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In many ways the most successful and familiar character actor of American...
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Had four top 100 singles, including the Top 5 hit "Old Rivers" (Liberty...
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Awards:
Won 3 Oscars.
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1 win
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2 nominations
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Alternate Names:
Walter Brenan | Arthur Brennan | Walter Brennen | Walter Brennon
Filmography
- Smoke in the Wind (1975) .... H. P. Kingman
- Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) .... Pa Danby
- The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968) .... Grandpa Bower
... aka The Family Band (USA: TV title) - Who's Minding the Mint? (1967) .... Pop Gillis
- The Gnome-Mobile (1967) .... D.J. Mulrooney/Knobby
- The Oscar (1966) .... Orrin C. Quentin
- Those Calloways (1965) .... Alf Simes
- How the West Was Won (1962) .... Col. Jeb Hawkins
- Shoot Out at Big Sag (1962) .... 'Preacher' Hawker
- Rio Bravo (1959) .... Stumpy
... aka Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title) - God Is My Partner (1957) .... Doctor Charles Grayson
- Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) .... John Dinwitty, Tammy's Grandpa
... aka Tammy (UK)
... aka Tammy and the Bachelor (UK) - The Way to the Gold (1957) .... Uncle George Williams
- The Proud Ones (1956) .... Jake
- Good-bye, My Lady (1956) .... Uncle Jesse Jackson
... aka Goodbye, My Lady (USA: cable TV title) - Come Next Spring (1956) .... Jeffrey Storys
- Glory (1956) .... Ned Otis
- At Gunpoint (1955) .... Doc Lacy
... aka Gunpoint! (UK) - Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) .... Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
- Man on a Bus (1955)
- Four Guns to the Border (1954) .... Simon Bhumer
... aka Shadow Valley (USA: alternative title) - The Far Country (1954) .... Ben Tatum (Jeff's partner)
- Drums Across the River (1954) .... Sam Brannon
- Sea of Lost Ships (1954) .... C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley
- Lure of the Wilderness (1952) .... Jim Harper
- Return of the Texan (1952) .... Grandpa Firth Crockett
- The Wild Blue Yonder (1951) .... Maj. Gen. Wolfe
... aka Thunder Across the Pacific (UK) - Best of the Badmen (1951) .... 'Doc' Butcher Ephrim
- Along the Great Divide (1951) .... Tim 'Pop' Keith
... aka The Travelers (USA) - Surrender (1950) .... Sheriff Bill Howard
- The Showdown (1950) .... Cap MacKellar
- Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950) .... Rimrock Thomas
... aka Take the Stage (UK) - A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950) .... Terence Sweeny
- Singing Guns (1950) .... Dr. Jonathan Mark
- Task Force (1949) .... Pete Richard
- Brimstone (1949) .... Brimstone 'Pop' Courteen
- The Green Promise (1949) .... Mr. Matthews
- Blood on the Moon (1948) .... Kris Barden
- Red River (1948) .... 'Groot' Nadine
- Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948) .... Tony Maule
... aka Summer Lightning (UK) - Driftwood (1947) .... Murph
- My Darling Clementine (1946) .... Old Man Clanton
... aka John Ford's My Darling Clementine (USA: complete title) - Nobody Lives Forever (1946) .... Pop Gruber
- Centennial Summer (1946) .... Jesse Rogers
- A Stolen Life (1946) .... Eben Folger
- Dakota (1945) .... Capt. Bounce of the Riverbird
- The Princess and the Pirate (1944) .... Featherhead
- To Have and Have Not (1944) .... Eddie
... aka Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not (UK) (USA: complete title) - Home in Indiana (1944) .... J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt
- The North Star (1943) .... Karp
... aka Armored Attack (USA: recut version) - The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith (1943) .... George, Mailman
... aka War Information Film No. 76 - Slightly Dangerous (1943) .... Cornelius Burden
- Hangmen Also Die! (1943) .... Prof. Stephen Novotny
... aka Hangmen Also Die! (UK)
... aka Lest We Forget - Stand by for Action (1942) .... Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson
... aka Cargo of Innocents (UK) - The Pride of the Yankees (1942) .... Sam Blake
- Rise and Shine (1941) .... Grandpa
- Swamp Water (1941) .... Tom Keefer
... aka The Man Who Came Back (UK) - Sergeant York (1941) .... Pastor Rosier Pile
- Meet John Doe (1941) .... The Colonel
... aka Frank Capra's 'Meet John Doe' (USA: complete title)
... aka John Doe, Dynamite (UK) - This Woman Is Mine (1941) .... Captain Jonathan Thorne
... aka Fury at Sea (USA: reissue title) - Nice Girl? (1941) .... Hector Titus
- The Westerner (1940) .... Judge Roy Bean
- Maryland (1940) .... William Stewart
- 'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers) (1940) .... 'Hunk' Marriner
... aka Northwest Passage (USA: short title)
- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939) .... Jim
- Stanley and Livingstone (1939) .... Jeff Slocum
- They Shall Have Music (1939) .... Professor Lawson
... aka Melody of Youth (UK)
... aka Ragged Angels (USA: reissue title) - The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) .... Walter Ash
- Kentucky (1938) .... Peter Goodwin
- The Cowboy and the Lady (1938) .... Sugar
- Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) .... Mr. Ossian Popham
- The Texans (1938) .... Chuckawalla
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) .... Muff Potter
- The Buccaneer (1938) .... Ezra Peavey
- Wild and Woolly (1937) .... Gramp Flynn
- Affairs of Cappy Ricks (1937) .... Cappy Ricks
- When Love Is Young (1937) .... Uncle Hugo
- She's Dangerous (1937) .... Ote O'Leary
... aka Blonde Dynamite - Banjo on My Knee (1936) .... Newt Holley
- Come and Get It (1936) .... Swan Bostrom
... aka Roaring Timbers (USA: reissue title) - Fury (1936) .... 'Bugs' Meyers
- The Moon's Our Home (1936) .... Lem
- These Three (1936) .... Taxi driver
- Three Godfathers (1936) .... Sam 'Gus' Barton
... aka Miracle in the Sand (USA: TV title) - Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935) .... Station Agent
- Metropolitan (1935) (uncredited) .... Grandpa
- Barbary Coast (1935) .... Old Atrocity
... aka Port of Wickedness (USA: reissue title) - We're in the Money (1935) (uncredited) .... Wedding Witness
- The Perfect Tribute (1935) (uncredited) .... Stone Cutter
- Alice Adams (1935) (scenes deleted)
... aka Booth Tarkington's Alice Adams (USA: complete title) - Welcome Home (1935) (uncredited) .... Walter
- Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) .... 'Legs' Garnett
... aka The Memory Expert (UK) - Lady Tubbs (1935) (uncredited) .... Joseph
... aka The Gay Lady (UK) - Spring Tonic (1935) (uncredited)
- Party Wire (1935) (uncredited) .... Paul - Railroad Telegrapher
- Bride of Frankenstein (1935) (uncredited) .... Neighbor
... aka The Bride of Frankenstein (USA: poster title) - West Point of the Air (1935) (uncredited) .... Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage
- The Wedding Night (1935) .... Bill Jenkins
- Hunger Pains (1935) .... Secretary to Sylvester J. Sutton Sr.
- Restless Knights (1935) (uncredited) .... Father
- Law Beyond the Range (1935) (as Walter Brennon) .... Abner (Pete in credits)
- Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) .... Milkman
... aka Charles Dickens' 'Mystery of Edwin Drood' (USA: complete title) - Northern Frontier (1935) .... Stuttering Cook
- Brick-a-Brac (1935) .... Lem
- Helldorado (1935) (uncredited) .... Pete, the Waiter
- Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935) (uncredited) .... Reporter on Ship
- The Painted Veil (1934) (scenes deleted)
- Prescott Kid (1934) .... Zeke (Stage Driver)
- Cheating Cheaters (1934) (uncredited)
- There's Always Tomorrow (1934) (uncredited) .... Mechanic
- Tailspin Tommy (1934) (uncredited) .... Hospital Orderly - slugged by 'Skeeter', Ch. 8
- Gridiron Flash (1934) (uncredited) .... Diner Proprietor
... aka Luck of the Game (UK) - Great Expectations (1934) (uncredited) .... Prisoner on Ship
- Death on the Diamond (1934) (uncredited) .... Hot dog vendor
- Whom the Gods Destroy (1934) (uncredited) .... Clifford
- Murder in the Private Car (1934) (uncredited) .... Switchman
... aka Murder on the Runaway Train (UK) - The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) (uncredited) .... Roscoe, a Gossiper
- Half a Sinner (1934) .... Radio announcer
... aka Alias the Deacon (USA: alternative title) - Woman Haters (1934) (uncredited) .... Train Conductor
- Fishing for Trouble (1934)
- I'll Tell the World (1934) (uncredited) .... Otto - Bicycle Repair Man
- Uncertain Lady (1934) (uncredited) .... Gas Station Attendant
- Riptide (1934) (uncredited) .... Chauffeur
- Good Dame (1934) (uncredited) .... Elmer Spicer
... aka Good Girl (UK) - George White's Scandals (1934) (uncredited)
- The Crosby Case (1934) (uncredited) .... Ship's Messenger
... aka The Crosby Murder Case (UK) - The Poor Rich (1934) (uncredited) .... Dr. Johnson the Coroner
- Radio Dough (1934)
- Paradise Valley (1934) .... Farmer Hiram
- You Can't Buy Everything (1934) (uncredited) .... Train vendor
- Cross Country Cruise (1934) (uncredited) .... Niagara Falls Boatman
- Fugitive Lovers (1934) (uncredited) .... Second Bus Driver
- Beloved (1934/I) .... Stuttering Boarder
- King for a Night (1933) (uncredited) .... Soda Jerk
- The Invisible Man (1933) (uncredited) .... Bicycle owner
- My Woman (1933) (uncredited)
- Curtain at Eight (1933) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
- Saturday's Millions (1933) (uncredited) .... Reporter
- Golden Harvest (1933) (uncredited)
- Sensation Hunters (1933) .... Stuttering Waiter
- One Year Later (1933) .... Yokel
- Sing, Sinner, Sing (1933) (uncredited)
- Baby Face (1933) (scenes deleted)
- Strange People (1933) .... Radio Repairman
- Phantom of the Air (1933/I) .... 'Skid'
- Lilly Turner (1933) (scenes deleted)
- The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
- The Big Cage (1933) (uncredited) .... Ticket Taker
- The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble (1933) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
- Rustlers' Roundup (1933) (uncredited) .... Walt
- Girl Missing (1933) (uncredited) .... Joe, Garage Attendant
- Goldie Gets Along (1933) (uncredited) .... Stuttering Waiter
- Parachute Jumper (1933) (uncredited) .... Counterman at Jewel Diner
- Man of Action (1933) .... Cashier Summers
- Manhattan Tower (1932) (uncredited) .... Mechanic
- Afraid to Talk (1932) (uncredited) .... Sign carrier
... aka Merry-Go-Round (USA: new title) - Strange Justice (1932) (uncredited) .... Eddie, Mechanic
- Once in a Lifetime (1932) (uncredited) .... Lighting Technician
- The All-American (1932) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
... aka Sport of a Nation (UK) - The Fourth Horseman (1932) (uncredited) .... Town Drunk
- Fighting for Justice (1932) (uncredited) .... Cowhand Fletcher
- Iceman's Ball (1932) .... Officer Dugan
- Cornered (1932) (uncredited) .... Court Bailiff
- Miss Pinkerton (1932) (uncredited) .... Police Dispatcher
- Speed Madness (1932) (uncredited) .... Joe
- Hello Trouble (1932) (uncredited) .... A Texas Ranger
- Two-Fisted Law (1932) .... Deputy Sheriff Bendix
- Scandal for Sale (1932) (uncredited)
... aka Ambition - The Airmail Mystery (1932) .... Holly
- Impatient Maiden (1932) (uncredited) .... Cigar Stand Proprietor
- Law and Order (1932) (uncredited) .... Lanky Smith (saloon swamper)
... aka Guns A'Blazing (USA: reissue title) - Texas Cyclone (1932) (as Walter Brenan) .... Sheriff Lew Collins
- A House Divided (1931) (uncredited) .... Musician
- Scratch-As-Catch-Can (1931)
... aka Broadway Headliners: Scratch-As-Catch-Can (USA: series title) - Neck and Neck (1931) .... Hector
- Is There Justice? (1931) .... Rollins
- Grief Street (1931) (as Arthur Brennan) .... Walt
... aka Stage Whispers - Dancing Dynamite (1931) .... Undetermined Role
- Honeymoon Lane (1931) .... Driver
- Heroes of the Flames (1931) (uncredited) .... Bit Part in Chapter Twelve
- Many a Slip (1931) (uncredited)
- Hello Russia (1931) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
- Ooh La-La (1930) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
- See America Thirst (1930) (uncredited) .... Spumoni Bodyguard
- Parlez Vous (1930)
- Little Accident (1930) (uncredited)
- King of Jazz (1930) .... Desk Sergeant ("Springtime")/Soldier ("All Noisy on the Eastern Front")/Waiter ("Oh! Forevermore!")/Front End of Horse/Quartet Member ("Nellie")
- Captain of the Guard (1930) (uncredited) .... Peasant
- Dames Ahoy (1930) (uncredited) .... Side Show Barker
- The Shannons of Broadway (1929) .... Hez
- The Long, Long Trail (1929) .... 'Skinny'' Rawlins
- One Hysterical Night (1929) .... Paul Revere
- Flying High (1929) (uncredited) .... Kidnapper
- The Lariat Kid (1929) .... Pat O'Shea
- Smilin' Guns (1929) .... Ranch Foreman
- The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City (1929) (uncredited) .... Bit at Police Station
- Silks and Saddles (1929) (uncredited) .... Undetermined Role
... aka Thoroughbreds (UK) - The Michigan Kid (1928) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
- The Racket (1928) (uncredited) .... Man on Street in Front of Barber Shop
- Hot Heels (1928)
- The Ballyhoo Buster (1928)
- The Last Performance (1927) (uncredited) .... Clown
... aka The Last Call (UK) - Blake of Scotland Yard (1927) (uncredited) .... Henchman
- Alias the Deacon (1927) (uncredited) .... Cashier at Cunningham's Rink
- The Ridin' Rowdy (1927)
- Tearin' Into Trouble (1927) .... Billy Martin
- Sensation Seekers (1927) (uncredited) .... Below Deck Yacht Crewman
- Flashing Oars (1927) (uncredited) .... Hula Hula Hut Customer
- The Collegians (1926) (uncredited) .... Various Roles in Individual Episodes
- The Ice Flood (1926) (uncredited)
- Watch Your Wife (1926)
- Webs of Steel (1925) (uncredited)
- Lorraine of the Lions (1925) (uncredited)
- Home for the Holidays (1972) (TV) .... Benjamin Morgan
... aka Deadly Desires - Two for the Money (1972) (TV) .... Cody Guilford
- "Alias Smith and Jones" .... Silky O'Sullivan / ... (3 episodes, 1971-1972)
- Don't Get Mad, Get Even (1972) TV episode .... Silky O'Sullivan
- 21 Days to Tenstrike (1972) TV episode .... Gantry
- The Day They Hanged Kid Curry (1971) TV episode .... Silky O'Sullivan - "To Rome with Love" (1969) TV series .... Andy Pruitt (1970-71) (unknown episodes)
- The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970) (TV) .... Nash Crawford
- The Young Country (1970) (TV) .... Sheriff Matt Fenley
- The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969) (TV) .... Nash Crawford
- "The Guns of Will Sonnett" .... Will Sonnett (50 episodes, 1967-1969)
- Three Stand Together (1969) TV episode .... Will Sonnett
- The Man Who Killed Jim Sonnett (1969) TV episode .... Will Sonnett
- The Sodbuster (1969) TV episode .... Will Sonnett
- One Angry Juror (1969) TV episode .... Will Sonnett
- The Trial (1969) TV episode .... Will Sonnett
(45 more) - "The Tycoon" .... Walter Andrews (8 episodes, 1964-1965)
- Johnny on the Spot (1965) TV episode .... Walter Andrews
- Honorable Doctor Andrews (1965) TV episode .... Walter Andrews
- No Place Like Home (1964) TV episode .... Walter Andrews
- Talent Scout (1964) TV episode .... Walter Andrews
- East Meets West (1964) TV episode .... Walter Andrews
(3 more) - "The Real McCoys" .... Grandpa Amos McCoy / ... (44 episodes, 1957-1963)
... aka The McCoys
- Sir Fergus McCoy (1963) TV episode .... Amos McCoy
- Pepino's Inheritance (1962) TV episode .... Amos McCoy
- Pepino McCoy, Citizen (1962) TV episode .... Amos McCoy
- One for the Money (1960) TV episode .... Grandpa Amos McCoy
- First Date (1960) TV episode .... Grandpa Amos McCoy
(39 more)
- "Colgate Theatre" .... Mr. Tutt (1 episode, 1958)
- Mr. Tutt (1958) TV episode .... Mr. Tutt - "Zane Grey Theater" .... Joe / ... (2 episodes, 1956-1957)
... aka Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (USA: complete title)
... aka The Westerners (USA: rerun title)
- Ride a Lonely Trail (1957) TV episode .... Sheriff Larson
- Vengeance Canyon (1956) TV episode .... Joe - "The Ford Television Theatre" .... Duffy (1 episode, 1956)
... aka Ford Theatre (USA: short title)
- Duffy's Man (1956) TV episode .... Duffy - "Cavalcade of America" .... Link Morley (1 episode, 1956)
... aka DuPont Presents the Cavalcade Theatre (USA: fourth season title)
... aka DuPont Theater (USA: fifth season title)
- Women's Work (1956) TV episode .... Link Morley - "Ethel Barrymore Theater" (1 episode, 1956)
- The Gentle Years (1956) TV episode - "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" .... Ezra Jenkins / ... (3 episodes, 1953-1956)
... aka Herald Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
... aka Schlitz Playhouse (USA: new title)
... aka The Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
- The Happy Sun (1956) TV episode
- Mr. Ears (1955) TV episode .... Mr. Ears
- Lucky Thirteen (1953) TV episode .... Ezra Jenkins - "Screen Directors Playhouse" .... Grandpa Atkins (1 episode, 1955)
- The Bush Roper (1955) TV episode .... Grandpa Atkins
- The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968) (performer: "Drummin' Drummin' Drummin'")
... aka The Family Band (USA: TV title)
- Rio Bravo (1959) (performer: "Cindy")
... aka Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title) - Lure of the Wilderness (1952) (performer: "Old Starry Hill")
- Centennial Summer (1946) (performer: "Up with the Lark")
- Stanley and Livingstone (1939) ("Oh Susanna" (1846))
- Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) ("Reuben, Reuben, I've Been Thinking")
- Banjo on My Knee (1936) (performer: "With a Banjo on My Knee" (1936) (uncredited), "St. Louis Blues" (1914) (uncredited), "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (1896) (uncredited)) ("Oh! Susanna" (1848) (uncredited), "Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)" (1850) (uncredited), "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover" (1927) (uncredited), "Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)" (1851) (uncredited), "O Tannenbaum" (uncredited), "(I Wish I Was in) Dixie's Land" (1860) (uncredited), "A Hot Time in the Old Town" (1896) (uncredited))
- Come and Get It (1936) (performer: "The Bird on Nellie's Hat" (1906) (uncredited)) ("Aura Lea" (1861) (uncredited))
... aka Roaring Timbers (USA: reissue title)
- "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (1 episode, 1972)
- Richard Crenna (1972) TV episode .... Himself - "Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1969-1970)
- Episode dated 21 February 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 24 October 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Himself
- "Project XX" .... Narrator (3 episodes, 1963-1967)
- End of the Trail (1967) TV episode .... Narrator
- The Red, White, and Blue (1964) TV episode .... Narrator
- The Tall American, Gary Cooper (1963) TV episode .... Narrator - "What's My Line?" .... Mystery Guest / ... (3 episodes, 1957-1966)
- Episode dated 21 August 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
- Episode dated 22 November 1959 (1959) TV episode .... Himself - Mystery Guest
- Episode dated 12 May 1957 (1957) TV episode .... Mystery Guest - "The Celebrity Game" .... Celebrity Panelist (1 episode, 1964)
- Episode dated 3 May 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Celebrity Panelist - A Date with Debbie (1960) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1960)
... aka The Dinah Shore Show (USA: sixth season title)
- Country Fair, U.S.A. (1960) TV episode .... Himself
- "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1957-1958)
... aka The Ford Show
- Episode #2.33 (1958) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #1.33 (1957) TV episode .... Himself - "Wide Wide World" .... Himself (1 episode, 1958)
- The Western (1958) TV episode .... Himself - "Lux Video Theatre" .... Himself (1 episode, 1955)
... aka Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title)
- Holiday Affair (1955) TV episode .... Himself - "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (1 episode, 1955)
- Walter Brennan (1955) TV episode .... Himself - Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954) (TV) .... Himself
- The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter: Best Supporting Actress
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