Cast
Walter Baldwin
Acting
Cast
Walter Baldwin
Known for
Acting
Born
1889-01-01
From
Lima, Ohio, USA
Died
1977-01-27
Also known as Walter S. Baldwin Jr., Walter S. Baldwin, Walter Smith 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."
Rosemary's Baby
as Mr. Wees (uncredited)
Scattergood Rides High
as Martin Knox
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mr. Parrish
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Jim Bracken (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall
as Boxing fan at Dundee fight (uncredited)
Wilson
as Wilson Campaign Orator (uncredited)
Cheyenne Autumn
as Jeremy Wright (uncredited)
Ride, Vaquero!
as Adam Smith
Carrie
as Mr. Meeber - Carrie's Father
Interrupted Melody
as Jim Owens
Sister Kenny
as Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
The Jackpot
as Watch Buyer (uncredited)
The Lost Weekend
as Man from Albany (uncredited)
Tall in the Saddle
as Stan - Depot Master (uncredited)
All That Money Can Buy
as Hank (uncredited)
Thieves' Highway
as Officer Riley (uncredited)
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
as Conductor (uncredited)
Dragonwyck
as Tom Wilson (uncredited)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Dempsey (uncredited)
The Fastest Gun Alive
as Man Who Warns Vinny (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut
as Herb, the Sheriff (uncredited)
Dark Mountain
as Uncle Sam Bates
The Desperate Hours
as George Patterson
Happy Land
as Jake Hibbs (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Settler (uncredited)
Storm Warning
as Coroner Bledsoe
Wild in the Country
as Mr. Spangler (uncredited)
Framed
as (uncredited)
The Man from Colorado
as Stagecoach driver
Arizona
as Man Who Declares for the South
Glory
as Doc Brock
In This Our Life
as Worker (uncredited)
The Racket
as Sullivan
The Winning Team
as Pa Alexander (uncredited)
The Unsuspected
as Judge Maynard
Stranger on Horseback
as Vince Webb
Cry of the City
as Orvy
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Amos Ames
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Finch (uncredited)
The Millerson Case
as Link Hazen
Scandal at Scourie
as Michael Hayward
Rachel and the Stranger
as Gallus
Living It Up
as Isaiah Jackson
For Me and My Gal
as Bill (uncredited)
The Long, Long Trailer
as Uncle Edgar
Destry
as Henry Skinner
You Can't Run Away from It
as 1st Proprietor
Return of the Bad Men
as Muley Wilson
Blonde Ransom
as Sheriff
Syncopation
The Kansan
as Judge Lorrimer
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
as Doc Purdy
Murder, He Says
as Vic Hardy (uncredited)
Miss Polly
as Lem Wiggins
Special Agent
as Pop Peters (uncredited)
Come to the Stable
as Claude Jarman (uncredited)
Angels Over Broadway
as Rennick (uncredited)
Albuquerque
as Judge Fred Martin
Cafe Hostess
as Jones
Reconnaissance Pilot
as George Newton
The Bride Wore Boots
as Mr. Hodges (uncredited)
The Man Who Returned to Life
as Homer-the Barber
The Mark of the Whistler
as Fireman (uncredited)
Hazard
as Superintendent
Winter Meeting
as Mr. Castle
Young Widow
as Miller (Uncredited)
Oklahoma Territory
as Ward Harlan
The Missing Juror
as Town Sheriff (uncredited)
Look Who's Laughing
as Bill
I Want You
as George Kress Sr.
Faces in the Fog
as Doan, Jury Foreman
Bring on the Girls
as Henry (uncredited)
Rhythm Round-Up
as Jed Morton
Reckless Age
as Music Conductor
A Stranger in Town
as Tom Cooney
Scared Stiff
as Deputy with Rifle (Uncredited)
The Devil Commands
as Seth Marcy
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
as Diamond Ed Barnaby
The Incredible Stranger
as Doctor Peabody (uncredited)
Rough Riders of Durango
as Cricket Adams
Those High Grey Walls
as Mr. Mason (uncredited)
Why Girls Leave Home
as Wilbur Harris
Powder Town
as Jerry the Nitrate Technician (uncredited)
The Remarkable Andrew
as Hugo French
I'm from Arkansas
as Attorney
Eyes Aloft
as Pa
The Ghost That Walks Alone
as Deputy Sheriff
The Gay Amigo
as Editor Stoneham
Trail to Vengeance
as Bart Jackson
Peaceful Relations
as Mr. Brown