Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

Known for

Acting

Born

July 25, 1894

Birthplace

Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Died

September 21, 1974 (aged 80)

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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Best known work

Rio Bravo
Rio Bravo
1959
Bride of Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man
1933
Red River
Red River
1948
To Have and Have Not
To Have and Have Not
1945
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
1962
My Darling Clementine
My Darling Clementine
1946
Bad Day at Black Rock
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
Meet John Doe
Meet John Doe
1941
Fury
Fury
1936

Filmography

  1. 2000

    Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

    as (archive footage)

  2. 1997

    The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    as Self (archive footage)

  3. 1997

    Bogart: The Untold Story

    as Self (archive footage)

  4. 1993

    La Classe américaine

    as 'Stumpy' (archive footage)

  5. 1975

    Smoke In The Wind

    as H. P. Kingman

  6. 1974

    Home for the Holidays

    as Benjamin Morgan

  7. 1973

  8. 1972

    Two for the Money

    as Cody Guilford

  9. 1971

  10. 1971

    Alias Smith and JonesTV
  11. 1970

  12. 1970

    The Young Country

    as Sheriff Matt Fenley

  13. 1969

    To Rome with LoveTV

    as Andy Pruitt (22 episodes)

  14. 1969

    The Over the Hill Gang

    as Nash Crawford

  15. 1969

  16. 1969

    The Glen Campbell Goodtime HourTV

    as Self (2 episodes)

  17. 1968

  18. 1968

    The Movie Orgy

    as Self (archive footage)

  19. 1967

  20. 1967

    The Guns of Will SonnettTV

    as Will Sonnett (51 episodes)

  21. 1967

    The Gnome-Mobile

    as D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby

  22. 1967

  23. 1966

    The Oscar

    as Quentin

  24. 1965

  25. 1964

    Those Calloways

    as Alf Simes

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