Acting · Lima, Ohio, USA · Born January 1, 1889
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."
TVNanny and the Professor
1970
TVLancer
1968
MovieRosemary's Baby
1968
as Mr. Wees (uncredited)
TVMannix
1967
as Luther
TVGreen Acres
1965
as Grandpappy Miller
TVMy Mother the Car
1965
MovieCheyenne Autumn
1964
as Jeremy Wright (uncredited)
TVPetticoat Junction
1963
as Grandpappy Miller
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Mr. Weaver
TVThe Dakotas
1963
MovieHemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
as Conductor (uncredited)
MovieWild in the Country
1961
as Mr. Spangler (uncredited)
TVThe Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Floyd Lawson
MovieOklahoma Territory
1960
as Ward Harlan
TVLawman
1958
TVCasey Jones
1957
as Conductor
TVWagon Train
1957
as Eddie Blake (uncredited)
MovieYou Can't Run Away from It
1956
as 1st Proprietor
MovieThe Fastest Gun Alive
1956
as Man Who Warns Vinny (uncredited)
MovieThe Harder They Fall
1956
as Boxing fan at Dundee fight (uncredited)
MovieGlory
1956
as Doc Brock
MovieThe Desperate Hours
1955
as George Patterson
TVScreen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Farmer Everett
TVFrontier
1955
as Briggs
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Old Man
MovieInterrupted Melody
1955
as Jim Owens
MovieStranger on Horseback
1955
as Vince Webb
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Dr. Frank Kenston
MovieDestry
1954
as Henry Skinner
TVLassie
1954
MovieLiving It Up
1954
as Isaiah Jackson
MovieThe Long, Long Trailer
1954
as Uncle Edgar
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
as George
MovieRide, Vaquero!
1953
as Adam Smith
MovieScandal at Scourie
1953
as Michael Hayward
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Spivak
MovieCarrie
1952
as Mr. Meeber - Carrie's Father
MovieThe Winning Team
1952
as Pa Alexander (uncredited)
MovieI Want You
1951
as George Kress Sr.
MovieThe Racket
1951
as Sullivan
MovieStorm Warning
1951
as Coroner Bledsoe
MovieRough Riders of Durango
1951
as Cricket Adams
MovieThe Jackpot
1950
as Watch Buyer (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mr. Brinker
MovieCheaper by the Dozen
1950
as Jim Bracken (uncredited)
MovieThieves' Highway
1949
as Officer Riley (uncredited)
MovieCalamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949
as Doc Purdy
MovieCome to the Stable
1949
as Claude Jarman (uncredited)
MovieSpecial Agent
1949
as Pop Peters (uncredited)
MovieThe Gay Amigo
1949
as Editor Stoneham
MovieCry of the City
1948
as Orvy
MovieRachel and the Stranger
1948
as Gallus
MovieThe Man from Colorado
1948
as Stagecoach driver
MovieReturn of the Bad Men
1948
as Muley Wilson
MovieHazard
1948
as Superintendent
MovieWinter Meeting
1948
as Mr. Castle
MovieAlbuquerque
1948
as Judge Fred Martin
MovieMourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Amos Ames
MovieThe Unsuspected
1947
as Judge Maynard
MovieThe Millerson Case
1947
as Link Hazen
MovieFramed
1947
as (uncredited)
MovieThe Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Mr. Parrish
MovieSister Kenny
1946
as Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
MovieThe Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946
as Dempsey (uncredited)
MovieThe Bride Wore Boots
1946
as Mr. Hodges (uncredited)
MovieDragonwyck
1946
as Tom Wilson (uncredited)
MovieYoung Widow
1946
as Miller (Uncredited)
MovieThe Lost Weekend
1945
as Man from Albany (uncredited)
MovieWhy Girls Leave Home
1945
as Wilbur Harris
MovieRhythm Round-Up
1945
as Jed Morton
MovieChristmas in Connecticut
1945
as Herb, the Sheriff (uncredited)
MovieMurder, He Says
1945
as Vic Hardy (uncredited)
MovieScared Stiff
1945
as Deputy with Rifle (Uncredited)
MovieTrail to Vengeance
1945
as Bart Jackson
Blonde Ransom
1945
as Sheriff
MovieBring on the Girls
1945
as Henry (uncredited)
MovieFaces in the Fog
1944
as Doan, Jury Foreman
MovieThe Missing Juror
1944
as Town Sheriff (uncredited)
MovieI'm from Arkansas
1944
as Attorney
MovieThe Mark of the Whistler
1944
as Fireman (uncredited)
MovieTall in the Saddle
1944
as Stan - Depot Master (uncredited)
MovieDark Mountain
1944
as Uncle Sam Bates
MovieWilson
1944
as Wilson Campaign Orator (uncredited)
MovieReckless Age
1944
as Music Conductor
MovieMr. Winkle Goes to War
1944
MovieThe Ghost That Walks Alone
1944
as Deputy Sheriff
MovieHappy Land
1943
as Jake Hibbs (uncredited)
MovieThe Kansan
1943
as Judge Lorrimer
MovieA Stranger in Town
1943
as Tom Cooney
MovieAfter Midnight with Boston Blackie
1943
as Diamond Ed Barnaby
MovieReconnaissance Pilot
1943
as George Newton
Eyes Aloft
1943
as Pa
MovieFor Me and My Gal
1942
as Bill (uncredited)
MovieThe Incredible Stranger
1942
as Doctor Peabody (uncredited)
MoviePowder Town
1942
as Jerry the Nitrate Technician (uncredited)
MovieSyncopation
1942
MovieScattergood Rides High
1942
as Martin Knox
MovieIn This Our Life
1942
as Worker (uncredited)
MovieThe Remarkable Andrew
1942
as Hugo French
MovieThe Man Who Returned to Life
1942
as Homer-the Barber
MovieLook Who's Laughing
1941
as Bill
MovieThey Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Settler (uncredited)
MovieMiss Polly
1941
as Lem Wiggins
MovieAll That Money Can Buy
1941
as Hank (uncredited)
MovieThe Devil Commands
1941
as Seth Marcy
MovieArizona
1940
as Man Who Declares for the South
MovieAngels Over Broadway
1940
as Rennick (uncredited)
MovieCafe Hostess
1940
as Jones
MovieThe Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
as Finch (uncredited)
MovieThose High Grey Walls
1939
as Mr. Mason (uncredited)
Peaceful Relations
1936
as Mr. Brown
