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Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor. Brennan is one of three men to win three acting Oscars (the other two being Jack Nicholson and Daniel Day-Lewis), having won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1936, 1938 and 1940.
Walter Andrew Brennan was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, fewer than two miles from his family's home in Swampscott. He was the second of three children born to William John Brennan (September 2, 1868 in Malden, Massachusetts – August 17, 1936 in Pasadena, California) and the former Margaret Elizabeth Flanagan (June 4, 1869 in Charlestown, Massachusetts – February 1, 1955 in Pasadena, California). The parents were both of Irish descent. The elder Brennan was an engineer and inventor, and young Walter studied engineering at Rindge Technical High School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
While in school, Brennan became interested in acting and began to perform in vaudeville at the age of fifteen. While working as a bank clerk, he enlisted in the United States Army and served as a private with the 101st Field Artillery Regiment in France during World War I. Following the war, he moved to Guatemala and raised pineapples before settling in Los Angeles, California. During the 1920s, he made a fortune in the real estate market, but he lost most of his money during the Great Depression.
Actors: Jack Clifford (actor), George DeNormand (actor), Eddie Fetherston (actor), Eddie Foster (actor), Al Herman (actor), Robert Kent (actor), William Lally (actor), Eddie Laughton (actor), Arthur Loft (actor), Stanley Mack (actor), George McKay (actor), Robert Middlemass (actor), James Millican (actor), Gene Morgan (actor), Al Bridge (actor),
Plot: Arrested for speeding by highway patrolman Bill Rolph (Robert Paige), J.W. Brady (Robert Middlemass), the president of an oil refinery, offers him the assignment to find the culprits who have wrecked his gas stations, hi-jacked his trucks and attempted to blow up his plant. Bill, having previously handed a summons to Brady's daughter, Jane (Jacqueline Wells), accepts the offer. He discovers the refinery police chief is working against his employer, and also captures a dynamiter on the grounds. Jane inadvertently exposes him to Walter Brennan (Arthur Loft), the general manager also working against Brady. Bill is made police chief of the refinery. Jane, unable to enter the plant, under Bill's new regulation, determines to spite Bill when she finds one of the company's trucks, driverless, on a hill. Unaware that the truck is loaded with explosives intended to blow up the plant,she starts it down the hill, planning to bust through the gate, but loses control and is knocked unconscious. Bill speeds to the runaway truck on his motorcycle, and snatches Jane to safety just before the truck smashes into a wall and explodes. Brennan employs an aviator to bomb the plant that night. Bill removes the captured dynamiter to the control house and substitutes a dummy. Brennan comes in, fearful the captured man will talk, and riddles the dummy with bullets.
Keywords: 1930s, airplane, aviator, b-movie, badge, blackmail, bomb, bombing, brawl, buddyMYSTERY GUEST: Walter Brennan PANEL: Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf NOTE: Closing credits added from an older rerun pre-GSN-credit-crunching. Many thanks to Steve M. Russo for providing this episode in much higher quality than the version I had previously. Folks interested in high quality, well packaged, well-edited DVDs of WML (and other game shows) can contact him directly for more information at RetroTVFestival@comcast.net. --------------------------- Join our Facebook group for WML-- great discussions, photos, etc, and great people! https://www.facebook.com/groups/728471287199862/
An old farmer stubbornly refuses to improve his farm's efficiency with modern techniques.
A rancher fights to keep his ranch from the hands of a dangerous enemy in this 1932 black and white movie directed by Ross Lederman. The cast includes Tim McCoy, John Wayne, Alice Day, Wheeler Oakman and Walter Brennan.
MYSTERY GUEST: Walter Brennan PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, James Michener, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
MYSTERY GUEST: The Ziegfeld Girls [Broadway show girls]; Walter Brennan [film actor] PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Adolph Menjou, Greer Garson, Bennett Cerf
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At Gunpoint is an American 1955 Western film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Malone and Walter Brennan.
Episode 5 With Walter Brennan Long-running weekly show that spotlighted legendary comedian and beloved TV clown, Red Skelton. Each show featured comedy skits, gags and vignettes starring Skelton and guest performers.
A retired Texas Ranger and his three aging pals are hired to clean up a lawless town. Director: Jean Yarbrough Writers: Jameson Brewer, Leonard Goldberg (story) Stars: Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine
Janet Lennon introduces Walter Brennan, who reminisces about the old days. He is joined by Jimmy Durante for a gag version of "Good Morning Starshine", kidding the gibberish lyrics. This aired on "Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters Hour" on Febrary 21, 1970. PS: I have seen the name Snag Werris listed on the writer credits for Jackie Gleason's American Scene Magazine.
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Throughout the years, Billy Joel has become known for his willingness to hold Q&A; sessions with fans in settings across the globe. Here Billy shows off his impression of actor Walter Brennan at Mount Holyoke College in 1996. http://smarturl.it/BJ_NYSQA_YT?IQid=ytd.bj.qawalter See more from Billy Joel's various Q&A; sessions http://smarturl.it/BJ_DSTFMR_YT?IQid=ytd.bj.qawalter Watch Billy Joel's most famous music videos iTunes: http://smarturl.it/BJ_TEBJ_iTunes?IQid=ytd.bj.qawalter Amazon: http://smarturl.it/BJ_TEBJ_Amzn?IQid=ytd.bj.qawalter Spotify: http://smarturl.it/BillyJoel_Spotify?IQid=ytd.bj.qawalter Google Play: http://smarturl.it/BJ_Gplay?IQid=ytd.bj.qawalter Facebook: http://smarturl.it/BJ_YD_FB?IQid=ytd.bj.qawalter Twitter: http://smarturl.it/BJ_YD_T?IQid=ytd.bj.qawalter Subsc...
Ben Murphy appeared along with Pete Duel and Walter Brennan on the Dick Cavett Show in 1971. Cavett had been a guest star on Alias Smith and Jones, and this clip is from Cavett's description of his day on the set of Alias Smith and Jones. For more on Ben Murphy, visit the official Ben Murphy web site at www.BenMurphySite.com.
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Walter Brennan Walter Brennan (d. 25 Temmuz 1894 - ö. 21 Eylül 1974) Amerikan aktör.[1] Brennan En İyi Yardımcı Erkek Oyuncu Akademi Ödülünü üç kez aldı. En çok Akademi Ödülü kazanan erkek aktör rekorunu, yine üç Akademi Ödülüne sahip Jack Nicholson ve Daniel Day-Lewis ile paylaşmaktadır. Konu başlıkları 1 Gençliği 2 Kariyeri 3 Mirası 4 Özel hayatı 5 Diskografi 5.1 Albümler 5.2 Tekliler 6 Akademi Ödülleri 7 Kısmi filmografisi 8 Kaynaklar 9 Dış bağlantılar Gençliği Ailesinin Swampscotttaki evinin yaklaşık 3 kilometre uzağındaki Lynn şehrinde doğmuştur.[2] İrlanda göçmeni ebeveynleri William John Brennan ve Margaret Elizabeth Flanaganın üç çocuğundan ikincisiydi. Kendisinden büyük kardeşi mühendis ve mucitti, kendisi ise Cambridgedeki Cambridge Rindge and Latin School isimli okulda Mühendisl...
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again starring Walter Brennan and Fred Astaire is a 1970 ABC Movie of the Week sequel to the Western comedy The Over-the-Hill Gang. The supporting cast includes Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine, Chill Wills, Lana Wood, and Burt Mustin (all of whom, except Wood, were in The Over-the-Hill Gang). Like the 1969 original, the sequel involves aging Texas Rangers and was written by Richard Carr and directed by George McCowan. Pat O'Brien had played the second lead in the first film but his character was left out of the sequel and he was effectively replaced by Astaire. Richard Widmark played O'Brien's character in a quasi-remake two decades later in Once Upon a Texas Train, in which the Over-the-Hill Gang, with an entirely new cast including Stuart Whitman, played supporti...
The Over-the-Hill Gang is a 1969 TV-movie Western comedy about aging Texas Rangers starring Walter Brennan and Pat O'Brien. Chill Wills, Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine, and Jack Elam play supporting roles. The film was written by Richard Carr and directed by Jean Yarbrough. The plot concerns a young newspaper editor who is conducting a campaign to unseat the town's "tinhorn mayor." The mayor is backed by a "gun-happy sheriff" and a "whiskey-soaked judge." The editor's campaign receives a boost when he is joined by a former Texas Ranger and "three of the fightin'-est straight shooters around." The movie premiered on October 7, 1969, as the ABC Movie of the Week. A sequel called The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again was produced the following year, with Brennan, Wills, Buchanan, Devine, and Burt M...
Affairs of Cappy Ricks is a 1937 American film directed by Ralph Staub. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLOT Cappy Ricks (Walter Brennan) has returned home from a long voyage at sea only to find that his family and business are not as he left them. His daughter Frankie (Mary Brian) is engaged to a dimwit that he isn't fond of. His future mother-in-law owns already 51% of his business and has plans even for his prized ship. Cappy Ricks knows he has to end the chaos and set things straight. He brings them all on his ship, as there he can be still the Captain. And as in other movies of that period he needs an uninhabited Island to straighten out the arrogance of the rich ladies and the weakness of sons under mothers d...
OLD RIVERS
Walter Brennan
Words and music by Crofford (that's all I wrote at the time I transcribed
it -- years ago)
HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE I FIRST SEEN OLD RIVERS?
WHY, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN HE WEREN'T AROUND.
WELL, THAT OLD MAN DID A HEAP OF WORK;
SPENT HIS WHOLE LIFE WALKING PLOWED GROUND.
HE HAD A ONE-ROOM SHACK NOT FAR FROM US,
AND WE WAS ABOUT AS POOR AS HIM.
HE HAD ONE OLD MULE HE CALLED "MIDNIGHT",
AND I'D TAG ALONG AFTER THEM.
HE'D PLOW THEM ROWS STRAIGHT AND DEEP
AND I'D TAG ALONG BEHIND,
BUSTIN' UP CLODS WITH MY OWN BARE FEET --
OLD RIVERS WAS A FRIEND OF MINE.
THAT SUN WOULD GET HIGH AND THAT MULE WOULD WORK
TILL OLD RIVERS'D SAY, "WHOA!"
THEN HE'D WIPE HIS BROW, LEAN BACK IN THE REINS,
AND TALK ABOUT A PLACE HE WAS GONNA GO.
(CHORUS)
SAY, ONE OF THESE DAYS I'M GONNA CLIMB THAT MOUNTAIN;
WALK UP THERE AMONG THEM CLOUDS,
WHERE THE COTTON'S HIGH AND THE CORN'S A-GROWIN',
AND THERE AIN'T NO FIELDS TO PLOW.
I GOT A LETTER FROM BACK HOME THE OTHER DAY --
THEY'RE ALL FINE, AND THE CROPS IS HIGH --
AND DOWN AT THE END MY MAMA SAID,
"YOU KNOW, OLD RIVERS DIED."
I'M JUST SITTING HERE ON THIS NEW-PLOWED EARTH,
TRYIN' TO FIND ME A LITTLE SHADE.
AND WITH THE SUN BEATING DOWN, 'CROSS THE FIELD I SEE
THAT MULE, OLD RIVERS...AND ME
(repeat CHORUS)
From: "Roy T. O'Conner"