Acting
Walter Baldwin
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
Nanny and the Professor
Series · 1970
Rosemary's Baby
Film · 1968
Lancer
Series · 1968
Mannix
Series · 1967
My Mother the Car
Series · 1965
Green Acres
Series · 1965
Cheyenne Autumn
Film · 1964
Petticoat Junction
Series · 1963
The Fugitive
Series · 1963
The Dakotas
Series · 1963
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Film · 1962
Wild in the Country
Film · 1961
Oklahoma Territory
Film · 1960
The Andy Griffith Show
Series · 1960
Lawman
Series · 1958
Wagon Train
Series · 1957
Casey Jones
Series · 1957
The Fastest Gun Alive
Film · 1956
The Harder They Fall
Film · 1956
Glory
Film · 1956
You Can't Run Away from It
Film · 1956
Interrupted Melody
Film · 1955
Stranger on Horseback
Film · 1955
The Desperate Hours
Film · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
The Millionaire
Series · 1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
Series · 1955
Frontier
Series · 1955
Living It Up
Film · 1954
Destry
Film · 1954
The Long, Long Trailer
Film · 1954
Lassie
Series · 1954
Scandal at Scourie
Film · 1953
Ride, Vaquero!
Film · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Series · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
The Winning Team
Film · 1952
Carrie
Film · 1952
The Racket
Film · 1951
I Want You
Film · 1951
Rough Riders of Durango
Film · 1951
Storm Warning
Film · 1951
Cheaper by the Dozen
Film · 1950
The Jackpot
Film · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Special Agent
Film · 1949
Come to the Stable
Film · 1949
Thieves' Highway
Film · 1949
The Gay Amigo
Film · 1949
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Film · 1949
Cry of the City
Film · 1948
The Man from Colorado
Film · 1948
Winter Meeting
Film · 1948
Return of the Bad Men
Film · 1948
Hazard
Film · 1948
Rachel and the Stranger
Film · 1948
Albuquerque
Film · 1948
Framed
Film · 1947
The Unsuspected
Film · 1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
Film · 1947
The Millerson Case
Film · 1947
The Best Years of Our Lives
Film · 1946
Dragonwyck
Film · 1946
Sister Kenny
Film · 1946
The Bride Wore Boots
Film · 1946
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Film · 1946
Young Widow
Film · 1946
The Lost Weekend
Film · 1945
Why Girls Leave Home
Film · 1945
Christmas in Connecticut
Film · 1945
Bring on the Girls
Film · 1945
Trail to Vengeance
Film · 1945
Rhythm Round-Up
Film · 1945
Murder, He Says
Film · 1945
Scared Stiff
Film · 1945
Blonde Ransom
Film · 1945
Dark Mountain
Film · 1944
The Mark of the Whistler
Film · 1944
Wilson
Film · 1944
Faces in the Fog
Film · 1944
Reckless Age
Film · 1944
The Ghost That Walks Alone
Film · 1944
I'm from Arkansas
Film · 1944
The Missing Juror
Film · 1944
Tall in the Saddle
Film · 1944
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Film · 1944
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
Film · 1943
A Stranger in Town
Film · 1943
Happy Land
Film · 1943
The Kansan
Film · 1943
Eyes Aloft
Film · 1943
Reconnaissance Pilot
Film · 1943
Scattergood Rides High
Film · 1942
The Man Who Returned to Life
Film · 1942
Syncopation
Film · 1942
The Incredible Stranger
Film · 1942
The Remarkable Andrew
Film · 1942
Powder Town
Film · 1942
In This Our Life
Film · 1942
For Me and My Gal
Film · 1942
The Devil Commands
Film · 1941
Miss Polly
Film · 1941
All That Money Can Buy
Film · 1941
Look Who's Laughing
Film · 1941
They Died with Their Boots On
Film · 1941
Arizona
Film · 1940
Angels Over Broadway
Film · 1940
Cafe Hostess
Film · 1940
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Film · 1939
Those High Grey Walls
Film · 1939
Peaceful Relations
Film · 1936