Silver Tip Baker

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Silver Tip Baker

Acting April 18, 1886

Ellis County, Texas, USA

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 c…

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Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again

7.2 1939 Movie
Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

7.3 1939 Movie
Blue Steel

Blue Steel

4.8 1934 Movie
Along Came Jones

Along Came Jones

5.8 1945 Movie
The Cowboy and the Lady

The Cowboy and the Lady

6.3 1938 Movie
Arizona

Arizona

6.5 1940 Movie
Young Buffalo Bill

Young Buffalo Bill

4.6 1940 Movie
Forbidden Trails

Forbidden Trails

5.6 1941 Movie
Stick to Your Guns

Stick to Your Guns

5.7 1941 Movie
The Man from Hell

The Man from Hell

5.7 1934 Movie
Adventures of Red Ryder

Adventures of Red Ryder

6.7 1940 Movie
North of the Rio Grande

North of the Rio Grande

6.8 1937 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1945
    Along Came Jones

    Movie Poker Player (uncredited)

  2. 1942
    Lawless Plainsmen

    Movie Wagon Train Man (archive footage)

  3. 1941
    Forbidden Trails

    Movie Townsman

  4. 1941
    Stick to Your Guns

    Movie Townsman

  5. 1941
    Wrangler's Roost

    Movie Church Member

  6. 1941
    Pirates on Horseback

    Movie Barfly

  7. 1941
    Sheriff of Tombstone

    Movie Townsman

  8. 1940
    Arizona

    Movie Barfly

  9. 1940
    Under Texas Skies

    Movie Townsman

  10. 1940
    The Durango Kid

    Movie Piute City Townsman (uncredited)

  11. 1940
    Winners of the West

    Movie Barfly

  12. 1940
    Adventures of Red Ryder

    Movie Barfly

  13. 1940
    Rocky Mountain Rangers

    Movie Texas Ranger

  14. 1940
    Young Buffalo Bill

    Movie Barfly

  15. 1939
    Of Mice and Men

    Movie Old Hand (uncredited)

  16. 1939
    Destry Rides Again

    Movie Barfly (uncredited)

More credits
  1. 1938
    The Cowboy and the Lady

    Movie Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)

  2. 1938
    Frontier Town

    Movie Barfly

  3. 1937
    Empty Holsters

    Movie Townsman (uncredited)

  4. 1937
    North of the Rio Grande

    Movie Juror

  5. 1937
    Gunsmoke Ranch

    Movie Settler

  6. 1937
    Borderland

    Movie Barfly

  7. 1937
    Ranger Courage

    Movie Settler (uncredited)

  8. 1936
    Rio Grande Ranger

    Movie Barfly (uncredited)

  9. 1936
    Trailin' West

    Movie Gambler (uncredited)

  10. 1935
    Gun Play

    Movie Man at Dance (uncredited)

  11. 1935
    Big Calibre

    Movie Barfly / Man at Dance

  12. 1935
    Kid Courageous

    Movie Pete the Cowhand

  13. 1935
    Arizona Bad Man

    Movie Cowhand

  14. 1934
    Terror of the Plains

    Movie Posse Rider / Wagon Driver

  15. 1934
    Thunder Over Texas

    Movie Townsman

  16. 1934
    The Man from Hell

    Movie Townsman

  17. 1934
    Blue Steel

    Movie Townsman

  18. 1933
    The Gallant Fool

    Movie Silver

  19. 1933
    The Thrill Hunter

    Movie Townsman

  20. 1932
    Young Blood

    Movie Stage Driver

  21. 1932
    The Man from Hell's Edges

    Movie Silver, Stage Coach Driver

  22. 1931
    Wild Horse

    Movie Cowboy

  23. 1922
    In the Days of Buffalo Bill

    Movie Gen. Grenville M. Dodge