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person_profile-Walter Baldwin

Walter Baldwin Died at age: 88

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Jan 02, 1889

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jan 27, 1977

Biography of

Walter Baldwin

    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."

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Filmography of

Walter Baldwin

Found 83 Movies in total

Rosemary's Baby

Mr. Wees ( Actor )

... 1968

Cheyenne Autumn

Jeremy Wright (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1964

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

Conductor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1962

Wild in the Country

Mr. Spangler (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

Oklahoma Territory

Ward Harlan ( Actor )

... 1960

You Can't Run Away from It

1st Proprietor ( Actor )

... 1956

The Harder They Fall

Boxing fan at Dundee fight (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1956

Glory

Doc Brock ( Actor )

... 1956

The Desperate Hours

George Patterson ( Actor )

... 1955

Interrupted Melody

Jim Owens ( Actor )

... 1955

Stranger on Horseback

Vince Webb ( Actor )

... 1955

Destry

Henry Skinner ( Actor )

... 1954

Living It Up

Isaiah Jackson ( Actor )

... 1954

The Long, Long Trailer

Uncle Edgar ( Actor )

... 1954

Ride, Vaquero!

Adam Smith ( Actor )

... 1953

Scandal at Scourie

Michael Hayward ( Actor )

... 1953

Carrie

Mr. Meeber - Carrie's Father ( Actor )

... 1952

The Winning Team

Pa Alexander (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1952

I Want You

George Kress Sr. ( Actor )

... 1951

The Racket

Sgt. Sullivan ( Actor )

... 1951

Storm Warning

Coroner Bledsoe ( Actor )

... 1951

Rough Riders of Durango

Cricket Adams ( Actor )

... 1951

The Jackpot

Watch Buyer ( Actor )

... 1950

Cheaper by the Dozen

Jim Bracken (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1950

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

Doc Purdy ( Actor )

... 1949

Thieves' Highway

Officer Riley (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

Come to the Stable

Claude Jarman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

Special Agent

Pop Peters ( Actor )

... 1949

The Gay Amigo

Editor Stoneham ( Actor )

... 1949

Cry of the City

Orvy ( Actor )

... 1948

Rachel and the Stranger

Gallus ( Actor )

... 1948

The Man from Colorado

Stagecoach driver ( Actor )

... 1948

Return of the Bad Men

Muley Wilson ( Actor )

... 1948

Hazard

Alfred Clumby ( Actor )

... 1948

Winter Meeting

Mr. Castle ( Actor )

... 1948

Albuquerque

Judge Fred Martin ( Actor )

... 1948

Mourning Becomes Electra

Amos Ames ( Actor )

... 1947

The Unsuspected

Judge Maynard ( Actor )

... 1947

Framed

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

The Best Years of Our Lives

Mr. Parrish ( Actor )

... 1946

Sister Kenny

Mr. Ferguson (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Dempsey (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

The Bride Wore Boots

Mr. Hodges ( Actor )

... 1946

Dragonwyck

Tom Wilson (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Young Widow

Miller (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

The Lost Weekend

Man from Albany (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Why Girls Leave Home

Wilbur Harris ( Actor )

... 1945

Rhythm Round-Up

Jed Morton ( Actor )

... 1945

Christmas in Connecticut

Herb, the Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1945

Murder, He Says

Vic Hardy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Scared Stiff

Deputy with Rifle (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Trail to Vengeance

Bart Jackson ( Actor )

... 1945

Bring on the Girls

Henry (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Faces in the Fog

Doan, Jury Foreman ( Actor )

... 1944

The Missing Juror

Town Sheriff (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

I'm from Arkansas

Attorney ( Actor )

... 1944

The Mark of the Whistler

Fireman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Dark Mountain

Uncle Sam Bates ( Actor )

... 1944

Reckless Age

Music Conductor ( Actor )

... 1944

Wilson

Wilson Campaign Orator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

The Ghost That Walks Alone

Deputy Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1944

Happy Land

Jake Hibbs ( Actor )

... 1943

The Kansan

Judge Lorrimer ( Actor )

... 1943

A Stranger in Town

Tom Cooney ( Actor )

... 1943

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

Diamond Ed Barnaby ( Actor )

... 1943

For Me and My Gal

Bill (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Powder Town

Jerry the Nitrate Technician (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

... 1942

In This Our Life

Worker (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Scattergood Rides High

Martin Knox ( Actor )

... 1942

The Remarkable Andrew

Hugo French ( Actor )

... 1942

Look Who's Laughing

Bill ( Actor )

... 1941

They Died with Their Boots On

Settler (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Miss Polly

Lem Wiggins ( Actor )

... 1941

All That Money Can Buy

Hank (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

The Devil Commands

Seth Marcy ( Actor )

... 1941

Arizona

Man Who Declares for the South ( Actor )

... 1940

Angels Over Broadway

Rennick (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Cafe Hostess

Jones ( Actor )

... 1940

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

Finch (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Those High Grey Walls

Mr. Mason (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939