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Walter Baldwin
Acting

Walter Baldwin
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1889-01-01,Lima, Ohio, USA
Gender
Male
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

The Best Years of Our Lives

7.785

The Best Years of Our Lives
1946-12-25

Cry of the City

6.815

Cry of the City
1948-09-29

The Devil Commands

6.2

The Devil Commands
1941-08-15

Scattergood Rides High

0

Scattergood Rides High
1942-05-08

6.3

The Racket
1951-10-25

Cheaper by the Dozen

6.3

Cheaper by the Dozen
1950-03-31

6.4

Framed
1947-05-25

Peaceful Relations

0

Peaceful Relations
1936-06-19

The Unsuspected

6.7

The Unsuspected
1947-10-11

Interrupted Melody

5.5

Interrupted Melody
1955-05-05

The Man from Colorado

6.762

The Man from Colorado
1948-08-07

6.5

Winter Meeting
1948-04-07

Cheyenne Autumn

6.722

Cheyenne Autumn
1964-10-15

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

5.7

After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1943-03-18

6.9

The Jackpot
1950-11-01

5

Miss Polly
1941-11-14

5.3

Dark Mountain
1944-09-01

The Winning Team

5.5

The Winning Team
1952-06-20

0

Special Agent
1949-07-22

Return of the Bad Men

6.3

Return of the Bad Men
1948-07-17

A Stranger in Town

6.5

A Stranger in Town
1943-04-01

5.2

I Want You
1951-12-22

Rosemary's Baby

7.826

Rosemary's Baby
1968-06-12

Scandal at Scourie

6.7

Scandal at Scourie
1953-05-17

Wild in the Country

6.4

Wild in the Country
1961-06-15

All That Money Can Buy

7

All That Money Can Buy
1941-10-17

The Fastest Gun Alive

6.8

The Fastest Gun Alive
1956-07-12

The Harder They Fall

7.1

The Harder They Fall
1956-05-08

8

Hazard
1948-05-28

Rough Riders of Durango

0

Rough Riders of Durango
1951-01-30

The Man Who Returned to Life

6

The Man Who Returned to Life
1942-02-05

6.4

Carrie
1952-07-17

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

5.6

The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939-11-24

Come to the Stable

6.4

Come to the Stable
1949-07-27

The Lost Weekend

7.6

The Lost Weekend
1945-11-29

6.651

Dragonwyck
1946-04-19

6.5

Sister Kenny
1946-10-10

Thieves' Highway

7.3

Thieves' Highway
1949-09-20

Why Girls Leave Home

5

Why Girls Leave Home
1945-10-09

Stranger on Horseback

5.4

Stranger on Horseback
1955-03-22

Christmas in Connecticut

6.978

Christmas in Connecticut
1945-07-27

Mourning Becomes Electra

6.3

Mourning Becomes Electra
1947-11-19

The Mark of the Whistler

5.9

The Mark of the Whistler
1944-10-09

6.5

The Gay Amigo
1949-05-13

6.8

Syncopation
1942-05-22

Those High Grey Walls

6.2

Those High Grey Walls
1939-09-21

5.5

Wilson
1944-08-01

6.2

Arizona
1940-12-25

Rachel and the Stranger

6.2

Rachel and the Stranger
1948-09-18

6.2

Happy Land
1943-11-10

Angels Over Broadway

5.9

Angels Over Broadway
1940-10-02

Look Who's Laughing

5.5

Look Who's Laughing
1941-11-21

6.6

Storm Warning
1951-02-10

5.5

Cafe Hostess
1940-01-11

Faces in the Fog

3

Faces in the Fog
1944-11-30

Bring on the Girls

6.1

Bring on the Girls
1945-03-30

Trail to Vengeance

0

Trail to Vengeance
1945-06-01

Rhythm Round-Up

0

Rhythm Round-Up
1945-09-06

6.8

Albuquerque
1948-02-20

They Died with Their Boots On

6.6

They Died with Their Boots On
1941-11-20

5.2

The Kansan
1943-09-10

Oklahoma Territory

6.7

Oklahoma Territory
1960-03-01

The Incredible Stranger

6.5

The Incredible Stranger
1942-06-20

The Bride Wore Boots

5.9

The Bride Wore Boots
1946-06-05

3.7

Powder Town
1942-06-07

The Remarkable Andrew

8.2

The Remarkable Andrew
1942-03-05

6.4

Living It Up
1954-07-15

5.9

Ride, Vaquero!
1953-07-17

0

Eyes Aloft
1943-01-24

Reconnaissance Pilot

0

Reconnaissance Pilot
1943-01-25

6.1

Destry
1954-12-01

Murder, He Says

6.6

Murder, He Says
1945-06-23

0

Reckless Age
1944-08-01

The Ghost That Walks Alone

4

The Ghost That Walks Alone
1944-02-10

The Desperate Hours

7

The Desperate Hours
1955-10-05

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

7.1

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946-08-19

5

Glory
1956-01-11

I'm from Arkansas

5.4

I'm from Arkansas
1944-10-31

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

5.7

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949-09-20

In This Our Life

6.776

In This Our Life
1942-05-08

4.8

Young Widow
1946-03-01

You Can't Run Away from It

4.7

You Can't Run Away from It
1956-10-30

For Me and My Gal

6.4

For Me and My Gal
1942-10-21

The Missing Juror

6

The Missing Juror
1944-11-16

4.5

Scared Stiff
1945-06-22

The Long, Long Trailer

6.8

The Long, Long Trailer
1954-02-19

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man

4.8

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
1962-07-25

The Andy Griffith Show

7.594

The Andy Griffith Show
1960-10-03

Petticoat Junction

5.8

Petticoat Junction
1963-09-24

6.7

Mannix
1967-09-16

6.6

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

General Electric Theater

6

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

6.1

Lassie
1954-09-12

Nanny and the Professor

6

Nanny and the Professor
1970-01-21

7.2

The Fugitive
1963-09-17

The Millionaire

5

The Millionaire
1955-01-19

My Mother the Car

3.6

My Mother the Car
1965-09-14

4.7

Lancer
1968-09-24

5.7

The Dakotas
1963-01-07

5.4

Lawman
1958-10-05

5

Frontier
1955-09-25

General Electric Theater

6

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

General Electric Theater

6

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

6.3

Wagon Train
1957-09-18

5.5

Casey Jones
1957-10-08

7.3

Green Acres
1965-09-15

Screen Director's Playhouse

6.5

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955-10-05