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Walter Baldwin
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Walter S. Baldwin Jr. (January 2, 1889 − January 27, 1977) was a prolific character actor whose career spanned five decades and 150 film and television roles, and numerous stage performances.
Baldwin was born in Lima, Ohio from a theatrical family and served in the First World War.
He was probably best known for playing the father of the handicapped sailor in The Best Years of Our Lives. He was the first actor to portray "Floyd the Barber" on The Andy Griffith Show.
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 Of Mice and Men, and also appeared in the original Grand Hotel 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 Broadway production of The Front Page.
In the 1960s he had small acting roles in television shows such as Petticoat Junction and Green Acres. He continued to act in motion pictures, and one of his last roles was in Rosemary's Baby.
As actor
Rosemary's Baby
Cheyenne Autumn
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Wild in the Country
Oklahoma Territory
The Fastest Gun Alive
The Harder They Fall
Glory
You Can't Run Away from It
Interrupted Melody
Stranger on Horseback
The Desperate Hours
Living It Up
Destry
The Long, Long Trailer
Scandal at Scourie
Ride, Vaquero!
The Winning Team
Carrie
The Racket
I Want You
Rough Riders of Durango
Storm Warning
Cheaper by the Dozen
The Jackpot
Special Agent
Come to the Stable
Thieves' Highway
The Gay Amigo
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass