Filmography
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Known For
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Howard (1948) -
Dodsworth Sam Dodsworth (1936) -
The Devil and Daniel Webster Mr. Scratch (1941) -
Known For
And Then There Were None Dr. Edward G. Armstrong (1945) -
Actor
Frances Farmer Presents Torpenhow (1961) -
The Furies T. C. Jeffords (1950) -
The Great Sinner General Ostrovsky (1949) -
Summer Holiday Mr. Nat Miller (1948) -
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Howard (1948)
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Duel in the Sun The Sinkiller (1946) -
Dragonwyck Ephraim Wells (1946) -
And Then There Were None Dr. Edward G. Armstrong (1945)
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Know Your Ally: Britain Narrator (1944) -
Dragon Seed Ling Tan (1944) -
![For God and Country]( "For God and Country")
For God and Country Narrator (1943) -
![The North Star]( "The North Star")
The North Star Dr. Kurin (1943) -
![Mission to Moscow]( "Mission to Moscow")
Mission to Moscow Ambassador Joseph E. Davies (1943) -
![Edge of Darkness]( "Edge of Darkness")
Edge of Darkness Dr. Martin Stensgard (1943) -
![The Outlaw]( "The Outlaw")
The Outlaw Doc Holliday (1943) -
![Yankee Doodle Dandy]( "Yankee Doodle Dandy")
Yankee Doodle Dandy Jerry Cohan (1942) -
![In This Our Life]( "In This Our Life")
In This Our Life Bartender (1942) -
![Always in My Heart]( "Always in My Heart")
Always in My Heart MacKenzie Scott (1942) -
![The Shanghai Gesture]( "The Shanghai Gesture")
The Shanghai Gesture Sir Guy Charteris (1941) -
![Swamp Water]( "Swamp Water")
Swamp Water Thursday Ragan (1941) -
![The Devil and Daniel Webster]( "The Devil and Daniel Webster")
The Devil and Daniel Webster Mr. Scratch (1941) -
![The Maltese Falcon]( "The Maltese Falcon")
The Maltese Falcon Captain Jacoby (1941) -
![The Light That Failed]( "The Light That Failed")
The Light That Failed Torpenhow (1939) -
![Of Human Hearts]( "Of Human Hearts")
Of Human Hearts Ethan Wilkins (1938) -
![Dodsworth]( "Dodsworth")
Dodsworth Sam Dodsworth (1936) -
![Rhodes]( "Rhodes")
Rhodes Cecil John Rhodes (1936) -
![Transatlantic Tunnel]( "Transatlantic Tunnel")
Transatlantic Tunnel President of the United States (1935) -
![Keep 'Em Rolling]( "Keep 'Em Rolling")
Keep 'Em Rolling Sgt. Benjamin E. 'Benny' Walsh (1934) -
![The Prizefighter and the Lady]( "The Prizefighter and the Lady")
The Prizefighter and the Lady Professor (1933) -
![Ann Vickers]( "Ann Vickers")
Ann Vickers Judge Bernard 'Barney' Dolphin (1933) -
![Storm at Daybreak]( "Storm at Daybreak")
Storm at Daybreak Mayor Dushan Radovic (1933) -
![Hell Below]( "Hell Below")
Hell Below Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN (1933) -
![Gabriel Over the White House]( "Gabriel Over the White House")
Gabriel Over the White House Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States (1933) -
![Rain]( "Rain")
Rain Alfred Davidson (1932) -
![Kongo]( "Kongo")
Kongo Flint Rutledge (1932) -
![American Madness]( "American Madness")
American Madness Thomas A. Dickson (1932) -
![Night Court]( "Night Court")
Night Court Judge Andrew J. Moffett (1932) -
![The Wet Parade]( "The Wet Parade")
The Wet Parade Pow Tarleton (1932) -
![The Beast of the City]( "The Beast of the City")
The Beast of the City Jim Fitzpatrick (1932) -
![Law and Order]( "Law and Order")
Law and Order Frame 'Saint' Johnson (1932) -
![The Woman from Monte Carlo]( "The Woman from Monte Carlo")
The Woman from Monte Carlo Captain Corlaix (1932) -
![A House Divided]( "A House Divided")
A House Divided Seth Law (1931) -
![The Ruling Voice]( "The Ruling Voice")
The Ruling Voice Jack Bannister (1931) -
![The Star Witness]( "The Star Witness")
The Star Witness District Attorney Whitlock (1931) -
![How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon']( "How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon'")
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon' Judge Walter Huston (1931) -
![The Criminal Code]( "The Criminal Code")
The Criminal Code Mark Brady (1930) -
![The Virtuous Sin]( "The Virtuous Sin")
The Virtuous Sin Gen. Gregori Platoff (1930) -
![The Bad Man]( "The Bad Man")
The Bad Man Pancho Lopez (1930) -
![Abraham Lincoln]( "Abraham Lincoln")
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (1930) -
![Behind the Make-Up]( "Behind the Make-Up")
Behind the Make-Up Joe in Clark & White's Office (1930) -
![The Virginian]( "The Virginian")
The Virginian Trampas (1929) -
![The Lady Lies]( "The Lady Lies")
The Lady Lies Robert Rossiter (1929) -
Two Americans Abraham Lincoln (1929)
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![Gentlemen of the Press]( "Gentlemen of the Press")
Gentlemen of the Press Wickland Snell (1929) -
![The Carnival Man]( "The Carnival Man")
The Carnival Man (1929) -
The Bishop's Candlesticks The Convict (Jean Valjean) (1929)
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Actor
![The Birth of a Nation]( "The Birth of a Nation")
The Birth of a Nation Walter Huston (1930 re-release promotion) (1915) -
Soundtrack
![Warner at War]( "Warner at War")
Warner at War (2008) -
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![John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick]( "John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick")
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![September Affair]( "September Affair")
September Affair (1950) -
![Summer Holiday]( "Summer Holiday")
Summer Holiday (1948) -
![The Treasure of the Sierra Madre]( "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre")
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![Yankee Doodle Dandy]( "Yankee Doodle Dandy")
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) -
![Always in My Heart]( "Always in My Heart")
Always in My Heart (1942) -
Soundtrack
![Keep 'Em Rolling]( "Keep 'Em Rolling")
Keep 'Em Rolling (1934) -
Archive footage
![Five Came Back]( "Five Came Back")
Five Came Back (2017) -
![Independent Lens]( "Independent Lens")
Independent Lens (2017) -
![American Experience]( "American Experience")
American Experience (2011) -
![American Masters]( "American Masters")
American Masters (1993-2009) -
![Warner at War]( "Warner at War")
Warner at War (2008) -
![Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood]( "Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood")
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Notes to Anarchism (2006)
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
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![Discovering Treasure: The Story of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre]( "Discovering Treasure: The Story of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre")
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![John Ford Goes to War]( "John Ford Goes to War")
John Ford Goes to War (2002) -
Bogart: The Untold Story (1996)
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![Century of Cinema]( "Century of Cinema")
Century of Cinema (1995) -
![100 Years at the Movies]( "100 Years at the Movies")
100 Years at the Movies (1994) -
![Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire]( "Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire")
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![John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick]( "John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick")
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![Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story]( "Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story")
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Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
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![America at the Movies]( "America at the Movies")
America at the Movies (1976) -
![Brother Can You Spare a Dime]( "Brother Can You Spare a Dime")
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975) -
![AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney]( "AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney")
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![The Dick Cavett Show]( "The Dick Cavett Show")
The Dick Cavett Show (1971) -
![Hollywood and the Stars]( "Hollywood and the Stars")
Hollywood and the Stars (1963-1964) -
![Hollywood Without Make-Up]( "Hollywood Without Make-Up")
Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963) -
Anniversary (1963)
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![Hollywood: The Great Stars]( "Hollywood: The Great Stars")
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963) -
![The Ed Sullivan Show]( "The Ed Sullivan Show")
The Ed Sullivan Show (1956) -
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![September Affair]( "September Affair")
September Affair (1950) -
![Twenty Years After]( "Twenty Years After")
Twenty Years After (1944) -
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Archive footage
![Land of Liberty]( "Land of Liberty")
Land of Liberty (1939) -
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933)
All Filmography
Did You Know
Trivia
Appears in four Oscar Best Picture nominees: Dodsworth (1936), The Maltese Falcon (1941), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).
Quotes
[upon accepting his Academy Award for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)] in 1949] Many years ago . . . many, MANY years ago [laughter from the audience] I brought up a boy, and I said to him, "Son, if you ever become a writer, try to write a ...
Star Sign
Aries
Personal Details
Born
Walter Thomas Huston
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died
(age 67)
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Height:
6' (1.83 m)User Polls
The star of Straight Outta Compton and the new criminal justice drama Just Mercy draws on his film school background to crown the greatest in art and entertainment.