# The Late Walter Brennan

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-late-walter-brennan/519933>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 4, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-late-walter-brennan/519933 "2009-12-04T01:54:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-late-walter-brennan/519933/41 "2009-12-05T13:45:54Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> I can’t think of Walter Brennan without thinking of the nightclub owner in _Good Morning, Vietnam_ who was desperately looking for pictures of Walter Brennan naked.

Clearly, this was a pre-Internet era.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-late-walter-brennan/519933/42 "2009-12-05T16:52:05Z")

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> [@BrotherCadfael](#):
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> Clearly, this was a pre-Internet era.

Well if you find any, **don’t post them!** :eek: It was a funny gag in the movie, but it’s best not to think about too much.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-late-walter-brennan/519933/43 "2009-12-05T18:34:25Z")

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[Walter Brennan as himself](http://personales.ya.com/miproyectorcine/fotos/WalterBrennan3.jpg), without character makeup.

BTW, he does have a bath tub scene in _Come and Get It_.

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**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-late-walter-brennan/519933/44 "2009-12-05T18:37:48Z")

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> [@Walloon](#):
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> [Walter Brennan as himself](http://personales.ya.com/miproyectorcine/fotos/WalterBrennan3.jpg), without character makeup.

At the age of 22!

(Not really, but it would be interesting to know the age.)

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**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-late-walter-brennan/519933/45 "2009-12-05T18:46:52Z")

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> [@Walloon](#):
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> BTW, he does have a bath tub scene in _Come and Get It_.

Thanks for the heads up Walloon!

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**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-late-walter-brennan/519933/46 "2009-12-06T02:37:28Z")

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> [@Satchmo](#):
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> “Eddie was a pretty good man on a boat, before he became a rummy.”
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> “Why do you take care of him?”
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> “He thinks he’s taking care of me.”
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> It’s one of my favorite movies.  
> 😉

Don’t get me wrong, I like that movie too! But the OP did ask if he ever played someone who wasn’t wizened _and_ wise

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**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-late-walter-brennan/519933/47 "2009-12-06T04:39:50Z")

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> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> I loved _The Real McCoys_. Richard Crenna was hot, and he stayed hot.

Oooh, yes, he did.

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