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Walter Smith Baldwin Jr. (January 2, 1889 − January 27, 1977) was an American character actor whose career spanned five decades and 150 film and television roles, and numerous stage performances. Baldwin was born in Lima, Ohio, into a theatrical family: his father Walter S. Baldwin Sr. and mother Pearl Melville (a sister of
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) were both actors. He joined his parents' stock company, and in 1915 married fellow actor Geraldine Blair. He was probably best known for playing the father of the disabled sailor in ''
The Best Years of Our Lives ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' (also known as ''Glory for Me'' and ''Home Again'') is a 1946 American epic drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo and Harold Rus ...
''. He was the first actor to portray "Floyd the Barber" on ''
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''. 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 ''
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'', and also appeared in the original ''
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'' 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 1928 Broadway production of ''
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''. In the 1960s he had small acting roles in television shows such as ''
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'' and '' Green Acres''. In 1967 he portrayed a stable owner in “Fandango” (S12E21) on the TV Western '' Gunsmoke''. 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 ''Cry of the City'' is a 1948 American film noir starring Victor Mature, Richard Conte, and Shelley Winters. Directed by Robert Siodmak, it is based on the novel by Henry Edward Helseth, ''The Chair for Martin Rome''. The screenwriter Ben Hecht ...
''. Walter Baldwin was featured in a lot of John Deere Day Movies from 1949 to 1959 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 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."


Selected filmography

*'' Frontier Marshal'' (1939) - (scenes deleted) *''
Those High Grey Walls ''Those High Grey Walls'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Walter Connolly and Onslow Stevens. It is also known as ''The Gates of Alcatraz''. Plot Dr. MacAuley, a kindly beloved country doctor, is sent to Fil ...
'' (1939) - Mr. Mason (uncredited) *''
The Secret of Dr. Kildare ''The Secret of Dr. Kildare'' is a 1939 American film directed by Harold S. Bucquet and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This was the fourth of a total of ten Dr. Kildare pictures, Lew Ayres starred all but the first. Plot summary Dr. Leonard ...
'' (1939) - Finch (uncredited) *''
Cafe Hostess ''Cafe Hostess'' is a 1940 American crime film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Preston Foster and Ann Dvorak. The screenplay was written by Harold Shumate, based on a story by Tay Garnett and Howard Higgin. Prior to filming the studio ha ...
'' (1940) - Jones (uncredited) *''
Angels Over Broadway ''Angels Over Broadway'' (also called ''Before I Die'') is a 1940 American film noir drama film starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell and John Qualen. Ben Hecht, who co-directed (with cinematographer Lee Garmes), co- ...
'' (1940) - Rennick (uncredited) *'' I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now'' (1940) - Elmer *''
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'' (1940) - Man Who Declares for the South (uncredited) *''
The Devil Commands ''The Devil Commands'' is a 1941 American horror film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Boris Karloff. The working title of the film was ''The Devil Said No''.Young, 2000, p. 154 In it, a man obsessed with contacting his dead wife falls i ...
'' (1941) - Seth Marcy *''
The Devil and Daniel Webster "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1936) is a short story by American writer Stephen Vincent Benét. He tells of a New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the devil and is later defended by Daniel Webster, a fictional version of the noted 19th-c ...
'' (1941) - Hank (uncredited) *'' Miss Polly'' (1941) - Lem Wiggins *''
They Died with Their Boots On ''They Died with Their Boots On'' is a 1941 American black-and-white Western film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Hal B. Wallis and Robert Fellows, directed by Raoul Walsh, that stars Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. The film's sto ...
'' (1941) - Settler (uncredited) *''
Look Who's Laughing ''Look Who's Laughing'' (aka ''Look Who's Talking'') is a 1941 film from RKO Radio Pictures. The film is built around a number of radio stars from the Golden Age of Radio and centers around radio personality Jim Jordan as Fibber McGee from the co ...
'' (1941) - Bill *''
Harvard, Here I Come ''Harvard, Here I Come!'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and stars Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom, Arline Judge, Stanley Brown, Don Beddoe, Marie Wilson, and Virginia Sale. The film is also known as ''Here I Come'' in t ...
'' (1941) - Prof. MacSquigley *''
Kings Row ''Kings Row'' is a 1942 film starring Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan and Betty Field that tells a story of young people growing up in a small American town at the turn of the twentieth century. The picture was directed by Sam Wood ...
'' (1942) - Deputy Constable (uncredited) *''
The Man Who Returned to Life ''The Man Who Returned to Life'' is a 1942 American black-and-white drama film directed by Lew Landers, written by Gordon Rigby and released by Columbia Pictures. Plot David Jameson lives in a rural town in Maryland. He is forced to flee afte ...
'' (1942) - Homer, the Barber (uncredited) *''
The Adventures of Martin Eden ''The Adventures of Martin Eden'' is a 1942 black-and-white adventure film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Glenn Ford and Claire Trevor. It is based on Jack London's novel ''Martin Eden'' (1909). Premise Martin Eden (Glenn Ford) wants ...
'' (1942) - Postman (uncredited) *'' The Remarkable Andrew'' (1942) - Hugo French (uncredited) *'' Scattergood Rides High'' (1942) - Martin Knox *''
In This Our Life ''In This Our Life'' is a 1942 American drama film, the second to be directed by John Huston. The screenplay by Howard Koch is based on the 1941 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title by Ellen Glasgow. The cast included the establis ...
'' (1942) - Worker (uncredited) *'' Syncopation'' (1942) - Tom Jones (uncredited) *'' Powder Town'' (1942) - Jerry, Nitrate Technician (uncredited) *'' For Me and My Gal'' (1942) - Bill (uncredited) *''
Laugh Your Blues Away ''Laugh Your Blues Away'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and written by Harry Sauber and Ned Dandy. The film stars Jinx Falkenburg, Bert Gordon, Johnny Mitchell, Isobel Elsom, Roger Clark and George Lessey. The film w ...
'' (1942) - Clerk (uncredited) *''
Tennessee Johnson ''Tennessee Johnson'' is a 1942 American film about Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by William Dieterle and written by Milton Gunzburg, Alvin Meyers, John Balderston, and We ...
'' (1942) - Captain Reporting Shooting (uncredited) *''Let's Have Fun'' (1943) - Hotel Clerk (uncredited) *'' After Midnight with Boston Blackie'' (1943) - Diamond Ed Barnaby (uncredited) *''
Prairie Chickens ''Prairie Chickens'' is a 1943 American Western film and a sequel to ''Dudes are Pretty People'' (1942) and '' Calaboose'' (1943), Western films from "Hal Roach's Streamliners", a series of approximately 50-minute comedic movies, in this case d ...
'' (1943) - Gas Station Attendant (uncredited) *'' A Stranger in Town'' (1943) - Tom Cooney *'' The Kansan'' (1943) - Judge Lorrimer (uncredited) *'' Always a Bridesmaid'' (1943) - Ephraim - County Clerk *'' Sweet Rosie O'Grady'' (1943) - Mailman (uncredited) *'' Happy Land'' (1943) - Jake Hibbs (uncredited) *'' The Ghost That Walks Alone'' (1944) - Deputy (uncredited) *''
You Can't Ration Love ''You Can't Ration Love'' is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Lester Fuller and written by Val Burton and Hal Fimberg. The film stars Betty Jane Rhodes, Johnnie Johnston, Marjorie Weaver, Johnnie Davis, Marie Wilson and Bill Edwards. ...
'' (1944) - Deli Manager in Paramount Newsreel (uncredited) *''
Since You Went Away ''Since You Went Away'' is a 1944 American epic drama film directed by John Cromwell for Selznick International Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It is an epic about the American home front during World War II that was adapted and p ...
'' (1944) - Train Station Gateman (uncredited) *''
Louisiana Hayride ''Louisiana Hayride'' was a radio and later television country music show broadcast from the Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana, that during its heyday from 1948 to 1960 helped to launch the careers of some of the ...
'' (1944) - Lem (uncredited) *''
Mr. Winkle Goes to War ''Mr. Winkle Goes to War'' is a 1944 war comedy film starring Edward G. Robinson and Ruth Warrick, based on a novel by Theodore Pratt. Plot On June 1, 1942, after fourteen years working in a bank, mild-mannered 44-year-old Wilbert G. Winkle s ...
'' (1944) - Mr. Plummer (mailman) (uncredited) *'' Wilson'' (1944) - Wilson Campaign Orator (uncredited) *''Reckless Age'' (1944) - Conductor (uncredited) *'' Tall in the Saddle'' (1944) - Stan - Depot Master (uncredited) *''
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'' (1944) - Uncle Sam Bates *'' The Mark of the Whistler'' (1944) - Fireman (uncredited) *''
I'm from Arkansas ''I'm from Arkansas'' is a 1944 American musical comedy film directed by Lew Landers. Plot summary The town of Pitchfork, Arkansas makes national headlines when Esmeralda the sow gives birth to 18 piglets. Among the visitors to Pitchfork are ...
'' (1944) - Packing Company Attorney *'' The Missing Juror'' (1944) - Town Sheriff (uncredited) *'' Faces in the Fog'' (1944) - Doan (jury foreman) (uncredited) *'' Together Again'' (1944) - Witherspoon (uncredited) *'' I'll Be Seeing You'' (1944) - Train Vendor (replaced by Olin Howland) (uncredited) *'' Roughly Speaking'' (1945) - Jake - Wholesaler (uncredited) *'' Bring On the Girls'' (1945) - Henry (uncredited) *'' The Power of the Whistler'' (1945) - Western Union agent (uncredited) *''
Blonde Ransom ''Blonde Ransom'' is a 1945 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Donald Cook, Virginia Grey, and Pinky Lee.Marshall p.246 Plot Cast * Donald Cook as Duke Randall * Virginia Grey as Vicki Morrison * Pinky Lee as P ...
'' (1945) - Sheriff (uncredited) *''Trail to Vengeance'' (1945) - Bart Jackson *''
Captain Eddie ''Captain Eddie'' is a 1945 American drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon, based on ''Seven Were Saved'' by "Eddie" Rickenbacker and Lt. James Whittaker's ''We Thought We Heard the Angels Sing''. The film stars Fred MacMurray, Lynn Bari and Char ...
'' (1945) - Serious Man (uncredited) *'' Scared Stiff'' (1945) - Deputy with Rifle (uncredited) *''
Murder, He Says ''Murder, He Says'' is a 1945 American black comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Fred MacMurray about a murderous rural family and the hapless pollster who becomes entangled in their hunt for a cache of money. It was filmed in ...
'' (1945) - Vic Hardy (uncredited) *''
Christmas in Connecticut ''Christmas in Connecticut'' is a 1945 American Christmas romantic comedy film about an unmarried city magazine writer who pretends to be a farm wife and mother and then falls in love with a returning war hero. The film was directed by English d ...
'' (1945) - Sheriff Potter (uncredited) *''
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'' (1945) - Farmer (uncredited) *''
Rhythm Round-Up ''Rhythm Round-Up'' is a 1945 American Western musical film directed by Vernon Keays and written by Charles R. Marion. The film stars Ken Curtis, Cheryl Walker, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Raymond Hatton and Victor Potel. The film was released o ...
'' (1945) - Jed Morton *'' The Lost Weekend'' (1945) - Man from Albany (uncredited) *'' Why Girls Leave Home'' (1945) - Wilbur Harris *''
Abilene Town ''Abilene Town'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Rhonda Fleming and Lloyd Bridges. Adapted from Ernest Haycox's 1941 novel ''Trail Town'', the production's ...
'' (1946) - Train Conductor (uncredited) *'' Claudia and David'' (1946) - Farmer (uncredited) *'' Young Widow'' (1946) - Miller (uncredited) *'' To Each His Own'' (1946) - Sam Foreman (uncredited) *'' Talk About a Lady'' (1946) - Clem (uncredited) *'' Johnny Comes Flying Home'' (1946) - Henry (uncredited) *'' Dragonwyck'' (1946) - Tom Wilson - Farmer (uncredited) *''
The Bride Wore Boots ''The Bride Wore Boots'' is a 1946 romantic comedy film with Barbara Stanwyck in the title role, playing opposite Robert Cummings. A very young Natalie Wood is seen in the film, directed by Irving Pichel. This was Stanwyck's last feature comedy ...
'' (1946) - Mr. Hodges - Postman (uncredited) *''
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers ''The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' is a 1946 American film noir drama directed by Lewis Milestone from a screenplay written by Robert Rossen (and an uncredited Robert Riskin), based on the short story "Love Lies Bleeding" by playwright John Pa ...
'' (1946) - Dempsey (uncredited) *''
Our Hearts Were Growing Up ''Our Hearts Were Growing Up'' is a 1946 American comedy film directed by William D. Russell and written by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama and Frank Waldman. It is the sequel to the 1944 film ''Our Hearts Were Young and Gay''. The film stars Gail ...
'' (1946) - Druggist (uncredited) *''
Sing While You Dance ''Sing While You Dance'' is a 1946 American musical comedy film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Ellen Drew, Kirby Grant, and Andrew Tombes. Plot Cast *Ellen Drew as Susan Kent * Kirby Grant as Johnny Crane *Andrew Tombes as Gorman ...
'' (1946) - Handy *'' Mr. Ace'' (1946) - Bookie - Party Guest (uncredited) *''
Sister Kenny ''Sister Kenny'' is a 1946 American biographical film about Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian bush nurse, who fought to help people who suffered from polio, despite opposition from the medical establishment. The film stars Rosalind Russell, ...
'' (1946) - Mr. Ferguson (uncredited) *''
The Best Years of Our Lives ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' (also known as ''Glory for Me'' and ''Home Again'') is a 1946 American epic drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo and Harold Rus ...
'' (1946) - Mr. Parrish *'' Cross My Heart'' (1946) - Coroner (uncredited) *''
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'' (1947) - Clem (uncredited) *''
The Perfect Marriage ''The Perfect Marriage'' is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Lewis Allen and written by Leonard Spigelgass. The film stars Loretta Young, David Niven, Eddie Albert, Charlie Ruggles, Virginia Field, and Rita Johnson. The film was re ...
'' (1947) - Horse Ring Attendant (uncredited) *''
The Beginning or the End ''The Beginning or the End'' is a 1947 American docudrama film about the development of the atomic bomb in World War II, directed by Norman Taurog, starring Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, and Tom Drake, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. T ...
'' (1947) - Workman (uncredited) *''
Millie's Daughter ''Millie's Daughter'' is a 1947 American drama film directed by Sidney Salkow, from a screenplay by Edward Huebsch, based on the novel of the same name by Donald Henderson Clarke. The film stars Gladys George, Gay Nelson, and Paul Campbell, a ...
'' (1947) - Pavilion Manager (uncredited) *'' King of the Wild Horses'' (1947) - Stationmaster DevineDuveen (uncredited) *'' Framed'' (1947) - Assistant Manager (uncredited) *''
The Millerson Case ''The Millerson Case'' is a 1947 American mystery drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Warner Baxter, Nancy Saunders and Clem Bevans. In the 8th film of Columbia's '' Crime Doctor'' series, Dr. Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter) is ...
'' (1947) - Link Hazen, Lawyer (uncredited) *'' Unconquered'' (1947) - Villager (uncredited) *''
The Unsuspected ''The Unsuspected'' is a 1947 American mystery film, mystery film noir directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Claude Rains, Audrey Totter, Ted North, Constance Bennett, Joan Caulfield, and Hurd Hatfield. The film was based on a novel by Charlott ...
'' (1947) - Judge Maynard - Justice of the Peace *''
Mourning Becomes Electra ''Mourning Becomes Electra'' is a play cycle written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on 26 October 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932, starring Lee Baker ...
'' (1947) - Amos Ames *''
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'' (1948) - Judge Fred Martin *'' Winter Meeting'' (1948) - Mr. Castle *'' Hazard'' (1948) - Alfred Clumby, Bookie *''
Return of the Bad Men ''Return of the Bad Men'', also known as ''Return of the Badmen'', is a 1948 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan and Anne Jeffreys.Jarlett p.192-93 A loose sequel to the 1946 film ''Badman's T ...
'' (1948) - Muley Wilson *''
The Man from Colorado ''The Man from Colorado'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by Henry Levin, produced by Jules Schermer for Columbia Pictures, and starring Glenn Ford as a Union officer who becomes addicted to killing during the American Civil War, Willia ...
'' (1948) - Tom Barton (uncredited) *'' Rachel and the Stranger'' (1948) - Gallus *''
Cry of the City ''Cry of the City'' is a 1948 American film noir starring Victor Mature, Richard Conte, and Shelley Winters. Directed by Robert Siodmak, it is based on the novel by Henry Edward Helseth, ''The Chair for Martin Rome''. The screenwriter Ben Hecht ...
'' (1948) - Orvy *'' The Gay Amigo'' (1949) - Stoneham - Editor *''
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass ''Calamity Jane and Sam Bass'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Yvonne de Carlo, Howard Duff and Dorothy Hart. Plot Sheriff Will Egan doesn't want any gamblers in Denton, Texas and is suspicious when str ...
'' (1949) - Doc Purdy *'' Special Agent'' (1949) - Pop Peters *''
Come to the Stable ''Come to the Stable'' is a 1949 American comedy drama film that tells the story of two French religious sisters who come to a small New England town and involve the townsfolk in helping them to build a children's hospital. It stars Loretta Young ...
'' (1949) - Claude Jarman - Realtor (uncredited) *''
Thieves' Highway ''Thieves' Highway'' is a 1949 film noir directed by Jules Dassin. The screenplay was written by A. I. Bezzerides, based on his novel ''Thieves' Market''. The film was released on DVD as part of the Criterion Collection in 2005. Plot A war-ve ...
'' (1949) - Officer Riley - Market Patrolman (uncredited) *''
Cheaper by the Dozen ''Cheaper by the Dozen'' is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, published in 1948. The novel recounts the authors' childhood lives growing up in a household of 12 children. The bestsel ...
'' (1950) - Jim Bracken (uncredited) *'' Stella'' (1950) - Farmer (uncredited) *''
The Jackpot ''The Jackpot'' is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Walter Lang, with James Stewart and Barbara Hale in the lead roles. It features a young Natalie Wood. The screenplay was based on a John McNulty article, "The Jackpot", in ''The New York ...
'' (1950) - Watch Buyer (uncredited) *''
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'' (1951) - Coroner Bledsoe *''
Rough Riders of Durango ''Rough Riders of Durango'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Fred C. Brannon and written by M. Coates Webster. The film stars Allan Lane, Walter Baldwin, Aline Towne, Steve Darrell, Ross Ford, and Denver Pyle. The film was release ...
'' (1951) - Cricket Adams *'' A Millionaire for Christy'' (1951) - Mr. Sloane (scenes deleted) *'' The Racket'' (1951) - Booking Sgt. Sullivan *'' I Want You'' (1951) - George Kress Sr. *'' Carrie'' (1952) - Mr. Meeber - Carrie's Father *''
Something for the Birds ''Something for the Birds'' is a 1952 film directed by Robert Wise and starring Victor Mature and Patricia Neal. Plot Johnnie Adams, an engraver in Washington, uses some of the invitations his firm makes to crash Washington parties. He gets to ...
'' (1952) - Bigelow (uncredited) *''
Scandal at Scourie ''Scandal at Scourie'' is a 1953 American drama Technicolor film directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon "above the title", and co-starring Donna Corcoran. Garson and Pidgeon were together for the 8th and last time in t ...
'' (1953) - Michael Hayward *''
Ride, Vaquero! ''Ride, Vaquero!'' is a 1953 American Western film photographed in Ansco Color (print by Technicolor) made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It was directed by John Farrow and produced by Stephen Ames from a screenplay by Frank Fenton and John F ...
'' (1953) - Adam Smith *''
The Long, Long Trailer ''The Long, Long Trailer'' is a 1954 American Anscocolor road comedy film based on a novel of the same name written by Clinton Twiss in 1951 about a couple who buy a new travel trailer home and spend a year traveling across the United States.''V ...
'' (1954) - Uncle Edgar *''
Living It Up ''Living It Up'' is a 1954 American comedy film starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis which was released by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Norman Taurog and produced by Paul Jones. The screenplay by Jack Rose and Melville Shavels ...
'' (1954) - Isaiah Jackson *'' Destry'' (1954) - Henry Skinner *'' Stranger on Horseback'' (1955) - Vince Webb *''
Interrupted Melody ''Interrupted Melody'' is a 1955 biographical musical film, filmed in CinemaScope and Eastman Color, directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, Roger Moore, and Cecil Kellaway. The film was produced for Metro-Goldwyn-Ma ...
'' (1955) - Jim Owens *'' The Desperate Hours'' (1955) - George Patterson (uncredited) *'' Glory'' (1956) - Doc Brock *''
The Fastest Gun Alive ''The Fastest Gun Alive'' is a 1956 MGM Western film starring Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, and Broderick Crawford directed by Russell Rouse. Plot Son of a notorious fast-drawing sheriff, George Kelby Jr. (Ford) and his wife Dora (Jeanne Crain) ...
'' (1956) - Blind Man (uncredited) *''
You Can't Run Away from It ''You Can't Run Away from It'' is a 1956 musical comedy directed and produced by Dick Powell and starring June Allyson and Jack Lemmon. The film is a remake of the 1934 Academy Award-winning film ''It Happened One Night''. The supporting cast ...
'' (1956) - 1st Proprietor *'' Oklahoma Territory'' (1960) - Ward Harlan *''
Wild in the Country ''Wild in the Country'' is a 1961 American musical–drama film directed by Philip Dunne and starring Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld, and Millie Perkins. Based on the 1958 novel ''The Lost Country'' by J. R. Salamanca, the screenplay ...
'' (1961) - Mr. Spangler (uncredited) *''
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man ''Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man'' is a 1962 American adventure film directed by Martin Ritt based on Ernest Hemingway's semi-autobiographical character Nick Adams, and featuring Richard Beymer as Adams. A.E. Hotchner wrote the screenpl ...
'' (1962) - Conductor (uncredited) *'' Cheyenne Autumn'' (1964) - Jeremy Wright (uncredited) *''
Petticoat Junction ''Petticoat Junction'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from September 1963 to April 1970. The series takes place at the Shady Rest Hotel, which is run by Kate Bradley; her three daughters Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and ...
'' (1964-1970) - Grandpappy Miller, Grandpa Miller *'' Rosemary's Baby'' (1968) - Mr. Wees (uncredited) *''
Hail, Hero! ''Hail, Hero!'' is a 1969 drama film directed by David Miller, starring Michael Douglas, Deborah Winters and Peter Strauss. David Manber wrote the screenplay based on the novel by John Weston. The picture was produced by Harold D. Cohen and was ...
'' (1969) - Nat Winder


References

* 1930 Census records, retrieved December 3, 2008 * Draft Card, Walter S. Baldwin Jr., retrieved December 3, 2008


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baldwin, Walter People from Lima, Ohio 1889 births 1977 deaths Male actors from Ohio 20th-century American male actors