Walter Huston
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| Walter Huston | |
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 in the trailer for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) |
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| Born | Walter Houghston April 6, 1884 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | April 7, 1950 (aged 66) Hollywood, California, United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1924–1950 |
| Spouse(s) | Rhea Gore (1904-1912) Bayonne Whipple (1915-1924) Ninetta Sunderland (1931-1950) |
Walter Huston (pronounced /ˈwɔːltər ˈhjuːstən/; April 6, 1884 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian-born American actor. He was the father of actor and director John Huston and the grandfather of actress Anjelica Huston and actor Danny Huston. He was also the adoptive grandfather of Pablo, a boy from Mexico who was adopted by John.
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[edit] Career
Born Walter Houghston in Toronto, Ontario to an Ulster-Scottish father and a Scottish Canadian mother, he began his Broadway career in 1924. Once talkies began in Hollywood, he achieved fame in character roles. His first major role was in 1929's The Virginian with Gary Cooper. He appeared in the Broadway theatrical adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' novel Dodsworth in 1934 and the play's film version two years later.
Huston stayed busy throughout the 1930s and 1940s, both on stage and screen (becoming one of America's most distinguished actors); he performed "September Song" in the original Broadway production of Knickerbocker Holiday in 1938. Among his films are Rain (1932), The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) and Mission to Moscow (1943), a pro-Soviet World War II propaganda film as Ambassador Joseph E. Davies. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1948 for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, which was directed by his son, John Huston. His last film was The Furies in 1950 with Barbara Stanwyck.
Along with Anthony Veiller, he narrated the Why We Fight series of World War II documentaries directed by Frank Capra.
He died in Hollywood from an aortic aneurysm, one day after his 66th birthday.
Walter Huston has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6626 Hollywood Blvd.
[edit] Partial filmography (with co-stars)
- The Lady Lies (1929) with Claudette Colbert
- The Virginian (1929) with Gary Cooper
- The Virtuous Sin (1930) with Kay Francis
- The Bad Man (1930)
- The Beast of the City (1932) with Jean Harlow and Jean Hersholt
- American Madness (1932) with Pat O'Brien
- Rain (1932) with Joan Crawford
- Gabriel Over the White House (1933) with Franchot Tone
- Dodsworth (1936) with Ruth Chatterton, Mary Astor, and David Niven
- Rhodes of Africa (1936)
- The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) with James Craig, Edward Arnold, and Anne Shirley
- Swamp Water (1941) with Walter Brennan and Anne Baxter
- The Shanghai Gesture (1942) with Gene Tierney
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) with James Cagney
- The Outlaw (1943) with Thomas Mitchell and Jane Russell
- Edge of Darkness (1943) with Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan
- Mission to Moscow (1943)
- And Then There Were None (1945)
- Dragonwyck (1946) with Gene Tierney and Vincent Price
- Duel in the Sun (1946) with Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, and Jennifer Jones
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) with Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt
- The Furies (1950) with Wendell Corey and Barbara Stanwyck
[edit] Academy Awards and nominations
- 1937 - Nominated Best Actor in a Leading Role - Dodsworth
- 1942 - Nominated Best Actor in a Leading Role - The Devil and Daniel Webster
- 1943 - Nominated Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Yankee Doodle Dandy
- 1949 - Won Best Actor in a Supporting Role - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
[edit] In popular culture
- Huston was mentioned in the 1994 western-comedy City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold and the "Walter Huston dance" after finding the buried gold.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- John Weld. September Song. An intimate biography of Walter Huston. The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1998.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Walter Huston |
- Walter Huston at the Internet Movie Database
- Walter Huston at the Internet Broadway Database
- Walter Huston at Find a Grave, with an incorrect year of birth on the plaque.
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