From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaWalter 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 productions 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 Rosemarys 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 Pripps book John Deere Yesterday & TodayHal 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.
Mr. Parrish
Film 1946
Orvy
Film 1948
Seth Marcy
Film 1941
Martin Knox
Film 1942
Sgt. Sullivan
Film 1951
Jim Bracken (uncredited)
Film 1950
(uncredited)
Film 1947
Mr. Brown
Film 1936
Judge Maynard
Film 1947
Jim Owens
Film 1955
Stagecoach driver
Film 1948
Mr. Castle
Film 1948
Jeremy Wright (uncredited)
Film 1964
Diamond Ed Barnaby
Film 1943
Watch Buyer (uncredited)
Film 1950
Lem Wiggins
Film 1941
Uncle Sam Bates
Film 1944
Pa Alexander (uncredited)
Film 1952
Pop Peters (uncredited)
Film 1949
Muley Wilson
Film 1948
Tom Cooney
Film 1943
George Kress Sr.
Film 1951
Mr. Wees
Film 1968
Michael Hayward
Film 1953
Mr. Spangler (uncredited)
Film 1961
Hank (uncredited)
Film 1941
Man Who Warns Vinny (uncredited)
Film 1956
Boxing fan at Dundee fight (uncredited)
Film 1956
Superintendent
Film 1948
Cricket Adams
Film 1951
Film 1942
Mr. Meeber - Carrie's Father
Film 1952
Finch (uncredited)
Film 1939
Claude Jarman (uncredited)
Film 1949
Man from Albany (uncredited)
Film 1945
Tom Wilson (uncredited)
Film 1946
Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
Film 1946
Officer Riley (uncredited)
Film 1949
Wilbur Harris
Film 1945
Vince Webb
Film 1955
Herb, the Sheriff (uncredited)
Film 1945
Amos Ames
Film 1947
Fireman (uncredited)
Film 1944
Editor Stoneham
Film 1949
Film 1942
Wilson Campaign Orator (uncredited)
Film 1944
Mr. Mason (uncredited)
Film 1939
Man Who Declares for the South
Film 1940
Gallus
Film 1948
Jake Hibbs (uncredited)
Film 1943
Rennick (uncredited)
Film 1940
Bill
Film 1941
Coroner Bledsoe
Film 1951
Jones
Film 1940
Doan, Jury Foreman
Film 1944
Henry (uncredited)
Film 1945
Bart Jackson
Film 1945
Jed Morton
Film 1945
Judge Fred Martin
Film 1948
Settler (uncredited)
Film 1941
Judge Lorrimer
Film 1943
Ward Harlan
Film 1960
Doctor Peabody (uncredited)
Film 1942
Mr. Hodges (uncredited)
Film 1946
Jerry the Nitrate Technician (uncredited)
Film 1942
Hugo French
Film 1942
Isaiah Jackson
Film 1954
Adam Smith
Film 1953
Pa
Film 1943
George Newton
Film 1943
Henry Skinner
Film 1954
Vic Hardy (uncredited)
Film 1945
Music Conductor
Film 1944
Deputy Sheriff
Film 1944
George Patterson
Film 1955
Dempsey (uncredited)
Film 1946
Doc Brock
Film 1956
Attorney
Film 1944
Doc Purdy
Film 1949
Worker (uncredited)
Film 1942
Miller (Uncredited)
Film 1946
Bill (uncredited)
Film 1942
Town Sheriff (Uncredited)
Film 1944
Deputy with Rifle (Uncredited)
Film 1945
Uncle Edgar
Film 1954
Conductor (uncredited)
Film 1962
Floyd Lawson
Tv 1960
Grandpappy Miller
Tv 1963
Tv 1954
Tv 1970
Dr. Frank Kenston
Tv 1955
Tv 1965
Tv 1968
Tv 1963
Tv 1958
Tv 1955
Eddie Blake (uncredited)
Tv 1957
Conductor
Tv 1957
Grandpappy Miller
Tv 1965
Farmer Everett
Tv 1955