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