Silver Tip Baker
Actor
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.
Filmography
Of Mice and Men
as Old Hand (uncredited) 1939
Blue Steel
as Townsman 1934
Along Came Jones
as Poker Player (uncredited) 1945
Arizona
as Barfly 1940
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited) 1938
Young Buffalo Bill
as Barfly 1940
Forbidden Trails
as Townsman 1941
Gunsmoke Ranch
as Settler 1937
Sheriff of Tombstone
as Townsman 1941
The Thrill Hunter
as Townsman 1933
Under Texas Skies
as Townsman 1940
Frontier Town
as Barfly 1938
The Man from Hell
as Townsman 1934
North of the Rio Grande
as Juror 1937
Wrangler's Roost
as Church Member 1941
Adventures of Red Ryder
as Barfly 1940