Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Ellis County, Texas, USA
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Movie Involvements: 34
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Floyd 'Silver Tip' Baker born Floyd Michael Baker in Texas in 1886. Well-known trick rider in rodeos and wild west shows from the late 1900's. He was among the talented few that could handle a team of horses and stagecoach at full speed, became a white-haired old codger character in many westerns, first playing the role, General Grenville M. Dodge in 'In the Days of Buffalo Bill' directed by Edward Laemmle and starring Art Acord as Art Taylor and Duke R. Lee as Buffalo Bill at the Universal, seen in over 100 minor roles in talkies many of them B-Westerns. married to wild show trick rider Mabel Baker.
Most Famous Work
Blue Steel
(1934) TownsmanOf Mice and Men
(1939) Old Hand (uncredited)Arizona
(1940) BarflyYoung Buffalo Bill
(1940) BarflySheriff of Tombstone
(1941) TownsmanWinners of the West
(1940) BarflyStick to Your Guns
(1941) TownsmanForbidden Trails
(1941) TownsmanActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Wagon Train Man (archive footage) | |
| 1941 | Townsman | |
| Townsman | ||
| Church Member | ||
| Barfly | ||
| Townsman | ||
| 1940 | Barfly | |
| Townsman | ||
| Piute City Townsman (uncredited) | ||
| Barfly | ||
| Barfly | ||
| Texas Ranger | ||
| Barfly | ||
| 1939 | Old Hand (uncredited) | |
| Barfly (uncredited) | ||
| 1938 | Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited) | |
| Barfly | ||
| 1937 | Townsman (uncredited) | |
| Juror | ||
| Settler | ||
| Barfly | ||
| Settler (uncredited) | ||
| 1936 | Barfly (uncredited) | |
| Gambler (uncredited) | ||
| 1935 | Man at Dance (uncredited) | |
| Barfly / Man at Dance | ||
| Pete the Cowhand | ||
| Cowhand | ||
| 1934 | Posse Rider / Wagon Driver | |
| Townsman | ||
| Townsman | ||
| Townsman | ||
| 1933 | Silver | |
| Townsman | ||
| 1932 | Stage Driver | |
| Silver, Stage Coach Driver | ||
| 1931 | Cowboy | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |