Silver Tip Baker

Personal Info

Birthday

April 18, 1886

Day of Death

1943-03-15

(56 years old)

Place of Birth

Ellis County, Texas, USA

Silver Tip Baker

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

Of Mice and Men

Destry Rides Again

The Cowboy and the Lady

Arizona

Blue Steel

Empty Holsters

Along Came Jones

The Gallant Fool

Filmography

1945
Along Came Jones
as Poker Player (uncredited)
1942
Lawless Plainsmen
as Wagon Train Man (archive footage)
1941
Forbidden Trails
as Townsman
Stick to Your Guns
as Townsman
Wrangler's Roost
as Church Member
Pirates on Horseback
as Barfly
Sheriff of Tombstone
as Townsman
1940
Arizona
as Barfly
Under Texas Skies
as Townsman
The Durango Kid
as Piute City Townsman (uncredited)
Winners of the West
as Barfly
Adventures of Red Ryder
as Barfly
Rocky Mountain Rangers
as Texas Ranger
Young Buffalo Bill
as Barfly
1939
Of Mice and Men
as Old Hand (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again
as Barfly (uncredited)
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
Frontier Town
as Barfly
1937
Empty Holsters
as Townsman (uncredited)
North of the Rio Grande
as Juror
Gunsmoke Ranch
as Settler
Borderland
as Barfly
Ranger Courage
as Settler (uncredited)
1936
Rio Grande Ranger
as Barfly (uncredited)
Trailin' West
as Gambler (uncredited)
1935
Gun Play
as Man at Dance (uncredited)
Big Calibre
as Barfly / Man at Dance
Kid Courageous
as Pete the Cowhand
Arizona Bad Man
as Cowhand
1934
Terror of the Plains
as Posse Rider / Wagon Driver
Thunder Over Texas
as Townsman
The Man from Hell
as Townsman
Blue Steel
as Townsman
1933
The Gallant Fool
as Silver
The Thrill Hunter
as Townsman
1932
Young Blood
as Stage Driver
The Man from Hell's Edges
as Silver, Stage Coach Driver
1931
Wild Horse
as Cowboy
1922
In the Days of Buffalo Bill
as Gen. Grenville M. Dodge