Walter Huston (1883–1950)

Actor | Soundtrack

For many years Walter Huston had two passions: his career as an engineer and his vocation for the ...

Born: April 5, 1883
Died: April 7, 1950 (age 67)

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Filmography

Known For

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Howard (1948)
Dodsworth Sam Dodsworth (1936)
The Devil and Daniel Webster Mr. Scratch (1941)
Known For

The Beast of the City Jim Fitzpatrick (1932)
Actor

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)
Duel in the Sun The Sinkiller (1946)
Dragonwyck Ephraim Wells (1946)
And Then There Were None Dr. Edward G. Armstrong (1945)
Know Your Ally: Britain Narrator (1944)
Dragon Seed Ling Tan (1944)
For God and Country Narrator (1943)
The North Star Dr. Kurin (1943)
Mission to Moscow Ambassador Joseph E. Davies (1943)
Edge of Darkness Dr. Martin Stensgard (1943)
The Outlaw Doc Holliday (1943)
Yankee Doodle Dandy Jerry Cohan (1942)
In This Our Life Bartender (1942)
Always in My Heart MacKenzie Scott (1942)
The Shanghai Gesture Sir Guy Charteris (1941)
Swamp Water Thursday Ragan (1941)
The Devil and Daniel Webster Mr. Scratch (1941)
The Maltese Falcon Captain Jacoby (1941)
The Light That Failed Torpenhow (1939)
Of Human Hearts Ethan Wilkins (1938)
Dodsworth Sam Dodsworth (1936)
Rhodes Cecil John Rhodes (1936)
Transatlantic Tunnel President of the United States (1935)
Keep 'Em Rolling Sgt. Benjamin E. 'Benny' Walsh (1934)
The Prizefighter and the Lady Professor (1933)
Ann Vickers Judge Bernard 'Barney' Dolphin (1933)
Storm at Daybreak Mayor Dushan Radovic (1933)
Hell Below Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN (1933)
Gabriel Over the White House Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States (1933)
Rain Alfred Davidson (1932)
Kongo Flint Rutledge (1932)
American Madness Thomas A. Dickson (1932)
Night Court Judge Andrew J. Moffett (1932)
The Wet Parade Pow Tarleton (1932)
The Beast of the City Jim Fitzpatrick (1932)
Law and Order Frame 'Saint' Johnson (1932)
The Woman from Monte Carlo Captain Corlaix (1932)
A House Divided Seth Law (1931)
The Ruling Voice Jack Bannister (1931)
The Star Witness District Attorney Whitlock (1931)
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon' Judge Walter Huston (1931)
The Criminal Code Mark Brady (1930)
The Virtuous Sin Gen. Gregori Platoff (1930)
The Bad Man Pancho Lopez (1930)
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Behind the Make-Up Joe in Clark & White's Office (1930)
The Virginian Trampas (1929)
The Lady Lies Robert Rossiter (1929)
Two Americans Abraham Lincoln (1929)
Gentlemen of the Press Wickland Snell (1929)
The Carnival Man (1929)
The Bishop's Candlesticks The Convict (Jean Valjean) (1929)
Actor

The Birth of a Nation Walter Huston (1930 re-release promotion) (1915)
Soundtrack

Warner at War (2008)
Bragging Rites: The Carolina-Clemson Rivalry (2003)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988)
September Affair (1950)
Summer Holiday (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Always in My Heart (1942)
Soundtrack

Keep 'Em Rolling (1934)
Archive footage

Five Came Back (2017)
Independent Lens (2017)
Discovering Huston (2012)
Momo: The Sam Giancana Story (2011)
American Experience (2011)
American Masters (1993-2009)
Warner at War (2008)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
Notes to Anarchism (2006)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
Discovering Treasure: The Story of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre (2003)
John Ford Goes to War (2002)
Century of Cinema (1995)
100 Years at the Movies (1994)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988)
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy (1981)
America at the Movies (1976)
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975)
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney (1974)
The Dick Cavett Show (1971)
Hollywood and the Stars (1963-1964)
Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)
Anniversary (1963)
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1956)
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Memories (1951)
September Affair (1950)
Twenty Years After (1944)
The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)
Archive footage

Land of Liberty (1939)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933)

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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).

[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 ...