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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1883-04-03 (142 years old)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

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Known For

Acting

2022

A Compassionate Spy as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2008

2004

Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self (archive footage)

2003

2000

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage)

1996

Joan Crawford: Always the Star as Self (archive footage)

1988

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

1946

Duel in the Sun as The Sinkiller
Dragonwyck as Ephraim Wells
Let There Be Light as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1945

And Then There Were None as Edward Armstrong

1944

Dragon Seed as Ling Tan
Twenty Years After as (archive footage)

1943

Report from the Aleutians as Voices of officers (voice)
The Outlaw as Doc Holliday
The North Star as Dr. Kurin
Edge of Darkness as Dr. Martin Stensgard
December 7th as Uncle Sam 'U.S.'
Mission to Moscow as Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
The Voice That Thrilled the World as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
War Department Report as Narrator (voice)

1942

Yankee Doodle Dandy as Jerry Cohan
Always in My Heart as MacKenzie Scott
Why We Fight: Prelude to War as Self - Narrator (voice)
Our Russian Front as Narrator
In This Our Life as Bartender (uncredited)

1941

All That Money Can Buy as Mr. Scratch
The Shanghai Gesture as Sir Guy Charteris
Swamp Water as Thursday Ragan
The Maltese Falcon as Captain Jacoby (uncredited)

1939

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

1934

Keep 'Em Rolling as Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh

1933

Ann Vickers as Barney Dolphin
The Prizefighter and the Lady as Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")
Gabriel Over the White House as Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States
Hell Below as Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN
Storm at Daybreak as Mayor Dushan Radovic

1932

American Madness as Thomas Dickson
The Beast of the City as Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick
Rain as Alfred Davidson
The Woman from Monte Carlo as Captain Corlaix
Kongo as Flint
Law and Order as Frame 'Saint' Johnson
The Wet Parade as Pow Tarleton
Night Court as Judge Andrew J. Moffett

1931

The Criminal Code as Mark Brady
The Star Witness as District Attorney Whitlock
A House Divided as Seth Law
The Ruling Voice as Jack Bannister
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon' as Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)

1930

Abraham Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln
The Virtuous Sin as Gregory Platoff
The Bad Man as Pancho Lopez
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