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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 15, 1878
Died
June 17, 1936
Place of Birth
Shelby County, Alabama, USA
Also Known As
- Henry B. Walthal
- H. B. Walthall
- H.B. Walthall
- Henry Walthall
- William Walthall
- Henry Brazeale Walthall
Henry B. Walthall
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henry Brazeale Walthall (March 16, 1878 – June 17, 1936) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared as the Little Colonel in D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915). In New York in 1901, Walthall won a role in Under Southern Skies by Charlotte Blair Parker. He performed in the play for three years, in New York and on tour. With the company of Henry Miller he gained recognition on Broadway in plays including Pippa Passes, The Only Way and William Vaughn Moody's The Great Divide (1906–08). His fellow cast member James Kirkwood introduced Walthall to D. W. Griffith, and at the conclusion of that engagement, Walthall joined the Biograph Company. His career in movies began in 1909 at Biograph Studios in New York with a leading role in the film A Convict's Sacrifice. This film also featured James Kirkwood, and was directed by D. W. Griffith, a director that played a huge part in Walthall's rise to stardom. As the industry grew in size and popularity, Griffith emerged as a director and Walthall found himself a mainstay of the Griffith company, frequently working alongside such Griffith regulars as Owen Moore, Kate Bruce, Lillian and Dorothy Gish, Mae Marsh, Bobby Harron and Jack and Mary Pickford. He followed Griffith's departure from New York's Biograph to California's Reliance-Majestic Studios in 1913. After a few months with Reliance, he joined Pathé for a short period. He decided to go into the producing business and formed The Union Feature Film Company, the first to be devoted entirely to full-length films. The venture was not successful, however, and he again became associated with Griffith's company. Given the relatively short length of films in the early years, Walthall frequently found himself cast in dozens of films each year. He gained national attention in 1915 for his role as Colonel Ben Cameron in Griffith's highly influential and controversial epic, The Birth of a Nation. Walthall's portrayal of a Confederate veteran rounding up the Ku Klux Klan won him large-scale fame, and Walthall was soon able to emerge as a leading actor in the years leading up to the 1920s, parting ways with Griffith. Walthall continued working in films through the 1920s, appearing in The Plastic Age with Gilbert Roland and Clara Bow. He portrayed Roger Chillingworth in Victor Seastrom's 1926 adaptation of The Scarlet Letter opposite Lillian Gish. Walthall continued his career into the 1930s. After his performance in director John Ford's 1934 film Judge Priest starring Will Rogers he enjoyed a golden period of his career. He portrayed Dr. Manette in A Tale of Two Cities (1935), starring Ronald Colman. In 1936 he appeared as Marcel in The Devil-Doll. He was gravely ill during his final film, China Clipper. Frank Capra wanted Walthall to portray the High Lama in his 1937 film, Lost Horizon. "Frail and failing, he died before we could test him," Capra wrote. Walthall has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard.
Known For
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Ben
I Am Not a Racist
2019
6.9
Sir James Hamlin (archive footage)
London After Midnight
2002
0.0
Col. Ben Cameron (archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
5.6
Dad Brunn
China Clipper
1936
6.8
Marcel
The Devil-Doll
1936
5.5
Cal Yates
The Last Outlaw
1936
4.4
Capt. Buchanan
Hearts in Bondage
1936
0.0
David Burton
The Mine with the Iron Door
1936
Credits
I Am Not a Racist
as Ben
2019
0.0
London After Midnight
as Sir James Hamlin (archive footage)
2002
6.9
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Col. Ben Cameron (archive footage)
1998
0.0
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1975
0.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
1942
0.0
China Clipper
as Dad Brunn
1936
5.6
The Devil-Doll
as Marcel
1936
6.8
The Last Outlaw
as Cal Yates
1936
5.5
Hearts in Bondage
as Capt. Buchanan
1936
4.4
The Mine with the Iron Door
as David Burton
1936
0.0
The Garden Murder Case
as Dr. Garden
1936
5.4
A Tale of Two Cities
as Dr. Manette
1935
6.8
Dante's Inferno
as Pop McWade
1935
6.2
Helldorado
as Abner Meadows
1935
0.0
Love Time
as Duke Johann von Hatzfeld
1934
0.0
A Girl of the Limberlost
as Dr. Amon
1934
1.0
The Lemon Drop Kid
as Jonas Deering
1934
5.0
The Scarlet Letter
as Roger Chillingworth
1934
4.6
Judge Priest
as Reverend Ashby Brand
1934
6.4
The Murder in the Museum
as Bernard Latham Wayne, alias Prof. Mysto
1934
3.8
City Park
as Colonel Henry Randolph Ransome
1934
0.0
Viva Villa!
as Francisco Madero
1934
6.3
Men in White
as enry B. Walthall
1934
6.0
Beggars in Ermine
as Marchant the Blind Man
1934
6.3
Dark Hazard
as Schultz
1934
5.4
The Sin of Nora Moran
as Father Ryan
1933
5.4
The Wolf Dog
as Jim Courtney
1933
7.8
Her Forgotten Past
as Mr. Maynard
1933
6.0
Headline Shooter
as Judge Beacon (uncredited)
1933
6.2
The Flaming Signal
as Rev. Mr. James
1933
5.0
Hold Your Man
as Clergyman in Alternate Version (uncredited)
1933
6.1
Somewhere in Sonora
as Bob Leadly
1933
5.0
The Whispering Shadow
as J. D. Bradley
1933
4.4
42nd Street
as Stage Actor (uncredited)
1933
6.9
Strange Interlude
as Professor Leeds
1932
5.3
Self Defense
as Doctor Borden
1932
0.0
Central Park
as Eby
1932
5.2
Me and My Gal
as Sarge
1932
6.3
The Cabin in the Cotton
as Eph Clinton
1932
6.3
Klondike
as Mark Armstrong
1932
4.7
Ride Him, Cowboy
as John Gaunt
1932
4.7
Chandu the Magician
as Robert Regent
1932
6.3
Alias Mary Smith
as Atwell
1932
5.0
Hotel Continental
as Winthrop
1932
6.0
Police Court
as Nathaniel "Nat" Barry
1932
5.0
Anybody's Blonde
as Mr. Evans
1931
0.0
Tol'able David
as Amos Hatburn
1930
7.0
Abraham Lincoln
as Colonel Marshall
1930
5.4
The Love Trader
as Captain Adams
1930
0.0
Temple Tower
as Blackton
1930
0.0
Blaze o' Glory
as Burke
1929
0.0
The Trespasser
as Fuller
1929
6.6
The Phantom in the House
as Boyd Milburn
1929
4.0
Black Magic
as Dr. Bradbroke
1929
0.0
The River of Romance
as General Jeff Rumford
1929
4.0
From Headquarters
as Buffalo Bill Ryan
1929
0.0
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Father Juniper
1929
7.3
Speakeasy
as Piano player
1929
5.0
Stark Mad
as Capt. Rhodes - Yacht Commander
1929
3.0
The Jazz Age
as Mr Maxwell
1929
0.0
Freedom of the Press
as John Ballard
1928
0.0
Retribution
as Henry / Tommy Mooney
1928
0.0
London After Midnight
as Sir James Hamlin
1927
6.5
A Light in the Window
as Johann Graff
1927
0.0
Love Me and the World Is Mine
as Van Denbosch
1927
0.0
Wings
as Mr. Armstrong
1927
7.2
Fighting Love
as Filipo Navarro
1927
0.0
The Scarlet Letter
as Roger Prynne aka Roger Chillingworth
1927
7.1
Everybody's Acting
as Thorpe
1926
0.0
The Road to Mandalay
as Father James
1926
6.1
The Unknown Soldier
as John Phillips
1926
0.0
The Barrier
as Gale Gaylord
1926
6.0
Three Faces East
as George Bennett
1926
0.0
The Plastic Age
as Henry Carver
1925
6.0
Kentucky Pride
as Mr. Beaumont
1925
5.9
Kit Carson Over the Great Divide
as Dr. Samuel Webb
1925
0.0
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
as William Hale
1925
0.0
The Golden Bed
as Col. Peake
1925
2.7
Single Wives
as Franklin Dexter
1924
0.0
The Woman on the Jury
as Prosecuting Attorney
1924
0.0
Boy of Mine
as William Latimer
1923
0.0
The Unknown Purple
as Peter Marchmont / Victor Cromport
1923
0.0
Gimme
as John McGimsey
1923
0.0
The Face on the Barroom Floor
as Robert Stevens
1923
5.0
The Long Chance
as Harley P. Hennage
1922
0.0
The Kickback
as Aaron Price
1922
0.0
One Clear Call
as Henry Garnett
1922
0.0
The Able-Minded Lady
as Breezy Bright
1922
0.0
Flower of the North
as Philip Whitemore
1921
0.0
A Splendid Hazard
as Karl Breitman
1920
0.0
Parted Curtains
as Joe Jenkins
1920
0.0
The Confession
as Father Bartlett
1920
5.0
The Long Arm of Mannister
as George Mannister
1919
0.0
The Boomerang
as George Gray
1919
0.0
Modern Husbands
as Stephen Duane
1919
0.0
The False Faces
as Michael Lanyard
1919
5.0
The Long Lane's Turning
as Harry Sevier
1919
0.0
The Great Love
as Sir Roger Brighton
1918
0.0
Humdrum Brown
as Hector 'Humdrum' Brown
1918
0.0
His Robe of Honor
as Julian Randolph
1918
0.0
Pillars of Society
as Karsten Bernick
1916
0.0
The Strange Case of Mary Page
as Phil Langdon, Attorney
1916
0.0
The Misleading Lady
as Jack Craiger
1916
0.0
The Raven
as Edgar Allan Poe
1915
6.5
The Outer Edge
as Dr. Rownlee
1915
0.0
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The Circular Path
as Reverend Darwin Kirby
1915
0.0
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Temper
as Frank Bradbury
1915
0.0
Ghosts
as Captain Alving / Oswald
1915
4.5
The Birth of a Nation
as Col. Ben Cameron
1915
5.9
🎬
Rod of Wrath
as Erickson's Son
1915
0.0
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The Odalisque
as Joe, in love with May
1914
0.0
The Avenging Conscience
as The Nephew
1914
5.9
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Lord Chumley
as Lord Chumley
1914
7.0
Home, Sweet Home
as John Howard Payne
1914
5.0
The Mountain Rat
as Douglas Williams
1914
0.0
🎬
The Old Man
as The Old Man
1914
0.0
🎬
The Mysterious Shot
as The Gopher
1914
0.0
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The Floor Above
as Stephen Pryde
1914
0.0
Judith of Bethulia
as Holofernes
1914
6.1
Strongheart
as Soangataha / Strongheart
1914
5.0
🎬
The Green-Eyed Devil
1914
0.0
🎬
Classmates
as Duncan Irving
1914
0.0
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The Gangsters of New York
as Porky Dugan
1914
0.0
🎬
The Awakening of Donna Isolla
as The President of the Republic
1914
0.0
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
as The Indian Chief's Son
1913
5.9
A Woman in the Ultimate
as Badger Gang Member
1913
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Two Men of the Desert
as First Partner
1913
0.0
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The Mirror
as The Station Agent
1913
0.0
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During the Round-Up
as The Stranger
1913
0.0
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A Gambler's Honor
as Beth's Brother
1913
0.0
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Her Mother's Oath
as The Actor
1913
0.0
The Switchtower
as The Switchman
1913
5.0
Death's Marathon
as The Husband
1913
5.7
🎬
The Stolen Loaf
as The Poor Man
1913
0.0
🎬
The Tenderfoot's Money
as The Prospector
1913
0.0
The Wanderer
as The Wanderer
1913
5.5
If We Only Knew
as The Father
1913
0.0
The Lady and the Mouse
as The First Rival
1913
0.0
The Little Tease
as The Valley Man
1913
5.0
🎬
The Perfidy of Mary
as The Poet
1913
0.0
The Sheriff's Baby
as First Bandit
1913
5.0
Broken Ways
as The Road Agent
1913
0.0
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Love in an Apartment Hotel
as The Young Woman's Fiance
1913
0.0
Oil and Water
as The Idealist
1913
0.0
Three Friends
as The Husband
1913
5.0
🎬
The God Within
as The Woodsman
1912
0.0
The Burglar’s Dilemma
as The Householder's Weakling Brother
1912
5.3
🎬
My Hero
as Indian Charlie
1912
0.0
Brutality
as Actor In Oliver Twist
1912
0.0
The Informer
as The False Brother
1912
0.0
My Baby
as The Husband
1912
5.5
The One She Loved
as The Husband
1912
0.0
In the Aisles of the Wild
as Jim Watson
1912
0.0
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
as A Psalm Singer
1912
4.5
So Near, Yet So Far
as In Club
1912
5.9
Friends
as Dandy Jack
1912
5.5
Two Daughters of Eve
as The Father
1912
0.0
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For His Sake
1911
0.0
🎬
Souls Courageous
1911
0.0
🎬
The Command from Galilee
as The Lover
1911
0.0
🎬
Where the Sea and the Shore Doth Meet
1910
0.0
🎬
The Armorer’s Daughter
as Macennas
1910
0.0
🎬
The Gray of the Dawn
1910
0.0
🎬
The Iconoclast
1910
0.0
Rose o' Salem Town
as The Trapper
1910
5.2
The Oath and the Man
as Henri Prevost
1910
4.5
In Life's Cycle
as Vincent, as an Adult
1910
0.0
🎬
A Summer Idyll
1910
0.0
Wilful Peggy
as The Lord
1910
5.0
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
as Bill
1910
0.0
The Usurer
as One of the Second Debtors
1910
5.0
The House with Closed Shutters
as Charles Randolph - The Confederate Soldier
1910
5.3
The Call to Arms
as The Lord
1910
4.0
A Flash of Light
as Younger John Rogers
1910
5.0
In the Border States
as Confederate Corporal
1910
5.5
A Child of the Ghetto
as The Farmer
1910
4.5
Ramona
as Alessandro
1910
4.8
The Two Brothers
as Pedro
1910
0.0
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The Face at the Window
1910
0.0
Love Among the Roses
as The Lord
1910
4.7
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
as A Horse Thief
1910
0.0
🎬
The Kid
as Walter Holden
1910
0.0
🎬
The Gold Seekers
1910
0.0
🎬
The Way of the World
1910
0.0
In Old California
as Perdita's Son
1910
0.0
The Thread of Destiny
as Estrada
1910
0.0
🎬
Thou Shalt Not
1910
0.0
The Newlyweds
as A Friend / At Station Reception
1910
5.0
🎬
The Converts
1910
0.0
🎬
The Cloister’s Touch
as The Father
1910
3.0
🎬
The Honor of His Family
as George Pickett Jr.
1910
0.0
🎬
The Call
as Billy Harvey
1910
3.0
🎬
On the Reef
as Mr. Wilson
1910
0.0
🎬
His Last Burglary
1910
0.0
🎬
The Heart of an Outlaw
as The Mexican Lover
1909
2.0
The Day After
as Party Guest
1909
2.8
🎬
In Little Italy
as Victor Ratazzi
1909
2.0
A Trap for Santa Claus
as Arthur Rogers (uncredited)
1909
5.5
A Corner in Wheat
as Wheat King's Assistant
1909
6.1
Fools of Fate
1909
4.4
Pippa Passes
1909
5.4
In Old Kentucky
as Robert, the Confederate son
1909
1.5
The Broken Locket
as Mexican Man
1909
3.5
Getting Even
as Miner
1909
3.8
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
5.2
The Sealed Room
as The Minstrel
1909
4.9
The Little Darling
as In Boarding House
1909
4.4
Pranks
as Sunbather
1909
2.5
They Would Elope
1909
5.1
The Mended Lute
as Indian
1909
4.6
A Strange Meeting
as A Thief
1909
4.3
The Slave
as Alachus' Friend
1909
4.2
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
as Woodsman
1908
5.5