Walter Huston

Actor Apr 3 (died age 67) Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1929–2022 (93 year career)

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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 C…

Known For

Film

The Maltese Falcon

Captain Jacoby (uncredited)

Film

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Howard

Film

And Then There Were None

Edward Armstrong

Film

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Jerry Cohan

Film

Dodsworth

Sam Dodsworth

Film

Duel in the Sun

The Sinkiller

Film

Dragonwyck

Ephraim Wells

Film

All That Money Can Buy

Mr. Scratch

Filmography

Acting (89)

Movies (89)

A Compassionate Spy

2022

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.2

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

2008

as Various Roles (archive footage)

6.1

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

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

2003

as Howard (archive footage)

6.5

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

2000

as Narrator

Bogart: The Untold Story

1997

as Self (archive footage)

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

1996

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1988

as Self (archive footage)

5.9

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

as (archive footage)

10.0

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

Brasileiros em Hollywood

1970

as Self (archive footage)

Anniversary

1963

as Himself - Archive Footage (uncredited)

Armored Attack!

as Dr. Kurin

The Furies

as T. C. Jeffords

The Great Sinner

as General Ostrovsky

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

as Howard

Summer Holiday

as Mr. Nat Miller

Dragonwyck

as Ephraim Wells

Duel in the Sun

as The Sinkiller

Let There Be Light

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

7.3

Know Your Enemy: Japan

1945

as Narrator

5.9

And Then There Were None

as Edward Armstrong

War Comes to America

as Narrator

Why We Fight: The Battle of China

as Abraham Lincoln

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

Dragon Seed

as Ling Tan

Know Your Ally: Britain

1944

as Narrator

4.6

Edge of Darkness

1943

as Dr. Martin Stensgard

6.2

War Department Report

as Narrator (voice)

The Outlaw

as Doc Holliday

The North Star

as Dr. Kurin

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

1943

as Narrator

6.8

Report from the Aleutians

1943

as Voices of officers (voice)

5.9

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

1943

as Narrator

6.7

The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943

as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)

5.3

Mission to Moscow

1943

as Ambassador Joseph E. Davies

December 7th

as Uncle Sam 'U.S.'

For God and Country

as Narrator

Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike

1943

as Narrator

6.3

In This Our Life

1942

as Bartender (uncredited)

6.8

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942

as Jerry Cohan

7.0

Safeguarding Military Information

1942

as The General

5.3

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

1942

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Always in My Heart

as MacKenzie Scott

Our Russian Front

as Narrator

The Maltese Falcon

as Captain Jacoby (uncredited)

The Shanghai Gesture

as Sir Guy Charteris

Swamp Water

as Thursday Ragan

All That Money Can Buy

1941

as Mr. Scratch

7.0

The Light That Failed

as Torpenhow

Of Human Hearts

as Ethan Wilkins

Dodsworth

as Sam Dodsworth

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Rhodes of Africa

as Cecil John Rhodes

Hollywood Hobbies

as Himself

The Tunnel

as President of the United States

5.3

Keep 'Em Rolling

1934

as Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh

6.0

Storm at Daybreak

1933

as Mayor Dushan Radovic

5.8

The Prizefighter and the Lady

1933

as Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")

Ann Vickers

as Barney Dolphin

Hell Below

as Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN

5.9

Gabriel Over the White House

1933

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

6.8

The Woman from Monte Carlo

as Captain Corlaix

American Madness

as Thomas Dickson

The Beast of the City

1932

as Captain James "Jim" Fitzpatrick aka Fighting Fitz

5.9

Law and Order

1932

as Frame 'Saint' Johnson

Kongo

as Flint

Rain

as Alfred Davidson

The Wet Parade

as Pow Tarleton

Night Court

as Judge Andrew J. Moffett

The Criminal Code

as Mark Brady

The Ruling Voice

as Jack Bannister

Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)

1931

as Self

A House Divided

1931

as Seth Law

4.8

Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston

1931

as Self

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

1931

as Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)

The Star Witness

1931

as District Attorney Whitlock

6.7

1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"

as Self

Abraham Lincoln

as Abraham Lincoln

The Virtuous Sin

as Gregory Platoff

The Bad Man

as Pancho Lopez

Behind the Make-Up

1930

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

6.2

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

1930

as Self

3.4

Gentlemen of the Press

as Wickland Snell

The Lady Lies

as Robert Rossiter

Two Americans

as Abraham Lincoln

The Bishop's Candlesticks

1929

as The Convict

The Virginian

1929

as Trampas

5.6