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Walter Huston is a Actor American born on 3 april 1883 at Toronto (Canada)

Walter Huston

Walter Huston
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Birth name Walter Thomas Huston
Nationality USA
Birth 3 april 1883 at Toronto (Canada)
Death 7 april 1950 (at 67 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Walter Thomas Huston (/ˈwɔːltər ˈhjuːstən/; April 5, 1883 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian-born American actor. He was the father of actor and director John Huston, the grandfather of Pablo Huston, Walter Anthony (Tony) Huston, Anjelica Huston, Danny Huston, and Allegra Huston, and the great-grandfather of actor Jack Huston.

Biography

Il commença sa carrière sur les planches avant de gagner Hollywood et de devenir l'une des premières grandes vedettes de l'ère du cinéma parlant avec des films comme Le Code criminel ou Dodsworth. Il remporta l'Oscar du meilleur acteur dans un second rôle pour Le Trésor de la Sierra Madre réalisé par son fils John Huston.

Il mourut des suites d'une rupture d'anévrisme cardiaque, un jour après son 67e anniversaire.

Best films

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
(Actor)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
(Actor)
Dodsworth (1936)
(Actor)
The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
(Actor)
Report from the Aleutians (1943)
(Actor)
Prelude to War (1942)
(Actor)

Usually with

John Huston
John Huston
(8 films)
Frank Capra
Frank Capra
(7 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Walter Huston (66 films)

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Actor

Hollywood Without Make-Up
Directed by Ken Murray
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities
Actors Kirk Douglas, Ken Murray, Cary Grant, June Allyson, George K. Arthur, Eddie Albert
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating71% 3.5769453.5769453.5769453.5769453.576945
The film consists of archive footage of famous Hollywood stars, mostly home movies showing the stars as themselves instead of playing a role in front of the camera.
The Furies
The Furies (1950)
, 1h49
Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston, Judith Anderson, Gilbert Roland, Thomas Gomez
Roles T. C. Jeffords
Rating72% 3.6463753.6463753.6463753.6463753.646375
T. C. Jeffords (Walter Huston) is a wealthy cattle baron who feels the Herrera family is squatting illegally on his property, The Furies. T.C.'s beloved daughter, Vance (Barbara Stanwyck), who is as obsessed with wealth and every bit as ruthless as her father, has a close bond with Juan Herrera (Gilbert Roland) in secret. What she wants more is a proper husband who can run the giant ranch with her once T.C. is gone. She falls in love with Rip Darrow (Wendell Corey), who holds a grudge against T.C., believing a portion of The Furies land to be rightfully his. Vance is shocked when Rip accepts a $50,000 bribe from T.C. to permanently get out of her life. Rip opens a bank in town near a saloon he owns called "The Legal Tender".
The Great Sinner, 1h50
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Huston, Ethel Barrymore, Frank Morgan
Roles General Ostrovsky
Rating65% 3.2976453.2976453.2976453.2976453.297645
During the 1860s in Wiesbaden, Pauline Ostrovsky, a reformed addict, receives a manuscript from the dying writer Fedya (diminutive of Fyodor), in which he looks back at their first meeting: While traveling from Paris to Moscow, Fedya meets Pauline and secretly feels attracted to her. Noticing she is disembarking at Wiesbaden, Fedya decides to leave the train as well and follows her to a casino. There, he finds out Pauline is, like her father General Ostrovsky, a gambling addict. Upon seeing how undisturbed the Ostrovskys are to find out the General's wealthy mother is dying, he becomes interested in the effects of gambling. He decides to stay in Wiesbaden to do a character study of gambling addicts.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 2h6
Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Films about capital punishment, L'Or
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane, Alfonso Bedoya
Roles Howard
Rating81% 4.098894.098894.098894.098894.09889
In 1925 in the Mexican oil-town of Tampico, Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) and Curtin (Tim Holt), two Americans cheated out of promised wages and down on their luck, meet old prospector Howard (Walter Huston). When one of them wins a small jackpot in the lottery, they have the bankroll to finance a gold prospecting journey to the remote Sierra Madre mountains.
Summer Holiday, 1h33
Directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Mickey Rooney, Walter Huston, Gloria DeHaven, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins
Roles Mr. Nat Miller
Rating58% 2.900112.900112.900112.900112.90011
Au début du XX siècle, dans une petite ville du Connecticut. Le jeune Richard Miller, qui vit dans un quartier de la classe moyenne avec sa famille, est amoureux de Muriel, sa voisine. Mais le père de cette dernière ne voit pas d'un très bon œil cet amour de jeunesse. En effet, il trouve que le jeune garçon, avec ses idées révolutionnaires, a une très mauvais influence sur sa fille...
Dragonwyck
Dragonwyck (1946)
, 1h43
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Children's films
Actors Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Anne Revere, Glenn Langan, Spring Byington
Roles Ephraim Wells
Rating68% 3.4462053.4462053.4462053.4462053.446205
The setting for the story is a farm in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1844. Farmer's daughter Miranda Wells (Gene Tierney) is brought up by her strait-laced low church parents, Ephraim (Walter Huston) and Abigail (Anne Revere). Miranda, a budding young woman, lives on the farm with her family, but often escapes everyday life on the farm through daydreams of a more romantic location and lifestyle, filled with luxury and flair.
Duel in the Sun, 2h9
Directed by William Dieterle, Otto Brower, David Selznick, Josef von Sternberg, King Vidor, William Cameron Menzies, Sidney Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lionel Barrymore, Herbert Marshall, Lillian Gish
Roles The Sinkiller
Rating66% 3.3471753.3471753.3471753.3471753.347175
Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) is orphaned after her father Scott Chavez (Herbert Marshall) kills her mother (Tilly Losch), having caught his wife with a lover (Sidney Blackmer). Before Scott Chavez is executed as a punishment for killing his wife, he arranges for his daughter Pearl to live with his second cousin and old sweetheart, Laura Belle (Lillian Gish).
Let There Be Light, 58minutes
Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres War, Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about health care, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Walter Huston
Roles Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Rating73% 3.6941753.6941753.6941753.6941753.694175
Bouleversant témoignage sur les horreurs de la guerre censuré jusqu’en 1980, Que la lumière soit est aujourd’hui considéré comme l’un des meilleurs films jamais réalisés sur les conséquences psychologiques de la guerre.
And Then There Were None, 1h37
Directed by René Clair
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, Roland Young, June Duprez, Richard Haydn
Roles Edward Armstrong
Rating73% 3.695343.695343.695343.695343.69534
Eight people, all total strangers to each other, are invited to small, isolated Indian Island off the coast of Devon, England, by Mr. and Mrs. Owen. They settle in at a mansion tended by two newly hired servants, Thomas and Ethel Rogers, but their hosts are absent. When the guests sit down to dinner, they notice the centerpiece, ten figurines of Indians in a circle. Afterward, Thomas Rogers puts on a gramophone record, from which a voice accuses them all of murder:
Know Your Enemy: Japan, 1h3
Directed by Joris Ivens, Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres War, Documentary, Historical
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors John Beal, Howard Duff, Walter Huston, Knox Manning
Roles Narrator
Rating59% 2.999632.999632.999632.999632.99963
Un remarquable documentaire cinématographique sur la montée du militarisme japonais, malgré les outrances inhérentes à tout film de propagande et à la xénophobie ambiante liée à la guerre.
War Comes to America, 1h10
Directed by Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres War, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Walter Huston, Lloyd Nolan
Roles Narrator
Rating67% 3.3931753.3931753.3931753.3931753.393175
Face à la menace d’une perte de liberté, les États-Unis entrent en guerre illustre comment l’Amérique est passée de l’isolationnisme à un engagement total.
Dragon Seed, 2h28
Directed by Jack Conway, Harold S. Bucquet, Andrew Marton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon, Akim Tamiroff, Turhan Bey, J. Carrol Naish
Roles Ling Tan
Rating59% 2.9525452.9525452.9525452.9525452.952545
Durant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, un paisible village chinois est occupé par l'armée japonaise. Si la plupart des habitants acceptent le joug nippon, Jade le refuse. La rebelle entrepend de résister à l'envahisseur, au grand dam de son père.
Why We Fight: The Battle of China, 1h5
Directed by Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres War, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Anthony Veiller, Walter Huston
Roles Abraham Lincoln
Rating69% 3.488883.488883.488883.488883.48888
En envahissant la Chine, le Japon espère ensuite conquérir l’Asie toute entière. Le film utilise de nombreuses images du documentaire de Joris Ivens 400 Millions, réalisé en 1938.
Mission to Moscow, 2h4
Directed by Michael Curtiz, Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Walter Huston, Ann Harding, Oskar Homolka, George Tobias, Gene Lockhart, Eleanor Parker
Roles Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
Rating54% 2.704272.704272.704272.704272.70427
The film chronicles ambassador Davies' impressions of the Soviet Union, his meetings with Stalin, and his overall opinion of the Soviet Union and its ties with the United States. It is made in faux-documentary style, beginning with Davies meeting with president Franklin D. Roosevelt to discuss his new appointment as United States ambassador to the Soviet Union. It continues to show the Davies' family's trip by boat to Moscow, with stops in Europe.