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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Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
88
Gender
Male
Birthday
1883-04-03 (142 years old)
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Acting
2022
A Compassionate Spy as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as Various Roles (archive footage)2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self (archive footage)2003
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' as Howard (archive footage)1997
Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage)1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star as Self (archive footage)1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Self (archive footage)1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)1963
Anniversary as Himself - Archive Footage (uncredited)1957
Armored Attack! as Dr. Kurin1950
The Furies as T. C. Jeffords1949
The Great Sinner as General Ostrovsky1948
Summer Holiday as Mr. Nat Miller1948
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre as Howard1946
Duel in the Sun as The Sinkiller1946
Dragonwyck as Ephraim Wells1946
Let There Be Light as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1945
And Then There Were None as Edward Armstrong1945
Know Your Enemy: Japan as Narrator1945
War Comes to America as Narrator1944
Dragon Seed as Ling Tan1944
Twenty Years After as (archive footage)1944
Why We Fight: The Battle of China as Abraham Lincoln1944
Know Your Ally: Britain as Narrator1943
December 7th as Uncle Sam 'U.S.'1943
The North Star as Dr. Kurin1943
The Outlaw as Doc Holliday1943
Mission to Moscow as Ambassador Joseph E. Davies1943
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike as Narrator1943
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer as Narrator1943
The Voice That Thrilled the World as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)1943
For God and Country as Narrator1943
Edge of Darkness as Dr. Martin Stensgard1943
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain as Narrator1943
War Department Report as Narrator (voice)1943
Report from the Aleutians as Voices of officers (voice)1942
In This Our Life as Bartender (uncredited)1942
Yankee Doodle Dandy as Jerry Cohan1942
Always in My Heart as MacKenzie Scott1942
Safeguarding Military Information as The General1942
Why We Fight: Prelude to War as Self - Narrator (voice)1942
Our Russian Front as Narrator1941
Swamp Water as Thursday Ragan1941
The Shanghai Gesture as Sir Guy Charteris1941
All That Money Can Buy as Mr. Scratch1941
The Maltese Falcon as Captain Jacoby (uncredited)1939
The Light That Failed as Torpenhow1938
Of Human Hearts as Ethan Wilkins1936
Rhodes of Africa as Cecil John Rhodes1936
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs as Not available1936
Dodsworth as Sam Dodsworth1935
Hollywood Hobbies as Himself1935
The Tunnel as President of the United States1934
Keep 'Em Rolling as Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh1933
Ann Vickers as Barney Dolphin1933
Hell Below as Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN1933
The Prizefighter and the Lady as Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")1933
Storm at Daybreak as Mayor Dushan Radovic1933
Gabriel Over the White House as Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States1932
Kongo as Flint1932
The Woman from Monte Carlo as Captain Corlaix1932
American Madness as Thomas Dickson1932
Night Court as Judge Andrew J. Moffett1932
Law and Order as Frame 'Saint' Johnson1932
The Beast of the City as Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick1932
The Wet Parade as Pow Tarleton1932
Rain as Alfred Davidson1931
The Criminal Code as Mark Brady1931
A House Divided as Seth Law1931
The Star Witness as District Attorney Whitlock1931
The Ruling Voice as Jack Bannister1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon' as Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)1931
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3) as Self1931
Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston as Self1930
Abraham Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln1930
The Bad Man as Pancho Lopez1930
The Virtuous Sin as Gregory Platoff1930
Behind the Make-Up as Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)1930
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation" as Self1929
The Virginian as Trampas1929
The Lady Lies as Robert Rossiter1929
The Bishop's Candlesticks as The Convict1929
Gentlemen of the Press as Wickland Snell1929
Two Americans as Abraham Lincoln