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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Huston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Self (archive footage)

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Jerry Cohan

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Howard

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Thomas Dickson

American Madness

Edward Armstrong

And Then There Were None

Captain James "Jim" Fitzpatrick aka Fighting Fitz

The Beast of the City

Sam Dodsworth

Dodsworth

Voices of officers (voice)

Report from the Aleutians

Doc Holliday

The Outlaw

The Sinkiller

Duel in the Sun

Ephraim Wells

Dragonwyck

T. C. Jeffords

The Furies

Mr. Scratch

All That Money Can Buy

Trampas

The Virginian

Sir Guy Charteris

The Shanghai Gesture

Mark Brady

The Criminal Code

Mr. Nat Miller

Summer Holiday

Alfred Davidson

Rain

Barney Dolphin

Ann Vickers

Thursday Ragan

Swamp Water

Robert Rossiter

The Lady Lies

Dr. Kurin

The North Star

Dr. Martin Stensgard

Edge of Darkness

District Attorney Whitlock

The Star Witness

Captain Corlaix

The Woman from Monte Carlo

Flint

Kongo

Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")

The Prizefighter and the Lady

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Let There Be Light

MacKenzie Scott

Always in My Heart

Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States

Gabriel Over the White House

Uncle Sam 'U.S.'

December 7th

Frame 'Saint' Johnson

Law and Order

Ling Tan

Dragon Seed

Ethan Wilkins

Of Human Hearts

Seth Law

A House Divided

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Pow Tarleton

The Wet Parade

Judge Andrew J. Moffett

Night Court

General Ostrovsky

The Great Sinner

Ambassador Joseph E. Davies

Mission to Moscow

Howard (archive footage)

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

Gregory Platoff

The Virtuous Sin

Jack Bannister

The Ruling Voice

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Torpenhow

The Light That Failed

Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN

Hell Below

Captain Jacoby (uncredited)

The Maltese Falcon

Self (archive footage)

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

The Convict

The Bishop's Candlesticks

Mayor Dushan Radovic

Storm at Daybreak

(archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

The General

Safeguarding Military Information

Abraham Lincoln

Two Americans

Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh

Keep 'Em Rolling

Self

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

A Compassionate Spy

President of the United States

The Tunnel

Self (archive footage)

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

Narrator

Know Your Ally: Britain

Wickland Snell

Gentlemen of the Press

Pancho Lopez

The Bad Man

Cecil John Rhodes

Rhodes of Africa

Narrator

Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike

Narrator

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

Self

1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"

Self

Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)

Self - Narrator (voice)

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

Narrator

Know Your Enemy: Japan

Narrator

War Comes to America

Abraham Lincoln

Why We Fight: The Battle of China

Narrator

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)

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

Narrator

For God and Country

Self (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

(archive footage)

Twenty Years After

Self (archive footage)

Bogart: The Untold Story

Dr. Kurin

Armored Attack!

Self

Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston

Narrator

Our Russian Front

Various Roles (archive footage)

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

Jerry Cohan (archive footage)

The Voice That Thrilled the World

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)

Behind the Make-Up

Narrator

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

Himself

Hollywood Hobbies

Narrator (voice)

War Department Report

Bartender (uncredited)

In This Our Life

Himself - Archive Footage (uncredited)

Anniversary

Self (archive footage)

Brasileiros em Hollywood

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

89

Gender

Male

Birthday

1883-04-03

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

Walter Thomas Houghston