[26] It was a hit and ran from 1957 to 1963.[27]. [23], He appeared as himself as a musical judge in the 1953–1954 ABC series Jukebox Jury. He was reunited with Whale in Bride of Frankenstein (1935), in which he had a brief speaking part and also worked as a stuntman. [36] Lademan's husband, Dixon McCully Lademan, was a captain in the U.S. Navy in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Brennan won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor on three separate occasions, which is currently the record for most Oscar wins by a male actor, tied with Jack Nicholson. Initially, winners in both supporting acting categories were awarded plaques instead of statuettes. (1948), then was in one of the best films in his career, Red River (1948), playing John Wayne's sidekick for Howard Hawks. He joined the second season of the CBS sitcom To Rome with Love (1969–1971), with John Forsythe. The only actor to win three Best Supporting Actor Oscar awards, he was one of the most successful character actors in American film. Oscar. [24] The series was co-produced with Danny Thomas's Marterto Productions. Billboard chart, making the 67 year-old Brennan the oldest living person to have a Top 40 hit at the time, in fact, the oldest living person to have a top 5 hit. Brennan was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, less than two miles from his family's home in Swampscott, Massachusetts. [2][5] He served in France for two years. The latter was directed by Richard Thorpe who would use Brennan as an extra several times on films. Walter Brennan Celebrity Profile - Check out the latest Walter Brennan photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at Rotten Tomatoes! While in school he became interested in acting and performed in school plays. (1933, a short), Golden Harvest (1933), Ladies Must Love (1933), Saturday's Millions (1933), Curtain at Eight (1933), and My Woman (1933). After five years on ABC, The Real McCoys switched to CBS for a final season. Massachusetts-born Walter Brennan was one of the more famous actors of his time with three Oscar Award wins for Best Supporting Actor.. His role in the 1936 film “Come and Get It” won him his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, won two more and had one nomination for the same award in the same category. Sign in to customize your TV listings. His parts tended to remain small, however: A House Divided (1931) for director William Wyler, Scratch-As-Catch-Can (1931, a Bobby Clark short directed by Mark Sandrich), and Texas Cyclone (1931, a Tim McCoy Western featuring a young John Wayne). He had … (1943), in which he played a Czechoslavak professor. In all, Brennan appeared in more than 230 film and television roles during a career that spanned nearly five decades. 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Brennan was in the Three Stooges short Woman Haters (1934), then did Half a Sinner (1934), The Life of Vergie Winters (1934), Murder on the Runaway Train (1934), Whom the Gods Destroy (1934), Gentlemen of Polish (1934, a short), Death on the Diamond (1934), Great Expectations (1934), Luck of the Game (1934), Tailspin Tommy (1934, a serial), There's Always Tomorrow (1934), and Cheating Cheaters (1934). (1931). In 1967, he starred in another ABC series, The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967–1969), as an older man in search of his gunfighter son, James Sonnett, with his grandson, Jeff, played by Dack Rambo. [25], Brennan had resisted overtures to star in a regular TV series but relented for The Real McCoys, a sitcom about a poor West Virginia family that relocated to a farm in Southern California. He supported Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939). He was in Slightly Dangerous (1943), The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith (1943, a short), and Goldwyn's Russia-set war epic The North Star (1943).[20]. Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. https://www.businessinsider.com/actors-with-most-oscars-2018-2 Brennan was billed third in Northwest Passage after Spencer Tracy and Robert Young. He had to put in false teeth. Brennan followed it with support parts in Banjo on My Knee (1936) at Fox, She's Dangerous (1937), and When Love is Young (1937). [29] At age 68, Brennan reached the Top 40 again, this time with "Mama Sang a Song" on 17 November 1962. Brennan had a support part in Those Calloways (1965), his first movie for the Disney Organisation, where he was again paired with Brandon deWilde. Walter Brennan, (born July 25, 1894, Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.—died September 21, 1974, Oxnard, California), American character actor, best known for his portrayals of western sidekicks and lovable or irascible old codgers. In many of his film roles, Brennan wore dentures; in MGM's Northwest Passage (1940) – a film set in the late 18th century – he wore a dental prosthesis which made him appear to have rotting and broken teeth. Brennan was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, less than two miles from his family's home in Swampscott, Massachusetts. Walter Brennan was an American actor. He was teamed with John Wayne for the first time since both men obtained stardom in Dakota (1945), directed by Joseph Kane. Brennan was in "Americana" films such as Glory (1956), Come Next Spring (1956) and in Batjac's Good-bye My Lady (1956) with 14-year-old Brandon deWilde with whom he recorded The Stories of Mark Twain that same year. With three Oscar wins, he also ties with Walter Brennan, Daniel Day-Lewis, Ingrid Bergman, and Meryl Streep for the second-most Oscar wins in acting categories. An early break for Brennan came when he was cast in The Wedding Night (1935), produced by Sam Goldwyn, alongside Gary Cooper (it was actually their second film together). Join or Sign In. He used these features to great effect. He was in Rise and Shine (1941) then played the reporter Sam Blake, who befriended and encouraged Lou Gehrig (played by Cooper) in Pride of the Yankees (1942). [22] He had a good part in Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) at MGM. He died of emphysema at the age of 80 in Oxnard, California. [12] At MGM he was in Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939). While attending college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, studying to be an engineer, Brennan became interested in theatre and appeared in school plays. Denzel Washington: 2 Wins (8 Nominations) The only Black man on the list, Washington has racked … Goldwyn bought Trading Post to be a vehicle for Brennan but it was never made.[19]. [8] He intended to move to Guatemala and grow pineapples but only made it as far as Los Angeles. He followed it with small appearances in Metropolitan (1935) and Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935). Brennan later said he preferred doing television to movies because there were not "long lay offs between jobs."[11]. He was top billed in a follow up to Kentucky and Maryland at Fox, Home in Indiana (1944). Brennan portrayed town drunk and accused murderer Muff Potter in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938). Brennan won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor three times and is tied with Jack Nicholson for the most Academy Award wins for a male actor. Walter Brennan: bio, photos, awards, nominations and more at Emmys.com. He was the first and - to date - is the only performer to win three supporting awards (and within the shortest period of time - five years! Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. [4], Finding himself penniless, Brennan began taking parts as an extra in films at Universal Studios in 1925, starting at $7.50 a day. He had one of the leads in Three Godfathers (1936) playing one of the title outlaws. Brennan was popular with the Union of Film Extras, and since their numbers were overwhelming, he won every time he was nominated. Walter Brennan - Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins | Television Academy Skip to main content Links: en.wikipedia.org 2,274 views In 1932 Brennan was in Law and Order (1932) with Walter Huston, The Impatient Maiden (1932) for James Whale, The Airmail Mystery (1932, a serial), and Scandal for Sale (1932). Brennan was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, less than two miles from his family’s home in Swampscott, Massachusetts [citation needed], While working as a bank clerk, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as a private with the 101st Field Artillery Regiment in France during World War I. Winner. Brennan's breakthrough part came when cast by Howard Hawks as Swan Bostrom in the period film Come and Get It (1936), playing the sidekick of Edward Arnold who eventually marries the girl Arnold abandons (played by Frances Farmer). Cowboy star who played Grandpa McCoy on The Real McCoys. [3] His father was an engineer and inventor, and young Brennan also studied engineering at Rindge Technical High School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.,[4], While in school, Brennan became interested in acting. Goldwyn announced him for a role in The Real Glory in 1936, but he ended up not appearing in the final film. 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