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Walter Baldwin

Born 01/01/1889 in Lima, Ohio, USA

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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."

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Filmography (Movies)

Rosemary's Baby

Character:Mr. Wees (uncredited)

Release Date:12/06/1968

Cheyenne Autumn

Character:Jeremy Wright (uncredited)

Release Date:15/10/1964

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

Character:Conductor (uncredited)

Release Date:25/07/1962

Wild in the Country

Character:Mr. Spangler (uncredited)

Release Date:15/06/1961

Oklahoma Territory

Character:Ward Harlan

Release Date:01/03/1960

You Can't Run Away from It

Character:1st Proprietor

Release Date:30/10/1956

The Fastest Gun Alive

Character:Man Who Warns Vinny (uncredited)

Release Date:12/07/1956

The Harder They Fall

Character:Boxing fan at Dundee fight (uncredited)

Release Date:08/05/1956

Glory

Character:Doc Brock

Release Date:11/01/1956

The Desperate Hours

Character:George Patterson

Release Date:05/10/1955

Interrupted Melody

Character:Jim Owens

Release Date:05/05/1955

Stranger on Horseback

Character:Vince Webb

Release Date:22/03/1955

Destry

Character:Henry Skinner

Release Date:01/12/1954

Living It Up

Character:Isaiah Jackson

Release Date:04/08/1954

The Long, Long Trailer

Character:Uncle Edgar

Release Date:19/02/1954

Ride, Vaquero!

Character:Adam Smith

Release Date:17/07/1953

Scandal at Scourie

Character:Michael Hayward

Release Date:17/05/1953

Carrie

Character:Mr. Meeber - Carrie's Father

Release Date:17/07/1952

The Winning Team

Character:Pa Alexander (uncredited)

Release Date:20/06/1952

I Want You

Character:George Kress Sr.

Release Date:22/12/1951

The Racket

Character:Sullivan

Release Date:25/10/1951

Storm Warning

Character:Coroner Bledsoe

Release Date:10/02/1951

Rough Riders of Durango

Character:Cricket Adams

Release Date:30/01/1951

The Jackpot

Character:Watch Buyer (uncredited)

Release Date:01/11/1950

Cheaper by the Dozen

Character:Jim Bracken (uncredited)

Release Date:31/03/1950

Thieves' Highway

Character:Officer Riley (uncredited)

Release Date:20/09/1949

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

Character:Doc Purdy

Release Date:20/09/1949

Come to the Stable

Character:Claude Jarman (uncredited)

Release Date:27/07/1949

Special Agent

Character:Pop Peters (uncredited)

Release Date:22/07/1949

The Gay Amigo

Character:Editor Stoneham

Release Date:13/05/1949

Cry of the City

Character:Orvy

Release Date:29/09/1948

Rachel and the Stranger

Character:Gallus

Release Date:18/09/1948

The Man from Colorado

Character:Stagecoach driver

Release Date:07/08/1948

Return of the Bad Men

Character:Muley Wilson

Release Date:17/07/1948

Hazard

Character:Superintendent

Release Date:28/05/1948

Winter Meeting

Character:Mr. Castle

Release Date:07/04/1948

Albuquerque

Character:Judge Fred Martin

Release Date:20/02/1948

Mourning Becomes Electra

Character:Amos Ames

Release Date:19/11/1947

The Unsuspected

Character:Judge Maynard

Release Date:11/10/1947

Framed

Character:(uncredited)

Release Date:25/05/1947

The Best Years of Our Lives

Character:Mr. Parrish

Release Date:25/12/1946

Sister Kenny

Character:Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)

Release Date:10/10/1946

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Character:Dempsey (uncredited)

Release Date:19/08/1946

The Bride Wore Boots

Character:Mr. Hodges (uncredited)

Release Date:05/06/1946

Dragonwyck

Character:Tom Wilson (uncredited)

Release Date:10/04/1946

Young Widow

Character:Miller (Uncredited)

Release Date:01/03/1946

The Lost Weekend

Character:Man from Albany (uncredited)

Release Date:29/11/1945

Why Girls Leave Home

Character:Wilbur Harris

Release Date:09/10/1945

Rhythm Round-Up

Character:Jed Morton

Release Date:06/09/1945

Christmas in Connecticut

Character:Herb, the Sheriff (uncredited)

Release Date:27/07/1945

Murder, He Says

Character:Vic Hardy (uncredited)

Release Date:23/06/1945

Scared Stiff

Character:Deputy with Rifle (Uncredited)

Release Date:22/06/1945

Trail to Vengeance

Character:Bart Jackson

Release Date:01/06/1945

Bring on the Girls

Character:Henry (uncredited)

Release Date:30/03/1945

Faces in the Fog

Character:Doan, Jury Foreman

Release Date:30/11/1944

The Missing Juror

Character:Town Sheriff (uncredited)

Release Date:16/11/1944

I'm from Arkansas

Character:Attorney

Release Date:31/10/1944

The Mark of the Whistler

Character:Fireman (uncredited)

Release Date:09/10/1944

Tall in the Saddle

Character:Stan - Depot Master (uncredited)

Release Date:29/09/1944

Dark Mountain

Character:Uncle Sam Bates

Release Date:01/09/1944

Wilson

Character:Wilson Campaign Orator (uncredited)

Release Date:01/08/1944

Reckless Age

Character:Music Conductor

Release Date:01/08/1944

The Ghost That Walks Alone

Character:Deputy Sheriff

Release Date:10/02/1944

Happy Land

Character:Jake Hibbs (uncredited)

Release Date:10/11/1943

The Kansan

Character:Judge Lorrimer

Release Date:10/09/1943

A Stranger in Town

Character:Tom Cooney

Release Date:01/04/1943

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

Character:Diamond Ed Barnaby

Release Date:18/03/1943

Reconnaissance Pilot

Character:George Newton

Release Date:25/01/1943

Eyes Aloft

Character:Pa

Release Date:24/01/1943

For Me and My Gal

Character:Bill (uncredited)

Release Date:21/10/1942

The Incredible Stranger

Character:Doctor Peabody (uncredited)

Release Date:20/06/1942

Powder Town

Character:Jerry the Nitrate Technician (uncredited)

Release Date:07/06/1942

Syncopation

Character:

Release Date:22/05/1942

Scattergood Rides High

Character:Martin Knox

Release Date:08/05/1942

In This Our Life

Character:Worker (uncredited)

Release Date:08/05/1942

The Remarkable Andrew

Character:Hugo French

Release Date:05/03/1942

The Man Who Returned to Life

Character:Homer-the Barber

Release Date:05/02/1942

Look Who's Laughing

Character:Bill

Release Date:21/11/1941

They Died with Their Boots On

Character:Settler (uncredited)

Release Date:20/11/1941

Miss Polly

Character:Lem Wiggins

Release Date:14/11/1941

All That Money Can Buy

Character:Hank (uncredited)

Release Date:17/10/1941

The Devil Commands

Character:Seth Marcy

Release Date:15/08/1941

Arizona

Character:Man Who Declares for the South

Release Date:25/12/1940

Angels Over Broadway

Character:Rennick (uncredited)

Release Date:02/10/1940

Cafe Hostess

Character:Jones

Release Date:11/01/1940

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

Character:Finch (uncredited)

Release Date:24/11/1939

Those High Grey Walls

Character:Mr. Mason (uncredited)

Release Date:21/09/1939

Peaceful Relations

Character:Mr. Brown

Release Date:19/06/1936

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