Walter Huston
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).
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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
Summer Holiday
Actor
Mr. Nat Miller
Movie
1948
Duel in the Sun
Actor
The Sinkiller (Preacher)
Movie
1946
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
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
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
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
The Devil and Daniel WebsterStream
Actor
Mr. Scratch
Movie
1941
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
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
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