Walter Huston

Walter Huston Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: April 5, 1883

Death Date: April 7, 1950

Birth Place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Children: John Huston

Grandchildren: Anjelica Huston, Danny Huston

Entered films in 1929 after some success in vaudeville and on Broadway. Huston played both lead and character parts and excelled at fatherly roles; he was outstanding in "Dodsworth" (1936), "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1941) and son John Huston's "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948).

Credits

Le cinéma de minuit

Actor
Deadlegs Flint
Show
2014

Les furies

Actor
Movie
1950

The Furies

Actor
T. C. Jeffords
Movie
1950

The Great Sinner

Actor
Gen. Ostrovsky
Movie
1949

The Treasure of the Sierra MadreStream

Actor
Howard
Movie
1948
100%

Summer Holiday

Actor
Mr. Nat Miller
Movie
1948

Duel in the Sun

Actor
The Sinkiller (Preacher)
Movie
1946
76%

Dragonwyck

Actor
Ephraim Wells
Movie
1946

Let There Be Light

Actor
Narrator (uncredited)
Movie
1946

And Then There Were NoneStream

Actor
Dr. Edward G. Armstrong
Movie
1945
100%

War Comes to America

Narrator
Movie
1945

Know Your Enemy: Japan

Narrator
Movie
1945

Dragon Seed

Actor
Ling Tan
Movie
1944

Know Your Ally: Britain

Narrator
Movie
1944

For God and Country

Narrator
Movie
1943

War Department Report

Narrator
Movie
1943

December 7thStream

Actor
Uncle Sam
Docudrama
1943

Edge of DarknessStream

Actor
Dr. Martin Stensgard
Movie
1943

The Nazis Strike

Narrator
Movie
1943

The Battle of Russia

Narrator
Movie
1943

Armored Attack

Actor
Dr. Pavel Grigorich Kurin
Movie
1943

Mission to Moscow

Actor
Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
Movie
1943

The OutlawStream

Actor
Doc Holliday
Movie
1943
71%

The Battle of Britain

Narrator
Movie
1943

Why We Fight

Actor
Show
1942

Our Russian Front

Narrator
Show
1942

Safeguarding Military Information

Actor
Show
1942

Yankee Doodle DandyStream

Actor
Jerry Cohan
Movie
1942
91%

Prelude to War

Narrator
Movie
1942

Always in My Heart

Actor
MacKenzie "Mac" Scott
Movie
1942

The Maltese FalconStream

Actor
Capt. Jacobi (uncredited)
Movie
1941
99%

The Devil and Daniel WebsterStream

Actor
Mr. Scratch
Movie
1941
100%

The Shanghai Gesture

Actor
Sir Guy Charteris
Movie
1941

Swamp Water

Actor
Thursday Ragan
Movie
1941

The Light That Failed

Actor
Torpenhow
Movie
1939

Of Human Hearts

Actor
Rev. Ethan Wilkins
Movie
1938

Rhodes of Africa

Actor
Cecil John Rhodes
Movie
1936

DodsworthStream

Actor
Sam Dodsworth
Movie
1936
90%

Keep 'Em Rolling

Actor
Sgt. Benjamin E. "Benny" Walsh
Movie
1934

Hell Below

Actor
Lt. Cmdr. T.J. Toler USN
Movie
1933

The Prizefighter and the Lady

Actor
Professor
Movie
1933

Gabriel Over the White House

Actor
President Judson C. "Judd"/"Major" Hammond
Movie
1933

Ann Vickers

Actor
Barney Dolphin
Movie
1933

Storm at Daybreak

Actor
Mayor Dushan Radovic
Movie
1933

Guns A'Blazing

Actor
Frame 'Saint' Johnson
Movie
1932

The Woman From Monte Carlo

Actor
Captain Corlaix
Movie
1932

Rain

Actor
Alfred Davidson
Movie
1932

The Beast of the City

Actor
Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick
Movie
1932

Night Court

Actor
Judge Moffett
Movie
1932

Law and Order

Actor
Frame "Saint" Johnson
Movie
1932

American Madness

Actor
Thomas Dickson
Movie
1932

Kongo

Actor
Flint
Movie
1932

The Wet Parade

Actor
Pow Tarleton
Movie
1932

Star Witness

Actor
District Attorney Whitlock
Movie
1931

The Criminal Code

Actor
Warden Brady
Movie
1931

A House Divided

Actor
Seth Law
Movie
1931

The Ruling Voice

Actor
Jack Bannister
Movie
1931

The Virtuous Sin

Actor
Gen. Gregori Platoff
Movie
1930

Abraham Lincoln

Actor
Abraham Lincoln
Movie
1930

The Virginian

Actor
Trampas
Movie
1929

Gentlemen of the Press

Actor
Wickland Snell
Movie
1929