Walter Huston
Date of birth: 1883-04-03
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Walter Thomas Houghston, Walter Thomas Huston, Walter Houghston
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.
Movie Credits
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988-10-24
Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highl
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942-05-29
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948-01-15
Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search
American Madness
1932-08-15
Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbi
And Then There Were None
1945-10-31
Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island and while they are waiting for the mysterious host to
The Beast of the City
1932-02-13
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his own corrupt brother Ed to w
Dodsworth
1936-09-23
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that the
Report from the Aleutians
1943-07-30
A documentary propaganda film produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps about the Aleutian Islands Camp
The Outlaw
1943-02-05
Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln,
Duel in the Sun
1946-12-31
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself
Dragonwyck
1946-04-19
For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, se
The Furies
1950-07-22
A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.
All That Money Can Buy
1941-10-17
Farmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scrat
The Virginian
1929-11-09
A good-natured cowboy who is romancing the new schoolmarm has a crisis of conscience when he discove
The Shanghai Gesture
1941-12-25
A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
The Criminal Code
1931-01-03
After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecute
Summer Holiday
1948-04-15
Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neigh
Rain
1932-10-12
Due to a possible cholera epidemic onboard, passengers on a ship are forced to disembark at Pago Pag
Ann Vickers
1933-09-26
After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. Sh
Swamp Water
1941-11-16
A hunter happens upon a fugitive and his daughter living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love with t
The Lady Lies
1929-09-21
Much to the disapproval of his snooty children, a wealthy widowed attorney takes up with a beautiful
The North Star
1943-11-04
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Later re-edited and
Edge of Darkness
1943-04-09
The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wa
The Star Witness
1931-08-22
A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an inn
The Woman from Monte Carlo
1932-01-09
On the eve of WW-I the French Navy ship Lafayette returns to its Toulon base for one night. There is
Kongo
1932-10-01
The ruthless Flint, a disabled man, rules an isolated region of Kongo like an omnipotent god, throug
The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933-11-10
An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.
Let There Be Light
1946-12-16
The final entry in a trilogy of films produced for the U.S. government by John Huston. Some returnin
Always in My Heart
1942-03-14
A man is pardoned from prison and returns to Santa Rita, CA to be with his family, but discovers his
Gabriel Over the White House
1933-03-31
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis
December 7th
1943-03-01
"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering
Law and Order
1932-02-09
A legendary lawman and his cohorts set out to restore order to the dangerous streets of Tombstone, A
Dragon Seed
1944-07-20
Life in a small Chinese village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. A heroic young Ch
Of Human Hearts
1938-02-11
This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War
A House Divided
1931-12-05
A New England fisherman's second wife prefers his son.
Abraham Lincoln
1930-11-08
A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining cha
The Wet Parade
1932-03-26
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich
Night Court
1932-06-04
A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special p
The Great Sinner
1949-06-29
A young man succumbs to gambling fever.
Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to th
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003-09-30
An overview of the making of John Huston's 1948 classic "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
The Virtuous Sin
1930-10-24
Marya gets friendly with General Platoff in order to save her husband Victor from being executed.
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, war
The Ruling Voice
1931-09-10
A mob boss has a change of heart when his daughter convinces him to move on from crime.
The Light That Failed
1939-12-24
A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.
Hell Below
1933-06-08
On leave in Italy, Lt. Tommy Knowlton falls in love with Jean Standish, who's not only married, but
The Maltese Falcon
1941-10-18
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful li
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004-02-03
Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MG
The Bishop's Candlesticks
1929-03-29
Very early sound version of a one-act play based on the "Bishop" sequence in Victor Hugo's "Les Mise
Storm at Daybreak
1933-06-14
Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984-01-01
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were
Safeguarding Military Information
1942-01-16
World War II propaganda short which focuses on the dangers of inadvertent dispersal of military info
Two Americans
1929-06-22
Presents Lincoln's difficulties with Gen. McClellan and Secretary of State Seward, over the selectio
Keep 'Em Rolling
1934-03-02
World War I drama about a soldier and the wild horse he befriends.
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930-08-01
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a din
A Compassionate Spy
2022-08-31
Physicist Ted Hall is recruited to join the Manhattan Project as a teenager and goes to Los Alamos w
The Tunnel
1935-10-27
An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996-09-30
Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award-winni
Know Your Ally: Britain
1944-01-01
Know Your Ally: Britain was a 45-minute propaganda film made in 1944. It was narrated by Walter Hust
Gentlemen of the Press
1929-05-04
A newspaperman is drawn away from family life by the needs of his paper until a new woman enters his
The Bad Man
1930-09-11
Film version of a play about a Mexican bandit.
Rhodes of Africa
1936-06-30
Rhodes of Africa is a 1936 British biographical film charting the life of Cecil Rhodes. It was direc
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
1943-01-01
The second film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series. It introduces Germany as a nat
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943-01-02
The third film of Frank Capra's 'Why We Fight" propaganda film series, dealing with the Nazi conques
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"
1930-10-24
The prelude to our picture is the record of an intimate conversation between Mr. D. W. Griffith and
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
1931-12-31
Rare footage of Jean Harlow and Bela Lugosi discussing Dracula, as well as Walter Huston performing
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
1942-05-27
Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945-08-09
Frank Capra-directed propaganda film produced during World War II depicting the United States' new e
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
1944-11-01
The sixth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series illustrates Japan's occupation o
War Comes to America
1945-06-14
The seventh and final film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight World War II propaganda film series. This e
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
1943-10-10
The fourth of Frank Capra's Why We Fight series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for f
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon'
1931-07-19
Bobby Jones instructs a husband and the judge in his divorce proceedings on proper use of the Spoon.
For God and Country
1943-05-15
The story of the U.S. Army Chaplain Service as dramatized in the stories of three chaplains, Father
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent
Twenty Years After
1944-01-01
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997-01-05
Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film c
Armored Attack!
1957-01-01
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Re-edited version of
Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston
1931-12-31
One of a series of short subjects created for movie theaters in the 1930s, each an interview with a
Our Russian Front
1942-12-14
Using footage taken by Soviet battlefront cameramen, this penetrating documentary about Russian life
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008-03-03
A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943-10-16
This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's e
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936-08-05
Winners of the Lucky Stars National Dance Contest - one woman from each state of the United States -
Behind the Make-Up
1930-01-18
Gardoni, a down-on-his-luck vaudeville performer, is taken in by a fellow performer, a clown who has
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
2000-01-01
Part of Frank Capra's World War II propaganda series made for the U.S. Armed Forces, this program pr
Hollywood Hobbies
1935-07-05
This short documentary narrated by sportscaster Ted Husing explores the free-time activities of some
War Department Report
1943-12-07
The first official War Department Report by the Office of Strategic Services using American newsreel
In This Our Life
1942-05-08
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the l
Anniversary
1963-01-01
Here you will see Marie Dressler, Mary Pickford, Norma Shearer, Walter Huston and a host of other Ca