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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Huston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Maltese Falcon

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

Duel in the Sun

The Outlaw

Dragonwyck

Why We Fight: The Battle of China

And Then There Were None

All Movies (89)

• A Compassionate Spy2022 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood2008 · as Various Roles (archive footage)
• Checking Out: Grand Hotel2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'2003 · as Howard (archive footage)
• Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America2000 · as Narrator
• Bogart: The Untold Story1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• Joan Crawford: Always the Star1996 · as Self (archive footage)
• John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick1988 · as Self (archive footage)
• Going Hollywood: The '30s1984 · as (archive footage)
• Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage1983 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975 · as Self (archive footage)
• Brasileiros em Hollywood1970 · as Self (archive footage)
• Anniversary1963 · as Himself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
• Armored Attack!1957 · as Dr. Kurin
• The Furies1950 · as T. C. Jeffords
• The Great Sinner1949 · as General Ostrovsky
• Summer Holiday1948 · as Mr. Nat Miller
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre1948 · as Howard
• Duel in the Sun1946 · as The Sinkiller
• Let There Be Light1946 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Dragonwyck1946 · as Ephraim Wells
• And Then There Were None1945 · as Edward Armstrong
• Know Your Enemy: Japan1945 · as Narrator
• War Comes to America1945 · as Narrator
• Why We Fight: The Battle of China1944 · as Abraham Lincoln
• Dragon Seed1944 · as Ling Tan
• Know Your Ally: Britain1944 · as Narrator
• Twenty Years After1944 · as (archive footage)
• War Department Report1943 · as Narrator (voice)
• The North Star1943 · as Dr. Kurin
• The Voice That Thrilled the World1943 · as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
• Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain1943 · as Narrator
• Report from the Aleutians1943 · as Voices of officers (voice)
• For God and Country1943 · as Narrator
• Mission to Moscow1943 · as Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
• Edge of Darkness1943 · as Dr. Martin Stensgard
• December 7th1943 · as Uncle Sam 'U.S.'
• The Outlaw1943 · as Doc Holliday
• Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer1943 · as Narrator
• Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike1943 · as Narrator
• Our Russian Front1942 · as Narrator
• Yankee Doodle Dandy1942 · as Jerry Cohan
• Why We Fight: Prelude to War1942 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• In This Our Life1942 · as Bartender (uncredited)
• Always in My Heart1942 · as MacKenzie Scott
• Safeguarding Military Information1942 · as General (uncredited)
• The Shanghai Gesture1941 · as Sir Guy Charteris
• Swamp Water1941 · as Thursday Ragan
• The Maltese Falcon1941 · as Captain Jacoby (uncredited)
• All That Money Can Buy1941 · as Mr. Scratch
• The Light That Failed1939 · as Torpenhow
• Of Human Hearts1938 · as Ethan Wilkins
• Dodsworth1936 · as Sam Dodsworth
• Rhodes of Africa1936 · as Cecil John Rhodes
• Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs1936
• The Tunnel1935 · as President of the United States
• Hollywood Hobbies1935 · as Himself
• Keep 'Em Rolling1934 · as Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh
• The Prizefighter and the Lady1933 · as Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")
• Ann Vickers1933 · as Barney Dolphin
• Storm at Daybreak1933 · as Mayor Dushan Radovic
• Hell Below1933 · as Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN
• Gabriel Over the White House1933 · as Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States
• Rain1932 · as Alfred Davidson
• Kongo1932 · as Flint
• American Madness1932 · as Thomas Dickson
• Night Court1932 · as Judge Andrew J. Moffett
• The Wet Parade1932 · as Pow Tarleton
• The Beast of the City1932 · as Captain James "Jim" Fitzpatrick aka Fighting Fitz
• Law and Order1932 · as Frame 'Saint' Johnson
• The Woman from Monte Carlo1932 · as Captain Corlaix
• Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)1931 · as Self
• Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston1931 · as Self
• A House Divided1931 · as Seth Law
• The Ruling Voice1931 · as Jack Bannister
• The Star Witness1931 · as District Attorney Whitlock
• How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon'1931 · as Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)
• The Criminal Code1931 · as Mark Brady
• Abraham Lincoln1930 · as Abraham Lincoln
• The Virtuous Sin1930 · as Gregory Platoff
• 1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"1930 · as Self
• The Bad Man1930 · as Pancho Lopez
• An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee1930 · as Self
• Behind the Make-Up1930 · as Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)
• The Virginian1929 · as Trampas
• The Lady Lies1929 · as Robert Rossiter
• Two Americans1929 · as Abraham Lincoln
• Gentlemen of the Press1929 · as Wickland Snell
• The Bishop's Candlesticks1929 · as The Convict