Walter Huston

Walter Huston

Known for
Acting
Born
April 3, 1883
Died
April 7, 1950 (aged 67)
Birthplace
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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

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Filmography

2022
A Compassionate Spy poster

A Compassionate Spy

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood poster

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

Movie · as Various Roles (archive footage)

2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' poster

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

Movie · as Howard (archive footage)

2000
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America

Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America

Movie · as Narrator

1997
Bogart: The Untold Story poster

Bogart: The Untold Story

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star poster

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick poster

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s poster

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Movie · as (archive footage)

1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage poster

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? poster

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1970
Brasileiros em Hollywood poster

Brasileiros em Hollywood

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1963
Anniversary

Anniversary

Movie · as Himself - Archive Footage (uncredited)

1957
Armored Attack! poster

Armored Attack!

Movie · as Dr. Kurin

1950
The Furies poster

The Furies

Movie · as T. C. Jeffords

1949
The Great Sinner poster

The Great Sinner

Movie · as General Ostrovsky

1948
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre poster

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Movie · as Howard

1948
Summer Holiday poster

Summer Holiday

Movie · as Mr. Nat Miller

1946
Duel in the Sun poster

Duel in the Sun

Movie · as The Sinkiller

1946
Dragonwyck poster

Dragonwyck

Movie · as Ephraim Wells

1946
Let There Be Light poster

Let There Be Light

Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1945
And Then There Were None poster

And Then There Were None

Movie · as Edward Armstrong

1945
Know Your Enemy: Japan poster

Know Your Enemy: Japan

Movie · as Narrator

1945
War Comes to America poster

War Comes to America

Movie · as Narrator

1944
Dragon Seed poster

Dragon Seed

Movie · as Ling Tan

1944
Know Your Ally: Britain poster

Know Your Ally: Britain

Movie · as Narrator

1944
Why We Fight: The Battle of China poster

Why We Fight: The Battle of China

Movie · as Abraham Lincoln

1944
Twenty Years After poster

Twenty Years After

Movie · as (archive footage)

1943
Report from the Aleutians poster

Report from the Aleutians

Movie · as Voices of officers (voice)

1943
The Outlaw poster

The Outlaw

Movie · as Doc Holliday

1943
The North Star poster

The North Star

Movie · as Dr. Kurin

1943
Edge of Darkness poster

Edge of Darkness

Movie · as Dr. Martin Stensgard

1943
December 7th poster

December 7th

Movie · as Uncle Sam 'U.S.'

1943
Mission to Moscow poster

Mission to Moscow

Movie · as Ambassador Joseph E. Davies

1943
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike poster

Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike

Movie · as Narrator

1943
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain poster

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

Movie · as Narrator

1943
For God and Country poster

For God and Country

Movie · as Narrator

1943
The Voice That Thrilled the World poster

The Voice That Thrilled the World

Movie · as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)

1943
War Department Report poster

War Department Report

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1942
Yankee Doodle Dandy poster

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Movie · as Jerry Cohan

1942
Always in My Heart poster

Always in My Heart

Movie · as MacKenzie Scott

1942
Safeguarding Military Information

Safeguarding Military Information

Movie · as General (uncredited)

1942
Why We Fight: Prelude to War poster

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

1942
Our Russian Front poster

Our Russian Front

Movie · as Narrator

1942
In This Our Life poster

In This Our Life

Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

1941
All That Money Can Buy poster

All That Money Can Buy

Movie · as Mr. Scratch

1941
The Shanghai Gesture poster

The Shanghai Gesture

Movie · as Sir Guy Charteris

1941
Swamp Water poster

Swamp Water

Movie · as Thursday Ragan

1941
The Maltese Falcon poster

The Maltese Falcon

Movie · as Captain Jacoby (uncredited)

1939
The Light That Failed poster

The Light That Failed

Movie · as Torpenhow

1938
Of Human Hearts poster

Of Human Hearts

Movie · as Ethan Wilkins

1936
Dodsworth poster

Dodsworth

Movie · as Sam Dodsworth

1936
Rhodes of Africa poster

Rhodes of Africa

Movie · as Cecil John Rhodes

1936
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs poster

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Movie

1935
The Tunnel poster

The Tunnel

Movie · as President of the United States

1935
Hollywood Hobbies

Hollywood Hobbies

Movie · as Himself

1934
Keep 'Em Rolling poster

Keep 'Em Rolling

Movie · as Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh

1933
Ann Vickers poster

Ann Vickers

Movie · as Barney Dolphin

1933
The Prizefighter and the Lady poster

The Prizefighter and the Lady

Movie · as Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")

1933
Gabriel Over the White House poster

Gabriel Over the White House

Movie · as Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States

1933
Hell Below poster

Hell Below

Movie · as Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN

1933
Storm at Daybreak poster

Storm at Daybreak

Movie · as Mayor Dushan Radovic

1932
American Madness poster

American Madness

Movie · as Thomas Dickson

1932
The Beast of the City poster

The Beast of the City

Movie · as Captain James "Jim" Fitzpatrick aka Fighting Fitz

1932
Rain poster

Rain

Movie · as Alfred Davidson

1932
The Woman from Monte Carlo poster

The Woman from Monte Carlo

Movie · as Captain Corlaix

1932
Kongo poster

Kongo

Movie · as Flint

1932
Law and Order poster

Law and Order

Movie · as Frame 'Saint' Johnson

1932
The Wet Parade poster

The Wet Parade

Movie · as Pow Tarleton

1932
Night Court poster

Night Court

Movie · as Judge Andrew J. Moffett

1931
The Criminal Code poster

The Criminal Code

Movie · as Mark Brady

1931
The Star Witness poster

The Star Witness

Movie · as District Attorney Whitlock

1931
A House Divided poster

A House Divided

Movie · as Seth Law

1931
The Ruling Voice poster

The Ruling Voice

Movie · as Jack Bannister

1931
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3) poster

Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)

Movie · as Self

1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon' poster

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon'

Movie · as Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)

1931
Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston poster

Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston

Movie · as Self

1930
Abraham Lincoln poster

Abraham Lincoln

Movie · as Abraham Lincoln

1930
The Virtuous Sin poster

The Virtuous Sin

Movie · as Gregory Platoff

1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee poster

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

Movie · as Self

1930
The Bad Man poster

The Bad Man

Movie · as Pancho Lopez

1930
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation" poster

1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"

Movie · as Self

1930
Behind the Make-Up poster

Behind the Make-Up

Movie · as Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)

1929
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

Movie · as Trampas

1929
The Lady Lies poster

The Lady Lies

Movie · as Robert Rossiter

1929
The Bishop's Candlesticks

The Bishop's Candlesticks

Movie · as The Convict

1929
Two Americans

Two Americans

Movie · as Abraham Lincoln

1929
Gentlemen of the Press poster

Gentlemen of the Press

Movie · as Wickland Snell