Personal Info
Known Credits
87
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1883-04-03 (142 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also Known For
Walter Thomas HoughstonWalter Thomas HustonWalter 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Huston, licensed under C ...
Known For
Acting
2022 --
A Compassionate Spy
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008 --
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
| Various Roles (archive footage)
2004 --
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
| Self (archive footage)
2003 --
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
| Howard (archive footage)
2000 --
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
| Narrator
1997 --
Bogart: The Untold Story
| Self (archive footage)
1996 --
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
| Self (archive footage)
1988 --
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
| Self (archive footage)
1984 --
Going Hollywood: The '30s
| (archive footage)
1983 --
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1975 --
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
| Self (archive footage)
1957 --
Armored Attack!
| Dr. Kurin
1950 --
The Furies
| T. C. Jeffords
1949 --
The Great Sinner
| General Ostrovsky
1948 --
Summer Holiday
| Mr. Nat Miller
1948 --
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
| Howard
1946 --
Duel in the Sun
| The Sinkiller
1946 --
Let There Be Light
| Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1946 --
Dragonwyck
| Ephraim Wells
1945 --
And Then There Were None
| Edward Armstrong
1945 --
Know Your Enemy: Japan
| Narrator
1945 --
War Comes to America
| Narrator
1944 --
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
| Abraham Lincoln
1944 --
Dragon Seed
| Ling Tan
1944 --
Twenty Years After
| (archive footage)
1944 --
Know Your Ally: Britain
| Narrator
1943 --
War Department Report
| Narrator (voice)
1943 --
The North Star
| Dr. Kurin
1943 --
The Voice That Thrilled the World
| Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
1943 --
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
| Narrator
1943 --
Report from the Aleutians
| Voices of officers (voice)
1943 --
For God and Country
| Narrator
1943 --
Mission to Moscow
| Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
1943 --
Edge of Darkness
| Dr. Martin Stensgard
1943 --
December 7th
| Uncle Sam 'U.S.'
1943 --
The Outlaw
| Doc Holliday
1943 --
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
| Narrator
1943 --
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
| Narrator
1942 --
Our Russian Front
| Narrator
1942 --
Yankee Doodle Dandy
| Jerry Cohan
1942 --
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
| Self - Narrator (voice)
1942 --
In This Our Life
| Bartender (uncredited)
1942 --
Always in My Heart
| MacKenzie Scott
1942 --
Safeguarding Military Information
| The General
1941 --
The Shanghai Gesture
| Sir Guy Charteris
1941 --
Swamp Water
| Thursday Ragan
1941 --
The Maltese Falcon
| Captain Jacoby (uncredited)
1941 --
All That Money Can Buy
| Mr. Scratch
1939 --
The Light That Failed
| Torpenhow
1938 --
Of Human Hearts
| Ethan Wilkins
1936 --
Dodsworth
| Sam Dodsworth
1936 --
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
|
1936 --
Rhodes of Africa
| Cecil John Rhodes
1935 --
The Tunnel
| President of the United States
1935 --
Hollywood Hobbies
| Himself
1934 --
Keep 'Em Rolling
| Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh
1933 --
The Prizefighter and the Lady
| Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")
1933 --
Ann Vickers
| 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
1932 --
Rain
| Alfred Davidson
1932 --
Kongo
| Flint
1932 --
American Madness
| Thomas Dickson
1932 --
Night Court
| Judge Andrew J. Moffett
1932 --
The Wet Parade
| Pow Tarleton
1932 --
The Beast of the City
| Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick
1932 --
Law and Order
| Frame 'Saint' Johnson
1932 --
The Woman from Monte Carlo
| Captain Corlaix
1931 --
Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston
| Self
1931 --
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
| Self
1931 --
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 (uncredited)
1931 --
The Criminal Code
| Mark Brady
1930 --
Abraham Lincoln
| Abraham Lincoln
1930 --
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"
| Self
1930 --
The Virtuous Sin
| Gregory Platoff
1930 --
The Bad Man
| Pancho Lopez
1930 --
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
| Self
1930 --
Behind the Make-Up
| Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)
1929 --
The Virginian
| Trampas
1929 --
The Lady Lies
| Robert Rossiter
1929 --
Two Americans
| Abraham Lincoln
1929 --
Gentlemen of the Press
| Wickland Snell
1929 --
The Bishop's Candlesticks
| The Convict