Walter Huston
Birthday
1883/04/03
Day of death
1950/04/07 (67 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also know as
Walter Thomas Houghston, Walter Thomas Huston, Walter Houghston
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
(1988) John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
(1942) Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Jerry Cohan
(1948) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
as Howard
(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) All That Money Can Buy
as Mr. Scratch
(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
(2003) Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
as Howard (archive footage)
(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) The Light That Failed
as Torpenhow
(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) The Bishop's Candlesticks
as The Convict
(1933) Storm at Daybreak
as Mayor Dushan Radovic
(1984) Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1942) Safeguarding Military Information
as The General
(1929) Two Americans
as Abraham Lincoln
(1934) Keep 'Em Rolling
as Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh
(1930) An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as Self
(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)
(1944) Know Your Ally: Britain
as Narrator
(1929) Gentlemen of the Press
as Wickland Snell
(1930) The Bad Man
as Pancho Lopez
(1936) Rhodes of Africa
as Cecil John Rhodes
(1943) Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
as Narrator
(1943) Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
as Narrator
(1930) 1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"
as Self
(1931) Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
as Self
(1942) Why We Fight: Prelude to War
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1945) Know Your Enemy: Japan
as Narrator
(1945) War Comes to America
as Narrator
(1944) Why We Fight: The Battle of China
as Abraham Lincoln
(1943) Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
as Narrator
(1931) How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon'
as Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)
(1943) For God and Country
as Narrator
(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
(1931) Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston
as Self
(1942) Our Russian Front
as Narrator
(2008) Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
(1943) The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
(1936) Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
as ---
(1930) Behind the Make-Up
as Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)
(2000) Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
as Narrator
(1935) Hollywood Hobbies
as Himself
(1943) War Department Report
as Narrator (voice)
(1942) In This Our Life
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1930) 1930 Intermission and Introduction to "The Birth of a Nation" Part Two
as Self