Henry B. Walthall
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 15, 1878
- Died
- June 17, 1936 (aged 58)
- Birthplace
- Shelby County, Alabama, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henry Brazeale Walthall (March 16, 1878 – June 17, 1936) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared as the Little Colonel in D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915). In New York in 1901, Walthall won a role in Under Southern Skies by Charlotte Blair Parker. He performed in the play for three years, in New York and on tour. With the company of Henry Miller he gained recognition on Broadway in plays including Pippa Passes, The Only Way and William Vaughn Moody's The Great Divide (1906–08). His fellow cast member James Kirkwood introduced Walthall to D. W. Griffith, and at the conclusion of that engagement, Walthall joined the Biograph Company. His career in movies began in 1909 at Biograph Studios in New York with a leading role in the film A Convict's Sacrifice. This film also featured James Kirkwood, and was directed by D. W. Griffith, a director that played a huge part in Walthall's rise to stardom. As the industry grew in size and popularity, Griffith emerged as a director and Walthall found himself a mainstay of the Griffith company, frequently working alongside such Griffith regulars as Owen Moore, Kate Bruce, Lillian and Dorothy Gish, Mae Marsh, Bobby Harron and Jack and Mary Pickford. He followed Griffith's departure from New York's Biograph to California's Reliance-Majestic Studios in 1913. After a few months with Reliance, he joined Pathé for a short period. He decided to go into the producing business and formed The Union Feature Film Company, the first to be devoted entirely to full-length films. The venture was not successful, however, and he again became associated with Griffith's company. Given the relatively short length of films in the early years, Walthall frequently found himself cast in dozens of films each year. He gained national attention in 1915 for his role as Colonel Ben Cameron in Griffith's highly influential and controversial epic, The Birth of a Nation. Walthall's portrayal of a Confederate veteran rounding up the Ku Klux Klan won him large-scale fame, and Walthall was soon able to emerge as a leading actor in the years leading up to the 1920s, parting ways with Griffith. Walthall continued working in films through the 1920s, appearing in The Plastic Age with Gilbert Roland and Clara Bow. He portrayed Roger Chillingworth in Victor Seastrom's 1926 adaptation of The Scarlet Letter opposite Lillian Gish. Walthall continued his career into the 1930s. After his performance in director John Ford's 1934 film Judge Priest starring Will Rogers he enjoyed a golden period of his career. He portrayed Dr. Manette in A Tale of Two Cities (1935), starring Ronald Colman. In 1936 he appeared as Marcel in The Devil-Doll. He was gravely ill during his final film, China Clipper. Frank Capra wanted Walthall to portray the High Lama in his 1937 film, Lost Horizon. "Frail and failing, he died before we could test him," Capra wrote. Walthall has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard.
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Filmography
I Am Not a Racist
Movie · as Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
London After Midnight
Movie · as Sir James Hamlin (archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Movie · as Col. Ben Cameron (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Los ojos del siglo (Volumen I)
Movie · as Él mismo (material de archivo)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Devil-Doll
Movie · as Marcel
Hearts in Bondage
Movie · as Capt. Buchanan
The Last Outlaw
Movie · as Cal Yates
The Mine with the Iron Door
Movie · as David Burton
China Clipper
Movie · as Dad Brunn
The Garden Murder Case
Movie · as Dr. Garden
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie · as Dr. Manette
Helldorado
Movie · as Abner Meadows
Dante's Inferno
Movie · as Pop McWade
Judge Priest
Movie · as Reverend Ashby Brand
Viva Villa!
Movie · as Francisco Madero
The Scarlet Letter
Movie · as Roger Chillingworth
Love Time
Movie · as Duke Johann von Hatzfeld
Men in White
Movie · as enry B. Walthall
Dark Hazard
Movie · as Schultz
Beggars in Ermine
Movie · as Marchant the Blind Man
The Murder in the Museum
Movie · as Bernard Latham Wayne, alias Prof. Mysto
City Park
Movie · as Colonel Henry Randolph Ransome
A Girl of the Limberlost
Movie · as Dr. Amon
The Lemon Drop Kid
Movie · as Jonas Deering
42nd Street
Movie · as Concerned Actor (uncredited)
Somewhere in Sonora
Movie · as Bob Leadly
The Flaming Signal
Movie · as Rev. Mr. James
Her Forgotten Past
Movie · as Mr. Maynard
The Wolf Dog
Movie · as Jim Courtney
Hold Your Man
Movie · as Clergyman in Alternate Version (uncredited)
The Whispering Shadow
Movie · as J. D. Bradley
Headline Shooter
Movie · as Judge Beacon (uncredited)
The Sin of Nora Moran
Movie · as Father Ryan
Ride Him, Cowboy
Movie · as John Gaunt
Chandu the Magician
Movie · as Robert Regent
Strange Interlude
Movie · as Professor Leeds
Hotel Continental
Movie · as Winthrop
Klondike
Movie · as Mark Armstrong
Police Court
Movie · as Nathaniel "Nat" Barry
Central Park
Movie · as Eby
Alias Mary Smith
Movie · as Atwell
The Cabin in the Cotton
Movie · as Eph Clinton
Me and My Gal
Movie · as Sarge
Self Defense
Movie · as Doctor Borden
Anybody's Blonde
Movie · as Mr. Evans
Is There Justice?
Movie · as District Attorney John Raymond
Abraham Lincoln
Movie · as Colonel Marshall
Tol'able David
Movie · as Amos Hatburn
Temple Tower
Movie · as Blackton
The Love Trader
Movie · as Captain Adams
The Trespasser
Movie · as Fuller
Stark Mad
Movie · as Capt. Rhodes - Yacht Commander
The Phantom in the House
Movie · as Boyd Milburn
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Movie · as Father Juniper
The River of Romance
Movie · as General Jeff Rumford
Black Magic
Movie · as Dr. Bradbroke
From Headquarters
Movie · as Buffalo Bill Ryan
Speakeasy
Movie · as Piano player
Blaze o' Glory
Movie · as Burke
The Jazz Age
Movie · as Mr Maxwell
In Old California
Movie · as Don Pedro De León
Retribution
Movie · as Henry / Tommy Mooney
Freedom of the Press
Movie · as John Ballard
A Light in the Window
Movie · as Johann Graff
London After Midnight
Movie · as Sir James Hamlin
The Scarlet Letter
Movie · as Roger Prynne aka Roger Chillingworth
Wings
Movie · as Mr. Armstrong
Love Me and the World Is Mine
Movie · as Van Denbosch
Fighting Love
Movie · as Filipo Navarro
The Road to Mandalay
Movie · as Father James
The Barrier
Movie · as Gale Gaylord
Three Faces East
Movie · as George Bennett
Everybody's Acting
Movie · as Thorpe
The Unknown Soldier
Movie · as John Phillips
The Golden Bed
Movie · as Col. Peake
Kentucky Pride
Movie · as Mr. Beaumont
Kit Carson Over the Great Divide
Movie · as Dr. Samuel Webb
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
Movie · as William Hale
The Plastic Age
Movie · as Henry Carver
Dollar Down
Movie · as Alec Craig
The Woman on the Jury
Movie · as Prosecuting Attorney
Single Wives
Movie · as Franklin Dexter
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Movie · as Robert Stevens
The Unknown Purple
Movie · as Peter Marchmont / Victor Cromport
Gimme
Movie · as John McGimsey
Boy of Mine
Movie · as William Latimer
The Kickback
Movie · as Aaron Price
One Clear Call
Movie · as Henry Garnett
The Long Chance
Movie · as Harley P. Hennage
The Able-Minded Lady
Movie · as Breezy Bright
Flower of the North
Movie · as Philip Whitemore
A Splendid Hazard
Movie · as Karl Breitman
The Confession
Movie · as Father Bartlett
Parted Curtains
Movie · as Joe Jenkins
Modern Husbands
Movie · as Stephen Duane
The False Faces
Movie · as Michael Lanyard
The Long Arm of Mannister
Movie · as George Mannister
The Long Lane's Turning
Movie · as Harry Sevier
The Boomerang
Movie · as George Gray
The Great Love
Movie · as Sir Roger Brighton
Humdrum Brown
Movie · as Hector 'Humdrum' Brown
His Robe of Honor
Movie · as Julian Randolph
With Hoops of Steel
Movie · as Emerson Mead
The Misleading Lady
Movie · as Jack Craiger
Pillars of Society
Movie · as Karsten Bernick
The Strange Case of Mary Page
Movie · as Phil Langdon, Attorney
The Sting of Victory
Movie · as David Whiting / Walker Whiting
The Birth of a Nation
Movie · as Col. Ben Cameron
Ghosts
Movie · as Captain Alving / Oswald
The Raven
Movie · as Edgar Allan Poe
Rod of Wrath
Movie · as Erickson's Son
The Outer Edge
Movie · as Dr. Rownlee
The Circular Path
Movie · as Reverend Darwin Kirby
Temper
Movie · as Frank Bradbury
The Avenging Conscience
Movie · as The Nephew
The Green-Eyed Devil
Movie
Lord Chumley
Movie · as Lord Chumley
The Odalisque
Movie · as Joe, in love with May
Judith of Bethulia
Movie · as Holofernes
The Mysterious Shot
Movie · as The Gopher
Strongheart
Movie · as Soangataha / Strongheart
Home, Sweet Home
Movie · as John Howard Payne
The Old Man
Movie · as The Old Man
The Floor Above
Movie · as Stephen Pryde
The Mountain Rat
Movie · as Douglas Williams
Classmates
Movie · as Duncan Irving
The Gangsters of New York
Movie · as Porky Dugan
The Awakening of Donna Isolla
Movie · as The President of the Republic
The Sheriff's Baby
Movie · as First Bandit
Love in an Apartment Hotel
Movie · as The Young Woman's Fiance
During the Round-Up
Movie · as The Stranger
If We Only Knew
Movie · as The Father
The Tenderfoot's Money
Movie · as The Prospector
The Stolen Loaf
Movie · as The Poor Man
The Mirror
Movie · as The Station Agent
A Gambler's Honor
Movie · as Beth's Brother
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
Movie · as The Indian Chief's Son
Death's Marathon
Movie · as The Husband
The Perfidy of Mary
Movie · as The Poet
The Wanderer
Movie · as The Wanderer
The Switchtower
Movie · as The Switchman
Her Mother's Oath
Movie · as The Actor
Three Friends
Movie · as The Husband
A Woman in the Ultimate
Movie · as Badger Gang Member
Broken Ways
Movie · as The Road Agent
The Little Tease
Movie · as The Valley Man
Two Men of the Desert
Movie · as First Partner
Oil and Water
Movie · as The Idealist
The Lady and the Mouse
Movie · as The First Rival
In the Aisles of the Wild
Movie · as Jim Watson
Two Daughters of Eve
Movie · as The Father
Brutality
Movie · as Actor In Oliver Twist
My Hero
Movie · as Indian Charlie
Friends
Movie · as Dandy Jack
The Burglar’s Dilemma
Movie · as The Householder's Weakling Brother
The Informer
Movie · as The False Brother
My Baby
Movie · as The Husband
The One She Loved
Movie · as The Husband
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
Movie · as A Psalm Singer
So Near, Yet So Far
Movie · as In Club
The God Within
Movie · as The Woodsman
For His Sake
Movie
The Command from Galilee
Movie · as The Lover
Souls Courageous
Movie
The Honor of His Family
Movie · as George Pickett Jr.
A Flash of Light
Movie · as Younger John Rogers
The House with Closed Shutters
Movie · as Charles Randolph - The Confederate Soldier
Wilful Peggy
Movie · as The Lord
Rose o' Salem Town
Movie · as The Trapper
The Oath and the Man
Movie · as Henri Prevost
Ramona
Movie · as Alessandro
A Child of the Ghetto
Movie · as The Farmer
Love Among the Roses
Movie · as The Lord
The Two Brothers
Movie · as Pedro
In Old California
Movie · as Perdita's Son
The Thread of Destiny
Movie · as Estrada
The Usurer
Movie · as One of the Second Debtors
In Life's Cycle
Movie · as Vincent, as an Adult
The Call to Arms
Movie · as The Lord
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
Movie · as Bill
His Last Burglary
Movie · as William Standish
The Way of the World
Movie
A Summer Idyll
Movie
The Face at the Window
Movie · as Ralph Bradford
The Converts
Movie
The Gold Seekers
Movie · as The Prospector
The Iconoclast
Movie
Thou Shalt Not
Movie
The Kid
Movie · as Walter Holden
The Call
Movie · as Billy Harvey
The Armorer’s Daughter
Movie · as Macennas
In the Gray of the Dawn
Movie
On the Reef
Movie · as Mr. Wilson
Where the Sea and the Shore Doth Meet
Movie
The Cloister’s Touch
Movie · as The Father
In the Border States
Movie · as Confederate Corporal
The Newlyweds
Movie · as A Friend / At Station Reception
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
Movie · as A Horse Thief
Gold Is Not All
Movie · as Man at Party
The Sealed Room
Movie · as The Troubador
A Corner in Wheat
Movie · as Wheat King's Assistant
Pippa Passes
Movie
Getting Even
Movie · as Miner
In Old Kentucky
Movie · as Robert, the Confederate son
The Mended Lute
Movie · as Indian
A Strange Meeting
Movie · as A Thief
The Broken Locket
Movie · as Mexican Man
Fools of Fate
Movie
The Day After
Movie · as Party Guest
The Heart of an Outlaw
Movie · as The Mexican Lover
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
Movie
A Trap for Santa Claus
Movie · as Arthur Rogers (uncredited)
Pranks
Movie · as Sunbather
The Little Darling
Movie · as In Boarding House
In Little Italy
Movie · as Victor Ratazzi
They Would Elope
Movie
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
Movie · as Woodsman