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  1. Sep 12, 2022 · Walter Brennan was a three-time Oscar-winning actor, but also a notorious racist and anti-civil rights activist. He celebrated the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, and spread hate with his image as a kindly country boy.

  2. Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938) and The Westerner (1940), making him one of only three male actors to win three Academy Awards, and the only male or female actor to win three awards in the supporting actor category.

  3. I've been worrying about Walter Brennan's limp all week, since I watched Rio Bravo (1959) on TV again. I love Brennan, the squeaky voice, the toothless grin, the beady eye, his every imperfection. ...

  4. Sep 9, 2015 · Author Carl Rollyson’s biography “A Real American Character: The Life of Walter Brennan” focuses on a hard-working performer who found his niche and stayed with it for a half-century. His darker side is played down almost to the point of afterthought. Brennan (1894-1974) was a self-taught actor who developed a talent for mimicry during a ...

  5. Learn about the life and career of Walter Brennan, the only actor to win three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor. He was known for his distinctive voice, walk and roles in Westerns.

    • July 25, 1894
    • September 21, 1974
  6. Apr 25, 2024 · Walter Brennan (born July 25, 1894, Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.—died September 21, 1974, Oxnard, California) was an American character actor, best known for his portrayals of western sidekicks and lovable or irascible old codgers. He was the only performer to win three Academy Awards for best supporting actor. During his lifetime Brennan ...

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  8. Walter Brennan. Actor: The Westerner. In many ways the most successful and familiar character actor of American sound films and the only actor to date to win three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor, Walter Brennan attended college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, studying engineering.

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