Walter Huston

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1883-04-03 (67 years old)

Deathday

1950-04-07

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Walter Huston

Biography

Walter Thomas Huston (April 5, 1883 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian actor and singer. Huston won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), directed by his son John Huston. He is the patriarch of the four generations of the Huston acting family, including his son John, grandchildren Anjelica Huston, Danny Huston, Allegra Huston, and great-grandchild Jack Huston. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Huston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1942

Yankee Doodle Dandy

as Jerry Cohan

1932

American Madness

as Thomas Dickson

1945

And Then There Were None

as Edward Armstrong

1932

The Beast of the City

as Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick

1936

Dodsworth

as Sam Dodsworth

1943

Report from the Aleutians

as Voices of officers (voice)

1943

The Outlaw

as Doc Holliday

1946

Duel in the Sun

as The Sinkiller

1946

Dragonwyck

as Ephraim Wells

1950

The Furies

as T. C. Jeffords

1941

1929

The Virginian

as Trampas

1941

The Shanghai Gesture

as Sir Guy Charteris

1931

The Criminal Code

as Mark Brady

1948

Summer Holiday

as Mr. Nat Miller

1932

Rain

as Alfred Davidson

1933

Ann Vickers

as Barney Dolphin

1941

Swamp Water

as Thursday Ragan

1929

The Lady Lies

as Robert Rossiter

1943

The North Star

as Dr. Kurin

1943

Edge of Darkness

as Dr. Martin Stensgard

1931

The Star Witness

as District Attorney Whitlock

1932

The Woman from Monte Carlo

as Captain Corlaix

1932

Kongo

as Flint

1933

The Prizefighter and the Lady

as Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")

1946

Let There Be Light

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1942

Always in My Heart

as MacKenzie Scott

1933

Gabriel Over the White House

as Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States

1943

December 7th

as Uncle Sam 'U.S.'

1932

Law and Order

as Frame 'Saint' Johnson

1944

Dragon Seed

as Ling Tan

1938

Of Human Hearts

as Ethan Wilkins

1931

A House Divided

as Seth Law

1930

Abraham Lincoln

as Abraham Lincoln

1932

The Wet Parade

as Pow Tarleton

1932

Night Court

as Judge Andrew J. Moffett

1949

The Great Sinner

as General Ostrovsky

1943

Mission to Moscow

as Ambassador Joseph E. Davies

1930

The Virtuous Sin

as Gregory Platoff

1931

The Ruling Voice

as Jack Bannister

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1939

1933

Hell Below

as Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN

1941

The Maltese Falcon

as Captain Jacoby (uncredited)

2004

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

as Self (archive footage)

1929

1933

Storm at Daybreak

as Mayor Dushan Radovic

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1929

Two Americans

as Abraham Lincoln

1934

Keep 'Em Rolling

as Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh

2022

A Compassionate Spy

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1935

The Tunnel

as President of the United States

1996

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

as Self (archive footage)

1929

Gentlemen of the Press

as Wickland Snell

1930

The Bad Man

as Pancho Lopez

1936

Rhodes of Africa

as Cecil John Rhodes

1942

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1945

1944

1945

1931

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon'

as Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)

1943

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1944

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage)

1957

Armored Attack!

as Dr. Kurin

1942

1943

The Voice That Thrilled the World

as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)

1930

Behind the Make-Up

as Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)

1935

1943

War Department Report

as Narrator (voice)

1942

In This Our Life

as Bartender (uncredited)

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