Silver Tip Baker
Known for: Acting
Born: April 18, 1886
Died: March 15, 1943
Place of birth: Ellis County, Texas, USA
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.
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Filmography
39 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
5.8
Along Came Jones
1945
7.0
Lawless Plainsmen
1942
5.6
Forbidden Trails
1941
5.7
Stick to Your Guns
1941
7.0
Wrangler's Roost
1941
6.0
Pirates on Horseback
1941
7.2
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941
6.5
Arizona
1940
5.8
Under Texas Skies
1940
7.5
The Durango Kid
1940
7.0
Winners of the West
1940
6.7
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940
8.0
Rocky Mountain Rangers
1940
4.6
Young Buffalo Bill
1940
7.3
Of Mice and Men
1939
7.2
Destry Rides Again
1939
6.3
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
6.3
Frontier Town
1938
8.0
Empty Holsters
1937
6.7
North of the Rio Grande
1937
4.3
Gunsmoke Ranch
1937
7.5
Borderland
1937
7.0
Ranger Courage
1937
8.0
Rio Grande Ranger
1936
8.0
Trailin' West
1936
6.0
Gun Play
1935
9.0
Big Calibre
1935
6.0
Kid Courageous
1935
6.5
Arizona Bad Man
1935
10.0
Terror of the Plains
1934
6.7
Thunder Over Texas
1934
5.7
The Man from Hell
1934
4.8
Blue Steel
1934
9.0
The Gallant Fool
1933
6.5
The Thrill Hunter
1933
10.0
Young Blood
1932
6.5
The Man from Hell's Edges
1932
6.2
Wild Horse
1931
7.0
In the Days of Buffalo Bill
1922