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Silver Tip Baker

Born April 18, 1886Ellis County, Texas, USA39 credits

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.

Known For

Filmography

Along Came Jones
1945Along Came Jones
as Poker Player (uncredited)Movie
Lawless Plainsmen
1942Lawless Plainsmen
as Wagon Train Man (archive footage)Movie
Forbidden Trails
1941Forbidden Trails
as TownsmanMovie
Stick to Your Guns
1941Stick to Your Guns
as TownsmanMovie
Wrangler's Roost
1941Wrangler's Roost
as Church MemberMovie
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941Sheriff of Tombstone
as TownsmanMovie
Arizona
1940Arizona
as BarflyMovie
Under Texas Skies
1940Under Texas Skies
as TownsmanMovie
The Durango Kid
1940The Durango Kid
as Piute City Townsman (uncredited)Movie
Rocky Mountain Rangers
1940Rocky Mountain Rangers
as Texas RangerMovie
Of Mice and Men
1939Of Mice and Men
as Old Hand (uncredited)Movie
Destry Rides Again
1939Destry Rides Again
as Barfly (uncredited)Movie
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938The Cowboy and the Lady
as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)Movie
Frontier Town
1938Frontier Town
as BarflyMovie
Empty Holsters
1937Empty Holsters
as Townsman (uncredited)Movie
Gunsmoke Ranch
1937Gunsmoke Ranch
as SettlerMovie
Borderland
1937Borderland
as BarflyMovie
Ranger Courage
1937Ranger Courage
as Settler (uncredited)Movie
Rio Grande Ranger
1936Rio Grande Ranger
as Barfly (uncredited)Movie
Trailin' West
1936Trailin' West
as Gambler (uncredited)Movie
Gun Play
1935Gun Play
as Man at Dance (uncredited)Movie
Big Calibre
1935Big Calibre
as Barfly / Man at DanceMovie
Kid Courageous
1935Kid Courageous
as Pete the CowhandMovie
Arizona Bad Man
1935Arizona Bad Man
as CowhandMovie
Terror of the Plains
1934Terror of the Plains
as Posse Rider / Wagon DriverMovie
Thunder Over Texas
1934Thunder Over Texas
as TownsmanMovie
The Man from Hell
1934The Man from Hell
as TownsmanMovie
Blue Steel
1934Blue Steel
as TownsmanMovie
The Gallant Fool
1933The Gallant Fool
as SilverMovie
The Thrill Hunter
1933The Thrill Hunter
as TownsmanMovie
Young Blood
1932Young Blood
as Stage DriverMovie
The Man from Hell's Edges
1932The Man from Hell's Edges
as Silver, Stage Coach DriverMovie
Wild Horse
1931Wild Horse
as CowboyMovie
In the Days of Buffalo Bill
1922In the Days of Buffalo Bill
as Gen. Grenville M. DodgeMovie