Silver Tip Baker
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 (39 titles)
5.8MovieAlong Came Jones
Poker Player (uncredited) · 1945
7.0MovieLawless Plainsmen
Wagon Train Man (archive footage) · 1942
5.6MovieForbidden Trails
Townsman · 1941
5.7MovieStick to Your Guns
Townsman · 1941
7.0MovieWrangler's Roost
Church Member · 1941
6.0MoviePirates on Horseback
Barfly · 1941
7.2MovieSheriff of Tombstone
Townsman · 1941
6.5MovieArizona
Barfly · 1940
5.8MovieUnder Texas Skies
Townsman · 1940
7.5MovieThe Durango Kid
Piute City Townsman (uncredited) · 1940
7.0MovieWinners of the West
Barfly · 1940
6.7MovieAdventures of Red Ryder
Barfly · 1940
8.0MovieRocky Mountain Rangers
Texas Ranger · 1940
4.6MovieYoung Buffalo Bill
Barfly · 1940
7.3MovieOf Mice and Men
Old Hand (uncredited) · 1939
7.2MovieDestry Rides Again
Barfly (uncredited) · 1939
6.3MovieThe Cowboy and the Lady
Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited) · 1938
6.3MovieFrontier Town
Barfly · 1938
8.0MovieEmpty Holsters
Townsman (uncredited) · 1937
6.7MovieNorth of the Rio Grande
Juror · 1937
4.3MovieGunsmoke Ranch
Settler · 1937
7.5MovieBorderland
Barfly · 1937
7.0MovieRanger Courage
Settler (uncredited) · 1937
8.0MovieRio Grande Ranger
Barfly (uncredited) · 1936