Walter Brennan's biography
Walter Andrew Brennan is 80 years old actor born at Lynn. He was born on Wednesday 25th of July 1894. According to year of birth 1894 he belongs to Lost Generation. Birthday on 25th of July means Walter is Leo. As sign in itself indicates “Lion” or “King”, hence people born under Leo sign are considered to be leaders in every aspects of life. They are royal in nature.
Walter is native english speaker. He is white american. Walter is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be actor. You can know him also as character actor, film actor, television actor, songwriter. He is recently known as singer. Walter received Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Come and Get It in 1936
Walter Brennan's schools
We found 1 school Walter attended. Name of the school: Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.
Detailed informations about his schools
Walter studied high school - Rindge Technical High School.
Walter Brennan's career
Walter´s main focus is to be actor. Walter is famous thanks to considered one of the finest character actors in motion picture history. You could see Walter also in Come and Get It, Kentucky, The Westerner and many more.
How did Walter Brennan die
He died on on Saturday 21st of September 1974 when he was 80 years old at Oxnard. Walter Brennans death was caused by emphysema. It happend like natural causes.
Awards and competitions
Walter Brennan's Awards
- He received award for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for work Come and Get It in 1936
- He received award for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for work Kentucky in 1938
- He received award for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for work The Westerner in 1940
Walter Brennan's Nominations
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for work Sergeant York in 1941
- Walter was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Walter was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
What Walter Brennan has done for a first time
- First actor to accumulate three Academy Awards and to date still the only actor to win three Oscars as Best Supporting Actor.
- Had four top-100 singles, including the Top 5 hit "Old Rivers" (Liberty Records) which first charted on 4/7/62. The single spent 11 weeks on the Billboard charts and peaked at #5.
- Won the first Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Come and Get It (1936).
Walter Brennan's quotes
- When I see a good western . . . I just sit there. I was thrilled with Red River (1948), because I believed in it, [John Wayne] was so good, I believed in him.
- [advice to young actors] Go ahead and learn how to act, but don't get caught at it.
- I never made a movie I would not take my family to see.
- [in 1964] I'm too old not to be a religious fella. It appears we are losing something a lot of people made a lot of sacrifices for.
- Boy, let me tell you, there's no risque stuff in my show. No sir, I won't allow it. In a TV series, you're going right into the living room, and families are watching you. It sure burns me up to see some of the stuff they let get by on other shows.
- Heck, I never wanted anything out of this business except a good living. Never wanted to be a star, or a glamorous figure. Just wanted to be good at what I was doing.
- [on "The King of Jazz"] When I went to the preview I sneezed and missed myself.
Walter Brennan's height, body shape
Lets describe how Walter Brennan looks. We will focus on his height, body shape. Walter is tall as 5' 11" (180 cm). Body build is average.