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Walter Baldwin
Also known as: Walter S. Baldwin Jr., Walter S. Baldwin, Walter Smith Baldwin Jr.
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Walter S. Baldwin Jr. (January 2, 1889 − January 27, 1977) was a prolific character actor whose career spanned five decades and 150 film and television roles, and numerous stage performances. Baldwin was born in Lima, Ohio from a theatrical family and served in the First World War. He was probably best known for playing the father of the handicapped sailor in The Best Years of Our Lives. He was the first actor to portray "Floyd the Barber" on The Andy Griffith Show. Prior to his first film roles in 1939, Baldwin had appeared in more than a dozen Broadway plays. He played Whit in the first Broadway production of Of Mice and Men, and also appeared in the original Grand Hotel in a small role, as well as serving as the production's stage manager. He originated the role of Bensinger, the prissy Chicago Tribune reporter, in the Broadway production of The Front Page. In the 1960s he had small acting roles in television shows such as Petticoat Junction and Green Acres. He continued to act in motion pictures, and one of his last roles was in Rosemary's Baby. Baldwin was known for playing solid middle class burghers, although sometimes he gave portrayals of eccentric characters. He played a customer seeking a prostitute in The Lost Weekend and the rebellious prison trusty Orvy in Cry of the City. Walter Baldwin was featured in a lot of John Deere Day Movies from 1949-59 where he played the farmer Tom Gordon. In this series of Deere Day movies over a decade he helped to introduce many new pieces of John Deere farm equipment year-by-year. In each yearly movie he would be shown on his in A Tom Gordon Family Film where he would be buying new John Deere farm equipment or a new green and yellow tractor.A picture of Walter Baldwin playing Tom Gordon can be found on page 108 of Bob Pripp's book John Deere Yesterday & Today Hal Erickson writes in Allmovie: "With a pinched Midwestern countenance that enabled him to portray taciturn farmers, obsequious grocery store clerks and the occasional sniveling coward, Baldwin was a familiar (if often unbilled) presence in Hollywood films for three decades."
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1889
Day of Death
January 27, 1977
Age at Death
88 years old
Place of Birth
Lima, Ohio, USA
Popularity Score
0.8
Filmography
Nanny and the Professor
1970TV
Rosemary's Baby
Mr. Wees (uncredited)
1968Movie
Lancer
1968TV
Mannix
Luther
1967TV
My Mother the Car
1965TV
Green Acres
Grandpappy Miller
1965TV
Cheyenne Autumn
Jeremy Wright (uncredited)
1964Movie
Petticoat Junction
Grandpappy Miller
1963TV
The Fugitive
Mr. Weaver
1963TV
The Dakotas
1963TV
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Conductor (uncredited)
1962Movie
Wild in the Country
Mr. Spangler (uncredited)
1961Movie
Oklahoma Territory
Ward Harlan
1960Movie
The Andy Griffith Show
Floyd Lawson
1960TV
Lawman
1958TV
Wagon Train
Eddie Blake (uncredited)
1957TV
Casey Jones
Conductor
1957TV
The Fastest Gun Alive
Man Who Warns Vinny (uncredited)
1956Movie
The Harder They Fall
Boxing fan at Dundee fight (uncredited)
1956Movie
Glory
Doc Brock
1956Movie
You Can't Run Away from It
1st Proprietor
1956Movie
Interrupted Melody
Jim Owens
1955Movie
Stranger on Horseback
Vince Webb
1955Movie
The Desperate Hours
George Patterson
1955Movie
Gunsmoke
Old Man
1955TV
The Millionaire
Dr. Frank Kenston
1955TV
Screen Director's Playhouse
Farmer Everett
1955TV
Frontier
Briggs
1955TV
Living It Up
Isaiah Jackson
1954Movie
Destry
Henry Skinner
1954Movie
The Long, Long Trailer
Uncle Edgar
1954Movie
Lassie
1954TV
Scandal at Scourie
Michael Hayward
1953Movie
Ride, Vaquero!
Adam Smith
1953Movie
General Electric Theater
Spivak
1953TV
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
George
1953TV
The Winning Team
Pa Alexander (uncredited)
1952Movie
Carrie
Mr. Meeber - Carrie's Father
1952Movie
The Racket
Sullivan
1951Movie
I Want You
George Kress Sr.
1951Movie
Rough Riders of Durango
Cricket Adams
1951Movie
Storm Warning
Coroner Bledsoe
1951Movie
Cheaper by the Dozen
Jim Bracken (uncredited)
1950Movie
The Jackpot
Watch Buyer (uncredited)
1950Movie
Lux Video Theatre
Mr. Brinker
1950TV
Special Agent
Pop Peters (uncredited)
1949Movie
Come to the Stable
Claude Jarman (uncredited)
1949Movie
Thieves' Highway
Officer Riley (uncredited)
1949Movie
The Gay Amigo
Editor Stoneham
1949Movie
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Doc Purdy
1949Movie
Cry of the City
Orvy
1948Movie
The Man from Colorado
Stagecoach driver
1948Movie
Winter Meeting
Mr. Castle
1948Movie
Return of the Bad Men
Muley Wilson
1948Movie
Hazard
Superintendent
1948Movie
Rachel and the Stranger
Gallus
1948Movie
Albuquerque
Judge Fred Martin
1948Movie
Framed
(uncredited)
1947Movie
The Unsuspected
Judge Maynard
1947Movie
Mourning Becomes Electra
Amos Ames
1947Movie
The Millerson Case
Link Hazen
1947Movie
The Best Years of Our Lives
Mr. Parrish
1946Movie
Dragonwyck
Tom Wilson (uncredited)
1946Movie
Sister Kenny
Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
1946Movie
The Bride Wore Boots
Mr. Hodges (uncredited)
1946Movie
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Dempsey (uncredited)
1946Movie
Young Widow
Miller (Uncredited)
1946Movie
The Lost Weekend
Man from Albany (uncredited)
1945Movie
Why Girls Leave Home
Wilbur Harris
1945Movie
Christmas in Connecticut
Herb, the Sheriff (uncredited)
1945Movie
Bring on the Girls
Henry (uncredited)
1945Movie
Trail to Vengeance
Bart Jackson
1945Movie
Rhythm Round-Up
Jed Morton
1945Movie
Murder, He Says
Vic Hardy (uncredited)
1945Movie
Scared Stiff
Deputy with Rifle (Uncredited)
1945Movie
Blonde Ransom
Sheriff
1945Movie
Dark Mountain
Uncle Sam Bates
1944Movie
The Mark of the Whistler
Fireman (uncredited)
1944Movie
Wilson
Wilson Campaign Orator (uncredited)
1944Movie
Faces in the Fog
Doan, Jury Foreman
1944Movie
Reckless Age
Music Conductor
1944Movie
The Ghost That Walks Alone
Deputy Sheriff
1944Movie
I'm from Arkansas
Attorney
1944Movie
The Missing Juror
Town Sheriff (uncredited)
1944Movie
Tall in the Saddle
Stan - Depot Master (uncredited)
1944Movie
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944Movie
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
Diamond Ed Barnaby
1943Movie
A Stranger in Town
Tom Cooney
1943Movie
Happy Land
Jake Hibbs (uncredited)
1943Movie
The Kansan
Judge Lorrimer
1943Movie
Eyes Aloft
Pa
1943Movie
Reconnaissance Pilot
George Newton
1943Movie
Scattergood Rides High
Martin Knox
1942Movie
The Man Who Returned to Life
Homer-the Barber
1942Movie
Syncopation
1942Movie
The Incredible Stranger
Doctor Peabody (uncredited)
1942Movie
Powder Town
Jerry the Nitrate Technician (uncredited)
1942Movie
The Remarkable Andrew
Hugo French
1942Movie
In This Our Life
Worker (uncredited)
1942Movie
For Me and My Gal
Bill (uncredited)
1942Movie
The Devil Commands
Seth Marcy
1941Movie
Miss Polly
Lem Wiggins
1941Movie
All That Money Can Buy
Hank (uncredited)
1941Movie
Look Who's Laughing
Bill
1941Movie
They Died with Their Boots On
Settler (uncredited)
1941Movie
Arizona
Man Who Declares for the South
1940Movie
Angels Over Broadway
Rennick (uncredited)
1940Movie
Cafe Hostess
Jones
1940Movie
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Finch (uncredited)
1939Movie
Those High Grey Walls
Mr. Mason (uncredited)
1939Movie
Peaceful Relations
Mr. Brown
1936Movie