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Walter Brennan Acting Filmography (216)

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000·(archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997·Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997·Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
1993·'Stumpy' (archive footage)
Smoke In The Wind
1975·H. P. Kingman
Home for the Holidays
1974·Benjamin Morgan
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973·Self (archive footage)
Two for the Money
1972·Cody Guilford
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
1971·Silky O'Sullivan
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970·Nash Crawford
The Young Country
1970·Sheriff Matt Fenley
Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969·Pa Danby
The Over the Hill Gang
1969·Nash Crawford
The Movie Orgy
1968·Self (archive footage)
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968·Grandpa Bower
The Gnome-Mobile
1967·D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby
Who's Minding the Mint?
1967·Pop Gillis
Project XX: End of the Trail
1967·Self - Narrator
The Oscar
1966·Quentin
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
1965·Narrator
Those Calloways
1964·Alf Simes
How the West Was Won
1962·Jeb Hawkins
Shootout at Big Sag
1962·'Preacher' Hawker
Rio Bravo
1959·Stumpy
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958·Self
Tammy and the Bachelor
1957·John Dinwitty
God Is My Partner
1957·Dr. Charles Grayson
Armored Attack!
1957·Karp
The Way to the Gold
1957·Uncle George Williams
The Proud Ones
1956·Jake
Come Next Spring
1956·Jeffrey Storys
Glory
1956·Ned Otis
Good-bye, My Lady
1956·Uncle Jesse Jackson
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955·Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
At Gunpoint
1955·Doc Lacy
Man on a Bus
1955·Saul
The Brush Roper
1955·Grandpa Atkins
The Far Country
1954·Ben Tatum
Drums Across the River
1954·Sam Brannon
Four Guns to the Border
1954·Simon Bhumer
Sea of Lost Ships
1953·C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley
Lure of the Wilderness
1952·Jim Harper
Return of the Texan
1952·Grandpa Firth Crockett
Along the Great Divide
1951·Timothy 'Pop' Keith
Best of the Badmen
1951·'Doc' Butcher
The Wild Blue Yonder
1951·Maj. Gen. Wolfe
The Showdown
1950·Cap MacKellar
Singing Guns
1950·Dr. Jonathan Mark
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950·Terence Sweeny
Surrender
1950·Sheriff Bill Howard
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950·Rimrock
Task Force
1949·Pete Richard
Brimstone
1949·Pop Courteen
The Green Promise
1949·Mr. Matthews
Red River
1948·'Groot' Nadine
Blood on the Moon
1948·Kris Barden
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948·Tony Maule
Driftwood
1947·Murph
My Darling Clementine
1946·Old Man Clanton
Nobody Lives Forever
1946·Pop Gruber
A Stolen Life
1946·Eben Folger
Centennial Summer
1946·Jesse Rogers
Dakota
1945·Bounce of the Riverbird
The Princess and the Pirate
1944·Featherhead
To Have and Have Not
1944·Eddie
Home in Indiana
1944·J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt
Hangmen Also Die!
1943·Prof. Stephen Novotny
The North Star
1943·Karp
Slightly Dangerous
1943·Cornelius Burden
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943·George, Mailman
The Pride of the Yankees
1942·Sam Blake
Stand by for Action
1942·Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson
Meet John Doe
1941·The Colonel
Nice Girl?
1941·Hector Titus
Swamp Water
1941·Tom Keefer
Sergeant York
1941·Pastor Rosier Pile
Rise and Shine
1941·Grandpa
Breakdowns of 1941
1941·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
This Woman Is Mine
1941·Captain Jonathan Thorne
The Westerner
1940·Judge Roy Bean
Northwest Passage
1940·'Hunk' Marriner
Maryland
1940·William P. Stewart
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939·Walter
Stanley and Livingstone
1939·Jeff Slocum
They Shall Have Music
1939·Professor Lawson
Land of Liberty
1939·Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939·Jim
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938·Muff Potter
The Texans
1938·Chuckawalla
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938·Sugar
The Buccaneer
1938·Ezra Peavey
Kentucky
1938·Peter Goodwin
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938·Ossian Popham
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
1937·Cappy Ricks
She's Dangerous
1937·'Oats'
When Love Is Young
1937·Uncle Hugo
Wild and Woolly
1937·Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn
Fury
1936·Bugs Meyers
These Three
1936·Taxi Driver
Come and Get It
1936·Swan Bostrom
The Moon's Our Home
1936·Lem
Three Godfathers
1936·Samuel 'Gus' Barton
Banjo on My Knee
1936·Newt Holley
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935·Milkman (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935·'Legs' Garnett
Barbary Coast
1935·Old Atrocity
Helldorado
1935·Pete
Restless Knights
1935·Father (uncredited)
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935·Station Agent
Metropolitan
1935·Grandpa
Lady Tubbs
1935·Joseph
We're in the Money
1935·Wedding Witness (uncredited)
The Wedding Night
1935·Bill Jenkins
West Point of the Air
1935·Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage
Northern Frontier
1935·Stuttering Cook
Party Wire
1935·Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)
Bride of Frankenstein
1935·Peasant (uncredited)
Law Beyond the Range
1935·Abner
She Couldn't Take It
1935·Peddler
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935·Reporter on Ship (uncredited)
Brick-a-Brac
1935·Lem
The Perfect Tribute
1935·Stone Cutter (uncredited)
The Prescott Kid
1934·Zeke - Stage Driver
Woman Haters
1934·Train Conductor (uncredited)
There's Always Tomorrow
1934·Auto mechanic
Radio Dough
1934·Drunk Customer (uncredited)
Gridiron Flash
1934·Proprietor of Java Joe's
Cross Country Cruise
1934·Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)
I'll Tell the World
1934·Otto - Bicycle Repair Man
George White's Scandals
1934·Hick (uncredited)
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934·Roscoe (uncredited)
The Poor Rich
1934·Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)
Murder in the Private Car
1934·Switchman (uncredited)
Fugitive Lovers
1934·2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934·Clifford (uncredited)
Death on the Diamond
1934·Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Good Dame
1934·Elmer Spicer
Riptide
1934·Chauffeur (uncredited)
Half a Sinner
1934·Radio Announcer
Great Expectations
1934·Prisoner on Ship
Beloved
1934·Stuttering Boarder
Cheating Cheaters
1934·Ship's Telegrapher (uncredited)
Uncertain Lady
1934·Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Paradise Valley
1934·Farmer Hiram
The Rustler's Roundup
1933·Walt (uncredited)
Girl Missing
1933·Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)
One Year Later
1933·Man Chuckling at Train Station
My Woman
1933·Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)
King for a Night
1933·Soda Jerk
Curtain at Eight
1933·Backstage Detective [extra]
Man Of Action
1933·Cashier Summers
Strange People
1933·The Radio Repairman
Parachute Jumper
1933·Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)
Sensation Hunters
1933·Stuttering Waiter
The Invisible Man
1933·Bicycle Owner (uncredited)
The Phantom of the Air
1933·'Skid' (uncredited)
Golden Harvest
1933·Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)
Goldie Gets Along
1933·Stuttering Waiter
Saturday's Millions
1933·Reporter
Lucky Dog
1933·Drunk #2
Sailor Beware!
1933·Stuttering Thief
The Big Cage
1933·Ticket Taker
The Iceman's Ball
1932·Officer Dugan
Once in a Lifetime
1932·Lighting Technician (uncredited)
Two-Fisted Law
1932·Bendix the Deputy Sheriff
The Impatient Maiden
1932·Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
Law and Order
1932·Lanky Smith (uncredited)
Manhattan Tower
1932·Mechanic (uncredited)
Miss Pinkerton
1932·Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
The Unexpected Father
1932·Sailor (uncredited)
Scandal for Sale
1932·Newspaperman
The Airmail Mystery
1932·Holly
Speed Madness
1932·Joe
Women Won't Tell
1932·Man in Junkyard
Afraid to Talk
1932·Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)
Cornered
1932·Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Texas Cyclone
1932·Sheriff Lew Collins
The All-American
1932·News Commentator at Game (uncredited)
The Fourth Horseman
1932·Toothless Town Drunk
Honeymoon Lane
1931·Driver
Grief Street
1931·Walt
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931
A House Divided
1931·Musician (uncredited)
Neck and Neck
1931·Hector
Many a Slip
1931·Minor Role (uncredited)
Is There Justice?
1931·Rollins
Heroes of the Flames
1931·Bit Part
Dames Ahoy
1930·Side Show Barker
See America Thirst
1930·Spumoni Bodyguard (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')
Little Accident
1930·Milkman (uncredited)
Smilin' Guns
1929·Ranch Foreman
The Lariat Kid
1929·Pat O'Shea
Flight
1929·Marine Pilot
One Hysterical Night
1929·Paul Revere
His Lucky Day
1929·Road House Thug (uncredited)
The Last Performance
1929·Clown (uncredited)
The Long, Long Trail
1929·Skinny Rawlins
The Shannons of Broadway
1929·Hez
Flying High
1929·Kidnapper
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
1929·Man at Police Station
The Michigan Kid
1928·Minor Role (uncredited)
The Ballyhoo Buster
1928
Flashing Oars
1927·Hula Hula Hut Customer
Sensation Seekers
1927·Below Deck Yacht Crewman
The Ridin' Rowdy
1927
Tearin' Into Trouble
1927·Billy Martin
Blake of Scotland Yard
1927·Henchman (uncredited)
Alias The Deacon
1927·Cashier at Cunningham's Rink
A Fighting Finish
1927·Student
Hot Heels
1927·Pool Hall Habitant (uncredited)
Spangles
1926·Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
Watch Your Wife
1926
The Calgary Stampede
1925·Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)
Lorraine of the Lions
1925·Minor Role (uncredited)
Webs of Steel
1925