Walter Huston

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.

Casted

The Maltese Falcon

Played Captain Jacoby (uncredited)

Average Rating

7.7

1801 votes

Release Date

Oct 18, 1941

85 years ago
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Played Howard

Average Rating

8.0

1277 votes

Release Date

Jan 15, 1948

79 years ago
And Then There Were None

Played Edward Armstrong

Average Rating

7.0

393 votes

Release Date

Oct 31, 1945

81 years ago
Yankee Doodle Dandy

Played Jerry Cohan

Average Rating

7.0

222 votes

Release Date

May 29, 1942

85 years ago
Duel in the Sun

Played The Sinkiller

Average Rating

6.3

180 votes

Release Date

Dec 31, 1946

80 years ago
Dodsworth

Played Sam Dodsworth

Average Rating

7.1

139 votes

Release Date

Sep 23, 1936

90 years ago
Dragonwyck

Played Ephraim Wells

Average Rating

6.7

114 votes

Release Date

Apr 19, 1946

81 years ago
The Outlaw

Played Doc Holliday

Average Rating

5.4

99 votes

Release Date

Feb 05, 1943

84 years ago
All That Money Can Buy

Played Mr. Scratch

Average Rating

7.0

92 votes

Release Date

Oct 17, 1941

85 years ago
The Furies

Played T. C. Jeffords

Average Rating

7.2

74 votes

Release Date

Jul 22, 1950

76 years ago
Why We Fight: Prelude to War

Played Self - Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

6.4

71 votes

Release Date

May 27, 1942

85 years ago
The Shanghai Gesture

Played Sir Guy Charteris

Average Rating

6.3

66 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 1941

85 years ago
Rain

Played Alfred Davidson

Average Rating

6.6

58 votes

Release Date

Oct 12, 1932

94 years ago
In This Our Life

Played Bartender (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.8

52 votes

Release Date

May 08, 1942

85 years ago
American Madness

Played Thomas Dickson

Average Rating

6.8

45 votes

Release Date

Aug 15, 1932

95 years ago
Let There Be Light

Played Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Average Rating

7.4

42 votes

Release Date

Dec 16, 1946

80 years ago
Swamp Water

Played Thursday Ragan

Average Rating

6.3

40 votes

Release Date

Nov 16, 1941

85 years ago
Abraham Lincoln

Played Abraham Lincoln

Average Rating

5.4

38 votes

Release Date

Nov 08, 1930

96 years ago
Edge of Darkness

Played Dr. Martin Stensgard

Average Rating

6.2

35 votes

Release Date

Apr 09, 1943

84 years ago
The Criminal Code

Played Mark Brady

Average Rating

6.0

33 votes

Release Date

Jan 03, 1931

96 years ago
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike

Played Narrator

Average Rating

6.3

27 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1943

84 years ago
The North Star

Played Dr. Kurin

Average Rating

6.1

26 votes

Release Date

Nov 04, 1943

83 years ago
December 7th

Played Uncle Sam 'U.S.'

Average Rating

5.8

26 votes

Release Date

Mar 01, 1943

84 years ago
The Beast of the City

Played Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick

Average Rating

5.8

24 votes

Release Date

Feb 13, 1932

95 years ago
Kongo

Played Flint

Average Rating

6.4

23 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 1932

94 years ago
Of Human Hearts

Played Ethan Wilkins

Average Rating

5.8

23 votes

Release Date

Feb 11, 1938

89 years ago
The Tunnel

Played President of the United States

Average Rating

5.3

23 votes

Release Date

Oct 27, 1935

91 years ago
The Great Sinner

Played General Ostrovsky

Average Rating

6.6

21 votes

Release Date

Jun 29, 1949

77 years ago
Report from the Aleutians

Played Voices of officers (voice)

Average Rating

5.9

20 votes

Release Date

Jul 30, 1943

83 years ago
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

Played Narrator

Average Rating

6.7

20 votes

Release Date

Oct 10, 1943

83 years ago
Mission to Moscow

Played Ambassador Joseph E. Davies

Average Rating

5.3

18 votes

Release Date

Apr 29, 1943

84 years ago
Know Your Enemy: Japan

Played Narrator

Average Rating

5.9

17 votes

Release Date

Aug 09, 1945

81 years ago
War Comes to America

Played Narrator

Average Rating

7.0

17 votes

Release Date

Jun 14, 1945

81 years ago
The Star Witness

Played District Attorney Whitlock

Average Rating

6.7

16 votes

Release Date

Aug 22, 1931

96 years ago
The Prizefighter and the Lady

Played Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")

Average Rating

5.4

16 votes

Release Date

Nov 10, 1933

93 years ago
Dragon Seed

Played Ling Tan

Average Rating

6.5

16 votes

Release Date

Jul 20, 1944

82 years ago
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

Played Narrator

Average Rating

6.8

16 votes

Release Date

Jan 02, 1943

84 years ago
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

Played Various Roles (archive footage)

Average Rating

6.1

15 votes

Release Date

Mar 03, 2008

18 years ago
Hell Below

Played Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN

Average Rating

5.9

14 votes

Release Date

Jun 08, 1933

94 years ago
Why We Fight: The Battle of China

Played Abraham Lincoln

Average Rating

6.5

14 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 1944

82 years ago
The Virginian

Played Trampas

Average Rating

5.8

12 votes

Release Date

Nov 09, 1929

97 years ago
Gabriel Over the White House

Played Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States

Average Rating

6.9

12 votes

Release Date

Mar 31, 1933

94 years ago
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

5.9

11 votes

Release Date

Oct 24, 1988

37 years ago
Ann Vickers

Played Barney Dolphin

Average Rating

5.5

11 votes

Release Date

Sep 26, 1933

93 years ago
Summer Holiday

Played Mr. Nat Miller

Average Rating

4.9

9 votes

Release Date

Apr 15, 1948

79 years ago
Night Court

Played Judge Andrew J. Moffett

Average Rating

6.4

8 votes

Release Date

Jun 04, 1932

95 years ago
Know Your Ally: Britain

Played Narrator

Average Rating

4.6

8 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1944

83 years ago
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

6.1

8 votes

Release Date

Aug 06, 1975

51 years ago
Law and Order

Played Frame 'Saint' Johnson

Average Rating

4.9

7 votes

Release Date

Feb 09, 1932

95 years ago
The Ruling Voice

Played Jack Bannister

Average Rating

6.0

7 votes

Release Date

Sep 10, 1931

95 years ago
The Virtuous Sin

Played Gregory Platoff

Average Rating

4.3

6 votes

Release Date

Oct 24, 1930

96 years ago
The Light That Failed

Played Torpenhow

Average Rating

6.0

6 votes

Release Date

Dec 24, 1939

87 years ago
A Compassionate Spy

Played Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.2

6 votes

Release Date

Aug 31, 2022

3 years ago
Always in My Heart

Played MacKenzie Scott

Average Rating

6.0

5 votes

Release Date

Mar 14, 1942

85 years ago
The Wet Parade

Played Pow Tarleton

Average Rating

5.8

4 votes

Release Date

Mar 26, 1932

95 years ago
Storm at Daybreak

Played Mayor Dushan Radovic

Average Rating

5.8

4 votes

Release Date

Jun 14, 1933

94 years ago
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

Played Self

Average Rating

3.4

4 votes

Release Date

Aug 01, 1930

97 years ago
Behind the Make-Up

Played Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.2

4 votes

Release Date

Jan 18, 1930

97 years ago
War Department Report

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

6.0

4 votes

Release Date

Dec 07, 1943

83 years ago
The Lady Lies

Played Robert Rossiter

Average Rating

5.3

3 votes

Release Date

Sep 21, 1929

97 years ago
A House Divided

Played Seth Law

Average Rating

4.8

3 votes

Release Date

Dec 05, 1931

95 years ago
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

Played Howard (archive footage)

Average Rating

6.5

3 votes

Release Date

Sep 30, 2003

22 years ago
Keep 'Em Rolling

Played Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh

Average Rating

6.0

3 votes

Release Date

Mar 02, 1934

93 years ago
The Voice That Thrilled the World

Played Jerry Cohan (archive footage)

Average Rating

5.3

3 votes

Release Date

Oct 16, 1943

83 years ago
The Woman from Monte Carlo

Played Captain Corlaix

Average Rating

5.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jan 09, 1932

95 years ago
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Played Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.5

2 votes

Release Date

Feb 25, 1983

43 years ago
Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

7.0

2 votes

Release Date

Feb 03, 2004

22 years ago
Safeguarding Military Information

Played The General

Average Rating

5.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jan 16, 1942

85 years ago
Joan Crawford: Always the Star

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

7.5

2 votes

Release Date

Sep 30, 1996

29 years ago
Armored Attack!

Played Dr. Kurin

Average Rating

6.2

2 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1957

70 years ago
Going Hollywood: The '30s

Played (archive footage)

Average Rating

10.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1984

42 years ago
Gentlemen of the Press

Played Wickland Snell

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

May 04, 1929

98 years ago
Rhodes of Africa

Played Cecil John Rhodes

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jun 30, 1936

91 years ago
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"

Played Self

Average Rating

4.5

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 24, 1930

96 years ago
Twenty Years After

Played (archive footage)

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1944

83 years ago
Our Russian Front

Played Narrator

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Dec 14, 1942

84 years ago
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Average Rating

1.0

1 votes

Release Date

Aug 05, 1936

90 years ago
Hollywood Hobbies

Played Himself

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jul 05, 1935

92 years ago
The Bishop's Candlesticks

Played The Convict

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Mar 29, 1929

98 years ago
Two Americans

Played Abraham Lincoln

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jun 22, 1929

98 years ago
The Bad Man

Played Pancho Lopez

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Sep 11, 1930

96 years ago
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 31, 1931

95 years ago
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon'

Played Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 19, 1931

96 years ago
For God and Country

Played Narrator

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 15, 1943

84 years ago
Bogart: The Untold Story

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 05, 1997

29 years ago
Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 31, 1931

95 years ago
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America

Played Narrator

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2000

26 years ago
Anniversary

Played Himself - Archive Footage (uncredited)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1963

64 years ago

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