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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."

  • Known ForActing
  • Born1 January 1889 (age 136)
  • Place of BirthLima, Ohio, USA

Walter Baldwin

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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."

  • Known ForActing
  • Born1 January 1889 (age 136)
  • Place of BirthLima, Ohio, USA
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PHOTOS
CREDITS
Poster
Rosemary's Baby
star
7.824
1968
Poster
Cheyenne Autumn
star
6.7
1964
Poster
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
star
4.8
1962
Poster
Wild in the Country
star
6.3
1961
Poster
Oklahoma Territory
star
6.7
1960
Poster
The Fastest Gun Alive
star
6.9
1956
Poster
The Harder They Fall
star
7.124
1956
Poster
Glory
star
5.0
1956
Poster
You Can't Run Away from It
star
4.7
1956
Poster
Interrupted Melody
star
5.5
1955
Poster
Stranger on Horseback
star
5.395
1955
Poster
The Desperate Hours
star
6.985
1955
Poster
Living It Up
star
6.4
1954
Poster
Destry
star
6.1
1954
Poster
The Long, Long Trailer
star
6.8
1954
Poster
Scandal at Scourie
star
6.7
1953
Poster
Ride, Vaquero!
star
5.867
1953
Poster
The Winning Team
star
5.5
1952
Poster
Carrie
star
6.423
1952
Poster
The Racket
star
6.3
1951
Poster
I Want You
star
5.2
1951
Poster
Rough Riders of Durango
star
-
1951
Poster
Storm Warning
star
6.6
1951
Poster
Cheaper by the Dozen
star
6.3
1950
Poster
The Jackpot
star
6.9
1950
Poster
Special Agent
star
-
1949
Poster
Come to the Stable
star
6.44
1949
Poster
Thieves' Highway
star
7.264
1949
Poster
The Gay Amigo
star
6.5
1949
Poster
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
star
5.917
1949
Poster
Cry of the City
star
6.773
1948
Poster
The Man from Colorado
star
6.7
1948
Poster
Winter Meeting
star
6.5
1948
Poster
Return of the Bad Men
star
6.302
1948
Poster
Hazard
star
8.0
1948
Poster
Rachel and the Stranger
star
6.188
1948
Poster
Albuquerque
star
6.8
1948
Poster
Framed
star
6.4
1947
Poster
The Unsuspected
star
6.7
1947
Poster
Mourning Becomes Electra
star
6.3
1947
Poster
The Best Years of Our Lives
star
7.791
1946
Poster
Dragonwyck
star
6.7
1946
Poster
Sister Kenny
star
6.5
1946
Poster
The Bride Wore Boots
star
5.9
1946
Poster
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
star
7.1
1946
Poster
Young Widow
star
4.8
1946
Poster
The Lost Weekend
star
7.63
1945
Poster
Why Girls Leave Home
star
5.0
1945
Poster
Christmas in Connecticut
star
6.9
1945
Poster
Bring on the Girls
star
6.1
1945
Poster
Trail to Vengeance
star
-
1945
Poster
Rhythm Round-Up
star
-
1945
Poster
Murder, He Says
star
6.6
1945
Poster
Scared Stiff
star
4.0
1945
Poster
Dark Mountain
star
4.9
1944
Poster
The Mark of the Whistler
star
6.0
1944
Poster
Wilson
star
5.5
1944
Poster
Faces in the Fog
star
3.0
1944
Poster
Reckless Age
star
-
1944
Poster
The Ghost That Walks Alone
star
3.667
1944
Poster
I'm from Arkansas
star
5.4
1944
Poster
The Missing Juror
star
6.0
1944
Poster
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
star
5.583
1943
Poster
A Stranger in Town
star
6.071
1943
Poster
Happy Land
star
6.2
1943
Poster
The Kansan
star
5.3
1943
Poster
Eyes Aloft
star
-
1943
Poster
Reconnaissance Pilot
star
-
1943
Poster
Scattergood Rides High
star
-
1942
Poster
The Man Who Returned to Life
star
6.0
1942
Poster
Syncopation
star
6.2
1942
Poster
The Incredible Stranger
star
6.5
1942
Poster
Powder Town
star
3.7
1942
Poster
The Remarkable Andrew
star
8.2
1942
Poster
In This Our Life
star
6.8
1942
Poster
For Me and My Gal
star
6.4
1942
Poster
The Devil Commands
star
6.2
1941
Poster
Miss Polly
star
5.0
1941
Poster
All That Money Can Buy
star
7.0
1941
Poster
Look Who's Laughing
star
5.5
1941
Poster
They Died with Their Boots On
star
6.595
1941
Poster
Arizona
star
6.2
1940
Poster
Angels Over Broadway
star
5.948
1940
Poster
Cafe Hostess
star
5.5
1940
Poster
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
star
5.6
1939
Poster
Those High Grey Walls
star
6.2
1939
Poster
Peaceful Relations
star
-
1936