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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1883-04-03

Deathday

1950-04-07 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

Walter Thomas Houghston
Walter Thomas Huston
Walter Houghston

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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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)

2000

Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America as Narrator

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)

1957

Armored Attack! as Dr. Kurin

1950

The Furies as T. C. Jeffords

1949

The Great Sinner as General Ostrovsky

1948		Summer Holiday as Mr. Nat Miller
1948		The Treasure of the Sierra Madre as Howard

1946		Duel in the Sun as The Sinkiller
1946		Let There Be Light as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1946		Dragonwyck as Ephraim Wells

1945		And Then There Were None as Edward Armstrong
1945		Know Your Enemy: Japan as Narrator
1945		War Comes to America as Narrator

1944		Why We Fight: The Battle of China as Abraham Lincoln
1944		Dragon Seed as Ling Tan
1944		Know Your Ally: Britain as Narrator
1944		Twenty Years After as (archive footage)

1943		War Department Report as Narrator (voice)
1943		The North Star as Dr. Kurin
1943		The Voice That Thrilled the World as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
1943		Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain as Narrator
1943		Report from the Aleutians as Voices of officers (voice)
1943		For God and Country as Narrator
1943		Mission to Moscow as Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
1943		Edge of Darkness as Dr. Martin Stensgard
1943		December 7th as Uncle Sam 'U.S.'
1943		The Outlaw as Doc Holliday
1943		Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer as Narrator
1943		Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike as Narrator

1942		Our Russian Front as Narrator
1942		Yankee Doodle Dandy as Jerry Cohan
1942		Why We Fight: Prelude to War as Self - Narrator (voice)
1942		In This Our Life as Bartender (uncredited)
1942		Always in My Heart as MacKenzie Scott
1942		Safeguarding Military Information as The General

1941		The Shanghai Gesture as Sir Guy Charteris
1941		Swamp Water as Thursday Ragan
1941		The Maltese Falcon as Captain Jacoby (uncredited)
1941		All That Money Can Buy as Mr. Scratch

1939

The Light That Failed as Torpenhow

1938

Of Human Hearts as Ethan Wilkins

1936		Dodsworth as Sam Dodsworth
1936		Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936		Rhodes of Africa as Cecil John Rhodes

1935		The Tunnel as President of the United States
1935		Hollywood Hobbies as Himself

1934

Keep 'Em Rolling as Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh

1933		The Prizefighter and the Lady as Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")
1933		Ann Vickers as Barney Dolphin
1933		Storm at Daybreak as Mayor Dushan Radovic
1933		Hell Below as Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN
1933		Gabriel Over the White House as Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States

1932		Rain as Alfred Davidson
1932		Kongo as Flint
1932		American Madness as Thomas Dickson
1932		Night Court as Judge Andrew J. Moffett
1932		The Wet Parade as Pow Tarleton
1932		The Beast of the City as Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick
1932		Law and Order as Frame 'Saint' Johnson
1932		The Woman from Monte Carlo as Captain Corlaix

1931		Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3) as Self
1931		Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston as Self
1931		A House Divided as Seth Law
1931		The Ruling Voice as Jack Bannister
1931		The Star Witness as District Attorney Whitlock
1931		How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon' as Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)
1931		The Criminal Code as Mark Brady

1930		Abraham Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln
1930		The Virtuous Sin as Gregory Platoff
1930		1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation" as Self
1930		The Bad Man as Pancho Lopez
1930		An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee as Self
1930		Behind the Make-Up as Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)

1929		The Virginian as Trampas
1929		The Lady Lies as Robert Rossiter
1929		Two Americans as Abraham Lincoln
1929		Gentlemen of the Press as Wickland Snell
1929		The Bishop's Candlesticks as The Convict