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.
Movie | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Various Roles (archive footage) | 2008-03-03 |
Movie | Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self (archive footage) | 2004-02-03 |
Movie | Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' | Howard (archive footage) | 2003-09-30 |
Movie | Bogart: The Untold Story | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-05 |
Movie | Joan Crawford: Always the Star | Self (archive footage) | 1996-09-30 |
Movie | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self (archive footage) | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
Movie | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
Movie | Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self (archive footage) | 1963-07-01 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Movie | The Furies | T. C. Jeffords | 1950-08-16 |
Movie | The Great Sinner | General Ostrovsky | 1949-06-29 |
Movie | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Howard | 1948-01-15 |
Movie | Summer Holiday | Mr. Nat Miller | 1948-04-15 |
Movie | Dragonwyck | Ephraim Wells | 1946-04-19 |
Movie | Let There Be Light | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1946-12-16 |
Movie | Duel in the Sun | The Sinkiller | 1946-12-31 |
Movie | And Then There Were None | Edward Armstrong | 1945-10-31 |
Movie | Why We Fight: The Battle of China | Abraham Lincoln | 1944-11-01 |
Movie | Know Your Ally: Britain | Narrator | 1944-01-01 |
Movie | Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | 1944-01-01 |
Movie | Dragon Seed | Ling Tan | 1944-07-20 |
Movie | Edge of Darkness | Dr. Martin Stensgard | 1943-04-09 |
Movie | December 7th | Uncle Sam 'U.S.' | 1943-03-01 |
Movie | The Outlaw | Doc Holliday | 1943-02-05 |
Movie | For God and Country | Narrator | 1943-05-15 |
Movie | Mission to Moscow | Ambassador Joseph E. Davies | 1943-04-29 |
Movie | Report from the Aleutians | Voices of officers (voice) | 1943-07-30 |
Movie | The North Star | Dr. Kurin | 1943-11-04 |
Movie | The Voice That Thrilled the World | Jerry Cohan (archive footage) | 1943-10-16 |
Movie | Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain | Narrator | 1943-10-10 |
Movie | Always in My Heart | MacKenzie Scott | 1942-03-14 |
Movie | In This Our Life | Bartender (uncredited) | 1942-05-08 |
Movie | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Jerry Cohan | 1942-05-29 |
Movie | Prelude to War | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1942-05-27 |
Movie | All That Money Can Buy | Mr. Scratch | 1941-10-17 |
Movie | Safeguarding Military Information | 1941-01-16 | |
Movie | The Maltese Falcon | Captain Jacoby (uncredited) | 1941-10-18 |
Movie | Swamp Water | Thursday Ragan | 1941-11-16 |
Movie | The Shanghai Gesture | Sir Guy Charteris | 1941-12-25 |
Movie | The Light That Failed | Torpenhow | 1939-12-24 |
Movie | Of Human Hearts | Ethan Wilkins | 1938-02-11 |
Movie | Rhodes of Africa | Cecil John Rhodes | 1936-06-30 |
Movie | Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs | 1936-08-05 | |
Movie | Dodsworth | Sam Dodsworth | 1936-09-23 |
Movie | The Tunnel | President of the United States | 1935-10-27 |
Movie | Keep 'Em Rolling | Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh | 1934-03-02 |
Movie | Gabriel Over the White House | Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States | 1933-03-31 |
Movie | The Prizefighter and the Lady | Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor") | 1933-11-10 |
Movie | Hell Below | Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN | 1933-06-08 |
Movie | Storm at Daybreak | Mayor Dushan Radovic | 1933-06-14 |
Movie | Ann Vickers | Barney Dolphin | 1933-09-26 |
Movie | The Wet Parade | Pow Tarleton | 1932-03-26 |
Movie | The Woman from Monte Carlo | Captain Corlaix | 1932-01-09 |
Movie | Law and Order | Frame 'Saint' Johnson | 1932-02-09 |
Movie | The Beast of the City | Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick | 1932-02-13 |
Movie | Night Court | Judge Andrew J. Moffett | 1932-06-04 |
Movie | Kongo | Flint | 1932-10-01 |
Movie | Rain | Alfred Davidson | 1932-10-12 |
Movie | American Madness | Thomas Dickson | 1932-08-15 |
Movie | The Star Witness | District Attorney Whitlock | 1931-08-22 |
Movie | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon' | Judge Walter Huston (uncredited) | 1931-07-19 |
Movie | The Ruling Voice | Jack Bannister | 1931-09-10 |
Movie | The Criminal Code | Mark Brady | 1931-01-03 |
Movie | A House Divided | Seth Law | 1931-12-05 |
Movie | Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3) | Self | 1931-12-31 |
Movie | Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston | Self | 1931-12-31 |
Movie | An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee | Self | 1930-08-01 |
Movie | Behind the Make-Up | Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited) | 1930-01-18 |
Movie | The Bad Man | Pancho Lopez | 1930-09-11 |
Movie | Filmed Prologue to Birth of a Nation | 1930-10-24 | |
Movie | Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | 1930-11-08 |
Movie | The Virtuous Sin | Gregory Platoff | 1930-10-24 |
Movie | Gentlemen of the Press | Wickland Snell | 1929-05-04 |
Movie | The Virginian | Trampas | 1929-11-09 |
Movie | The Lady Lies | Robert Rossiter | 1929-09-21 |
Movie | The Birth of a Nation | Himself (1931 reissue version) | 1915-02-08 |