Nanny and the Professor
1970 · TV Show
Walter Baldwin
1889-01-01
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Lima, Ohio, USA
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
Rosemary's Baby
1968 · Movie
as Mr. Wees (uncredited)
Lancer
1968 · TV Show
Mannix
1967 · TV Show
as Luther
My Mother the Car
1965 · TV Show
Green Acres
1965 · TV Show
as Grandpappy Miller
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · Movie
as Jeremy Wright (uncredited)
Petticoat Junction
1963 · TV Show
as Grandpappy Miller
The Fugitive
1963 · TV Show
as Mr. Weaver
The Dakotas
1963 · TV Show
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962 · Movie
as Conductor (uncredited)
Wild in the Country
1961 · Movie
as Mr. Spangler (uncredited)
Oklahoma Territory
1960 · Movie
as Ward Harlan
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · TV Show
as Floyd Lawson
Lawman
1958 · TV Show
Wagon Train
1957 · TV Show
as Eddie Blake (uncredited)
Casey Jones
1957 · TV Show
as Conductor
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956 · Movie
as Man Who Warns Vinny (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall
1956 · Movie
as Boxing fan at Dundee fight (uncredited)
Glory
1956 · Movie
as Doc Brock
You Can't Run Away from It
1956 · Movie
as 1st Proprietor
Interrupted Melody
1955 · Movie
as Jim Owens
Stranger on Horseback
1955 · Movie
as Vince Webb
The Desperate Hours
1955 · Movie
as George Patterson
Gunsmoke
1955 · TV Show
as Old Man
The Millionaire
1955 · TV Show
as Dr. Frank Kenston
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · TV Show
as Farmer Everett
Frontier
1955 · TV Show
as Briggs
Living It Up
1954 · Movie
as Isaiah Jackson
Destry
1954 · Movie
as Henry Skinner
The Long, Long Trailer
1954 · Movie
as Uncle Edgar
Lassie
1954 · TV Show
Scandal at Scourie
1953 · Movie
as Michael Hayward
Ride, Vaquero!
1953 · Movie
as Adam Smith
General Electric Theater
1953 · TV Show
as Spivak, Johnson, Henry Clayburn
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The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953 · TV Show
as George
The Winning Team
1952 · Movie
as Pa Alexander (uncredited)
Carrie
1952 · Movie
as Mr. Meeber - Carrie's Father
The Racket
1951 · Movie
as Sullivan
I Want You
1951 · Movie
as George Kress Sr.
Rough Riders of Durango
1951 · Movie
as Cricket Adams
Storm Warning
1951 · Movie
as Coroner Bledsoe
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950 · Movie
as Jim Bracken (uncredited)
The Jackpot
1950 · Movie
as Watch Buyer (uncredited)
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Lux Video Theatre
1950 · TV Show
as Mr. Brinker
Special Agent
1949 · Movie
as Pop Peters (uncredited)
Come to the Stable
1949 · Movie
as Claude Jarman (uncredited)
Thieves' Highway
1949 · Movie
as Officer Riley (uncredited)
The Gay Amigo
1949 · Movie
as Editor Stoneham
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949 · Movie
as Doc Purdy
Cry of the City
1948 · Movie
as Orvy
The Man from Colorado
1948 · Movie
as Stagecoach driver
Winter Meeting
1948 · Movie
as Mr. Castle
Return of the Bad Men
1948 · Movie
as Muley Wilson
Hazard
1948 · Movie
as Superintendent
Rachel and the Stranger
1948 · Movie
as Gallus
Albuquerque
1948 · Movie
as Judge Fred Martin
Framed
1947 · Movie
as (uncredited)
The Unsuspected
1947 · Movie
as Judge Maynard
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 · Movie
as Amos Ames
The Millerson Case
1947 · Movie
as Link Hazen
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Movie
as Mr. Parrish
Dragonwyck
1946 · Movie
as Tom Wilson (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
1946 · Movie
as Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
The Bride Wore Boots
1946 · Movie
as Mr. Hodges (uncredited)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946 · Movie
as Dempsey (uncredited)
Young Widow
1946 · Movie
as Miller (Uncredited)
The Lost Weekend
1945 · Movie
as Man from Albany (uncredited)
Why Girls Leave Home
1945 · Movie
as Wilbur Harris
Christmas in Connecticut
1945 · Movie
as Herb, the Sheriff (uncredited)
Bring on the Girls
1945 · Movie
as Henry (uncredited)
Trail to Vengeance
1945 · Movie
as Bart Jackson
Rhythm Round-Up
1945 · Movie
as Jed Morton
Murder, He Says
1945 · Movie
as Vic Hardy (uncredited)
Scared Stiff
1945 · Movie
as Deputy with Rifle (Uncredited)
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Blonde Ransom
1945 · Movie
as Sheriff
Dark Mountain
1944 · Movie
as Uncle Sam Bates
The Mark of the Whistler
1944 · Movie
as Fireman (uncredited)
Wilson
1944 · Movie
as Wilson Campaign Orator (uncredited)
Faces in the Fog
1944 · Movie
as Doan, Jury Foreman
Reckless Age
1944 · Movie
as Music Conductor
The Ghost That Walks Alone
1944 · Movie
as Deputy Sheriff
I'm from Arkansas
1944 · Movie
as Attorney
The Missing Juror
1944 · Movie
as Town Sheriff (uncredited)
Tall in the Saddle
1944 · Movie
as Stan - Depot Master (uncredited)
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944 · Movie
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1943 · Movie
as Diamond Ed Barnaby
A Stranger in Town
1943 · Movie
as Tom Cooney
Happy Land
1943 · Movie
as Jake Hibbs (uncredited)
The Kansan
1943 · Movie
as Judge Lorrimer
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Eyes Aloft
1943 · Movie
as Pa
Reconnaissance Pilot
1943 · Movie
as George Newton
Scattergood Rides High
1942 · Movie
as Martin Knox
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942 · Movie
as Homer-the Barber
Syncopation
1942 · Movie
The Incredible Stranger
1942 · Movie
as Doctor Peabody (uncredited)
The Remarkable Andrew
1942 · Movie
as Hugo French
Powder Town
1942 · Movie
as Jerry the Nitrate Technician (uncredited)
In This Our Life
1942 · Movie
as Worker (uncredited)
For Me and My Gal
1942 · Movie
as Bill (uncredited)
The Devil Commands
1941 · Movie
as Seth Marcy
Miss Polly
1941 · Movie
as Lem Wiggins
All That Money Can Buy
1941 · Movie
as Hank (uncredited)
Look Who's Laughing
1941 · Movie
as Bill
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Movie
as Settler (uncredited)
Arizona
1940 · Movie
as Man Who Declares for the South
Angels Over Broadway
1940 · Movie
as Rennick (uncredited)
Cafe Hostess
1940 · Movie
as Jones
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939 · Movie
as Finch (uncredited)
Those High Grey Walls
1939 · Movie
as Mr. Mason (uncredited)
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Peaceful Relations
1936 · Movie
as Mr. Brown
