Acting · Ellis County, Texas, USA · Born April 18, 1886
Floyd 'Silver Tip' Baker born Floyd Michael Baker in Texas in 1886. Well-known trick rider in rodeos and wild west shows from the late 1900's. He was among the talented few that could handle a team of horses and stagecoach at full speed, became a white-haired old codger character in many westerns, first playing the role, General Grenville M. Dodge in 'In the Days of Buffalo Bill' directed by Edward Laemmle and starring Art Acord as Art Taylor and Duke R. Lee as Buffalo Bill at the Universal, seen in over 100 minor roles in talkies many of them B-Westerns. married to wild show trick rider Mabel Baker.
MovieAlong Came Jones
1945
as Poker Player (uncredited)
MovieLawless Plainsmen
1942
as Wagon Train Man (archive footage)
MovieForbidden Trails
1941
as Townsman
MovieStick to Your Guns
1941
as Townsman
MovieWrangler's Roost
1941
as Church Member
MoviePirates on Horseback
1941
as Barfly
MovieSheriff of Tombstone
1941
as Townsman
MovieArizona
1940
as Barfly
MovieUnder Texas Skies
1940
as Townsman
MovieThe Durango Kid
1940
as Piute City Townsman (uncredited)
MovieWinners of the West
1940
as Barfly
MovieAdventures of Red Ryder
1940
as Barfly
MovieRocky Mountain Rangers
1940
as Texas Ranger
MovieYoung Buffalo Bill
1940
as Barfly
MovieOf Mice and Men
1939
as Old Hand (uncredited)
MovieDestry Rides Again
1939
as Barfly (uncredited)
MovieThe Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
MovieFrontier Town
1938
as Barfly
MovieEmpty Holsters
1937
as Townsman (uncredited)
MovieNorth of the Rio Grande
1937
as Juror
MovieGunsmoke Ranch
1937
as Settler
MovieBorderland
1937
as Barfly
MovieRanger Courage
1937
as Settler (uncredited)
MovieRio Grande Ranger
1936
as Barfly (uncredited)
MovieTrailin' West
1936
as Gambler (uncredited)
MovieGun Play
1935
as Man at Dance (uncredited)
MovieBig Calibre
1935
as Barfly / Man at Dance
MovieKid Courageous
1935
as Pete the Cowhand
MovieArizona Bad Man
1935
as Cowhand
MovieTerror of the Plains
1934
as Posse Rider / Wagon Driver
MovieThunder Over Texas
1934
as Townsman
MovieThe Man from Hell
1934
as Townsman
MovieBlue Steel
1934
as Townsman
MovieThe Gallant Fool
1933
as Silver
MovieThe Thrill Hunter
1933
as Townsman
MovieYoung Blood
1932
as Stage Driver
MovieThe Man from Hell's Edges
1932
as Silver, Stage Coach Driver
MovieWild Horse
1931
as Cowboy
MovieIn the Days of Buffalo Bill
1922
as Gen. Grenville M. Dodge
