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Aliases: Walter Thomas Houghston , Walter Thomas Huston , Walter Houghston

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Movie Involvements: 81

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Maltese Falcon
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8

The Maltese Falcon

(1941) Captain Jacoby (uncredited)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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8
Duel in the Sun
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6

Duel in the Sun

(1946) The Sinkiller
The Outlaw
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6

The Outlaw

(1943) Doc Holliday
Dragonwyck
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7

Dragonwyck

(1946) Ephraim Wells
Yankee Doodle Dandy
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7

Yankee Doodle Dandy

(1942) Jerry Cohan
And Then There Were None
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7

And Then There Were None

(1945) Edward Armstrong
Dodsworth
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7

Dodsworth

(1936) Sam Dodsworth

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008 Various Roles (archive footage)
2004 Self (archive footage)
2003 Howard (archive footage)
2000 Narrator
1997 Self (archive footage)
1996 Self (archive footage)
1989 Self (archive footage)
1984 (archive footage)
1983 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1975 Self (archive footage)
1957 Dr. Kurin
1950 T. C. Jeffords
1949 General Ostrovsky
1948 Self (archive footage)
Mr. Nat Miller
Howard
1946 The Sinkiller
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ephraim Wells
1945 Edward Armstrong
Narrator
Narrator
1944 Abraham Lincoln
Ling Tan
Narrator
(archive footage)
1943 Narrator (voice)
Dr. Kurin
Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
Narrator
Voices of officers (voice)
Narrator
Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
Dr. Martin Stensgard
Uncle Sam 'U.S.'
Doc Holliday
Narrator
Narrator
1942 Narrator
Jerry Cohan
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bartender (uncredited)
MacKenzie Scott
The General
1941 Sir Guy Charteris
Thursday Ragan
Captain Jacoby (uncredited)
Mr. Scratch
1939 Torpenhow
1938 Ethan Wilkins
1936 Sam Dodsworth
N/A
Cecil John Rhodes
1935 President of the United States
Himself
1934 Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh
1933 Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")
Barney Dolphin
Mayor Dushan Radovic
Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN
Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States
1932 Alfred Davidson
Flint
Thomas Dickson
Judge Andrew J. Moffett
Pow Tarleton
Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick
Frame 'Saint' Johnson
Captain Corlaix
1931 Self
Self
Seth Law
Jack Bannister
District Attorney Whitlock
Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)
Mark Brady
1930 Abraham Lincoln
Gregory Platoff
N/A
Pancho Lopez
Self
Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)
1929 Trampas
Robert Rossiter
Abraham Lincoln
Wickland Snell
The Convict
Year Character Movie/Tv

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