde Ransom
Movie · as Sheriff
Dark Mountain
Movie · as Uncle Sam Bates
The Mark of the Whistler
Movie · as Fireman (uncredited)
Wilson
Movie · as Wilson Campaign Orator (uncredited)
Faces in the Fog
Movie · as Doan, Jury Foreman
Reckless Age
Movie · as Music Conductor
The Ghost That Walks Alone
Movie · as Deputy Sheriff
I'm from Arkansas
Movie · as Attorney
The Missing Juror
Movie · as Town Sheriff (uncredited)
Tall in the Saddle
Movie · as Stan - Depot Master (uncredited)
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Movie
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
Movie · as Diamond Ed Barnaby
A Stranger in Town
Movie · as Tom Cooney
Happy Land
Movie · as Jake Hibbs (uncredited)
The Kansan
Movie · as Judge Lorrimer
Eyes Aloft
Movie · as Pa
Reconnaissance Pilot
Movie · as George Newton
Scattergood Rides High
Movie · as Martin Knox
The Man Who Returned to Life
Movie · as Homer-the Barber
Syncopation
Movie
The Incredible Stranger
Movie · as Doctor Peabody (uncredited)
The Remarkable Andrew
Movie · as Hugo French
Powder Town
Movie · as Jerry the Nitrate Technician (uncredited)
In This Our Life
Movie · as Worker (uncredited)
For Me and My Gal
Movie · as Bill (uncredited)
The Devil Commands
Movie · as Seth Marcy
Miss Polly
Movie · as Lem Wiggins
All That Money Can Buy
Movie · as Hank (uncredited)
Look Who's Laughing
Movie · as Bill
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie · as Settler (uncredited)
Arizona
Movie · as Man Who Declares for the South
Angels Over Broadway
Movie · as Rennick (uncredited)
Cafe Hostess
Movie · as Jones
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Movie · as Finch (uncredited)
Those High Grey Walls
Movie · as Mr. Mason (uncredited)
Peaceful Relations
Movie · as Mr. Brown