Walter Huston was a Canadian-born American actor. He was the father of actor and director John Huston and the grandfather of actress Anjelica Huston and actor Danny Huston.
Born Walter Houghston in Toronto, Ontario to an Ulster-Scottish father and a Scottish Canadian mother, he began his Broadway career in 1924. Once talkies began in Hollywood, he achieved fame in character roles. His first major role was in 1929’s The Virginian with Gary Cooper. He appeared in the Broadway theatrical adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’ novel Dodsworth in 1934 and the play’s film version two years later.
Huston stayed busy throughout the 1930s and 1940s, both on stage and screen (becoming one of America’s most distinguished actors); he performed “September Song” in the original Broadway production of Knickerbocker Holiday in 1938. Among his films are Rain (1932), The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) and Mission to Moscow (1943), a pro-Soviet World War II propaganda film as Ambassador Joseph E. Davies. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1948 for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, which was directed by his son, John Huston. His last film was The Furies in 1950 with Barbara Stanwyck.
Along with Anthony Veiller, he narrated the Why We Fight series of World War II documentaries directed by Frank Capra.
He died in Hollywood from an aortic aneurysm, one day after his 66th birthday.
Walter Huston has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6626 Hollywood Blvd.
Walter Huston Biography / Wiki
| Name | Walter Huston |
| Also Know | Walter Thomas Houghston, Walter Thomas Huston |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Date of Birth | 1883-04-05 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 67 |
| Deathday | 1950-04-07 |
Walter Huston Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| American Madness | Thomas Dickson | 1932-08-15 | Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank… |
| The Beast of the City | Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick | 1932-02-13 | Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his corrupt brother Ed to watch over Daisy who was associated with Belmonte…. |
| Dodsworth | Sam Dodsworth | 1936-09-23 | A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life…. |
| The Criminal Code | Mark Brady | 1930-12-31 | After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 year… |
| The Lady Lies | Robert Rossiter | 1929-09-21 | Much to the disapproval of his snooty children, a wealthy widowed attorney takes up with a beautiful but “lower-class” woman…. |
| The Star Witness | District Attorney Whitlock | 1931-08-22 | A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals… |
| Kongo | Flint | 1932-10-01 | The ruthless Flint, a disabled man, rules an isolated region of Kongo like an omnipotent god, through superstition and sadism, living only for the day… |
| Gabriel Over the White House | Hon. Judson Hammond – The President of the United States | 1933-03-31 | A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fata… |
| December 7th | Uncle Sam ‘U.S.’ | 1943-01-01 | “Docudrama” about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii a… |
| Law and Order | Frame ‘Saint’ Johnson | 1932-03-01 | A legendary lawman and his cohorts set out to restore order to the dangerous streets of Tombstone, Ariz…. |
| Of Human Hearts | Ethan Wilkins | 1938-02-11 | This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who minis… |
| A House Divided | Seth Law | 1931-12-05 | A New England fisherman’s (Walter Huston) second wife (Helen Chandler) prefers his son (Kent Douglass)…. |
| Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | 1930-08-25 | A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln’s life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early ye… |
| Mission to Moscow | Ambassador Joseph E. Davies | 1943-04-29 | Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism…. |
| The Virtuous Sin | Gregory Platoff | 1930-10-31 | Marya gets friendly with General Platoff in order to save her husband Victor from being executed…. |
| The Ruling Voice | Jack Bannister | 1931-10-30 | A mob boss has a change of heart when his daughter convinces him to move on from crime…. |
| Rhodes of Africa | Cecil John Rhodes | 1936-06-30 | Rhodes of Africa is a 1936 British biographical film charting the life of Cecil Rhodes. It was directed by Berthold Viertel and starred Walter Huston,… |
| Keep ‘Em Rolling | Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh | 1934-03-02 | World War I drama about a soldier and the wild horse he befriends…. |
| Know Your Ally: Britain | Narrator | 1944-01-01 | Know Your Ally: Britain was a 45-minute propaganda film made in 1944. It was narrated by Walter Huston and produced by the United States War Departmen… |
| Gentlemen Of The Press | Wickland Snell | 1929-05-04 | A newsman is drawn away from family life by the needs of his paper until a new woman enters his life…. |
| The Bad Man | Pancho Lopez | 1930-09-13 | Film version of a play about a Mexican bandit…. |
| Let There Be Light | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1946-12-16 | The final entry in a trilogy of films produced for the U.S. government by John Huston. Some returning combat veterans suffer scars that are more psych… |
| Why We Fight: Prelude to War | Narrator (voice) | 1942-05-27 | Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra’s Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was ma… |
| Why We Fight: War Comes to America | Narrator | 1945-06-14 | The seventh and final film of Frank Capra’s Why We Fight World War II propaganda film series. This entry attempts to describe the factors leading up t… |
| Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain | Narrator | 1943-10-10 | The fourth of Frank Capra’s Why We Fight series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for fighting and winning the Second World War. It was r… |
| Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston | Interviewee | 1931-12-31 | On of a series of short subjects created for movie theaters in the 1930s, each an interview with a popular actor of the time…. |
| Our Russian Front | Narrator | 1942-12-14 | Using footage taken by Soviet battlefront cameramen, this penetrating documentary about Russian life during World War II is narrated by Walter Huston … |
| Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America | Narrator | 2000-01-01 | Part of Frank Capra’s World War II propaganda series made for the U.S. Armed Forces, this program presents newsreel footage addressing the Battle of C… |
| War Department Report | Narrator (voice) | 1943-12-07 | WWII propaganda film…. |
| Two Americans | Abraham Lincoln | 1929-06-22 | Presents Lincoln’s difficulties with Gen. McClellan and Secretary of State Seward, over the selection of a commander of the Army of the Potomac. Linco… |
| The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Howard | 1948-01-15 | Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard and decide to join w… |
| And Then There Were None | Edward Armstrong | 1945-10-31 | Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island and while they are waiting for the mysterious host to appear, a recording levels serious accusations at … |
| Dragonwyck | Ephraim Wells | 1946-04-10 | For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually… |
| All That Money Can Buy | Mr. Scratch | 1941-10-17 | Farmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scratch, who gives Jabez seven years to enjoy the fruit… |
| The Virginian | Trampas | 1929-11-09 | A good-natured cowboy who is romancing the new schoolmarm has a crisis of conscience when he discovers his best friend is engaged in cattle rustling…. |
| The Shanghai Gesture | Sir Guy Charteris | 1941-12-25 | A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint…. |
| Rain | Alfred Davidson | 1932-10-12 | Due to a possible cholera epidemic onboard, passengers on a ship are forced to disembark at Pago Pago, a small village on a Pacific island where it in… |
| Ann Vickers | Barney Dolphin | 1933-09-26 | After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. She then falls for a controversial and married judge… |
| Swamp Water | Thursday Ragan | 1941-11-16 | A hunter happens upon a fugitive and his daughter living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love with the girl and persuades the fugitive to return to to… |
| The Woman from Monte Carlo | Captain Corlaix | 1932-01-09 | On the eve of WW-I the French Navy ship Lafayette returns to its Toulon base for one night. There is no shore leave, although wives are permitted to c… |
| Always in My Heart | MacKenzie Scott | 1942-03-14 | A man is pardoned from prison and returns to Santa Rita, CA to be with his family, but discovers his children have been told he’s dead and his wife is… |
| Dragon Seed | Ling Tan | 1944-07-20 | The lives of a small Chinese village are turned Upside down when the Japanese invade it. An heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in a… |
| Night Court | Judge Andrew J. Moffett | 1932-06-04 | A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special prosecutor…. |
| The Light That Failed | Torpenhow | 1939-12-24 | A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind…. |
| Hell Below | Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN | 1933-06-08 | On leave in Italy, Lt. Tommy Knowlton falls in love with Jean Standish, who’s not only married, but is the daughter of his submarine’s commander. Fric… |
| Safeguarding Military Information | 1941-01-16 | World War II propaganda short which focuses on the dangers of inadvertent dispersal of military information…. | |
| Report from the Aleutians | Voices of officers (voice) | 1943-07-30 | A documentary propaganda film produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps about the Aleutian Islands Campaign during World War II. The film opens with a ma… |
| Filmed Prologue to Birth of a Nation | 1930-10-24 | A dialogue between director D. W. Griffith and actor Walter Huston on the subject of Griffith controversial 1915 film “Birth Of A Nation” and it’s the… | |
| Why We Fight: The Battle of China | Abraham Lincoln | 1944-11-01 | The sixth film of Frank Capra’s Why We Fight propaganda film series illustrates Japan’s occupation of China, including Madame Chiang Kai-Shek’s stirri… |
| Yankee Doodle Dandy | Jerry Cohan | 1942-05-29 | A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan…. |
| The Furies | T. C. Jeffords | 1950-08-16 | A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over the man’s choice for a new bride. Things get worse when the elder man has his daught… |
| Summer Holiday | Mr. Nat Miller | 1948-04-15 | Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighborhood with his family. He is in love with the gi… |
| The North Star | Dr. Kurin | 1943-11-04 | A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Later re-edited and released as “Armored Attack.”… |
| Edge of Darkness | Dr. Martin Stensgard | 1943-04-09 | The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor’s wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living … |
| Storm at Daybreak | Mayor Dushan Radovic | 1933-06-14 | Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. While there he runs into Geza… |
| Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3) | Himself | 1931-01-01 | This short, not seen by audiences since 1931, features rare footage of Jean Harlow and Bela Lugosi discussing Dracula, as well as Walter Huston perfor… |
| Know Your Enemy: Japan | Narrator | 1945-08-09 | Frank Capra-directed propaganda film produced during World War II depicting the United States’ new enemy: Japan…. |
| How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: ‘The Spoon’ | Judge Walter Huston (uncredited) | 1931-08-18 | Bobby Jones instructs a husband and the judge in his divorce proceedings on proper use of the Spoon…. |
| Armored Attack! | Dr. Kurin | 1957-01-01 | A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Re-edited version of The North Star (1943), to remove positive referenc… |
| The Outlaw | Doc Holliday | 1943-02-05 | Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage. Doc is trailing his stole… |
| The Great Sinner | General Ostrovsky | 1949-06-29 | A young man succumbs to gambling fever…. |
| The Prizefighter and the Lady | Edwin J. Bennett (“The Professor”) | 1933-11-10 | An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title…. |
| For God and Country | Narrator | 1943-05-15 | The story of the U.S. Army Chaplain Service as dramatized in the stories of three chaplains, Father Michael O’Keefe, Arnold Miller, and Tom Manning…. |
| Duel in the Sun | Jubal Crabbe, the Sinkiller | 1946-12-31 | Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father’s first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad… |
| The Wet Parade | Pow Tarleton | 1932-03-26 | The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton fami… |
| Discovering Treasure: The Story of ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’ | Self (archive footage) | 2003-09-30 | An overview of the making of John Huston’s 1948 classic “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.”… |
| Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs | 1936-08-05 | Winners of the Lucky Stars National Dance Contest – one woman from each state of the United States – are welcomed to Palm Springs. Palm Springs being … | |
| The Tunnel | President of the United States (as Mr. Walter Huston) | 1935-10-27 | An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States…. |
| Behind the Make-Up | Joe in Clark & White’s Office (uncredited) | 1930-01-18 | Gardoni, a down-on-his-luck vaudeville performer, is taken in by a fellow performer, a clown who has a bicycle riding act. Gardoni shows his appreciat… |
| An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee | Himself | 1930-08-01 | Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a dinner in honor of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee, atten… |
| Hollywood Hobbies | Himself | 1935-07-05 | This short documentary narrated by sportscaster Ted Husing explores the free-time activities of some of Hollywood’s most popular celebrities. Big name… |
| The Voice That Thrilled the World | Jerry Cohan (archive footage) | 1943-01-01 | This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott’s experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from ear… |
| John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self (archive footage) | 1989-01-01 | Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highly respected filmmakers in the world…. |
| The Maltese Falcon | Captain Jacoby (uncredited) | 1941-10-18 | A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette…. |
| Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self (archive footage) | 2004-02-03 | Until 1932’s Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MGM’s production genius Irving Thalberg, the film bo… |
| Bogart: The Untold Story | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-05 | Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends a… |
| Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Various Roles (archive footage) | 2008-03-03 | A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934…. |
| In This Our Life | Bartender (uncredited) | 1942-05-08 | An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister’s husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her…. |
| Twenty Years After | 1944-01-01 | This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases…. | |
| Going Hollywood: The ’30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 | Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually get… |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Himself (archive footage) | 1983-02-25 | Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo… |
| Hollywood Without Make-Up | Himself | 1963-07-01 | A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood…. |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 | Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression…. |
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