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