Silver Tip Baker
Acting
1886-04-18 · 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 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(39)
movieAlong Came Jones
as Poker Player (uncredited) · 1945 · 5.8
movieLawless Plainsmen
as Wagon Train Man (archive footage) · 1942 · 7.0
movieForbidden Trails
as Townsman · 1941 · 5.6
movieStick to Your Guns
as Townsman · 1941 · 5.7
movieWrangler's Roost
as Church Member · 1941 · 7.0
moviePirates on Horseback
as Barfly · 1941 · 6.0
movieSheriff of Tombstone
as Townsman · 1941 · 7.2
movieArizona
as Barfly · 1940 · 6.5
movieUnder Texas Skies
as Townsman · 1940 · 5.8
movieThe Durango Kid
as Piute City Townsman (uncredited) · 1940 · 7.5
movieWinners of the West
as Barfly · 1940 · 7.0
movieAdventures of Red Ryder
as Barfly · 1940 · 6.7
movieRocky Mountain Rangers
as Texas Ranger · 1940 · 8.0
movieYoung Buffalo Bill
as Barfly · 1940 · 4.6
movieOf Mice and Men
as Old Hand (uncredited) · 1939 · 7.3
movieDestry Rides Again
as Barfly (uncredited) · 1939 · 7.2
movieThe Cowboy and the Lady
as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited) · 1938 · 6.3
movieFrontier Town
as Barfly · 1938 · 6.3
movieEmpty Holsters
as Townsman (uncredited) · 1937 · 8.0
movieNorth of the Rio Grande
as Juror · 1937 · 6.7
movieGunsmoke Ranch
as Settler · 1937 · 4.3
movieBorderland
as Barfly · 1937 · 7.5
movieRanger Courage
as Settler (uncredited) · 1937 · 7.0
movieRio Grande Ranger
as Barfly (uncredited) · 1936 · 8.0