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Walter Baldwin‌

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Birthday

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Walter Baldwin

Lima, Ohio, USA

Walter Baldwin

Lima, Ohio, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1889-01-01

Popularity

star3.4

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."

Movie Credits

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives‌
star7.8
calendar 1946

Cry of the City

Cry of the City‌
star6.8
calendar 1948

The Devil Commands

The Devil Commands‌
star6.1
calendar 1941

Scattergood Rides High

Scattergood Rides High‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

The Racket

The Racket‌
star6.3
calendar 1951

Cheaper by the Dozen

Cheaper by the Dozen‌
star6.3
calendar 1950

Framed

Framed‌
star6.4
calendar 1947

Peaceful Relations

Peaceful Relations‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

The Unsuspected

The Unsuspected‌
star6.6
calendar 1947

Interrupted Melody

Interrupted Melody‌
star5.5
calendar 1955

The Man from Colorado

The Man from Colorado‌
star6.7
calendar 1948

Winter Meeting

Winter Meeting‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

Cheyenne Autumn

Cheyenne Autumn‌
star6.7
calendar 1964

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

After Midnight with Boston Blackie‌
star5.7
calendar 1943

The Jackpot

The Jackpot‌
star6.9
calendar 1950

Miss Polly

Miss Polly‌
star5.0
calendar 1941

Dark Mountain

Dark Mountain‌
star5.3
calendar 1944

The Winning Team

The Winning Team‌
star5.5
calendar 1952

Special Agent

Special Agent‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

Return of the Bad Men

Return of the Bad Men‌
star6.3
calendar 1948

A Stranger in Town

A Stranger in Town‌
star6.5
calendar 1943

I Want You

I Want You‌
star5.2
calendar 1951

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby‌
star7.8
calendar 1968

Scandal at Scourie

Scandal at Scourie‌
star6.7
calendar 1953

Wild in the Country

Wild in the Country‌
star6.3
calendar 1961

All That Money Can Buy

All That Money Can Buy‌
star7.1
calendar 1941

The Fastest Gun Alive

The Fastest Gun Alive‌
star6.8
calendar 1956

The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall‌
star7.1
calendar 1956

Hazard

Hazard‌
star8.0
calendar 1948

Rough Riders of Durango

Rough Riders of Durango‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

The Man Who Returned to Life

The Man Who Returned to Life‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

Carrie

Carrie‌
star6.5
calendar 1952

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

The Secret of Dr. Kildare‌
star5.6
calendar 1939

Come to the Stable

Come to the Stable‌
star6.4
calendar 1949

The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend‌
star7.6
calendar 1945

Dragonwyck

Dragonwyck‌
star6.7
calendar 1946

Sister Kenny

Sister Kenny‌
star6.5
calendar 1946

Thieves' Highway

Thieves' Highway‌
star7.3
calendar 1949

Why Girls Leave Home

Why Girls Leave Home‌
star5.0
calendar 1945

Stranger on Horseback

Stranger on Horseback‌
star5.4
calendar 1955

Christmas in Connecticut

Christmas in Connecticut‌
star7.0
calendar 1945

Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra‌
star6.3
calendar 1947

The Mark of the Whistler

The Mark of the Whistler‌
star5.9
calendar 1944

The Gay Amigo

The Gay Amigo‌
star6.5
calendar 1949

Syncopation

Syncopation‌
star6.8
calendar 1942

Wilson

Wilson‌
star5.5
calendar 1944

Those High Grey Walls

Those High Grey Walls‌
star6.2
calendar 1939

Arizona

Arizona‌
star6.1
calendar 1940

Rachel and the Stranger

Rachel and the Stranger‌
star6.2
calendar 1948

Happy Land

Happy Land‌
star6.2
calendar 1943

Angels Over Broadway

Angels Over Broadway‌
star5.8
calendar 1940

Look Who's Laughing

Look Who's Laughing‌
star5.5
calendar 1941

Storm Warning

Storm Warning‌
star6.6
calendar 1951

Cafe Hostess

Cafe Hostess‌
star5.5
calendar 1940

Faces in the Fog

Faces in the Fog‌
star3.0
calendar 1944

Bring on the Girls

Bring on the Girls‌
star6.1
calendar 1945

Trail to Vengeance

Trail to Vengeance‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Rhythm Round-Up

Rhythm Round-Up‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Albuquerque

Albuquerque‌
star6.8
calendar 1948

They Died with Their Boots On

They Died with Their Boots On‌
star6.6
calendar 1941

The Kansan

The Kansan‌
star5.2
calendar 1943

Oklahoma Territory

Oklahoma Territory‌
star6.7
calendar 1960

The Incredible Stranger

The Incredible Stranger‌
star6.5
calendar 1942

The Bride Wore Boots

The Bride Wore Boots‌
star5.9
calendar 1946

Powder Town

Powder Town‌
star3.7
calendar 1942

The Remarkable Andrew

The Remarkable Andrew‌
star8.2
calendar 1942

Living It Up

Living It Up‌
star6.4
calendar 1954

Ride, Vaquero!

Ride, Vaquero!‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Eyes Aloft

Eyes Aloft‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Reconnaissance Pilot

Reconnaissance Pilot‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Destry

Destry‌
star6.0
calendar 1954

Murder, He Says

Murder, He Says‌
star6.6
calendar 1945

Reckless Age

Reckless Age‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

The Ghost That Walks Alone

The Ghost That Walks Alone‌
star4.0
calendar 1944

The Desperate Hours

The Desperate Hours‌
star7.0
calendar 1955

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers‌
star7.1
calendar 1946

Glory

Glory‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

I'm from Arkansas

I'm from Arkansas‌
star5.4
calendar 1944

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass‌
star5.6
calendar 1949

In This Our Life

In This Our Life‌
star6.7
calendar 1942

Young Widow

Young Widow‌
star4.8
calendar 1946

You Can't Run Away from It

You Can't Run Away from It‌
star4.3
calendar 1956

For Me and My Gal

For Me and My Gal‌
star6.4
calendar 1942

The Missing Juror

The Missing Juror‌
star5.9
calendar 1944

Scared Stiff

Scared Stiff‌
star4.7
calendar 1945

The Long, Long Trailer

The Long, Long Trailer‌
star6.8
calendar 1954

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man‌
star4.8
calendar 1962

Tv Credits

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show‌
star7.6
calendar 1960

Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction‌
star5.8
calendar 1963

Mannix

Mannix‌
star6.7
calendar 1967

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Lassie

Lassie‌
star6.1
calendar 1954

Nanny and the Professor

Nanny and the Professor‌
star5.6
calendar 1970

The Fugitive

The Fugitive‌
star7.2
calendar 1963

The Millionaire

The Millionaire‌
star5.0
calendar 1955

My Mother the Car

My Mother the Car‌
star3.6
calendar 1965

Lancer

Lancer‌
star4.7
calendar 1968

The Dakotas

The Dakotas‌
star5.7
calendar 1963

Lawman

Lawman‌
star5.4
calendar 1958

Frontier

Frontier‌
star5.0
calendar 1955

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Wagon Train

Wagon Train‌
star6.4
calendar 1957

Casey Jones

Casey Jones‌
star5.5
calendar 1957

Green Acres

Green Acres‌
star7.3
calendar 1965

Screen Director's Playhouse

Screen Director's Playhouse‌
star6.5
calendar 1955