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Walter Brennan career

Walter Brennan averages 6.81 across 38 rated films as an actor, with Rio Bravo on top at 7.8.

Average
6.81
38 rated films
Best rated
7.8
Rio Bravo
Peak five
7.12
1955 to 1962
7+ run
3 films
1940 to 1941
Walter Brennan, acting career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1955 to 1962, 7.1256781930194019501960197019801990Rio Bravo 7.8How the West Was Won 7.0Career avg 6.81

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Walter Brennan's career barcodecoolhot
192997 films1997
Current formLast 5: 6.56 vs career 6.81 (−0.25)
  1. WHow the West Was Won1962 · 7.0+0.2
  2. LThose Calloways1964 · 6.5−0.3
  3. LThe Gnome-Mobile1967 · 6.3−0.5
  4. LThe One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band1968 · 6.1−0.7
  5. WSupport Your Local Sheriff!1969 · 6.9+0.1
Walter Brennan career
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender1997Self (archive footage)·15
Support Your Local Sheriff! posterSupport Your Local Sheriff!1969Pa Danby6.9212
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band posterThe One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band1968Grandpa Bower6.126
The Movie Orgy posterThe Movie Orgy1968Self (archive footage)·19
Who's Minding the Mint? posterWho's Minding the Mint?1967Pop Gillis·13
The Gnome-Mobile posterThe Gnome-Mobile1967D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby6.374
The Oscar posterThe Oscar1966Quentin·17
Those Calloways posterThose Calloways1964Alf Simes6.532
How the West Was Won posterHow the West Was Won1962Jeb Hawkins7.0518
Rio Bravo posterRio Bravo1959Stumpy7.81,307
Tammy and the Bachelor posterTammy and the Bachelor1957Grandpa7.027
The Proud Ones1956Jake6.538
Good-bye, My Lady posterGood-bye, My Lady1956Uncle Jesse Jackson·8
Come Next Spring posterCome Next Spring1956Jeffrey Storys·8
Glory posterGlory1956Ned Otis·3
At Gunpoint posterAt Gunpoint1955Doc Lacy·15
The Far Country posterThe Far Country1954Ben Tatum6.9178
Bad Day at Black Rock posterBad Day at Black Rock1955Doc T.R. Velie Jr.7.3439
Four Guns to the Border posterFour Guns to the Border1954Simon Bhumer·19
Drums Across the River posterDrums Across the River1954Sam Brannon·24
Lure of the Wilderness posterLure of the Wilderness1952Jim Harper·13
Along the Great Divide posterAlong the Great Divide1951Timothy 'Pop' Keith7.449
Best of the Badmen posterBest of the Badmen1951'Doc' Butcher·17
The Showdown posterThe Showdown1950Cap MacKellar·6
A Ticket to Tomahawk posterA Ticket to Tomahawk1950Terence Sweeny·18

Feature films with 25+ TMDB votes count toward the average. Peak five is the best run of five films in a row; the 7+ run counts films in a row rated 7.0 or higher.

Sources: TMDB (as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z).

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