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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Huston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1883-04-03 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- 1950-04-07
Known for
- The Maltese Falcon (1941) — Captain Jacoby (uncredited)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) — Howard
- And Then There Were None (1945) — Edward Armstrong
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) — Jerry Cohan
- Duel in the Sun (1946) — The Sinkiller
- Dodsworth (1936) — Sam Dodsworth
- Dragonwyck (1946) — Ephraim Wells
- The Outlaw (1943) — Doc Holliday
- All That Money Can Buy (1941) — Mr. Scratch
- The Furies (1950) — T. C. Jeffords
- The Shanghai Gesture (1941) — Sir Guy Charteris
- Why We Fight: Prelude to War (1942) — Self - Narrator (voice)
- Rain (1932) — Alfred Davidson
- In This Our Life (1942) — Bartender (uncredited)
- American Madness (1932) — Thomas Dickson
- Let There Be Light (1946) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)