Although known primarily to "Boomers" from the
classic TV series THE REAL McCOYS, Walter Brennan's biggest
career events happened between 1936 and 1940, when he won
three Best Supporting Actor Oscars: COME AND GET IT, KENTUCKY,
and THE WESTERNER. Brennan's second shot at TV success, THE
TYCOON, didn't fly. In many ways the most successful
and best known character actor and the only actor to date
to win three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor.
Brennan has played sophisticated businessmen, con artists,
local yokels, cowhands, and military officers. He supported
John Wayne in RED RIVER (1948) and RIO BRAVO (1959), and in
MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946).
Walter Brennan has appeared in more than 100 feature films
including:
SERGEANT YORK (1941, another Oscar nomination)
MEET JOHN DOE (1941)
THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (1942)
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944)
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955)
COME NEXT SPRING (1956)
HOW THE WEST WAS WON (1962)
THOSE CALLOWAYS (1965)
THE GNOME MOBILE (1967)
Brennan's hit TV series was THE REAL McCOYS which ran for 6
seasons.Our favorite character is when he played Pa Danby in
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