Silver Tip Baker
Acting
- Born:
- 1886-04-18
- Died:
- 1943-03-15
- Place of birth:
- Ellis County, Texas, USA
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
Filmography
Along Came Jones
Lawless Plainsmen
Forbidden Trails
Stick to Your Guns
Wrangler's Roost
Pirates on Horseback
Sheriff of Tombstone
Arizona
Under Texas Skies
The Durango Kid
Winners of the West
Adventures of Red Ryder
Rocky Mountain Rangers
Young Buffalo Bill
Of Mice and Men
Destry Rides Again
The Cowboy and the Lady
Frontier Town
Empty Holsters
North of the Rio Grande
Gunsmoke Ranch
Borderland
Ranger Courage
Rio Grande Ranger
Trailin' West
Gun Play
Big Calibre
Kid Courageous
Arizona Bad Man
Terror of the Plains
In Old Santa Fe
Thunder Over Texas
The Man from Hell
Blue Steel
The Gallant Fool
The Thrill Hunter
Young Blood
The Man from Hell's Edges
Wild Horse
In the Days of Buffalo Bill