Silver Tip Baker
Born
18 April 1886 (139)
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, see...
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)
Along Came Jones
1945
Lawless Plainsmen
1942
Forbidden Trails
1941
Stick to Your Guns
1941
Wrangler's Roost
1941
Pirates on Horseback
1941
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941
Arizona
1940
Under Texas Skies
1940
The Durango Kid
1940
Winners of the West
1940
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940
Rocky Mountain Rangers
1940
Young Buffalo Bill
1940
Of Mice and Men
1939
Destry Rides Again
1939
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
Frontier Town
1938
Empty Holsters
1937
North of the Rio Grande
1937
Gunsmoke Ranch
1937
Borderland
1937
Ranger Courage
1937
Rio Grande Ranger
1936
Trailin' West
1936
Gun Play
1935
Big Calibre
1935
Kid Courageous
1935
Arizona Bad Man
1935
Terror of the Plains
1934
Thunder Over Texas
1934
The Man from Hell
1934
Blue Steel
1934
The Gallant Fool
1933
The Thrill Hunter
1933
Young Blood
1932
The Man from Hell's Edges
1932
Wild Horse
1931
In the Days of Buffalo Bill
1922