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.
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Acting History
2022
A Compassionate Spy as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as Various Roles (archive footage)
2004Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self (archive footage)
2003Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' as Howard (archive footage)
2000Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America as Narrator
1997Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage)
1996Joan Crawford: Always the Star as Self (archive footage)
1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Self (archive footage)
1984Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1963Anniversary as Himself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
1957Armored Attack! as Dr. Kurin
1950The Furies as T. C. Jeffords
1949The Great Sinner as General Ostrovsky
1948Summer Holiday as Mr. Nat Miller
1948The Treasure of the Sierra Madre as Howard
1946Duel in the Sun as The Sinkiller
1946Let There Be Light as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1946Dragonwyck as Ephraim Wells
1945And Then There Were None as Edward Armstrong
1945Know Your Enemy: Japan as Narrator
1945War Comes to America as Narrator
1944Why We Fight: The Battle of China as Abraham Lincoln
1944Dragon Seed as Ling Tan
1944Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
1944Know Your Ally: Britain as Narrator
1943War Department Report as Narrator (voice)
1943The North Star as Dr. Kurin
1943The Voice That Thrilled the World as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
1943Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain as Narrator
1943Report from the Aleutians as Voices of officers (voice)
1943For God and Country as Narrator
1943Mission to Moscow as Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
1943Edge of Darkness as Dr. Martin Stensgard
1943December 7th as Uncle Sam 'U.S.'
1943The Outlaw as Doc Holliday
1943Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer as Narrator
1943Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike as Narrator
1942Our Russian Front as Narrator
1942Yankee Doodle Dandy as Jerry Cohan
1942Why We Fight: Prelude to War as Self - Narrator (voice)
1942In This Our Life as Bartender (uncredited)
1942Always in My Heart as MacKenzie Scott
1942Safeguarding Military Information as The General
1941The Shanghai Gesture as Sir Guy Charteris
1941Swamp Water as Thursday Ragan
1941The Maltese Falcon as Captain Jacoby (uncredited)
1941All That Money Can Buy as Mr. Scratch
1939The Light That Failed as Torpenhow
1938Of Human Hearts as Ethan Wilkins
1936Dodsworth as Sam Dodsworth
1936Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936Rhodes of Africa as Cecil John Rhodes
1935The Tunnel as President of the United States
1935Hollywood Hobbies as Himself
1934Keep 'Em Rolling as Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh
1933The Prizefighter and the Lady as Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")
1933Ann Vickers as Barney Dolphin
1933Storm at Daybreak as Mayor Dushan Radovic
1933Hell Below as Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN
1933Gabriel Over the White House as Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States
1932Rain as Alfred Davidson
1932Kongo as Flint
1932American Madness as Thomas Dickson
1932Night Court as Judge Andrew J. Moffett
1932The Wet Parade as Pow Tarleton
1932The Beast of the City as Captain James Edward "Jim" Fitzpatrick aka Fighting Fitz
1932Law and Order as Frame 'Saint' Johnson
1932The Woman from Monte Carlo as Captain Corlaix
1931Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3) as Self
1931Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston as Self
1931A House Divided as Seth Law
1931The Ruling Voice as Jack Bannister
1931The Star Witness as District Attorney Whitlock
1931How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon' as Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)
1931The Criminal Code as Mark Brady
1930Abraham Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln
1930The Virtuous Sin as Gregory Platoff
19301930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation" as Self
1930The Bad Man as Pancho Lopez
1930An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee as Self
1930Behind the Make-Up as Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)
1929The Virginian as Trampas
1929The Lady Lies as Robert Rossiter
1929Two Americans as Abraham Lincoln
1929Gentlemen of the Press as Wickland Snell
1929The Bishop's Candlesticks as The Convict