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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

5.6

Poker Player (uncredited)

Along Came Jones

1945

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Wagon Train Man (archive footage)

Lawless Plainsmen

1942

5.4

Townsman

Forbidden Trails

1941

4.0

Townsman

Stick to Your Guns

1941

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Church Member

Wrangler's Roost

1941

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Barfly

Pirates on Horseback

1941

6.8

Townsman

Sheriff of Tombstone

1941

6.3

Barfly

Arizona

1940

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Townsman

Under Texas Skies

1940

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Piute City Townsman (uncredited)

The Durango Kid

1940

Credits

Along Came Jones

as Poker Player (uncredited)

1945

5.6

Lawless Plainsmen

as Wagon Train Man (archive footage)

1942

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Forbidden Trails

as Townsman

1941

5.4

Stick to Your Guns

as Townsman

1941

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Wrangler's Roost

as Church Member

1941

6.0

Pirates on Horseback

as Barfly

1941

3.0

Sheriff of Tombstone

as Townsman

1941

6.8

Arizona

as Barfly

1940

6.3

Under Texas Skies

as Townsman

1940

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The Durango Kid

as Piute City Townsman (uncredited)

1940

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Winners of the West

as Barfly

1940

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Adventures of Red Ryder

as Barfly

1940

5.5

Rocky Mountain Rangers

as Texas Ranger

1940

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Young Buffalo Bill

as Barfly

1940

3.8

Of Mice and Men

as Old Hand (uncredited)

1939

7.3

Destry Rides Again

as Barfly (uncredited)

1939

7.2

The Cowboy and the Lady

as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)

1938

6.3

Frontier Town

as Barfly

1938

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Empty Holsters

as Townsman (uncredited)

1937

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North of the Rio Grande

as Juror

1937

5.5

Gunsmoke Ranch

as Settler

1937

3.6

Borderland

as Barfly

1937

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Ranger Courage

as Settler (uncredited)

1937

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Rio Grande Ranger

as Barfly (uncredited)

1936

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Trailin' West

as Gambler (uncredited)

1936

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Gun Play

as Man at Dance (uncredited)

1935

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Big Calibre

as Barfly / Man at Dance

1935

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Kid Courageous

as Pete the Cowhand

1935

5.5

Arizona Bad Man

as Cowhand

1935

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Terror of the Plains

as Posse Rider / Wagon Driver

1934

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Thunder Over Texas

as Townsman

1934

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The Man from Hell

as Townsman

1934

4.5

Blue Steel

as Townsman

1934

4.7

The Gallant Fool

as Silver

1933

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The Thrill Hunter

as Townsman

1933

5.7

Young Blood

as Stage Driver

1932

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The Man from Hell's Edges

as Silver, Stage Coach Driver

1932

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Wild Horse

as Cowboy

1931

6.5

In the Days of Buffalo Bill

as Gen. Grenville M. Dodge

1922

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