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Silver Tip Baker

Apr 18, 1886 - Mar 15, 1943 (56 years old) in Ellis County, Texas, USA

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

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Young Buffalo Bill
Barfly
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Destry Rides Again
Barfly (uncredited)
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Arizona
Barfly
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The Cowboy and the Lady
Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
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Of Mice and Men
Old Hand (uncredited)
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Along Came Jones
Poker Player (uncredited)
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Blue Steel
Townsman
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Adventures of Red Ryder
Barfly
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Winners of the West
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Borderland
Barfly

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