Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938), and The Westerner (1940), making him one of only three male actors to win three Academy Awards. 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).
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Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actor
Known For
Rio Bravo
(1959)
Stumpy
Bride of Frankenstein
(1935)
Peasant (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
(1962)
Col. Jeb Hawkins
Fury
(1936)
Bugs Meyers
Sergeant York
(1941)
Pastor Rosier Pile
My Darling Clementine
(1946)
Old Man Clanton
The Far Country
(1954)
Ben Tatum
Red River
(1948)
'Groot' Nadine
Hangmen Also Die!
(1943)
Prof. Stephen Novotny
The Westerner
(1940)
Judge Roy Bean
The Invisible Man
(1933)
Bicycle Owner (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
(1942)
Sam Blake
Support Your Local Sheriff!
(1969)
Pa Danby
Dakota
(1945)
Capt. Bounce of the Riverbird
Meet John Doe
(1941)
The Colonel
To Have and Have Not
(1945)
Eddie
Full Filmography
Acting
The Calgary Stampede
(1925)
Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)
Lorraine of the Lions
(1925)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Spangles
(1926)
Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
Tearin' Into Trouble
(1927)
Billy Martin
Blake of Scotland Yard
(1927)
Henchman (uncredited)
Flashing Oars
(1927)
Hula Hula Hut Customer
The Ridin' Rowdy
(1927)
Sensation Seekers
(1927)
Below Deck Yacht Crewman
The Ballyhoo Buster
(1928)
The Michigan Kid
(1928)
Minor Role (uncredited)
One Hysterical Night
(1929)
Paul Revere
The Last Performance
(1929)
Clown (uncredited)
Flight
(1929)
Marine Pilot
His Lucky Day
(1929)
Road House Thug (uncredited)
The Lariat Kid
(1929)
Pat O'Shea
Smilin' Guns
(1929)
Ranch Foreman
The Long, Long Trail
(1929)
Skinny Rawlins
Dames Ahoy
(1930)
Side Show Barker
See America Thirst
(1930)
Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)
Little Accident
(1930)
Milkman (uncredited)
King of Jazz
(1930)
Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')
Grief Street
(1931)
Walt
A House Divided
(1931)
Musician (uncredited)
Honeymoon Lane
(1931)
Driver
Neck and Neck
(1931)
Hector
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
(1931)
Many a Slip
(1931)
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Unexpected Father
(1932)
Sailor (uncredited)
Law and Order
(1932)
Lanky Smith (uncredited)
The Iceman's Ball
(1932)
Officer Dugan
Texas Cyclone
(1932)
Sheriff Lew Collins
The All-American
(1932)
News Commentator at Game (uncredited)
The Impatient Maiden
(1932)
Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
Scandal for Sale
(1932)
Newspaperman
Afraid to Talk
(1932)
Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)
Speed Madness
(1932)
Joe
Miss Pinkerton
(1932)
Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Two-Fisted Law
(1932)
Bendix the Deputy Sheriff
The Airmail Mystery
(1932)
Holly
Once in a Lifetime
(1932)
Lighting Technician (uncredited)
Cornered
(1932)
Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Manhattan Tower
(1932)
Mechanic (uncredited)
Women Won't Tell
(1932)
Man in Junkyard
One Year Later
(1933)
Man Chuckling at Train Station
Goldie Gets Along
(1933)
Stuttering Waiter
Golden Harvest
(1933)
Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)
Man Of Action
(1933)
Cashier Summers
The Invisible Man
(1933)
Bicycle Owner (uncredited)
The Phantom of the Air
(1933)
'Skid' (uncredited)
The Rustler's Roundup
(1933)
Walt (uncredited)
Saturday's Millions
(1933)
Reporter
Sensation Hunters
(1933)
Stuttering Waiter
Parachute Jumper
(1933)
Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)
Lucky Dog
(1933)
Drunk #2
My Woman
(1933)
Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)
Girl Missing
(1933)
Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)
Sailor Beware!
(1933)
Stuttering Thief
Strange People
(1933)
The Radio Repairman
The Big Cage
(1933)
Ticket Taker
King for a Night
(1933)
Soda Jerk
Curtain at Eight
(1933)
Backstage Detective [extra]
Gridiron Flash
(1934)
Proprietor of Java Joe's
George White's Scandals
(1934)
Hick (uncredited)
Prescott Kid
(1934)
Zeke - Stage Driver
Woman Haters
(1934)
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Beloved
(1934)
Stuttering Boarder
Cross Country Cruise
(1934)
Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)
The Poor Rich
(1934)
Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)
Riptide
(1934)
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Good Dame
(1934)
Elmer Spicer
I'll Tell the World
(1934)
Otto - Bicycle Repair Man
Fugitive Lovers
(1934)
2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)
Great Expectations
(1934)
Prisoner on Ship
Death on the Diamond
(1934)
Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Murder in the Private Car
(1934)
Switchman (uncredited)
There's Always Tomorrow
(1934)
Auto mechanic
Radio Dough
(1934)
Drunk Customer (uncredited)
Half a Sinner
(1934)
Radio Announcer
Whom the Gods Destroy
(1934)
Clifford (uncredited)
The Life of Vergie Winters
(1934)
Roscoe (uncredited)
Brick-a-Brac
(1935)
Lem
She Couldn't Take It
(1935)
Peddler
West Point of the Air
(1935)
Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage
Party Wire
(1935)
Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
(1935)
'Legs' Garnett
Restless Knights
(1935)
Father (uncredited)
Northern Frontier
(1935)
Stuttering Cook
Helldorado
(1935)
Pete
Law Beyond the Range
(1935)
Abner
Barbary Coast
(1935)
Old Atrocity
The Wedding Night
(1935)
Bill Jenkins
The Perfect Tribute
(1935)
Stone Cutter (uncredited)
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
(1935)
Reporter on Ship (uncredited)
We're in the Money
(1935)
Wedding Witness (uncredited)
Lady Tubbs
(1935)
Joseph
Bride of Frankenstein
(1935)
Peasant (uncredited)
Metropolitan
(1935)
Grandpa
Seven Keys to Baldpate
(1935)
Station Agent
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
(1935)
First Gossip
Three Godfathers
(1936)
Samuel 'Gus' Barton
Banjo on My Knee
(1936)
Newt Holley
The Moon's Our Home
(1936)
Lem
These Three
(1936)
Taxi Driver
Come and Get It
(1936)
Swan Bostrom
Fury
(1936)
Bugs Meyers
Wild and Woolly
(1937)
Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn
She's Dangerous
(1937)
'Oats'
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
(1937)
Cappy Ricks
When Love Is Young
(1937)
Uncle Hugo
Mother Carey's Chickens
(1938)
Ossian Popham
Kentucky
(1938)
Peter Goodwin
The Buccaneer
(1938)
Ezra Peavey
The Cowboy and the Lady
(1938)
Sugar
The Texans
(1938)
Chuckawalla
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
(1938)
Muff Potter
Land of Liberty
(1939)
Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
Stanley and Livingstone
(1939)
Jeff Slocum
They Shall Have Music
(1939)
Professor Lawson
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
(1939)
Walter
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
(1939)
Jim
Maryland
(1940)
William P. Stewart
The Westerner
(1940)
Judge Roy Bean
Northwest Passage
(1940)
'Hunk' Marriner
Breakdowns of 1941
(1941)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
This Woman Is Mine
(1941)
Captain Jonathan Thorne
Rise and Shine
(1941)
Grandpa
Sergeant York
(1941)
Pastor Rosier Pile
Swamp Water
(1941)
Tom Keefer
Meet John Doe
(1941)
The Colonel
Nice Girl?
(1941)
Hector Titus
Stand by for Action
(1942)
Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson
The Pride of the Yankees
(1942)
Sam Blake
Slightly Dangerous
(1943)
Cornelius Burden
The North Star
(1943)
Karp
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
(1943)
George, Mailman
Hangmen Also Die!
(1943)
Prof. Stephen Novotny
Home in Indiana
(1944)
J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt
The Princess and the Pirate
(1944)
Featherhead
Dakota
(1945)
Capt. Bounce of the Riverbird
To Have and Have Not
(1945)
Eddie
Centennial Summer
(1946)
Jesse Rogers
A Stolen Life
(1946)
Eben Folger
Nobody Lives Forever
(1946)
Pop Gruber
My Darling Clementine
(1946)
Old Man Clanton
Driftwood
(1947)
Murph
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
(1948)
Tony Maule
Blood on the Moon
(1948)
Kris Barden
Red River
(1948)
'Groot' Nadine
The Green Promise
(1949)
Mr. Matthews
Brimstone
(1949)
Pop Courteen
Task Force
(1949)
Pete Richard
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
(1950)
Rimrock
Surrender
(1950)
Sheriff Bill Howard
Singing Guns
(1950)
Dr. Jonathan Mark
A Ticket to Tomahawk
(1950)
Terence Sweeny
The Showdown
(1950)
Cap MacKellar
Best of the Badmen
(1951)
'Doc' Butcher
Along the Great Divide
(1951)
Timothy 'Pop' Keith
The Wild Blue Yonder
(1951)
Maj. Gen. Wolfe
Return of the Texan
(1952)
Grandpa Firth Crockett
Lure of the Wilderness
(1952)
Jim Harper
Sea of Lost Ships
(1953)
C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley
Four Guns to the Border
(1954)
Simon Bhumer
Drums Across the River
(1954)
Sam Brannon
The Far Country
(1954)
Ben Tatum
At Gunpoint
(1955)
Doc Lacy
Bad Day at Black Rock
(1955)
Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
Man On A Bus
(1955)
Saul
Good-bye, My Lady
(1956)
Uncle Jesse Jackson
Glory
(1956)
Ned Otis
Come Next Spring
(1956)
Jeffrey Storys
The Proud Ones
(1956)
Jake
God Is My Partner
(1957)
Dr. Charles Grayson
Tammy and the Bachelor
(1957)
John Dinwitty
The Way to the Gold
(1957)
Uncle George Williams
Armored Attack!
(1957)
Karp
Rio Bravo
(1959)
Stumpy
Shootout at Big Sag
(1962)
'Preacher' Hawker
How the West Was Won
(1962)
Col. Jeb Hawkins
Those Calloways
(1965)
Alf Simes
The Oscar
(1966)
Quentin
Who's Minding the Mint?
(1967)
Pop Gillis
The Gnome-Mobile
(1967)
D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby
The Movie Orgy
(1968)
Self (archive footage)
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
(1968)
Grandpa Bower
The Over the Hill Gang
(1969)
Nash Crawford
Support Your Local Sheriff!
(1969)
Pa Danby
The Young Country
(1970)
Sheriff Matt Fenley
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
(1970)
Nash Crawford
Two for the Money
(1972)
Cody Guilford
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
(1973)
Self (archive footage)
Home for the Holidays
(1974)
Benjamin Morgan
Smoke In The Wind
(1975)
H. P. Kingman
La Classe américaine
(1993)
'Stumpy' (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
(2000)
(archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)