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Actor

Walter Brennan

Acting

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Acting credits

222

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.9

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Movies: 208Series: 14

TMDB ID: 4302

IMDb ID: nm0000974

Known for: Acting

Born: July 25, 1894

Died: September 21, 1974

Age: 80

Place of birth: Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1925 - 2000

Years active: 76

Average TMDB rating: 6.76

Wikidata: Q219521

Also known as

Walter Andrew Brennan • والتر برنان

Biography

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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Movies

Movies

Movie credits linked with Walter Brennan.

Movie poster for Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000)

as (archive footage)

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

2000 Movie
Movie poster for The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)

as Self (archive footage)

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

1997 Movie
Movie poster for Bogart: The Untold Story (1997)

as Self (archive footage)

Bogart: The Untold Story

1997 Movie
Movie poster for La Classe américaine (1993)

as 'Stumpy' (archive footage)

La Classe américaine

1993 Movie
Movie poster for Smoke In The Wind (1975)

as H. P. Kingman

Smoke In The Wind

1975 Movie
Movie poster for Home for the Holidays (1974)

as Benjamin Morgan

Home for the Holidays

1974 Movie
Movie poster for The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973)

as Self (archive footage)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

1973 Movie
Movie poster for Two for the Money (1972)

as Cody Guilford

Two for the Money

1972 Movie
Movie poster for The Day They Hanged Kid Curry (1971)

as Silky O'Sullivan

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

1971 Movie
Movie poster for The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970)

as Nash Crawford

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

1970 Movie
Movie poster for The Young Country (1970)

as Sheriff Matt Fenley

The Young Country

1970 Movie
Movie poster for The Over the Hill Gang (1969)

as Nash Crawford

The Over the Hill Gang

1969 Movie
Movie poster for Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)

as Pa Danby

Support Your Local Sheriff!

1969 Movie
Movie poster for The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)

as Grandpa Bower

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

1968 Movie
Movie poster for The Movie Orgy (1968)

as Self (archive footage)

The Movie Orgy

1968 Movie
Movie poster for Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)

as Pop Gillis

Who's Minding the Mint?

1967 Movie
Movie poster for The Gnome-Mobile (1967)

as D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby

The Gnome-Mobile

1967 Movie
Movie poster for Project XX: End of the Trail (1967)

as Self - Narrator

Project XX: End of the Trail

1967 Movie
Movie poster for The Oscar (1966)

as Quentin

The Oscar

1966 Movie
Movie poster for The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1965)

as Narrator

The Shooting of Dan McGrew

1965 Movie
Movie poster for Those Calloways (1964)

as Alf Simes

Those Calloways

1964 Movie
Movie poster for How the West Was Won (1962)

as Jeb Hawkins

How the West Was Won

1962 Movie
Movie poster for Shootout at Big Sag (1962)

as 'Preacher' Hawker

Shootout at Big Sag

1962 Movie
Movie poster for Rio Bravo (1959)

as Stumpy

Rio Bravo

1959 Movie