Walter Brennan (1894-1974)
61.4 TOPICAL actor score · #351 of 1,977 actors
Walter Brennan (1894-1974) has a TOPICAL actor score of 61.4 - ranked 351 of the 1,977 actors TOPICAL ranks. Their strongest parts are credits and career standing. They've won 1 acting honour from 1 nomination, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1940-1949. Best films: Sergeant York (1941), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Red River (1948).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours77
Prime82
Their movies27
Credits97
Career standing86
- Acting honours1 win, 1 nomination - incl. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Prime1940-1949
- Credits138 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 26 scored films (3 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 56 languages
“Brennan was one of the greatest character actors in motion picture history.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10
Walter Brennan's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 276 | Rio Bravo | 1959 | 5 |
| 471 | Red River | 1948 | 4 |
| 660 | Bad Day at Black Rock | 1955 | 3 |
| 706 | My Darling Clementine | 1946 | 5 |
| 927 | Sergeant York | 1941 | 2 |
| 1,072 | The Pride of the Yankees | 1942 | 4 |
| 1,390 | Fury | 1936 | 6 |
| 1,395 | To Have and Have Not | 1944 | 3 |
| 1,767 | The Westerner | 1940 | 2 |
| 2,914 | Come and Get It | 1936 | 4 |
| 3,384 | Northwest Passage | 1940 | 3 |
| 3,735 | Hangmen Also Die! | 1943 | 2 |
| 3,738 | The North Star | 1943 | 4 |
| 4,348 | Barbary Coast | 1935 | 4 |
| 4,477 | Kentucky | 1938 | 3 |
| 4,820 | The Cowboy and the Lady | 1938 | 4 |
| 4,896 | A Stolen Life | 1946 | 4 |
| 5,284 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | 1938 | 3 |
| 5,408 | The Buccaneer | 1938 | 5 |
| 5,579 | The Princess and the Pirate | 1944 | 3 |
| 6,021 | Banjo on My Knee | 1936 | 3 |
| 6,064 | Stand by for Action | 1942 | 4 |
| 6,171 | Home in Indiana | 1944 | 3 |
| 6,264 | They Shall Have Music | 1939 | 5 |
| 6,348 | Centennial Summer | 1946 | 5 |
| 6,466 | This Woman Is Mine | 1941 | 3 |