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Walter Andrew Brennan was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Come and Get It, Kentucky and The Westerner, making him the only person to win three awar
Brennan in The Real McCoys (1958)
Brennan in Affairs of Cappy Ricks (1937)
Brennan in Rio Bravo (1959)
Walter Brennan in The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It has been awarded since the 9th Academy Awards to an actor who has deli
Walter Brennan
…Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938) and The Westerner (1940), making him the only person to win three awards in the supporting actor category…
The 2026 recipient: Sean Penn
Walter Brennan was the inaugural winner, thrice over, for: Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938), and The Westerner (1940).
Joseph Schildkraut won for The Life of Émile Zola (1937).
Thomas Mitchell won for Stagecoach (1939); first male to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting".