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Silver Tip Baker

1886-04-18 – 1943-03-15 (age 56) Ellis County, Texas, USA
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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.

Known For

Arizona
Arizona

1940

as Barfly

Destry Rides Again
Destry Rides Again

1939

as Barfly (uncredited)

Along Came Jones
Along Came Jones

1945

as Poker Player (uncredited)

The Cowboy and the Lady
The Cowboy and the Lady

1938

as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)

Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men

1939

as Old Hand (uncredited)

Forbidden Trails
Forbidden Trails

1941

as Townsman

Blue Steel
Blue Steel

1934

as Townsman

Young Blood
Young Blood

1932

as Stage Driver

Gun Play
Gun Play

1935

as Man at Dance (uncredited)

Adventures of Red Ryder
Sheriff of Tombstone
Sheriff of Tombstone

1941

as Townsman

Rocky Mountain Rangers
Rocky Mountain Rangers

1940

as Texas Ranger

North of the Rio Grande
The Durango Kid
The Durango Kid

1940

as Piute City Townsman (uncredited)

Gunsmoke Ranch
Gunsmoke Ranch

1937

as Settler

Thunder Over Texas
Thunder Over Texas

1934

as Townsman

Stick to Your Guns
Stick to Your Guns

1941

as Townsman

Lawless Plainsmen
Lawless Plainsmen

1942

as Wagon Train Man (archive footage)

Winners of the West
Winners of the West

1940

as Barfly

Young Buffalo Bill
Young Buffalo Bill

1940

as Barfly