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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

Blue Steel
Blue Steel

1934

as Townsman

Wild Horse
Wild Horse

1931

as Cowboy

Lawless Plainsmen
Lawless Plainsmen

1942

as Wagon Train Man (archive footage)

Gunsmoke Ranch
Gunsmoke Ranch

1937

as Settler

Forbidden Trails
Forbidden Trails

1941

as Townsman

Frontier Town
Frontier Town

1938

as Barfly

Borderland
Borderland

1937

as Barfly

Destry Rides Again
Destry Rides Again

1939

as Barfly (uncredited)

Arizona
Arizona

1940

as Barfly

Empty Holsters
Empty Holsters

1937

as Townsman (uncredited)

Along Came Jones
Along Came Jones

1945

as Poker Player (uncredited)

Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men

1939

as Old Hand (uncredited)

The Cowboy and the Lady
The Cowboy and the Lady

1938

as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)

Sheriff of Tombstone
Sheriff of Tombstone

1941

as Townsman

The Gallant Fool
The Gallant Fool

1933

as Silver

Young Blood
Young Blood

1932

as Stage Driver

The Man from Hell
The Man from Hell

1934

as Townsman

Gun Play
Gun Play

1935

as Man at Dance (uncredited)

Big Calibre
Big Calibre

1935

as Barfly / Man at Dance

In the Days of Buffalo Bill
In the Days of Buffalo Bill

1922

as Gen. Grenville M. Dodge