Walter Baldwin

Walter Baldwin

  • Birthday: 1889-01-01
  • Deathday: 1977-01-27
  • Place of birth: Lima, Ohio, USA
  • Also know as: Walter S. Baldwin Jr.

Biography

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."

Filmography

Rough Riders of Durango

1951

As Cricket Adams

Eyes Aloft

1943

As Pa

The Incredible Stranger

1942

As Doctor Peabody (uncredited)

Peaceful Relations

1936

As Mr. Brown

The Gay Amigo

1949

As Editor Stoneham

Reconnaissance Pilot

1943

As George Newton

The Devil Commands

1941

As Seth Marcy

Winter Meeting

1948

As Mr. Castle

Interrupted Melody

1955

As Jim Owens

Dark Mountain

1944

As Uncle Sam Bates

A Stranger in Town

1943

As Tom Cooney

The Mark of the Whistler

1944

As Fireman (uncredited)

Trail to Vengeance

1945

As Bart Jackson

Special Agent

1949

As Pop Peters

Hazard

1948

As Alfred Clumby

Look Who's Laughing

1941

As Bill

Ride, Vaquero!

1953

As Adam Smith

Glory

1956

As Doc Brock

The Long, Long Trailer

1954

As Uncle Edgar

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

1943

As Diamond Ed Barnaby

I Want You

1951

As George Kress Sr.

Stranger on Horseback

1955

As Vince Webb

Storm Warning

1951

As Coroner Bledsoe

I'm from Arkansas

1944

As Attorney

You Can't Run Away from It

1956

As 1st Proprietor

For Me and My Gal

1942

As Bill (uncredited)

The Missing Juror

1944

As Town Sheriff (Uncredited)

Scattergood Rides High

1942

As Martin Knox

Framed

1947

As (uncredited)

Cry of the City

1948

As Orvy

Angels Over Broadway

1940

As Rennick (uncredited)

Oklahoma Territory

1960

As Ward Harlan

Come to the Stable

1949

As Claude Jarman (uncredited)

The Unsuspected

1947

As Judge Maynard

Happy Land

1943

As Jake Hibbs (uncredited)

Rhythm Round-Up

1945

As Jed Morton

Living It Up

1954

As Isaiah Jackson

Destry

1954

As Henry Skinner

Murder, He Says

1945

As Vic Hardy (uncredited)

The Ghost That Walks Alone

1944

As Deputy Sheriff

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946

As Mr. Parrish

The Racket

1951

As Sgt. Sullivan

The Man from Colorado

1948

As Stagecoach driver

Carrie

1952

As Mr. Meeber - Carrie's Father

The Lost Weekend

1945

As Man from Albany (uncredited)

Christmas in Connecticut

1945

As Herb, the Sheriff

The Bride Wore Boots

1946

As Mr. Hodges

Scared Stiff

1945

As Deputy with Rifle (Uncredited)

Wild in the Country

1961

As Mr. Spangler (uncredited)

Why Girls Leave Home

1945

As Wilbur Harris

Cafe Hostess

1940

As Jones

The Desperate Hours

1955

As George Patterson

Miss Polly

1941

As Lem Wiggins

All That Money Can Buy

1941

As Hank (uncredited)

Sister Kenny

1946

As Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)

Thieves' Highway

1949

As Officer Riley (uncredited)

Albuquerque

1948

As Judge Fred Martin

Reckless Age

1944

As Music Conductor

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946

As Dempsey (uncredited)

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

1949

As Doc Purdy

Return of the Bad Men

1948

As Muley Wilson

The Kansan

1943

As Judge Lorrimer

Powder Town

1942

As Jerry the Nitrate Technician (uncredited)

In This Our Life

1942

As Worker (uncredited)

Scandal at Scourie

1953

As Michael Hayward

Young Widow

1946

As Miller (Uncredited)

Cheaper by the Dozen

1950

As Jim Bracken (uncredited)

The Winning Team

1952

As Pa Alexander (uncredited)

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

1939

As Finch (uncredited)

Faces in the Fog

1944

As Doan, Jury Foreman

The Jackpot

1950

As Watch Buyer

Bring on the Girls

1945

As Henry (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

As Settler (uncredited)

Dragonwyck

1946

As Tom Wilson (uncredited)

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man

1962

As Conductor (uncredited)

Rosemary's Baby

1968

As Mr. Wees

The Remarkable Andrew

1942

As Hugo French

The Harder They Fall

1956

As Boxing fan at Dundee fight (uncredited)

Cheyenne Autumn

1964

As Jeremy Wright (uncredited)

Arizona

1940

As Man Who Declares for the South

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