Walter Brennan

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AKA: Walter Andrew Brennan
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 07/25/1894
Birthplace: Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Death Date: 09/21/1974

biography

A celebrated veteran of over 100 films, dating from the late 1920s, Walter Brennan flourished as the preeminent character actor of his day (and perhaps of all time) portraying an assortment of wizened old codgers, particularly in Westerns. He was the first performer to accumulate three Academy Awards--for "Come and Get It" (1936), "Kentucky" (1938) and "The Westerner" (1940)--and the only one to ever win three Best Supporting Actor Oscars. He earned an additional Best Supporting Actor nomination for "Sergeant York" (1941), the only time nominated that he failed to bring home the prize.

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Credits

Actor
1948
Eddie--the Rummy
1944
Pastor Rosier Pile
1941
Ezra Peavey
1938
Actor
1936
"Bugs" Meyers
1936
Old Atrocity
1935
Stumpy
Ben Tatem
Groot
Eben Folgor
Uncle George
Alf Simes
Doc Lacy
Jeff Storys
Actor
Dr Charles Grayson
Preacher Hawker

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Swampscott, Massachusetts
 
After college, briefly worked as a newspaper reporter in Boston
 
Held various jobs from ditch digger to bank clerk
1914 
Enlisted in Army during WWI; promoted to colonel; served in France with the 26th Division; fell victim to poison gas attack which permanently affected his vocal chords; mustered out in 1919
 
After military service, moved to California
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