Walter Brennan

Jul 25, 1894 - Sep 21, 1974 (80 years old) in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

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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Known For

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Joe

What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest

The Oscars

Self

Golden Harvest

Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)

The Ford Television Theatre

Duffy

Kentucky

Peter Goodwin

Manhattan Tower

Mechanic (uncredited)

Swamp Water

Tom Keefer

Alias Smith and Jones

Sergeant York

Pastor Rosier Pile

Credits

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs 2000

(archive footage)

★ NR
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender 1997

Self (archive footage)

★ 4.9
Bogart: The Untold Story 1997

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
La Classe américaine 1993

'Stumpy' (archive footage)

★ 7.6
Smoke In The Wind 1975

H. P. Kingman

★ 6
Home for the Holidays 1974

Benjamin Morgan

★ 5.3
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks 1973

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.8
Two for the Money 1972

Cody Guilford

★ 6
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry 1971

Silky O'Sullivan

★ NR
Alias Smith and Jones 1971

★ 7
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again 1970

Nash Crawford

★ 5
The Young Country 1970

Sheriff Matt Fenley

★ 8
To Rome with Love 1969

Andy Pruitt

★ 5
The Over the Hill Gang 1969

Nash Crawford

★ 5.6
Support Your Local Sheriff! 1969

Pa Danby

★ 7
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour 1969

Self

★ 5.8
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band 1968

Grandpa Bower

★ 6
The Movie Orgy 1968

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.3
Who's Minding the Mint? 1967

Pop Gillis

★ 7
The Guns of Will Sonnett 1967

Will Sonnett

★ 6.2
The Gnome-Mobile 1967

D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby

★ 6.2
Project XX: End of the Trail 1967

Self - Narrator

★ NR
The Oscar 1966

Quentin

★ 4.8
The Shooting of Dan McGrew 1965

Narrator

★ NR
Those Calloways 1964

Alf Simes

★ 6.3
How the West Was Won 1962

Jeb Hawkins

★ 7
Shootout at Big Sag 1962

'Preacher' Hawker

★ NR
Rio Bravo 1959

Stumpy

★ 7.8
The Western: A Lost TV Special 1958

Self

★ NR
The Real McCoys 1957

Amos McCoy

★ 5.6
God Is My Partner 1957

Dr. Charles Grayson

★ 5
Tammy and the Bachelor 1957

John Dinwitty

★ 7
The Way to the Gold 1957

Uncle George Williams

★ NR
Armored Attack! 1957

Karp

★ 6.2
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show 1956

Self

★ 6
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 1956

Joe

★ 6
The Ford Show 1956

Self

★ 7.3
The Proud Ones 1956

Jake

★ 6.4
Good-bye, My Lady 1956

Uncle Jesse Jackson

★ 7.7
Come Next Spring 1956

Jeffrey Storys

★ 5.6
Glory 1956

Ned Otis

★ 5
At Gunpoint 1955

Doc Lacy

★ 6.3
The Brush Roper 1955

Grandpa Atkins

★ NR
Man on a Bus 1955

Saul

★ 4
Bad Day at Black Rock 1955

Doc T.R. Velie Jr.

★ 7.3
Four Guns to the Border 1954

Simon Bhumer

★ 4.9
The George Gobel Show 1954

Self

★ 7.3
Drums Across the River 1954

Sam Brannon

★ 5.6
The Far Country 1954

Ben Tatum

★ 6.9
Sea of Lost Ships 1953

C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley

★ NR
The Oscars 1953

Self

★ 7
The Ford Television Theatre 1952

Duffy

★ 7.3
Cavalcade of America 1952

Link Morley

★ 3.5
This Is Your Life 1952

Self

★ 6.4
Lure of the Wilderness 1952

Jim Harper

★ 6
Return of the Texan 1952

Grandpa Firth Crockett

★ 6
The Wild Blue Yonder 1951

Maj. Gen. Wolfe

★ 6
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951

Ezra Jenkins

★ 7.2
Best of the Badmen 1951

'Doc' Butcher

★ 6.5
Along the Great Divide 1951

Timothy 'Pop' Keith

★ 7.3
Lux Video Theatre 1950

Self - Intermission Guest

★ 6.3
Surrender 1950

Sheriff Bill Howard

★ 4.4
The Showdown 1950

Cap MacKellar

★ 5.2
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek 1950

Rimrock

★ 6.3
A Ticket to Tomahawk 1950

Terence Sweeny

★ 5.8
Singing Guns 1950

Dr. Jonathan Mark

★ 6
What's My Line? 1950

Self - Mystery Guest

★ 7
Task Force 1949

Pete Richard

★ 7
Brimstone 1949

Pop Courteen

★ 6.3
The Green Promise 1949

Mr. Matthews

★ 6
Blood on the Moon 1948

Kris Barden

★ 6.2
Red River 1948

'Groot' Nadine

★ 7.3
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! 1948

Tony Maule

★ 4.7
Driftwood 1947

Murph

★ 6.1
Nobody Lives Forever 1946

Pop Gruber

★ 6.3
My Darling Clementine 1946

Old Man Clanton

★ 7.4
Centennial Summer 1946

Jesse Rogers

★ 5.5
A Stolen Life 1946

Eben Folger

★ 6.3
Dakota 1945

Bounce of the Riverbird

★ 5.1
To Have and Have Not 1945

Eddie

★ 7.5
The Princess and the Pirate 1944

Featherhead

★ 6.9
Home in Indiana 1944

J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt

★ 5.5
The North Star 1943

Karp

★ 6.1
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith 1943

George, Mailman

★ 10
Hangmen Also Die! 1943

Prof. Stephen Novotny

★ 6.9
Slightly Dangerous 1943

Cornelius Burden

★ 6
Stand by for Action 1942

Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson

★ 6.8
The Pride of the Yankees 1942

Sam Blake

★ 7.4
Rise and Shine 1941

Grandpa

★ 6
Swamp Water 1941

Tom Keefer

★ 6.3
Breakdowns of 1941 1941

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 7
Sergeant York 1941

Pastor Rosier Pile

★ 7.2
This Woman Is Mine 1941

Captain Jonathan Thorne

★ 4
Meet John Doe 1941

The Colonel

★ 7.3
Nice Girl? 1941

Hector Titus

★ 5.3
The Westerner 1940

Judge Roy Bean

★ 7.1
Maryland 1940

William P. Stewart

★ 6.2
Northwest Passage 1940

'Hunk' Marriner

★ 6.5
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President 1939

Jim

★ 2
Stanley and Livingstone 1939

Jeff Slocum

★ 6.3
They Shall Have Music 1939

Professor Lawson

★ 6.2
Land of Liberty 1939

Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')

★ NR
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939

Walter

★ 6.9
Kentucky 1938

Peter Goodwin

★ 5.8
The Cowboy and the Lady 1938

Sugar

★ 6.3
The Texans 1938

Chuckawalla

★ 5.6
Mother Carey's Chickens 1938

Ossian Popham

★ 5.2
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1938

Muff Potter

★ 6.5
The Buccaneer 1938

Ezra Peavey

★ 6.4
Wild and Woolly 1937

Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn

★ NR
Affairs of Cappy Ricks 1937

Cappy Ricks

★ 4.3
When Love Is Young 1937

Uncle Hugo

★ NR
She's Dangerous 1937

'Oats'

★ 5
Banjo on My Knee 1936

Newt Holley

★ 5.5
Come and Get It 1936

Swan Bostrom

★ 6.8
Fury 1936

Bugs Meyers

★ 7.4
The Moon's Our Home 1936

Lem

★ 6.9
These Three 1936

Taxi Driver

★ 7.1
Three Godfathers 1936

Samuel 'Gus' Barton

★ 6.9
Seven Keys to Baldpate 1935

Station Agent

★ 6.6
Metropolitan 1935

Grandpa

★ NR
Barbary Coast 1935

Old Atrocity

★ 6.4
She Couldn't Take It 1935

Peddler

★ 4.5
We're in the Money 1935

Wedding Witness (uncredited)

★ 5.5
The Perfect Tribute 1935

Stone Cutter (uncredited)

★ NR
Man on the Flying Trapeze 1935

'Legs' Garnett

★ 6.1
Lady Tubbs 1935

Joseph

★ 5
Party Wire 1935

Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)

★ 8
Bride of Frankenstein 1935

Peasant (uncredited)

★ 7.5
West Point of the Air 1935

Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage

★ 6
The Wedding Night 1935

Bill Jenkins

★ 5.8
Restless Knights 1935

Father (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Law Beyond the Range 1935

Abner

★ NR
The Mystery of Edwin Drood 1935

Milkman (uncredited)

★ 5.6
Northern Frontier 1935

Stuttering Cook

★ NR
Brick-a-Brac 1935

Lem

★ NR
Helldorado 1935

Pete

★ NR
Biography of a Bachelor Girl 1935

Reporter on Ship (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Prescott Kid 1934

Zeke - Stage Driver

★ NR
Cheating Cheaters 1934

Ship's Telegrapher (uncredited)

★ NR
There's Always Tomorrow 1934

Auto mechanic

★ 8
Great Expectations 1934

Prisoner on Ship

★ 6.2
Gridiron Flash 1934

Proprietor of Java Joe's

★ 3.3
Death on the Diamond 1934

Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

★ 7
Whom the Gods Destroy 1934

Clifford (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Murder in the Private Car 1934

Switchman (uncredited)

★ 5.3
The Life of Vergie Winters 1934

Roscoe (uncredited)

★ 5.2
Half a Sinner 1934

Radio Announcer

★ NR
Woman Haters 1934

Train Conductor (uncredited)

★ 6
I'll Tell the World 1934

Otto - Bicycle Repair Man

★ NR
Uncertain Lady 1934

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

★ NR
Riptide 1934

Chauffeur (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Good Dame 1934

Elmer Spicer

★ 5.5
George White's Scandals 1934

Hick (uncredited)

★ 5
The Poor Rich 1934

Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)

★ NR
Radio Dough 1934

Drunk Customer (uncredited)

★ NR
Paradise Valley 1934

Farmer Hiram

★ NR
Beloved 1934

Stuttering Boarder

★ NR
Cross Country Cruise 1934

Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)

★ 6
Fugitive Lovers 1934

2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)

★ 6
King for a Night 1933

Soda Jerk

★ 6.2
The Invisible Man 1933

Bicycle Owner (uncredited)

★ 7.5
My Woman 1933

Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)

★ 3.6
Curtain at Eight 1933

Backstage Detective [extra]

★ 5.9
Saturday's Millions 1933

Reporter

★ 5
Golden Harvest 1933

Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)

★ 5
Sailor Beware! 1933

Stuttering Thief

★ NR
Sensation Hunters 1933

Stuttering Waiter

★ 2
One Year Later 1933

Man Chuckling at Train Station

★ 6.3
Strange People 1933

The Radio Repairman

★ 5
The Phantom of the Air 1933

'Skid' (uncredited)

★ 6
The Big Cage 1933

Ticket Taker

★ 6
Lucky Dog 1933

Drunk #2

★ NR
The Rustler's Roundup 1933

Walt (uncredited)

★ NR
Girl Missing 1933

Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)

★ 4.6
Parachute Jumper 1933

Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Goldie Gets Along 1933

Stuttering Waiter

★ 4
Man Of Action 1933

Cashier Summers

★ NR
Manhattan Tower 1932

Mechanic (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Afraid to Talk 1932

Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)

★ 6
Women Won't Tell 1932

Man in Junkyard

★ 4
Once in a Lifetime 1932

Lighting Technician (uncredited)

★ 7
The All-American 1932

News Commentator at Game (uncredited)

★ 5
The Fourth Horseman 1932

Toothless Town Drunk

★ NR
The Iceman's Ball 1932

Officer Dugan

★ 1
Cornered 1932

Court Bailiff (uncredited)

★ 6
Speed Madness 1932

Joe

★ NR
Two-Fisted Law 1932

Bendix the Deputy Sheriff

★ 4.6
Miss Pinkerton 1932

Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Scandal for Sale 1932

Newspaperman

★ 7
The Airmail Mystery 1932

Holly

★ NR
The Impatient Maiden 1932

Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

★ 10
Texas Cyclone 1932

Sheriff Lew Collins

★ 4.2
Law and Order 1932

Lanky Smith (uncredited)

★ 4.9
The Unexpected Father 1932

Sailor (uncredited)

★ NR
A House Divided 1931

Musician (uncredited)

★ 4.8
Scratch-As-Catch-Can 1931

★ 5.4
Neck and Neck 1931

Hector

★ NR
Grief Street 1931

Walt

★ 3.9
Honeymoon Lane 1931

Driver

★ NR
Many a Slip 1931

Minor Role (uncredited)

★ NR
See America Thirst 1930

Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)

★ NR
Little Accident 1930

Milkman (uncredited)

★ NR
King of Jazz 1930

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

★ 6.2
Dames Ahoy 1930

Side Show Barker

★ NR
The Shannons of Broadway 1929

Hez

★ NR
The Long, Long Trail 1929

Skinny Rawlins

★ 4
The Last Performance 1929

Clown (uncredited)

★ 6.2
One Hysterical Night 1929

Paul Revere

★ 5
Flight 1929

Marine Pilot

★ 6.4
Flying High 1929

Kidnapper

★ NR
His Lucky Day 1929

Road House Thug (uncredited)

★ NR
The Lariat Kid 1929

Pat O'Shea

★ NR
Smilin' Guns 1929

Ranch Foreman

★ NR
The Michigan Kid 1928

Minor Role (uncredited)

★ NR
The Ballyhoo Buster 1928

★ NR
Hot Heels 1927

Pool Hall Habitant (uncredited)

★ NR
A Fighting Finish 1927

Student

★ NR
Blake of Scotland Yard 1927

Henchman (uncredited)

★ NR
Alias The Deacon 1927

Cashier at Cunningham's Rink

★ NR
The Ridin' Rowdy 1927

★ NR
Sensation Seekers 1927

Below Deck Yacht Crewman

★ 6.4
Tearin' Into Trouble 1927

Billy Martin

★ NR
Flashing Oars 1927

Hula Hula Hut Customer

★ 2.3
Spangles 1926

Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

★ NR
Watch Your Wife 1926

★ NR
The Calgary Stampede 1925

Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)

★ 5.2
Lorraine of the Lions 1925

Minor Role (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Webs of Steel 1925

★ NR

Walter Brennan

Known For

Credits

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