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Walter Huston

Walter Huston

Born: 1883-04-03 • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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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Filmography
A Compassionate Spy poster
A Compassionate Spy
2022 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood poster
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008 • Various Roles (archive footage)
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004 • Self (archive footage)
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' poster
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003 • Howard (archive footage)
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Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
2000 • Narrator
Bogart: The Untold Story poster
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997 • Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star poster
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996 • Self (archive footage)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick poster
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988 • Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s poster
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 • (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage poster
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? poster
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 • Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood poster
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970 • Self (archive footage)
No Image
Anniversary
1963 • Himself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
Armored Attack! poster
Armored Attack!
1957 • Dr. Kurin
The Furies poster
The Furies
1950 • T. C. Jeffords
The Great Sinner poster
The Great Sinner
1949 • General Ostrovsky
Summer Holiday poster
Summer Holiday
1948 • Mr. Nat Miller
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre poster
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 • Howard
Duel in the Sun poster
Duel in the Sun
1946 • The Sinkiller
Let There Be Light poster
Let There Be Light
1946 • Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Dragonwyck poster
Dragonwyck
1946 • Ephraim Wells
And Then There Were None poster
And Then There Were None
1945 • Edward Armstrong
Know Your Enemy: Japan poster
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945 • Narrator
War Comes to America poster
War Comes to America
1945 • Narrator
Why We Fight: The Battle of China poster
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
1944 • Abraham Lincoln
Dragon Seed poster
Dragon Seed
1944 • Ling Tan
Know Your Ally: Britain poster
Know Your Ally: Britain
1944 • Narrator
Twenty Years After poster
Twenty Years After
1944 • (archive footage)
War Department Report poster
War Department Report
1943 • Narrator (voice)
The North Star poster
The North Star
1943 • Dr. Kurin
The Voice That Thrilled the World poster
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943 • Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain poster
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
1943 • Narrator
Report from the Aleutians poster
Report from the Aleutians
1943 • Voices of officers (voice)
For God and Country poster
For God and Country
1943 • Narrator
Mission to Moscow poster
Mission to Moscow
1943 • Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
Edge of Darkness poster
Edge of Darkness
1943 • Dr. Martin Stensgard
December 7th poster
December 7th
1943 • Uncle Sam 'U.S.'
The Outlaw poster
The Outlaw
1943 • Doc Holliday
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer poster
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943 • Narrator
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike poster
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
1943 • Narrator
Our Russian Front poster
Our Russian Front
1942 • Narrator
Yankee Doodle Dandy poster
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942 • Jerry Cohan
Why We Fight: Prelude to War poster
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
1942 • Self - Narrator (voice)
In This Our Life poster
In This Our Life
1942 • Bartender (uncredited)
Always in My Heart poster
Always in My Heart
1942 • MacKenzie Scott
Safeguarding Military Information poster
Safeguarding Military Information
1942 • The General
The Shanghai Gesture poster
The Shanghai Gesture
1941 • Sir Guy Charteris
Swamp Water poster
Swamp Water
1941 • Thursday Ragan
The Maltese Falcon poster
The Maltese Falcon
1941 • Captain Jacoby (uncredited)
All That Money Can Buy poster
All That Money Can Buy
1941 • Mr. Scratch
The Light That Failed poster
The Light That Failed
1939 • Torpenhow
Of Human Hearts poster
Of Human Hearts
1938 • Ethan Wilkins
Dodsworth poster
Dodsworth
1936 • Sam Dodsworth
Rhodes of Africa poster
Rhodes of Africa
1936 • Cecil John Rhodes
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs poster
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
The Tunnel poster
The Tunnel
1935 • President of the United States
No Image
Hollywood Hobbies
1935 • Himself
Keep 'Em Rolling poster
Keep 'Em Rolling
1934 • Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh
The Prizefighter and the Lady poster
The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933 • Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")
Ann Vickers poster
Ann Vickers
1933 • Barney Dolphin
Storm at Daybreak poster
Storm at Daybreak
1933 • Mayor Dushan Radovic
Hell Below poster
Hell Below
1933 • Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN
Gabriel Over the White House poster
Gabriel Over the White House
1933 • Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States
Rain poster
Rain
1932 • Alfred Davidson
Kongo poster
Kongo
1932 • Flint
American Madness poster
American Madness
1932 • Thomas Dickson
Night Court poster
Night Court
1932 • Judge Andrew J. Moffett
The Wet Parade poster
The Wet Parade
1932 • Pow Tarleton
The Beast of the City poster
The Beast of the City
1932 • Captain James "Jim" Fitzpatrick aka Fighting Fitz
Law and Order poster
Law and Order
1932 • Frame 'Saint' Johnson
The Woman from Monte Carlo poster
The Woman from Monte Carlo
1932 • Captain Corlaix
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3) poster
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
1931 • Self
Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston poster
Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston
1931 • Self
A House Divided poster
A House Divided
1931 • Seth Law
The Ruling Voice poster
The Ruling Voice
1931 • Jack Bannister
The Star Witness poster
The Star Witness
1931 • District Attorney Whitlock
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon' poster
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon'
1931 • Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)
The Criminal Code poster
The Criminal Code
1931 • Mark Brady
Abraham Lincoln poster
Abraham Lincoln
1930 • Abraham Lincoln
The Virtuous Sin poster
The Virtuous Sin
1930 • Gregory Platoff
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation" poster
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"
1930 • Self
The Bad Man poster
The Bad Man
1930 • Pancho Lopez
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee poster
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930 • Self
Behind the Make-Up poster
Behind the Make-Up
1930 • Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)
The Virginian poster
The Virginian
1929 • Trampas
The Lady Lies poster
The Lady Lies
1929 • Robert Rossiter
No Image
Two Americans
1929 • Abraham Lincoln
Gentlemen of the Press poster
Gentlemen of the Press
1929 • Wickland Snell
No Image
The Bishop's Candlesticks
1929 • The Convict