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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

7.8

The Best Years of Our Lives
1946-12-25

Cry of the City

6.723

Cry of the City
1948-09-29

The Devil Commands

6.333

The Devil Commands
1941-08-15

Scattergood Rides High

10

Scattergood Rides High
1942-05-08

6.3

The Racket
1951-10-25

Cheaper by the Dozen

6.4

Cheaper by the Dozen
1950-03-31

6.5

Framed
1947-05-25

Peaceful Relations

7

Peaceful Relations
1936-06-19

The Unsuspected

6.667

The Unsuspected
1947-10-11

Interrupted Melody

5.8

Interrupted Melody
1955-05-05

The Man from Colorado

6.867

The Man from Colorado
1948-08-07

6.625

Winter Meeting
1948-04-07

Cheyenne Autumn

6.71

Cheyenne Autumn
1964-10-15

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

5.929

After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1943-03-18

7.05

The Jackpot
1950-11-01

4.889

Miss Polly
1941-11-14

5.3

Dark Mountain
1944-09-01

The Winning Team

6.143

The Winning Team
1952-06-20

9

Special Agent
1949-07-22

Return of the Bad Men

6.3

Return of the Bad Men
1948-07-17

A Stranger in Town

6.25

A Stranger in Town
1943-04-01

5.25

I Want You
1951-12-22

Rosemary's Baby

7.819

Rosemary's Baby
1968-06-12

Scandal at Scourie

6.917

Scandal at Scourie
1953-05-17

Wild in the Country

6.2

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

6.9

The Fastest Gun Alive
1956-07-12

The Harder They Fall

7.168

The Harder They Fall
1956-05-08

8

Hazard
1948-05-28

Rough Riders of Durango

7

Rough Riders of Durango
1951-01-30

The Man Who Returned to Life

8

The Man Who Returned to Life
1942-02-05

6.5

Carrie
1952-07-17

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

6.067

The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939-11-24

Come to the Stable

6.655

Come to the Stable
1949-07-27

The Lost Weekend

7.6

The Lost Weekend
1945-11-29

6.7

Dragonwyck
1946-04-10

6.921

Sister Kenny
1946-10-10

Thieves' Highway

7.2

Thieves' Highway
1949-09-20

Why Girls Leave Home

5.667

Why Girls Leave Home
1945-10-09

Stranger on Horseback

5.8

Stranger on Horseback
1955-03-22

Christmas in Connecticut

7.014

Christmas in Connecticut
1945-07-27

Mourning Becomes Electra

6.143

Mourning Becomes Electra
1947-11-19

The Mark of the Whistler

6.2

The Mark of the Whistler
1944-10-09

6.833

The Gay Amigo
1949-05-13

6.833

Syncopation
1942-05-22

5.6

Wilson
1944-08-01

Those High Grey Walls

6.375

Those High Grey Walls
1939-09-21

6.5

Arizona
1940-12-25

Rachel and the Stranger

6.486

Rachel and the Stranger
1948-09-18

7.125

Happy Land
1943-11-10

Angels Over Broadway

5.919

Angels Over Broadway
1940-10-02

Look Who's Laughing

6.667

Look Who's Laughing
1941-11-21

6.7

Storm Warning
1951-02-10

5.417

Cafe Hostess
1940-01-11

Faces in the Fog

4.333

Faces in the Fog
1944-11-30

Bring on the Girls

6.25

Bring on the Girls
1945-03-30

Trail to Vengeance

7

Trail to Vengeance
1945-06-01

Rhythm Round-Up

8

Rhythm Round-Up
1945-09-06

6.762

Albuquerque
1948-02-20

They Died with Their Boots On

6.7

They Died with Their Boots On
1941-11-20

6

The Kansan
1943-09-10

Oklahoma Territory

7

Oklahoma Territory
1960-03-01

The Incredible Stranger

6.667

The Incredible Stranger
1942-06-20

The Bride Wore Boots

6.111

The Bride Wore Boots
1946-06-05

4.4

Powder Town
1942-06-07

The Remarkable Andrew

7.375

The Remarkable Andrew
1942-03-05

6.543

Living It Up
1954-08-04

6.1

Ride, Vaquero!
1953-07-17

0

Eyes Aloft
1943-01-24

Reconnaissance Pilot

7

Reconnaissance Pilot
1943-01-25

6.2

Destry
1954-12-01

Murder, He Says

6.8

Murder, He Says
1945-06-23

9

Reckless Age
1944-08-01

The Ghost That Walks Alone

4.75

The Ghost That Walks Alone
1944-02-10

The Desperate Hours

7

The Desperate Hours
1955-10-05

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

7.093

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946-08-19

5.667

Glory
1956-01-11

I'm from Arkansas

6

I'm from Arkansas
1944-10-31

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

6.071

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949-09-20

In This Our Life

6.9

In This Our Life
1942-05-08

4.8

Young Widow
1946-03-01

You Can't Run Away from It

5.125

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

For Me and My Gal

6.491

For Me and My Gal
1942-10-21

The Missing Juror

6.333

The Missing Juror
1944-11-16

4.667

Scared Stiff
1945-06-22

The Long, Long Trailer

6.902

The Long, Long Trailer
1954-02-19

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

5.5

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

Tall in the Saddle

6.6

Tall in the Saddle
1944-09-29

Mr. Winkle Goes to War

6.818

Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944-07-19

8

Blonde Ransom
1945-05-01

The Millerson Case

5.875

The Millerson Case
1947-05-29

The Andy Griffith Show

7.6

The Andy Griffith Show
1960-10-03

Petticoat Junction

5.813

Petticoat Junction
1963-09-24

6.755

Mannix
1967-09-16

6.679

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

6.218

Lassie
1954-09-12

Nanny and the Professor

6.4

Nanny and the Professor
1970-01-21

7.3

The Fugitive
1963-09-17

The Millionaire

5.75

The Millionaire
1955-01-19

My Mother the Car

4.8

My Mother the Car
1965-09-14

5.583

Lancer
1968-09-24

6.5

The Dakotas
1963-01-07

5.833

Lawman
1958-10-05

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

6.6

Wagon Train
1957-09-18

5.8

Casey Jones
1957-10-08

7.2

Green Acres
1965-09-15

Screen Director's Playhouse

7

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955-10-05

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

8.5

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953-10-02

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

7.5

Frontier
1955-09-25

Lux Video Theatre

6.714

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02