Walter Huston
Acting
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.
Media of
Walter Huston
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Filmography of
Walter Huston
Various Roles (archive footage)
... 2008
... 2000
... 1997
Himself (archive footage)
... 1983
(archive footage)
... 1975
... 1963
Dr. Kurin
... 1957
T. C. Jeffords
... 1950
General Ostrovsky
... 1949
Mr. Nat Miller
... 1948
... 1948
Jubal Crabbe, the Sinkiller
... 1946
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
... 1946
Doc Holliday
... 1946
Ephraim Wells
... 1946
Edward Armstrong
... 1945
Narrator
... 1945
Narrator
... 1945
Ling Tan
... 1944
Narrator
... 1944
Abraham Lincoln
... 1944
... 1944
Narrator (voice)
... 1943
Dr. Kurin
... 1943
Narrator
... 1943
Voices of officers (voice)
... 1943
Narrator
... 1943
Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
... 1943
Dr. Martin Stensgard
... 1943
Uncle Sam 'U.S.'
... 1943
Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
... 1943
Narrator
... 1942
Jerry Cohan
... 1942
Narrator (voice)
... 1942
Bartender (uncredited)
... 1942
MacKenzie Scott
... 1942
Sir Guy Charteris
... 1941
Thursday Ragan
... 1941
Captain Jacoby (uncredited)
... 1941
Mr. Scratch
... 1941
... 1941
Torpenhow
... 1939
Ethan Wilkins
... 1938
Sam Dodsworth
... 1936
... 1936
Cecil John Rhodes
... 1936
President of the United States (as Mr. Walter Huston)
... 1935
Himself
... 1935
Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh
... 1934
Professor
... 1933
Barney Dolphin
... 1933
Mayor Dushan Radovic
... 1933
Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN
... 1933
le Président des États-Unis, Judson Hammond
... 1933
Alfred Davidson
... 1932
Flint
... 1932
Thomas Dickson
... 1932
Judge Andrew J. Moffett
... 1932
Pow Tarleton
... 1932
Frame 'Saint' Johnson
... 1932
Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick
... 1932
Captain Corlaix
... 1932
Interviewee
... 1931
Seth Law
... 1931
Jack Bannister
... 1931
District Attorney Whitlock
... 1931
Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)
... 1931
... 1931
Mark Brady
... 1930
Gregory Platoff
... 1930
... 1930
Pancho Lopez
... 1930
Abraham Lincoln
... 1930
... 1930
Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)
... 1930
Trampas
... 1929
Robert Rossiter
... 1929
Wickland Snell
... 1929