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
all 57
Movies 57
Poker Player (uncredited)
Along Came Jones (1945)
Movie
Townsman
The Vigilantes Ride (1943)
Movie
Wagon Train Man (archive footage)
Lawless Plainsmen (1942)
Movie
Townsman
Forbidden Trails (1941)
Movie
Townsman
Stick to Your Guns (1941)
Movie
Church Member
Wrangler's Roost (1941)
Movie
Townsman
Sheriff of Tombstone (1941)
Movie
Party Guest
Red Skins and Red Heads (1941)
Movie
Barfly
Arizona (1940)
Movie
Townsman
Under Texas Skies (1940)
Movie
Piute City Townsman (uncredited)
The Durango Kid (1940)
Movie
Texas Ranger
Rocky Mountain Rangers (1940)
Movie
Old Hand (uncredited)
Of Mice and Men (1939)
Movie
Barfly (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Movie
6
Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
Empty Holsters (1937)
Movie
Settler
Gunsmoke Ranch (1937)
Movie
Ambush Posse Member Shot by Cookie
Two Gun Law (1937)
Movie
Barfly
Borderland (1937)
Movie
Settler (uncredited)
Ranger Courage (1937)
Movie
Gambler (uncredited)
Trailin' West (1936)
Movie
Settler
Silly Billies (1936)
Movie
Man at Dance (uncredited)
Gun Play (1935)
Movie
Johnson
Between Men (1935)
Movie
Townsman
Wagon Trail (1935)
Movie
Barfly / Man at Dance
Big Calibre (1935)
Movie
Vigilante
Blazing Guns (1935)
Movie
Pete the Cowhand
Kid Courageous (1935)
Movie
Cowhand
Arizona Bad Man (1935)
Movie
Posse Rider / Wagon Driver
Terror of the Plains (1934)
Movie
Townsman
Thunder Over Texas (1934)
Movie
Townsman
The Man from Hell (1934)
Movie
Townsman
The Man from Utah (1934)
Movie
6
Townsman
Blue Steel (1934)
Movie
Townsman
The Man Trailer (1934)
Movie
Townsman
The Fighting Code (1933)
Movie
Townsman
Sagebrush Trail (1933)
Movie
4
Silver Keller - Stage Driver
Galloping Romeo (1933)
Movie
Townsman
The Thrill Hunter (1933)
Movie
Rodeo Spectator
The Whirlwind (1933)
Movie
Stage Driver
Young Blood (1932)
Movie
Silver - Stagecoach Driver
Son of Oklahoma (1932)
Movie
Silver, Stage Coach Driver
The Man from Hell's Edges (1932)
Movie
Townsman
The Riding Tornado (1932)
Movie
Stagecoach Driver
Near the Trail's End (1931)
Movie
Cowboy
Wild Horse (1931)
Movie
Mr. Valerian - Marie's Father
Thundering Thompson (1929)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1886-04-18
Deathday1943-03-15 (56 years old)
Birth NameFloyd Michael Baker
Birth PlaceEllis County, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
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