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Walter Brennan, with his grizzled face and trademark high-pitched scratchy voice — a result of being exposed to nerve gas during World War I — is perhaps the greatest character actor of all time. A character actor is a film or television performer who specializes in portraying unique, offbeat, colorful characters in supporting roles. Brennan won three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor, a feat no other actor has accomplished. His greatest role, in my opinion, was as the unforgettable Appalachian preacher in "Sergeant York."

From IMDb:

"His range was enormous. He could play sophisticated businessmen, con artists, local yokels, cowhands and military officers with apparent equal ease. An accident in 1932 cost him most of his teeth, and he most often was seen in eccentric rural parts, often playing characters much older than his actual age. His career never really declined, and in the 1950s he became an even more endearing and familiar figure in several television series, most famously, "The Real McCoys."

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Description
Walter Brennan, with his grizzled face and trademark high-pitched scratchy voice — a result of being exposed to nerve gas during World War I — is perhaps the greatest character actor of all time. A character actor is a film or television performer who specializes in portraying unique, offbeat, colorful characters in supporting roles. Brennan won three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor, a feat no other actor has accomplished. His greatest role, in my opinion, was as the unforgettable Appalachian preacher in "Sergeant York."

From IMDb:

"His range was enormous. He could play sophisticated businessmen, con artists, local yokels, cowhands and military officers with apparent equal ease. An accident in 1932 cost him most of his teeth, and he most often was seen in eccentric rural parts, often playing characters much older than his actual age. His career never really declined, and in the 1950s he became an even more endearing and familiar figure in several television series, most famously, "The Real McCoys."

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Other celebrity artworks in my gallery include: