Walter Huston

Personal Info

Birthday

April 3, 1883

Day of Death

1950-04-07

(67 years old)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

Walter Thomas Houghston

Walter Thomas Huston

Walter Houghston

Walter Huston

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.

Known For

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Duel in the Sun

The Maltese Falcon

December 7th

And Then There Were None

The Outlaw

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Dragonwyck

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)
1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (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)
1957
Armored Attack!
as Dr. Kurin
1950
The Furies
as T. C. Jeffords
1949
The Great Sinner
as General Ostrovsky
1948
Summer Holiday
as Mr. Nat Miller
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
as Howard
1946
Duel in the Sun
as The Sinkiller
Let There Be Light
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Dragonwyck
as Ephraim Wells
1945
And Then There Were None
as Edward Armstrong
Know Your Enemy: Japan
as Narrator
War Comes to America
as Narrator
1944
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
as Abraham Lincoln
Dragon Seed
as Ling Tan
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
Know Your Ally: Britain
as Narrator
1943
War Department Report
as Narrator (voice)
The North Star
as Dr. Kurin
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
as Narrator
Report from the Aleutians
as Voices of officers (voice)
For God and Country
as Narrator
Mission to Moscow
as Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
Edge of Darkness
as Dr. Martin Stensgard
December 7th
as Uncle Sam 'U.S.'
The Outlaw
as Doc Holliday
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
as Narrator
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
as Narrator
1942
Our Russian Front
as Narrator
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 The General
1941
The Shanghai Gesture
as Sir Guy Charteris
Swamp Water
as Thursday Ragan
The Maltese Falcon
as Captain Jacoby (uncredited)
All That Money Can Buy
as Mr. Scratch
1939
The Light That Failed
as Torpenhow
1938
Of Human Hearts
as Ethan Wilkins
1936
Dodsworth
as Sam Dodsworth
Rhodes of Africa
as Cecil John Rhodes
1935
The Tunnel
as President of the United States
Hollywood Hobbies
as Himself
1934
Keep 'Em Rolling
as Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh
1933
The Prizefighter and the Lady
as Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")
Ann Vickers
as Barney Dolphin
Storm at Daybreak
as Mayor Dushan Radovic
Hell Below
as Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN
Gabriel Over the White House
as Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States
1932
Rain
as Alfred Davidson
Kongo
as Flint
American Madness
as Thomas Dickson
Night Court
as Judge Andrew J. Moffett
The Wet Parade
as Pow Tarleton
The Beast of the City
as Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick
Law and Order
as Frame 'Saint' Johnson
The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Captain Corlaix
1931
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
as Self
Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston
as Self
A House Divided
as Seth Law
The Ruling Voice
as Jack Bannister
The Star Witness
as District Attorney Whitlock
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon'
as Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)
The Criminal Code
as Mark Brady
1930
Abraham Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"
as Self
The Virtuous Sin
as Gregory Platoff
The Bad Man
as Pancho Lopez
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as Self
Behind the Make-Up
as Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)
1929
The Virginian
as Trampas
The Lady Lies
as Robert Rossiter
Two Americans
as Abraham Lincoln
Gentlemen of the Press
as Wickland Snell
The Bishop's Candlesticks
as The Convict