1939Nominee
Best Performance
Of Mice and Men
Silver Tip Baker
Actor
Ellis County, Texas, USA
April 18, 1886
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.
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Critical Favorites
1939Nominee
Best Performance
Destry Rides Again
1945Nominee
Best Performance
Along Came Jones
Career Highlights
1932Highlight
Best Performance
Young Blood
1934Highlight
Best Performance
Blue Steel
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Of Mice and Men
Destry Rides Again
Along Came Jones