
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

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

Rosemary's Baby
1968

Cheyenne Autumn
1964

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962

Wild in the Country
1961

Oklahoma Territory
1960

The Fastest Gun Alive
1956

The Harder They Fall
1956

Glory
1956

You Can't Run Away from It
1956

Interrupted Melody
1955

Stranger on Horseback
1955

The Desperate Hours
1955

Living It Up
1954

Destry
1954

The Long, Long Trailer
1954

Scandal at Scourie
1953

Ride, Vaquero!
1953

The Winning Team
1952

Carrie
1952

The Racket
1951

I Want You
1951

Rough Riders of Durango
1951

Storm Warning
1951

Cheaper by the Dozen
1950

The Jackpot
1950

Special Agent
1949

Come to the Stable
1949

Thieves' Highway
1949

The Gay Amigo
1949

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949

Cry of the City
1948

The Man from Colorado
1948

Winter Meeting
1948

Return of the Bad Men
1948

Hazard
1948

Rachel and the Stranger
1948

Albuquerque
1948

Framed
1947

The Unsuspected
1947

Mourning Becomes Electra
1947

The Best Years of Our Lives
1946

Dragonwyck
1946

Sister Kenny
1946

The Bride Wore Boots
1946

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946

Young Widow
1946

The Lost Weekend
1945

Why Girls Leave Home
1945

Christmas in Connecticut
1945

Bring on the Girls
1945

Trail to Vengeance
1945

Rhythm Round-Up
1945

Murder, He Says
1945

Scared Stiff
1945

Dark Mountain
1944

The Mark of the Whistler
1944

Wilson
1944

Faces in the Fog
1944

Reckless Age
1944

The Ghost That Walks Alone
1944

I'm from Arkansas
1944

The Missing Juror
1944

After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1943

A Stranger in Town
1943

Happy Land
1943

The Kansan
1943
Eyes Aloft
1943

Reconnaissance Pilot
1943

Scattergood Rides High
1942

The Man Who Returned to Life
1942

Syncopation
1942

The Incredible Stranger
1942

Powder Town
1942

The Remarkable Andrew
1942

In This Our Life
1942

For Me and My Gal
1942

The Devil Commands
1941

Miss Polly
1941

All That Money Can Buy
1941

Look Who's Laughing
1941

They Died with Their Boots On
1941

Arizona
1940

Angels Over Broadway
1940

Cafe Hostess
1940

The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
