Walter Huston

1883-1950

Biography: life and films

Walter Huston was an American actor. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 6th April 1883 and died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA on 7th April 1950, aged 67.

His best films as an actor include Millard Webb's Gentlemen of the Press (1929), William Wyler's Dodsworth (1936), Josef von Sternberg's The Shanghai Gesture (1941), Michael Curtiz's Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and John Huston's The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).

Walter Huston appeared in 57 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Frank Capra (6 films), John Huston (4), Michael Curtiz (3), Lewis Milestone (3), William Wyler (2), William A. Wellman (2), W.S. Van Dyke (2) and Victor Fleming (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (37 films), romance (14), War (12), Documentary (8), Western (7), Thriller (4), history (3), crime-thriller (3), Biography (3), comedy-drama (2), comedy (2), Horror (2) and Fantasy (2).

Our average rating for Walter Huston over all films is: 3.2

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Gentlemen of the Press (1929) [a]

The Lady Lies (1929) [a]

The Virginian (1929) [a]

Abraham Lincoln (1930) [a]

The Bad Man (1930) [a]

The Virtuous Sin (1930) [a]

A House Divided (1931) [a]

The Criminal Code (1931) [a]

The Ruling Voice (1931) [a]

The Star Witness (1931) [a]

American Madness (1932) [a]

Kongo (1932) [a]

Law and Order (1932) [a]

Night Court (1932) [a]

Rain (1932) [a]

The Beast of the City (1932) [a]

The Wet Parade (1932) [a]

The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932) [a]

Ann Vickers (1933) [a]

Gabriel Over the White House (1933) [a]

Hell Below (1933) [a]

Storm at Daybreak (1933) [a]

The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933) [a]

Keep 'Em Rolling (1934) [a]

The Tunnel (1935) [a]

Dodsworth (1936) [a]

Rhodes of Africa (1936) [a]

Of Human Hearts (1938) [a]

The Light That Failed (1939) [a]

Swamp Water (1941) [a]

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) [a]

The Maltese Falcon (1941) [a]

The Shanghai Gesture (1941) [a]

Always in My Heart (1942) [a]

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) [a]

Divide and Conquer (1943) [a]

Edge of Darkness (1943) [a]

Mission to Moscow (1943) [a]

Report from the Aleutians (1943) [a]

The Battle of Britain (1943) [a]

The North Star (1943) [a]

The Outlaw (1943) [a]

War Department Report (1943) [a]

Dragon Seed (1944) [a]

The Battle of China (1944) [a]

And Then There Were None (1945) [a]

Know Your Enemy: Japan (1945) [a]

War Comes to America (1945) [a]

Dragonwyck (1946) [a]

Duel in the Sun (1946) [a]

Let There Be Light (1946) [a]

Summer Holiday (1948) [a]

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) [a]

The Great Sinner (1949) [a]

The Furies (1950) [a]

Anniversary (1963) [a]



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