Walter Huston
Acting
Born April 3, 1883 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died April 7, 1950
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.
Known for
Filmography
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008 · Various Roles (archive footage)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988 · Self (archive footage)
The Furies
1950 · T. C. Jeffords
The Great Sinner
1949 · General Ostrovsky
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 · Howard
Summer Holiday
1948 · Mr. Nat Miller
Duel in the Sun
1946 · The Sinkiller
Dragonwyck
1946 · Ephraim Wells
Let There Be Light
1946 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
And Then There Were None
1945 · Edward Armstrong
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945 · Narrator
War Comes to America
1945 · Narrator
Dragon Seed
1944 · Ling Tan
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
1944 · Abraham Lincoln
Report from the Aleutians
1943 · Voices of officers (voice)
The Outlaw
1943 · Doc Holliday
The North Star
1943 · Dr. Kurin
Edge of Darkness
1943 · Dr. Martin Stensgard
December 7th
1943 · Uncle Sam 'U.S.'
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
1943 · Narrator
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943 · Narrator
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
1943 · Narrator
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942 · Jerry Cohan
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
1942 · Self - Narrator (voice)
In This Our Life
1942 · Bartender (uncredited)
All That Money Can Buy
1941 · Mr. Scratch
The Shanghai Gesture
1941 · Sir Guy Charteris
Swamp Water
1941 · Thursday Ragan
The Maltese Falcon
1941 · Captain Jacoby (uncredited)
Of Human Hearts
1938 · Ethan Wilkins
Dodsworth
1936 · Sam Dodsworth
The Tunnel
1935 · President of the United States
Ann Vickers
1933 · Barney Dolphin
The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933 · Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")
Gabriel Over the White House
1933 · Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States
Hell Below
1933 · Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN
American Madness
1932 · Thomas Dickson
The Beast of the City
1932 · Captain James "Jim" Fitzpatrick aka Fighting Fitz
Rain
1932 · Alfred Davidson
Kongo
1932 · Flint
The Criminal Code
1931 · Mark Brady
The Star Witness
1931 · District Attorney Whitlock
Abraham Lincoln
1930 · Abraham Lincoln
The Virginian
1929 · Trampas