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Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

Born: 1894-07-25 • 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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Filmography
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs poster
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000 • (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender poster
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997 • Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story poster
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997 • Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine poster
La Classe américaine
1993 • 'Stumpy' (archive footage)
Smoke In The Wind poster
Smoke In The Wind
1975 • H. P. Kingman
Home for the Holidays poster
Home for the Holidays
1974 • Benjamin Morgan
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks poster
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973 • Self (archive footage)
Two for the Money poster
Two for the Money
1972 • Cody Guilford
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry poster
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
1971 • Silky O'Sullivan
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again poster
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970 • Nash Crawford
The Young Country poster
The Young Country
1970 • Sheriff Matt Fenley
The Over the Hill Gang poster
The Over the Hill Gang
1969 • Nash Crawford
Support Your Local Sheriff! poster
Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969 • Pa Danby
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band poster
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968 • Grandpa Bower
The Movie Orgy poster
The Movie Orgy
1968 • Self (archive footage)
Who's Minding the Mint? poster
Who's Minding the Mint?
1967 • Pop Gillis
The Gnome-Mobile poster
The Gnome-Mobile
1967 • D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby
Project XX: End of the Trail poster
Project XX: End of the Trail
1967 • Self - Narrator
The Oscar poster
The Oscar
1966 • Quentin
The Shooting of Dan McGrew poster
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
1965 • Narrator
Those Calloways poster
Those Calloways
1964 • Alf Simes
How the West Was Won poster
How the West Was Won
1962 • Jeb Hawkins
Shootout at Big Sag poster
Shootout at Big Sag
1962 • 'Preacher' Hawker
Rio Bravo poster
Rio Bravo
1959 • Stumpy
The Western: A Lost TV Special poster
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958 • Self
God Is My Partner poster
God Is My Partner
1957 • Dr. Charles Grayson
Tammy and the Bachelor poster
Tammy and the Bachelor
1957 • John Dinwitty
The Way to the Gold poster
The Way to the Gold
1957 • Uncle George Williams
Armored Attack! poster
Armored Attack!
1957 • Karp
The Proud Ones poster
The Proud Ones
1956 • Jake
Good-bye, My Lady poster
Good-bye, My Lady
1956 • Uncle Jesse Jackson
Come Next Spring poster
Come Next Spring
1956 • Jeffrey Storys
Glory poster
Glory
1956 • Ned Otis
At Gunpoint poster
At Gunpoint
1955 • Doc Lacy
The Brush Roper poster
The Brush Roper
1955 • Grandpa Atkins
Man on a Bus poster
Man on a Bus
1955 • Saul
Bad Day at Black Rock poster
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955 • Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
Four Guns to the Border poster
Four Guns to the Border
1954 • Simon Bhumer
Drums Across the River poster
Drums Across the River
1954 • Sam Brannon
The Far Country poster
The Far Country
1954 • Ben Tatum
Sea of Lost Ships poster
Sea of Lost Ships
1953 • C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley
Lure of the Wilderness poster
Lure of the Wilderness
1952 • Jim Harper
Return of the Texan poster
Return of the Texan
1952 • Grandpa Firth Crockett
The Wild Blue Yonder poster
The Wild Blue Yonder
1951 • Maj. Gen. Wolfe
Best of the Badmen poster
Best of the Badmen
1951 • 'Doc' Butcher
Along the Great Divide poster
Along the Great Divide
1951 • Timothy 'Pop' Keith
Surrender poster
Surrender
1950 • Sheriff Bill Howard
The Showdown poster
The Showdown
1950 • Cap MacKellar
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek poster
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950 • Rimrock
A Ticket to Tomahawk poster
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950 • Terence Sweeny
Singing Guns poster
Singing Guns
1950 • Dr. Jonathan Mark
Task Force poster
Task Force
1949 • Pete Richard
Brimstone poster
Brimstone
1949 • Pop Courteen
The Green Promise poster
The Green Promise
1949 • Mr. Matthews
Blood on the Moon poster
Blood on the Moon
1948 • Kris Barden
Red River poster
Red River
1948 • 'Groot' Nadine
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! poster
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948 • Tony Maule
Driftwood poster
Driftwood
1947 • Murph
Nobody Lives Forever poster
Nobody Lives Forever
1946 • Pop Gruber
My Darling Clementine poster
My Darling Clementine
1946 • Old Man Clanton
Centennial Summer poster
Centennial Summer
1946 • Jesse Rogers
A Stolen Life poster
A Stolen Life
1946 • Eben Folger
Dakota poster
Dakota
1945 • Bounce of the Riverbird
To Have and Have Not poster
To Have and Have Not
1945 • Eddie
The Princess and the Pirate poster
The Princess and the Pirate
1944 • Featherhead
Home in Indiana poster
Home in Indiana
1944 • J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt
The North Star poster
The North Star
1943 • Karp
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith poster
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943 • George, Mailman
Hangmen Also Die! poster
Hangmen Also Die!
1943 • Prof. Stephen Novotny
Slightly Dangerous poster
Slightly Dangerous
1943 • Cornelius Burden
Stand by for Action poster
Stand by for Action
1942 • Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson
The Pride of the Yankees poster
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 • Sam Blake
Rise and Shine poster
Rise and Shine
1941 • Grandpa
Swamp Water poster
Swamp Water
1941 • Tom Keefer
Breakdowns of 1941 poster
Breakdowns of 1941
1941 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sergeant York poster
Sergeant York
1941 • Pastor Rosier Pile
This Woman Is Mine poster
This Woman Is Mine
1941 • Captain Jonathan Thorne
Meet John Doe poster
Meet John Doe
1941 • The Colonel
Nice Girl? poster
Nice Girl?
1941 • Hector Titus
The Westerner poster
The Westerner
1940 • Judge Roy Bean
Maryland poster
Maryland
1940 • William P. Stewart
Northwest Passage poster
Northwest Passage
1940 • 'Hunk' Marriner
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President poster
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939 • Jim
Stanley and Livingstone poster
Stanley and Livingstone
1939 • Jeff Slocum
They Shall Have Music poster
They Shall Have Music
1939 • Professor Lawson
Land of Liberty poster
Land of Liberty
1939 • Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle poster
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939 • Walter
Kentucky poster
Kentucky
1938 • Peter Goodwin
The Cowboy and the Lady poster
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938 • Sugar
The Texans poster
The Texans
1938 • Chuckawalla
Mother Carey's Chickens poster
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938 • Ossian Popham
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer poster
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938 • Muff Potter
The Buccaneer poster
The Buccaneer
1938 • Ezra Peavey
Wild and Woolly poster
Wild and Woolly
1937 • Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn
Affairs of Cappy Ricks poster
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
1937 • Cappy Ricks
When Love Is Young poster
When Love Is Young
1937 • Uncle Hugo
She's Dangerous poster
She's Dangerous
1937 • 'Oats'
Banjo on My Knee poster
Banjo on My Knee
1936 • Newt Holley
Come and Get It poster
Come and Get It
1936 • Swan Bostrom
Fury poster
Fury
1936 • Bugs Meyers