Silver Tip Baker

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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.

  • Primary profession
  • Actor
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 18 April 1886
  • Place of birth
  • Ellis County· Texas
  • Death date
  • 1943-03-15
  • Death age
  • 57
  • Place of death
  • Los Angeles

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Known as "Silver Tip" due to his prominent gray (later white) walrus mustache; started out as a trick rider in a number of rodeos and Wild West shows including the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch.

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