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

Along Came Jones 1945 ★ 5.8
Forbidden Trails 1941 ★ 5.6
Stick to Your Guns 1941 ★ 5.7
Wrangler's Roost 1941 ★ 7.0
Arizona 1940 ★ 6.5
Under Texas Skies 1940 ★ 5.8
Adventures of Red Ryder 1940 ★ 6.7
Young Buffalo Bill 1940 ★ 4.6
Rocky Mountain Rangers 1940 ★ 8.0
The Durango Kid 1940 ★ 7.5
Destry Rides Again 1939 ★ 7.2
Of Mice and Men 1939 ★ 7.3
The Cowboy and the Lady 1938 ★ 6.3
North of the Rio Grande 1937 ★ 6.7
Gunsmoke Ranch 1937 ★ 4.3
Trailin' West 1936 ★ 8.0
Rio Grande Ranger 1936 ★ 8.0
Gun Play 1935 ★ 6.0
Blue Steel 1934 ★ 4.8
Terror of the Plains 1934 ★ 10.0
The Man from Hell 1934 ★ 5.7
The Gallant Fool 1933 ★ 9.0
Young Blood 1932 ★ 10.0
The Man from Hell's Edges 1932 ★ 6.5