Silver Tip Baker
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 18 April 1886 · Ellis County, Texas, USA
- Died
- 15 March 1943
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
Acting 39
- 1945Along Came Jones as Poker Player (uncredited)
- 1942Lawless Plainsmen as Wagon Train Man (archive footage)
- 1941Forbidden Trails as Townsman
- 1941Stick to Your Guns as Townsman
- 1941Wrangler's Roost as Church Member
- 1941Pirates on Horseback as Barfly
- 1941Sheriff of Tombstone as Townsman
- 1940Arizona as Barfly
- 1940Under Texas Skies as Townsman
- 1940The Durango Kid as Piute City Townsman (uncredited)
- 1940Winners of the West as Barfly
- 1940Adventures of Red Ryder as Barfly
- 1940Rocky Mountain Rangers as Texas Ranger
- 1940Young Buffalo Bill as Barfly
- 1939Of Mice and Men as Old Hand (uncredited)
- 1939Destry Rides Again as Barfly (uncredited)
- 1938The Cowboy and the Lady as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
- 1938Frontier Town as Barfly
- 1937Empty Holsters as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1937North of the Rio Grande as Juror
- 1937Gunsmoke Ranch as Settler
- 1937Borderland as Barfly
- 1937Ranger Courage as Settler (uncredited)
- 1936Rio Grande Ranger as Barfly (uncredited)
- 1936Trailin' West as Gambler (uncredited)
- 1935Gun Play as Man at Dance (uncredited)
- 1935Big Calibre as Barfly / Man at Dance
- 1935Kid Courageous as Pete the Cowhand
- 1935Arizona Bad Man as Cowhand
- 1934Terror of the Plains as Posse Rider / Wagon Driver
- 1934Thunder Over Texas as Townsman
- 1934The Man from Hell as Townsman
- 1934Blue Steel as Townsman
- 1933The Gallant Fool as Silver
- 1933The Thrill Hunter as Townsman
- 1932Young Blood as Stage Driver
- 1932The Man from Hell's Edges as Silver, Stage Coach Driver
- 1931Wild Horse as Cowboy
- 1922In the Days of Buffalo Bill as Gen. Grenville M. Dodge