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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 3, 1883
Died
April 7, 1950
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
- Walter Thomas Houghston
- Walter Thomas Huston
- Walter Houghston
Walter Huston
0.3 Popularity
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
6.2
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Compassionate Spy
2022
6.1
Various Roles (archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
🎬
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
6.5
Howard (archive footage)
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003
🎬
0.0
Narrator
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
2000
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
5.9
Self (archive footage)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
10.0
(archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
6.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Credits
A Compassionate Spy
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
6.2
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2008
6.1
🎬
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
2004
7.0
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
as Howard (archive footage)
2003
6.5
🎬
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
as Narrator
2000
0.0
Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage)
1997
0.0
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
1996
7.5
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
1988
5.9
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
10.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
6.1
🎬
Anniversary
as Himself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
1963
0.0
Armored Attack!
as Dr. Kurin
1957
6.2
The Furies
as T. C. Jeffords
1950
7.2
The Great Sinner
as General Ostrovsky
1949
6.6
Summer Holiday
as Mr. Nat Miller
1948
4.9
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
as Howard
1948
8.0
Duel in the Sun
as The Sinkiller
1946
6.3
Let There Be Light
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1946
7.3
Dragonwyck
as Ephraim Wells
1946
6.7
And Then There Were None
as Edward Armstrong
1945
7.0
Know Your Enemy: Japan
as Narrator
1945
5.9
War Comes to America
as Narrator
1945
7.0
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
as Abraham Lincoln
1944
6.5
Dragon Seed
as Ling Tan
1944
6.5
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1944
6.0
Know Your Ally: Britain
as Narrator
1944
4.6
War Department Report
as Narrator (voice)
1943
6.0
The North Star
as Dr. Kurin
1943
6.1
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
1943
5.3
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
as Narrator
1943
6.7
Report from the Aleutians
as Voices of officers (voice)
1943
5.9
For God and Country
as Narrator
1943
0.0
Mission to Moscow
as Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
1943
5.3
Edge of Darkness
as Dr. Martin Stensgard
1943
6.2
December 7th
as Uncle Sam 'U.S.'
1943
5.8
The Outlaw
as Doc Holliday
1943
5.4
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
as Narrator
1943
6.8
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
as Narrator
1943
6.3
Our Russian Front
as Narrator
1942
7.0
Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Jerry Cohan
1942
7.0
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1942
6.4
In This Our Life
as Bartender (uncredited)
1942
6.8
Always in My Heart
as MacKenzie Scott
1942
6.0
Safeguarding Military Information
as The General
1942
5.0
The Shanghai Gesture
as Sir Guy Charteris
1941
6.3
Swamp Water
as Thursday Ragan
1941
6.3
The Maltese Falcon
as Captain Jacoby (uncredited)
1941
7.7
All That Money Can Buy
as Mr. Scratch
1941
7.0
The Light That Failed
as Torpenhow
1939
6.0
Of Human Hearts
as Ethan Wilkins
1938
5.8
Dodsworth
as Sam Dodsworth
1936
7.1
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
1.0
Rhodes of Africa
as Cecil John Rhodes
1936
6.0
The Tunnel
as President of the United States
1935
5.3
🎬
Hollywood Hobbies
as Himself
1935
6.0
Keep 'Em Rolling
as Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh
1934
6.0
The Prizefighter and the Lady
as Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")
1933
5.4
Ann Vickers
as Barney Dolphin
1933
5.5
Storm at Daybreak
as Mayor Dushan Radovic
1933
5.8
Hell Below
as Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN
1933
5.9
Gabriel Over the White House
as Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States
1933
6.8
Rain
as Alfred Davidson
1932
6.6
Kongo
as Flint
1932
6.4
American Madness
as Thomas Dickson
1932
6.8
Night Court
as Judge Andrew J. Moffett
1932
6.4
The Wet Parade
as Pow Tarleton
1932
5.8
The Beast of the City
as Captain James Edward "Jim" Fitzpatrick aka Fighting Fitz
1932
5.8
Law and Order
as Frame 'Saint' Johnson
1932
4.9
The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Captain Corlaix
1932
5.0
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
as Self
1931
0.0
Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston
as Self
1931
0.0
A House Divided
as Seth Law
1931
4.8
The Ruling Voice
as Jack Bannister
1931
6.0
The Star Witness
as District Attorney Whitlock
1931
6.7
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon'
as Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)
1931
0.0
The Criminal Code
as Mark Brady
1931
6.0
Abraham Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln
1930
5.4
The Virtuous Sin
as Gregory Platoff
1930
4.3
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"
as Self
1930
4.5
The Bad Man
as Pancho Lopez
1930
0.0
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as Self
1930
3.4
Behind the Make-Up
as Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)
1930
6.2
The Virginian
as Trampas
1929
5.8
The Lady Lies
as Robert Rossiter
1929
5.3
🎬
Two Americans
as Abraham Lincoln
1929
0.0
Gentlemen of the Press
as Wickland Snell
1929
5.0
🎬
The Bishop's Candlesticks
as The Convict
1929
0.0