Walter Brennan

Acting

July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974 (died at 80)

Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Male

217 Movies

20 TV Shows

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.

To Have and Have Not

1945 7.5

as Eddie

Age 50 (now 80)

Rio Bravo

1959 7.8

as Stumpy

Age 64 (now 80)

Bad Day at Black Rock

1955 7.3

as Doc T.R. Velie Jr.

Age 60 (now 80)

Sergeant York

1941 7.2

as Pastor Rosier Pile

Age 47 (now 80)

Red River

1948 7.3

as 'Groot' Nadine

Age 54 (now 80)

My Darling Clementine

1946 7.5

as Old Man Clanton

Age 52 (now 80)

The Westerner

1940 7.1

as Judge Roy Bean

Age 46 (now 80)

Hangmen Also Die!

1943 6.9

as Prof. Stephen Novotny

Age 48 (now 80)

Meet John Doe

1941 7.3

as The Colonel

Age 46 (now 80)

Support Your Local Sheriff!

1969 7.0

as Pa Danby

Age 74 (now 80)

The Gnome-Mobile

1967 6.3

as D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby

Age 72 (now 80)

The Far Country

1954 6.9

as Ben Tatum

Age 59 (now 80)

The Pride of the Yankees

1942 7.4

as Sam Blake

Age 47 (now 80)

Fury

1936 7.5

as Bugs Meyers

Age 41 (now 80)

Northwest Passage

1940 6.6

as 'Hunk' Marriner

Age 45 (now 80)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1938 6.6

as Muff Potter

Age 43 (now 80)

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

2000 10.0

as (archive footage)

Age 105 (now 80)

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

1997 5.1

as Self (archive footage)

Age 103 (now 80)

Bogart: The Untold Story

1997

as Self (archive footage)

Age 102 (now 80)

La Classe américaine

1993 7.6

as 'Stumpy' (archive footage)

Age 99 (now 80)

Smoke In The Wind

1975 7.5

as H. P. Kingman

Age 80

Home for the Holidays

1974 5.6

as Benjamin Morgan

Age 79 (now 80)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

1973 6.8

as Self (archive footage)

Age 78 (now 80)

Two for the Money

1972 7.5

as Cody Guilford

Age 77 (now 80)

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

1971 7.0

as Silky O'Sullivan

Age 77 (now 80)

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

1970 5.6

as Nash Crawford

Age 76 (now 80)

The Young Country

1970 9.0

as Sheriff Matt Fenley

Age 75 (now 80)

The Over the Hill Gang

1969 5.8

as Nash Crawford

Age 74 (now 80)

Support Your Local Sheriff!

1969 7.0

as Pa Danby

Age 74 (now 80)

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

1968 6.1

as Grandpa Bower

Age 73 (now 80)

The Movie Orgy

1968 6.6

as Self (archive footage)

Age 73 (now 80)

Who's Minding the Mint?

1967 7.1

as Pop Gillis

Age 73 (now 80)

The Gnome-Mobile

1967 6.3

as D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby

Age 72 (now 80)

Project XX: End of the Trail

1967

as Self - Narrator

Age 72 (now 80)

The Oscar

1966 5.0

as Quentin

Age 71 (now 80)

The Shooting of Dan McGrew

1965

as Narrator

Age 70 (now 80)

Those Calloways

1964 6.4

as Alf Simes

Age 70 (now 80)

How the West Was Won

1962 7.0

as Jeb Hawkins

Age 68 (now 80)

Shootout at Big Sag

1962 5.5

as 'Preacher' Hawker

Age 67 (now 80)

Rio Bravo

1959 7.8

as Stumpy

Age 64 (now 80)

The Western: A Lost TV Special

1958

as Self

Age 63 (now 80)

God Is My Partner

1957 7.5

as Dr. Charles Grayson

Age 62 (now 80)

Tammy and the Bachelor

1957 7.0

as John Dinwitty

Age 62 (now 80)

The Way to the Gold

1957 8.0

as Uncle George Williams

Age 62 (now 80)

Armored Attack!

1957 6.2

as Karp

Age 62 (now 80)

The Proud Ones

1956 6.5

as Jake

Age 61 (now 80)

Good-bye, My Lady

1956 7.8

as Uncle Jesse Jackson

Age 61 (now 80)

Come Next Spring

1956 5.9

as Jeffrey Storys

Age 61 (now 80)

Glory

1956 5.7

as Ned Otis

Age 61 (now 80)

At Gunpoint

1955 6.7

as Doc Lacy

Age 61 (now 80)

The Brush Roper

1955

as Grandpa Atkins

Age 61 (now 80)

Man on a Bus

1955 5.5

as Saul

Age 60 (now 80)

Bad Day at Black Rock

1955 7.3

as Doc T.R. Velie Jr.

Age 60 (now 80)

Four Guns to the Border

1954 5.0

as Simon Bhumer

Age 60 (now 80)

Drums Across the River

1954 5.8

as Sam Brannon

Age 59 (now 80)

The Far Country

1954 6.9

as Ben Tatum

Age 59 (now 80)

Sea of Lost Ships

1953 7.0

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

Age 59 (now 80)

Lure of the Wilderness

1952 6.0

as Jim Harper

Age 57 (now 80)

Return of the Texan

1952 6.7

as Grandpa Firth Crockett

Age 57 (now 80)

The Wild Blue Yonder

1951 7.0

as Maj. Gen. Wolfe

Age 57 (now 80)

Best of the Badmen

1951 6.5

as 'Doc' Butcher

Age 57 (now 80)

Along the Great Divide

1951 7.4

as Timothy 'Pop' Keith

Age 56 (now 80)

Surrender

1950 4.8

as Sheriff Bill Howard

Age 56 (now 80)

The Showdown

1950 6.0

as Cap MacKellar

Age 56 (now 80)

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

1950 6.4

as Rimrock

Age 55 (now 80)

A Ticket to Tomahawk

1950 6.0

as Terence Sweeny

Age 55 (now 80)

Singing Guns

1950 6.4

as Dr. Jonathan Mark

Age 55 (now 80)

Task Force

1949 7.0

as Pete Richard

Age 55 (now 80)

Brimstone

1949 7.3

as Pop Courteen

Age 55 (now 80)

The Green Promise

1949 6.4

as Mr. Matthews

Age 54 (now 80)

Blood on the Moon

1948 6.2

as Kris Barden

Age 54 (now 80)

Red River

1948 7.3

as 'Groot' Nadine

Age 54 (now 80)

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

1948 6.6

as Tony Maule

Age 53 (now 80)

Driftwood

1947 6.8

as Murph

Age 53 (now 80)

Nobody Lives Forever

1946 6.4

as Pop Gruber

Age 52 (now 80)

My Darling Clementine

1946 7.5

as Old Man Clanton

Age 52 (now 80)

Centennial Summer

1946 5.9

as Jesse Rogers

Age 51 (now 80)

A Stolen Life

1946 6.4

as Eben Folger

Age 51 (now 80)

Dakota

1945 5.2

as Bounce of the Riverbird

Age 51 (now 80)

To Have and Have Not

1945 7.5

as Eddie

Age 50 (now 80)

The Princess and the Pirate

1944 6.9

as Featherhead

Age 50 (now 80)

Home in Indiana

1944 5.9

as J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt

Age 49 (now 80)

The North Star

1943 6.0

as Karp

Age 49 (now 80)

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

1943 8.5

as George, Mailman

Age 49 (now 80)

Hangmen Also Die!

1943 6.9

as Prof. Stephen Novotny

Age 48 (now 80)

Slightly Dangerous

1943 6.0

as Cornelius Burden

Age 48 (now 80)

Stand by for Action

1942 7.1

as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson

Age 48 (now 80)

The Pride of the Yankees

1942 7.4

as Sam Blake

Age 47 (now 80)

Rise and Shine

1941 7.3

as Grandpa

Age 47 (now 80)

Swamp Water

1941 6.3

as Tom Keefer

Age 47 (now 80)

Breakdowns of 1941

1941 7.0

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Age 47 (now 80)

Sergeant York

1941 7.2

as Pastor Rosier Pile

Age 47 (now 80)

This Woman Is Mine

1941 4.5

as Captain Jonathan Thorne

Age 47 (now 80)

Meet John Doe

1941 7.3

as The Colonel

Age 46 (now 80)

Nice Girl?

1941 6.3

as Hector Titus

Age 46 (now 80)

The Westerner

1940 7.1

as Judge Roy Bean

Age 46 (now 80)

Maryland

1940 6.5

as William P. Stewart

Age 45 (now 80)

Northwest Passage

1940 6.6

as 'Hunk' Marriner

Age 45 (now 80)

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

1939 5.0

as Jim

Age 45 (now 80)

Stanley and Livingstone

1939 6.4

as Jeff Slocum

Age 45 (now 80)

They Shall Have Music

1939 6.5

as Professor Lawson

Age 45 (now 80)

Land of Liberty

1939 9.0

as Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')

Age 44 (now 80)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

1939 7.0

as Walter

Age 44 (now 80)

Kentucky

1938 6.1

as Peter Goodwin

Age 44 (now 80)

The Cowboy and the Lady

1938 6.3

as Sugar

Age 44 (now 80)

The Texans

1938 6.6

as Chuckawalla

Age 44 (now 80)

Mother Carey's Chickens

1938 6.0

as Ossian Popham

Age 44 (now 80)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1938 6.6

as Muff Potter

Age 43 (now 80)

The Buccaneer

1938 6.4

as Ezra Peavey

Age 43 (now 80)

Wild and Woolly

1937 10.0

as Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn

Age 42 (now 80)

Affairs of Cappy Ricks

1937 4.8

as Cappy Ricks

Age 42 (now 80)

When Love Is Young

1937 10.0

as Uncle Hugo

Age 42 (now 80)

She's Dangerous

1937 7.0

as 'Oats'

Age 42 (now 80)

Banjo on My Knee

1936 5.8

as Newt Holley

Age 42 (now 80)

Come and Get It

1936 6.8

as Swan Bostrom

Age 42 (now 80)

Fury

1936 7.5

as Bugs Meyers

Age 41 (now 80)

The Moon's Our Home

1936 6.9

as Lem

Age 41 (now 80)

These Three

1936 7.2

as Taxi Driver

Age 41 (now 80)

Three Godfathers

1936 6.9

as Samuel 'Gus' Barton

Age 41 (now 80)

Seven Keys to Baldpate

1935 6.9

as Station Agent

Age 41 (now 80)

Metropolitan

1935 8.0

as Grandpa

Age 41 (now 80)

Barbary Coast

1935 6.4

as Old Atrocity

Age 41 (now 80)

She Couldn't Take It

1935 5.3

as Peddler

Age 41 (now 80)

We're in the Money

1935 5.9

as Wedding Witness (uncredited)

Age 41 (now 80)

The Perfect Tribute

1935 7.0

as Stone Cutter (uncredited)

Age 41 (now 80)

Man on the Flying Trapeze

1935 6.2

as 'Legs' Garnett

Age 41 (now 80)

Lady Tubbs

1935 7.5

as Joseph

Age 40 (now 80)

Party Wire

1935 8.3

as Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)

Age 40 (now 80)

Bride of Frankenstein

1935 7.5

as Peasant (uncredited)

Age 40 (now 80)

West Point of the Air

1935 7.0

as Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage

Age 40 (now 80)

The Wedding Night

1935 5.9

as Bill Jenkins

Age 40 (now 80)

Restless Knights

1935 6.2

as Father (uncredited)

Age 40 (now 80)

Law Beyond the Range

1935 7.0

as Abner

Age 40 (now 80)

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1935 5.9

as Milkman (uncredited)

Age 40 (now 80)

Northern Frontier

1935 8.0

as Stuttering Cook

Age 40 (now 80)

Brick-a-Brac

1935 10.0

as Lem

Age 40 (now 80)

Helldorado

1935 9.0

as Pete

Age 40 (now 80)

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

1935 6.8

as Reporter on Ship (uncredited)

Age 40 (now 80)

The Prescott Kid

1934 8.0

as Zeke - Stage Driver

Age 40 (now 80)

Cheating Cheaters

1934 7.0

as Ship's Telegrapher (uncredited)

Age 40 (now 80)

There's Always Tomorrow

1934 8.0

as Auto mechanic

Age 40 (now 80)

Great Expectations

1934 7.0

as Prisoner on Ship

Age 40 (now 80)

Gridiron Flash

1934 4.8

as Proprietor of Java Joe's

Age 40 (now 80)

Death on the Diamond

1934 7.4

as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

Age 40 (now 80)

Whom the Gods Destroy

1934 6.0

as Clifford

Age 39 (now 80)

Whom the Gods Destroy

1934 6.0

as Clifford (uncredited)

Age 39 (now 80)

Murder in the Private Car

1934 5.6

as Switchman (uncredited)

Age 39 (now 80)

The Life of Vergie Winters

1934 5.7

as Roscoe (uncredited)

Age 39 (now 80)

Half a Sinner

1934 8.0

as Radio Announcer

Age 39 (now 80)

Woman Haters

1934 6.2

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

Age 39 (now 80)

I'll Tell the World

1934 7.0

as Otto - Bicycle Repair Man

Age 39 (now 80)

Uncertain Lady

1934 9.0

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Age 39 (now 80)

Riptide

1934 6.7

as Chauffeur (uncredited)

Age 39 (now 80)

Good Dame

1934 7.0

as Elmer Spicer

Age 39 (now 80)

George White's Scandals

1934 5.4

as Hick (uncredited)

Age 39 (now 80)

The Poor Rich

1934 8.0

as Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)

Age 39 (now 80)

Radio Dough

1934 7.0

as Drunk Customer (uncredited)

Age 39 (now 80)

Paradise Valley

1934 10.0

as Farmer Hiram

Age 39 (now 80)

Beloved

1934 9.0

as Stuttering Boarder

Age 39 (now 80)

Cross Country Cruise

1934 6.7

as Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)

Age 39 (now 80)

Fugitive Lovers

1934 6.2

as 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)

Age 39 (now 80)

King for a Night

1933 7.2

as Soda Jerk

Age 39 (now 80)

The Invisible Man

1933 7.5

as Bicycle Owner (uncredited)

Age 39 (now 80)

My Woman

1933 4.2

as Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)

Age 39 (now 80)

Curtain at Eight

1933 6.4

as Backstage Detective [extra]

Age 39 (now 80)

Saturday's Millions

1933 7.0

as Reporter

Age 39 (now 80)

Golden Harvest

1933 6.5

as Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)

Age 39 (now 80)

Sailor Beware!

1933

as Stuttering Thief

Age 39 (now 80)

Sensation Hunters

1933 3.7

as Stuttering Waiter

Age 39 (now 80)

One Year Later

1933 7.3

as Man Chuckling at Train Station

Age 39 (now 80)

Strange People

1933 5.8

as The Radio Repairman

Age 38 (now 80)

The Phantom of the Air

1933 7.0

as 'Skid' (uncredited)

Age 38 (now 80)

The Big Cage

1933 8.0

as Ticket Taker

Age 38 (now 80)

Lucky Dog

1933 7.0

as Drunk #2

Age 38 (now 80)

The Rustler's Roundup

1933 9.0

as Walt (uncredited)

Age 38 (now 80)

Girl Missing

1933 5.2

as Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)

Age 38 (now 80)

Parachute Jumper

1933 5.8

as Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)

Age 38 (now 80)

Goldie Gets Along

1933 5.7

as Stuttering Waiter

Age 38 (now 80)

Man Of Action

1933 8.0

as Cashier Summers

Age 38 (now 80)

Manhattan Tower

1932 6.0

as Mechanic (uncredited)

Age 38 (now 80)

Afraid to Talk

1932 6.5

as Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)

Age 38 (now 80)

Women Won't Tell

1932 7.0

as Man in Junkyard

Age 38 (now 80)

Once in a Lifetime

1932 7.3

as Lighting Technician (uncredited)

Age 38 (now 80)

The All-American

1932 6.5

as News Commentator at Game (uncredited)

Age 38 (now 80)

The Fourth Horseman

1932 9.0

as Toothless Town Drunk

Age 38 (now 80)

The Iceman's Ball

1932 4.0

as Officer Dugan

Age 38 (now 80)

Cornered

1932 7.5

as Court Bailiff (uncredited)

Age 38 (now 80)

Speed Madness

1932 9.0

as Joe

Age 38 (now 80)

Two-Fisted Law

1932 4.8

as Bendix the Deputy Sheriff

Age 37 (now 80)

Miss Pinkerton

1932 5.9

as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

Age 37 (now 80)

Scandal for Sale

1932 8.5

as Newspaperman

Age 37 (now 80)

The Airmail Mystery

1932 10.0

as Holly

Age 37 (now 80)

The Impatient Maiden

1932 9.0

as Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

Age 37 (now 80)

Texas Cyclone

1932 4.5

as Sheriff Lew Collins

Age 37 (now 80)

Law and Order

1932 5.0

as Lanky Smith (uncredited)

Age 37 (now 80)

The Unexpected Father

1932 7.0

as Sailor (uncredited)

Age 37 (now 80)

A House Divided

1931 5.6

as Musician (uncredited)

Age 37 (now 80)

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

1931 6.0

Age 37 (now 80)

Neck and Neck

1931 7.0

as Hector

Age 37 (now 80)

Is There Justice?

1931 7.0

as Rollins

Age 37 (now 80)

Grief Street

1931 4.4

as Walt

Age 37 (now 80)

Honeymoon Lane

1931 8.0

as Driver

Age 36 (now 80)

Heroes of the Flames

1931 9.0

as Bit Part

Age 36 (now 80)

Many a Slip

1931 10.0

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Age 36 (now 80)

See America Thirst

1930 7.0

as Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)

Age 36 (now 80)

Little Accident

1930 9.0

as Milkman (uncredited)

Age 36 (now 80)

King of Jazz

1930 6.3

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

Age 35 (now 80)