Walter Huston

Born: 1883-04-03 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Died: 1950-04-07

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2022

A Compassionate Spy as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2008

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as Various Roles (archive footage)

2004

Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self (archive footage)

2003

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' as Howard (archive footage)

2000

Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America as Narrator

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage)

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)

1970

Brasileiros em Hollywood as Self (archive footage)

1963

Anniversary as Himself - Archive Footage (uncredited)

1957

Armored Attack! as Dr. Kurin

1950

The Furies as T. C. Jeffords

1949

The Great Sinner as General Ostrovsky

1948

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre as Howard
Summer Holiday as Mr. Nat Miller

1946

Duel in the Sun as The Sinkiller
Dragonwyck as Ephraim Wells
Let There Be Light as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1945

And Then There Were None as Edward Armstrong
Know Your Enemy: Japan as Narrator
War Comes to America as Narrator

1944

Dragon Seed as Ling Tan
Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
Why We Fight: The Battle of China as Abraham Lincoln
Know Your Ally: Britain as Narrator

1943

The Outlaw as Doc Holliday
Mission to Moscow as Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
Edge of Darkness as Dr. Martin Stensgard
The North Star as Dr. Kurin
December 7th as Uncle Sam 'U.S.'
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike as Narrator
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer as Narrator
For God and Country as Narrator
Report from the Aleutians as Voices of officers (voice)
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain as Narrator
The Voice That Thrilled the World as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
War Department Report as Narrator (voice)

1942

Yankee Doodle Dandy as Jerry Cohan
Why We Fight: Prelude to War as Self - Narrator (voice)
In This Our Life as Bartender (uncredited)
Always in My Heart as MacKenzie Scott
Safeguarding Military Information as General (uncredited)
Our Russian Front as Narrator

1941

The Maltese Falcon as Captain Jacoby (uncredited)
All That Money Can Buy as Mr. Scratch
The Shanghai Gesture as Sir Guy Charteris
Swamp Water as Thursday Ragan

1939

The Light That Failed as Torpenhow

1938

Of Human Hearts as Ethan Wilkins

1936

Dodsworth as Sam Dodsworth
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Rhodes of Africa as Cecil John Rhodes

1935

Hollywood Hobbies as Himself
The Tunnel as President of the United States

1934

Keep 'Em Rolling as Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh

1933

Hell Below as Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN
Ann Vickers as Barney Dolphin
The Prizefighter and the Lady as Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")
Gabriel Over the White House as Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States
Storm at Daybreak as Mayor Dushan Radovic

1932

American Madness as Thomas Dickson
The Wet Parade as Pow Tarleton
The Beast of the City as Captain James "Jim" Fitzpatrick aka Fighting Fitz
Law and Order as Frame 'Saint' Johnson
Rain as Alfred Davidson
Night Court as Judge Andrew J. Moffett
Kongo as Flint
The Woman from Monte Carlo as Captain Corlaix

1931

The Criminal Code as Mark Brady
A House Divided as Seth Law
The Star Witness as District Attorney Whitlock
The Ruling Voice as Jack Bannister
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon' as Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)
Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston as Self
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3) as Self

1930

Abraham Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln
The Virtuous Sin as Gregory Platoff
Behind the Make-Up as Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)
The Bad Man as Pancho Lopez
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee as Self
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation" as Self

1929

The Virginian as Trampas
Two Americans as Abraham Lincoln
The Bishop's Candlesticks as The Convict
Gentlemen of the Press as Wickland Snell
The Lady Lies as Robert Rossiter