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Walter Brennan

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American actor (1894-1974)

United StatesActorsLived 1894 to 1974 · aged 80
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Walter Andrew Brennan was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938) and The Westerner (1940), making him the only person to win three awards in the supporting actor category.

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Brennan in Affairs of Cappy Ricks (1937)Brennan in Affairs of Cappy Ricks (1937)Brennan in Rio Bravo (1959)Brennan in Rio Bravo (1959)Walter Brennan in The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)Walter Brennan in The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)The Real McCoys (1962), L-R: Tony Martínez, Walter Brennan, Richard CrennaThe Real McCoys (1962), L-R: Tony Martínez, Walter Brennan, Richard CrennaBrennan's grave at San Fernando Mission CemeteryBrennan's grave at San Fernando Mission Cemetery

Filmography 40

Rio Bravo1959 · ★ 7.8
Bride of Frankenstein1935 · ★ 7.5
The Invisible Man1933 · ★ 7.5
How the West Was Won1962 · ★ 7.0
Red River1948 · ★ 7.3
My Darling Clementine1946 · ★ 7.5
To Have and Have Not1945 · ★ 7.5
Bad Day at Black Rock1955 · ★ 7.3
Sergeant York1941 · ★ 7.2
Meet John Doe1941 · ★ 7.3
Fury1936 · ★ 7.5
Support Your Local Sheriff!1969 · ★ 7.0
La Classe américaine1993 · ★ 7.6
The Far Country1954 · ★ 6.9
The Pride of the Yankees1942 · ★ 7.4
Hangmen Also Die!1943 · ★ 6.9
The Westerner1940 · ★ 7.1
Blood on the Moon1948 · ★ 6.2
The Gnome-Mobile1967 · ★ 6.3
Northwest Passage1940 · ★ 6.6
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer1938 · ★ 6.6
A Stolen Life1946 · ★ 6.4
Along the Great Divide1951
Swamp Water1941
These Three1936
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle1939
Come and Get It1936
The Proud Ones1956
Dakota1945
Barbary Coast1935
King of Jazz1930
Tammy and the Bachelor1957
The Princess and the Pirate1944
Those Calloways1964
The North Star1943
The Cowboy and the Lady1938
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band1968
Home for the Holidays1974
The Wedding Night1935
Drums Across the River1954

238 credits on file

Television 17

The Merv Griffin Show1962
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956
What's My Line?1950
The Oscars1953
Alias Smith and Jones1971
The Real McCoys1957
This Is Your Life1952
The Guns of Will Sonnett1967
The Ford Television Theatre1952
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956
Lux Video Theatre1950
Cavalcade of America1952
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour1969
The George Gobel Show1954
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
To Rome with Love1969
The Ford Show1956

Awards 4

1941Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1939Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1937Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Connected to Walter 6

Lauren BacallAlso in To Have and Have Not (1945)Glenn FordAlso in A Stolen Life (1946)John FordAlso in My Darling Clementine (1946)Debbie ReynoldsAlso in Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)Frank CapraAlso in Meet John Doe (1941)Ginger RogersAlso in The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)

About this person

Walter Andrew Brennan was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938) and The Westerner (1940), making him the only person to win three awards in the supporting actor category. Brennan was also nominated for his performance in Sergeant York (1941). Other noteworthy performances were in To Have and Have Not (1944), My Darling Clementine (1946), Red River (1948) and Rio Bravo (1959). On television, he starred in the sitcom The Real McCoys (1957-1963).

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1894 to 1974 · aged 80
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32 languages

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