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Silver Tip Baker

ActingBorn April 18, 1886Died March 15, 1943 (age 56)Ellis County, Texas, USA

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.

Filmography

1945
Along Came Jones

as Poker Player (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Lawless Plainsmen

as Wagon Train Man (archive footage)

Movie
1941
Forbidden Trails

as Townsman

Movie
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1941
Wrangler's Roost

as Church Member

Movie
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1940
Arizona

as Barfly

Movie
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1940
The Durango Kid

as Piute City Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
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1940
Rocky Mountain Rangers

as Texas Ranger

Movie
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1939
Of Mice and Men

as Old Hand (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Destry Rides Again

as Barfly (uncredited)

Movie
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady

as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Frontier Town

as Barfly

Movie
1937
Empty Holsters

as Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
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1937
Gunsmoke Ranch

as Settler

Movie
1937
Borderland

as Barfly

Movie
1937
Ranger Courage

as Settler (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Rio Grande Ranger

as Barfly (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Trailin' West

as Gambler (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Gun Play

as Man at Dance (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Big Calibre

as Barfly / Man at Dance

Movie
1935
Kid Courageous

as Pete the Cowhand

Movie
1935
Arizona Bad Man

as Cowhand

Movie
1934
Terror of the Plains

as Posse Rider / Wagon Driver

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1934
Blue Steel

as Townsman

Movie
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1932
Young Blood

as Stage Driver

Movie
1932
The Man from Hell's Edges

as Silver, Stage Coach Driver

Movie
1931
Wild Horse

as Cowboy

Movie
1922
In the Days of Buffalo Bill

as Gen. Grenville M. Dodge

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayApril 18, 1886
Day of DeathMarch 15, 1943
Place of BirthEllis County, Texas, USA
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