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Walter Brennan
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Walter Brennan

1894 – 1974 · Lynn, Massachusetts, USA · Active 1925–2000

Walter Brennan, born in 1894, was an American actor whose distinctive voice and character roles made him a staple of classic cinema. He appears in The Invisible Man (1933) as Dr. Cranley, showcasing his ability to blend into the eerie atmosphere of early horror. In Northwest Passage (1940), he further solidified his presence in adventure films, playing a supporting role that highlighted his knack for bringing depth to diverse characters. Brennan's work in Home for the Holidays (1974) reflects his enduring appeal, even in his later years, as he navigates family dynamics with his signature charm.

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Blood on the Moon

Blood on the Moon

1948 ★ 6.2
as Kris Barden

Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not been entirely forthright. Garry uncovers Riling's plot to dupe local rancher John Lufton out of a fortune. When Lufton's firecracker of a daughter, Amy, gets involved, Garry must choose between his old loyalties and what he knows to be right.

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Filmography

237 credits
2000s 1 credit
2000
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs as (archive footage)
Movie ★ 10.0
1990s 3 credits
1997
Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage)
Movie
1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 5.1
1993
La Classe américaine as 'Stumpy' (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.6
1970s 8 credits
1975
Smoke In The Wind as H. P. Kingman
Movie ★ 7.5
1974
Home for the Holidays as Benjamin Morgan
Movie ★ 5.6
1973
Movie ★ 6.8
1972
Two for the Money as Cody Guilford
Movie ★ 7.5
1971
Movie ★ 7.0
1971
TV ★ 7.0
1970
Movie ★ 5.6
1970
The Young Country as Sheriff Matt Fenley
Movie ★ 9.0
1960s 16 credits
1969
Movie ★ 7.0
1969
Movie ★ 5.8
1969
TV ★ 6.8
1969
To Rome with Love as Andy Pruitt
TV ★ 7.0
1968
The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.6
1968
Movie ★ 6.1
1967
The Gnome-Mobile as D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby
Movie ★ 6.3
1967
Movie ★ 7.1
1967
Movie
1967
TV ★ 6.3
1966
The Oscar as Quentin
Movie ★ 5.0
1965
Movie
1964
Those Calloways as Alf Simes
Movie ★ 6.4
1962
How the West Was Won as Jeb Hawkins
Movie ★ 7.0
1962
Shootout at Big Sag as 'Preacher' Hawker
Movie ★ 5.5
1962
TV ★ 6.6
1950s 43 credits
1959
Rio Bravo as Stumpy
Movie ★ 7.8
1957
Tammy and the Bachelor as John Dinwitty
Movie ★ 7.0
1957
God Is My Partner as Dr. Charles Grayson
Movie ★ 7.5
1957
Movie ★ 6.2
1957
The Way to the Gold as Uncle George Williams
Movie ★ 8.0
1957
The Real McCoys as Amos McCoy
TV ★ 5.9
1956
Movie ★ 6.5
1956
Come Next Spring as Jeffrey Storys
Movie ★ 5.9
1956
Glory as Ned Otis
Movie ★ 5.7
1956
Good-bye, My Lady as Uncle Jesse Jackson
Movie ★ 7.8
1956
TV ★ 6.4
1956
TV ★ 6.2
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sheriff John Larson
TV ★ 6.2
1956
TV ★ 7.8
1955
Bad Day at Black Rock as Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
Movie ★ 7.3
1955
At Gunpoint as Doc Lacy
Movie ★ 6.7
1955
Movie ★ 5.5
1955
The Brush Roper as Grandpa Atkins
Movie
1954
The Far Country as Ben Tatum
Movie ★ 6.9
1954
Movie ★ 5.8
1954
Movie ★ 5.0
1954
TV ★ 7.8
1953
Sea of Lost Ships as C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley
Movie ★ 7.0
1953
The Oscars as Self
TV ★ 7.0
1952
Movie ★ 6.0
1952
Return of the Texan as Grandpa Firth Crockett
Movie ★ 6.7
1952
Cavalcade of America as Link Morley
TV ★ 4.6
1952
TV ★ 7.8
1952
TV ★ 6.5
1951
Along the Great Divide as Timothy 'Pop' Keith
Movie ★ 7.4
1951
Best of the Badmen as 'Doc' Butcher
Movie ★ 6.5
1951
The Wild Blue Yonder as Maj. Gen. Wolfe
Movie ★ 7.0
1951
TV ★ 7.2
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Simmons AKA Mr. Ears
TV ★ 7.2
1950
The Showdown as Cap MacKellar
Movie ★ 6.0
1950
Singing Guns as Dr. Jonathan Mark
Movie ★ 6.4
1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk as Terence Sweeny
Movie ★ 6.0
1950
Surrender as Sheriff Bill Howard
Movie ★ 4.8
1950
Movie ★ 6.4
1950
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
TV ★ 7.0
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Self - Intermission Guest
TV ★ 6.7
1940s 31 credits
1949
Task Force as Pete Richard
Movie ★ 7.0
1949
Brimstone as Pop Courteen
Movie ★ 7.3
1949
The Green Promise as Mr. Matthews
Movie ★ 6.4
1948
Red River as 'Groot' Nadine
Movie ★ 7.4
1948
Blood on the Moon as Kris Barden
Movie ★ 6.2
1948
Movie ★ 6.6
1947
Driftwood as Murph
Movie ★ 6.8
1946
My Darling Clementine as Old Man Clanton
Movie ★ 7.5
1946
Movie ★ 6.4
1946
A Stolen Life as Eben Folger
Movie ★ 6.4
1946
Centennial Summer as Jesse Rogers
Movie ★ 5.9
1945
Movie ★ 7.5
1945
Dakota as Bounce of the Riverbird
Movie ★ 5.2
1944
Movie ★ 6.9
1944
Home in Indiana as J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt
Movie ★ 5.9
1943
Hangmen Also Die! as Prof. Stephen Novotny
Movie ★ 6.9
1943
Movie ★ 6.0
1943
Slightly Dangerous as Cornelius Burden
Movie ★ 6.0
1943
Movie ★ 8.5
1942
Movie ★ 7.4
1942
Stand by for Action as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson
Movie ★ 7.1
1941
Meet John Doe as The Colonel
Movie ★ 7.3
1941
Nice Girl? as Hector Titus
Movie ★ 6.3
1941
Swamp Water as Tom Keefer
Movie ★ 6.3
1941
Sergeant York as Pastor Rosier Pile
Movie ★ 7.2
1941
Rise and Shine as Grandpa
Movie ★ 7.3
1941
Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1941
This Woman Is Mine as Captain Jonathan Thorne
Movie ★ 4.5
1940
The Westerner as Judge Roy Bean
Movie ★ 7.1
1940
Northwest Passage as 'Hunk' Marriner
Movie ★ 6.6
1940
Maryland as William P. Stewart
Movie ★ 6.5
1930s 110 credits
1939
Movie ★ 7.0
1939
Movie ★ 6.4
1939
They Shall Have Music as Professor Lawson
Movie ★ 6.5
1939
Land of Liberty as Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
Movie ★ 9.0
1938
Movie ★ 6.6
1938
The Texans as Chuckawalla
Movie ★ 6.6
1938
Movie ★ 6.3
1938
The Buccaneer as Ezra Peavey
Movie ★ 6.4
1938
Kentucky as Peter Goodwin
Movie ★ 6.1
1938
Mother Carey's Chickens as Ossian Popham
Movie ★ 6.0
1937
Movie ★ 4.8
1937
Movie ★ 7.0
1937
When Love Is Young as Uncle Hugo
Movie ★ 10.0
1937
Wild and Woolly as Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn
Movie ★ 10.0
1936
Fury as Bugs Meyers
Movie ★ 7.5
1936
These Three as Taxi Driver
Movie ★ 7.2
1936
Come and Get It as Swan Bostrom
Movie ★ 6.8
1936
Movie ★ 6.9
1936
Three Godfathers as Samuel 'Gus' Barton
Movie ★ 6.9
1936
Banjo on My Knee as Newt Holley
Movie ★ 5.8
1935
The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Milkman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.9
1935
Man on the Flying Trapeze as 'Legs' Garnett
Movie ★ 6.2
1935
Barbary Coast as Old Atrocity
Movie ★ 6.4
1935
Helldorado as Pete
Movie ★ 9.0
1935
Restless Knights as Father (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.2
1935
Seven Keys to Baldpate as Station Agent
Movie ★ 6.9
1935
Metropolitan as Grandpa
Movie ★ 8.0
1935
Lady Tubbs as Joseph
Movie ★ 7.5
1935
We're in the Money as Wedding Witness (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.9
1935
The Wedding Night as Bill Jenkins
Movie ★ 5.9
1935
West Point of the Air as Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage
Movie ★ 7.0
1935
Northern Frontier as Stuttering Cook
Movie ★ 8.0
1935
Party Wire as Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.3
1935
Bride of Frankenstein as Peasant (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.5
1935
Movie ★ 7.0
1935
Movie ★ 5.3
1935
Biography of a Bachelor Girl as Reporter on Ship (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1935
Movie ★ 10.0
1935
The Perfect Tribute as Stone Cutter (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1934
The Prescott Kid as Zeke - Stage Driver
Movie ★ 8.0
1934
Woman Haters as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.2
1934
There's Always Tomorrow as Auto mechanic
Movie ★ 8.0
1934
Radio Dough as Drunk Customer (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1934
Gridiron Flash as Proprietor of Java Joe's
Movie ★ 4.8
1934
Cross Country Cruise as Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1934
I'll Tell the World as Otto - Bicycle Repair Man
Movie ★ 7.0
1934
George White's Scandals as Hick (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.4
1934
The Life of Vergie Winters as Roscoe (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.7
1934
The Poor Rich as Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.0
1934
Murder in the Private Car as Switchman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.6
1934
Fugitive Lovers as 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.2
1934
Whom the Gods Destroy as Clifford (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1934
Death on the Diamond as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.4
1934
Good Dame as Elmer Spicer
Movie ★ 7.0
1934
Riptide as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1934
Half a Sinner as Radio Announcer
Movie ★ 8.0
1934
Great Expectations as Prisoner on Ship
Movie ★ 7.0
1934
Beloved as Stuttering Boarder
Movie ★ 9.0
1934
Movie ★ 6.0
1934
Cheating Cheaters as Ship's Telegrapher (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1934
Uncertain Lady as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Movie ★ 9.0
1934
Paradise Valley as Farmer Hiram
Movie ★ 10.0
1933
The Rustler's Roundup as Walt (uncredited)
Movie ★ 9.0
1933
Girl Missing as Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.2
1933
One Year Later as Man Chuckling at Train Station
Movie ★ 7.3
1933
My Woman as Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)
Movie ★ 4.2
1933
King for a Night as Soda Jerk
Movie ★ 7.2
1933
Curtain at Eight as Backstage Detective [extra]
Movie ★ 6.4
1933
Man Of Action as Cashier Summers
Movie ★ 8.0
1933
Strange People as The Radio Repairman
Movie ★ 5.8
1933
Parachute Jumper as Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.9
1933
Sensation Hunters as Stuttering Waiter
Movie ★ 3.7
1933
The Invisible Man as Bicycle Owner (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.5
1933
The Phantom of the Air as 'Skid' (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1933
Golden Harvest as Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1933
Goldie Gets Along as Stuttering Waiter
Movie ★ 5.7
1933
Movie ★ 7.0
1933
Lucky Dog as Drunk #2
Movie ★ 7.0
1933
Sailor Beware! as Stuttering Thief
Movie
1933
The Big Cage as Ticket Taker
Movie ★ 8.0
1932
The Iceman's Ball as Officer Dugan
Movie ★ 4.0
1932
Once in a Lifetime as Lighting Technician (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.3
1932
Two-Fisted Law as Bendix the Deputy Sheriff
Movie ★ 4.8
1932
The Impatient Maiden as Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
Movie ★ 9.0
1932
Law and Order as Lanky Smith (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.4
1932
Manhattan Tower as Mechanic (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1932
Miss Pinkerton as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.9
1932
The Unexpected Father as Sailor (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1932
Scandal for Sale as Newspaperman
Movie ★ 8.5
1932
Movie ★ 10.0
1932
Movie ★ 9.0
1932
Women Won't Tell as Man in Junkyard
Movie ★ 7.0
1932
Afraid to Talk as Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1932
Cornered as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.5
1932
Texas Cyclone as Sheriff Lew Collins
Movie ★ 4.5
1932
The All-American as News Commentator at Game (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1932
The Fourth Horseman as Toothless Town Drunk
Movie ★ 9.0
1931
Movie ★ 8.0
1931
Movie ★ 4.4
1931
Movie ★ 6.0
1931
A House Divided as Musician (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.6
1931
Neck and Neck as Hector
Movie ★ 7.0
1931
Many a Slip as Minor Role (uncredited)
Movie ★ 10.0
1931
Movie ★ 7.0
1931
Movie ★ 9.0
1930
Dames Ahoy as Side Show Barker
Movie ★ 9.0
1930
See America Thirst as Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1930
King of Jazz as Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')
Movie ★ 6.3
1930
Little Accident as Milkman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 9.0
1920s 25 credits
1929
Smilin' Guns as Ranch Foreman
Movie ★ 8.0
1929
The Lariat Kid as Pat O'Shea
Movie ★ 9.0
1929
Flight as Marine Pilot
Movie ★ 6.6
1929
One Hysterical Night as Paul Revere
Movie ★ 7.5
1929
His Lucky Day as Road House Thug (uncredited)
Movie ★ 9.0
1929
The Last Performance as Clown (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1929
The Long, Long Trail as Skinny Rawlins
Movie ★ 6.5
1929
Movie ★ 8.0
1929
Flying High as Kidnapper
Movie ★ 10.0
1929
Movie ★ 9.0
1928
The Michigan Kid as Minor Role (uncredited)
Movie ★ 9.0
1928
Movie ★ 8.0
1927
Flashing Oars as Hula Hula Hut Customer
Movie ★ 3.5
1927
Sensation Seekers as Below Deck Yacht Crewman
Movie ★ 6.7
1927
Tearin' Into Trouble as Billy Martin
Movie ★ 10.0
1927
Movie ★ 7.0
1927
Blake of Scotland Yard as Henchman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1927
Alias The Deacon as Cashier at Cunningham's Rink
Movie ★ 9.0
1927
Movie ★ 9.0
1927
Hot Heels as Pool Hall Habitant (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.0
1926
Spangles as Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1926
Movie ★ 7.0
1925
The Calgary Stampede as Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1925
Lorraine of the Lions as Minor Role (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1925
Movie ★ 9.0