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Raoul Walsh (1887–1980)

Director | Actor | Writer

Raoul Walsh's 52-year directorial career made him a Hollywood legend. Walsh was also an actor: He appeared in the first version of W. Somerset Maugham's "Rain" renamed Sadie Thompson opposite Gloria Swanson in the title role. He would have played the Cisco Kid in his own film In Old Arizona if an errant jackrabbit hadn't cost him his right eye by leaping through the windshield of his automobile... See full bio »

Born:

Albert Edward Walsh
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 93) in Simi Valley, California, USA
Still of Douglas Fairbanks and Raoul Walsh in The Thief of Bagdad Still of John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill and Raoul Walsh in The Big Trail Gregory Peck, And Director Raoul Walsh Still of Tyrone Power, John Wayne and Raoul Walsh in The Big Trail Still of Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston and Raoul Walsh in The Thief of Bagdad
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2003 Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album (video short) (segment "Every Night At Eight")
 
1964 A Distant Trumpet
 
1961 Marines, Let's Go
 
1960 Esther and the King
 
1959 A Private's Affair
 
1958 The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
 
1958 The Naked and the Dead
 
1957 Band of Angels
 
1956 The King and Four Queens
 
1956 The Revolt of Mamie Stover
 
1955 The Tall Men
 
1955 Battle Cry
 
1954 Saskatchewan
 
1953 Gun Fury
 
1953 A Lion Is in the Streets
 
1953 Sea Devils
 
1953 The Lawless Breed
 
1952 Blackbeard, the Pirate
 
1952 The World in His Arms
 
1952 Glory Alley
 
1951 Distant Drums
 
1951 Along the Great Divide
 
1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
 
1951 The Enforcer (uncredited)
 
1950 Montana (uncredited)
 
1949 White Heat
 
1949 Colorado Territory
 
1948 One Sunday Afternoon
 
1948 Fighter Squadron
 
1948 Silver River
 
1947 Cheyenne
 
1947 Stallion Road (uncredited)
 
1947 Pursued
 
1947 The Man I Love
 
1945 San Antonio (uncredited)
 
1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight
 
1945 Salty O'Rourke
 
1945 Objective, Burma!
 
1944 Uncertain Glory
 
1943 Northern Pursuit
 
1943 Background to Danger
 
1943 Action in the North Atlantic (uncredited)
 
1942 Gentleman Jim
 
1942 Desperate Journey
 
1941 They Died with Their Boots On
 
1941 Manpower
 
1941 The Strawberry Blonde
 
1941 High Sierra
 
1940 They Drive by Night
 
1940 Dark Command
 
1939 The Roaring Twenties
 
1939 St. Louis Blues
 
1938 College Swing
 
1937 Hitting a New High
 
1937 Artists & Models
 
1937 When Thief Meets Thief
 
1937 You're in the Army Now
 
1936 Spendthrift
 
1936 Big Brown Eyes
 
1936 Klondike Annie
 
1935 Every Night at Eight
 
1935 Baby Face Harrington
 
1935 Under Pressure
 
1933 Going Hollywood
 
1933 The Bowery
 
1933 Hello, Sister!
 
1933 Sailor's Luck
 
1932 Me and My Gal
 
1932 Wild Girl
 
1931 The Yellow Ticket
 
1931 Women of All Nations
 
1931 Die große Fahrt
 
1931 La gran jornada
 
1931 The Man Who Came Back
 
1930 The Big Trail
 
1929 Hot for Paris
 
1929 The Cock-Eyed World
 
1928 Me, Gangster
 
1928 The Red Dance
 
1928 Sadie Thompson
 
1927 The Loves of Carmen
 
1927 The Monkey Talks
 
1926 What Price Glory
 
1926 The Lady of the Harem
 
1926 The Lucky Lady
 
1925 The Wanderer
 
1925 The Spaniard
 
1925 East of Suez
 
1924 The Thief of Bagdad
 
1923 Rosita (uncredited)
 
1923 Lost and Found on a South Sea Island (as R.A. Walsh)
 
1922 Kindred of the Dust
 
1921 Serenade (as R.A. Walsh)
 
1921/I The Oath
 
1920 From Now On
 
1920 The Deep Purple (as R.A. Walsh)
 
1920 The Strongest (as R.A. Walsh)
 
1919 Should a Husband Forgive? (as R.A. Walsh)
 
1919 Evangeline
 
1918 I'll Say So (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1918 Every Mother's Son
 
1918 The Prussian Cur (as R.A. Walsh)
 
1918/I On the Jump (as R.A. Walsh)
 
1918 The Woman and the Law (as R.A. Walsh)
 
1917 The Pride of New York (as R.A. Walsh)
 
1917 This Is the Life (as R.A. Walsh)
 
1917 The Conqueror
 
1917 Betrayed (as R.A. Walsh)
 
1917 The Innocent Sinner (as R.A. Walsh)
 
1917 The Silent Lie (as R.A. Walsh)
 
1917 The Honor System (as R.A. Walsh)
 
1916 Pillars of Society
 
1916 Blue Blood and Red
 
1916 The Serpent
 
1915/II Carmen
 
1915 Peer Gynt
 
1915 Regeneration (as R.A. Walsh)
 
1915 A Bad Man and Others (short)
 
1915 The Celestial Code (short)
 
1915 11:30 P.M. (short)
 
1915 The Smuggler (short)
 
1915/I The Comeback (short)
 
1915 A Man for All That (short) (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1915 The Fencing Master (short) (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1915 The Greaser (short)
 
1915 His Return (short)
 
1915 The Fatal Black Bean (short) (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1915 The Death Dice (short)
 
1915 Home from the Sea (short)
 
1915 Siren of Hell
 
1915 The Buried Hand
 
1915 The Lone Cowboy (short)
 
1914 Who Shot Bud Walton? (short)
 
1914 Out of the Deputy's Hands (short) (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1914 The Mystery of the Hindu Image (short)
 
1914 The Double Knot (short)
 
1914 The Life of General Villa
 
1914 The Bowery
 
1913 The Pseudo Prodigal (short) (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
Show ShowActor (41 titles)
1949 It's a Great Feeling
Raoul Walsh (uncredited)
 
1928 Sadie Thompson
Sergeant Timothy 'Tim' O'Hara
 
1915 The Smuggler (short)
Connors - the Secret Service Man (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1915 A Man for All That (short)
The Detective (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1915 The Outlaw's Revenge
The outlaw (as R.A. Walsh)
 
1915 The Artist's Wife (short)
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
 
1915 The Greaser (short)
 
1915 The Fatal Black Bean (short) (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1915 The Birth of a Nation
John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
 
1915 The Double Deception (short)
 
1915 The Love Pirate (short)
The Magnate
 
1915 Home from the Sea (short)
 
1914 The Old Fisherman's Story (short)
Ben (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1914 The Exposure (short)
Joe Reed (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1914 Who Shot Bud Walton? (short)
Bud Walton
 
1914 They Never Knew (short)
Carrol Walker (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1914 The Little Country Mouse (short)
The Designing Guest
 
1914 Paid with Interest (short)
George Watson (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1914 The Availing Prayer (short)
The Doctor
 
1914 Out of the Deputy's Hands (short) (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1914 Sands of Fate (short)
James Holden
 
1914 The Unpainted Portrait (short)
Londell (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1914 The Final Verdict (short)
King (as R.A. Walsh)
 
1914 Sierra Jim's Reformation (short)
Sierra Jim
 
1914 The Second Mrs. Roebuck (short)
 
1914 The Mystery of the Hindu Image (short)
The Detective
 
1914/I Lest We Forget (short) (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1914 The Only Clue (short) (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1914 The Angel of Contention (short)
Colter
 
1914 The Rebellion of Kitty Belle (short)
Bud Parker (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1914 The Double Knot (short)
The Prospector (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1914 The Life of General Villa
Villa as a young man
 
1914 The Dishonored Medal
The Adopted Son (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1914 The Great Leap: Until Death Do Us Part
 
1914 The Banker's Daughter
 
1914 The Baited Trap (short)
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
 
1914 When Fate Frowned (short) (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1914 For His Master (short)
Father Walsh (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1913 The Pseudo Prodigal (short)
The Prodigal's Rival (as Raoul A. Walsh)
 
1913 The Detective's Stratagem (short)
Gang's Driver
 
1913 The Stranger (short)
Jack Nobel (as A.E. Walsh)
 
Show ShowWriter (29 titles)
1993 La femme à abattre (inspired by film "The Enforcer")
 
1970 The Delta Factor (uncredited)
 
1961 Marines, Let's Go (story)
 
1960 Esther and the King (screenplay)
 
1936 Spendthrift
 
1936 Big Brown Eyes
 
1930 The Big Trail (story contributor - uncredited)
 
1929 Hot for Paris (story)
 
1929 The Cock-Eyed World (writer)
 
1928 Me, Gangster (writer)
 
1928 Sadie Thompson (adaptation)
 
1920 From Now On (scenario)
 
1920 The Strongest (scenario / as R.A. Walsh)
 
1919 Should a Husband Forgive? (scenario / as R.A. Walsh / story / as R.A. Walsh)
 
1919 Evangeline (scenario)
 
1918 Every Mother's Son (screenplay / story)
 
1918 The Prussian Cur (screenplay / story)
 
1918/I On the Jump (story)
 
1918 The Woman and the Law (writer)
 
1917 The Pride of New York (scenario / as R.A. Walsh)
 
1917 This Is the Life
 
1917 The Conqueror
 
1917 Betrayed (screenplay / as R.A. Walsh / story / as R.A. Walsh)
 
1917 The Innocent Sinner (as R.A. Walsh / scenario)
 
1917 The Honor System (scenario)
 
1916 Blue Blood and Red (screenplay / story)
 
1916 The Serpent (scenario)
 
1915/II Carmen (scenario)
 
1915 Regeneration (adapted from the book: "My Mamie Rose" / as R.A. Walsh)
 
Show ShowProducer (19 titles)
1961 Marines, Let's Go (producer)
 
1961 Come September (producer - uncredited)
 
1960 Esther and the King (producer)
 
1955 Battle Cry (producer - uncredited)
 
1953 The Lawless Breed (producer - uncredited)
 
1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (producer - uncredited)
 
1931 The Yellow Ticket (producer)
 
1931 Camino del infierno (producer)
 
1931 The Man Who Came Back (producer)
 
1928 Sadie Thompson (producer - uncredited)
 
1926 The Lucky Lady (producer)
 
1925 The Wanderer (producer - uncredited)
 
1922 Kindred of the Dust (producer)
 
1921 Serenade (producer)
 
1921/I The Oath (producer)
 
1920 Dangerous Business (producer)
 
1920 The Deep Purple (producer - as R.A. Walsh)
 
1919 Evangeline (producer)
 
1916 Blue Blood and Red (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (4 titles)
1922 Kindred of the Dust (presenter - as R.A. Walsh)
 
1920 Headin' Home (supervisor - as R.A. Walsh)
 
1913 The Detective's Stratagem (short) (production staff)
 
1912 Life of Villa (documentary) (production staff)
 
1956 Helen of Troy (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1943 Edge of Darkness (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1915 The Birth of a Nation (assistant director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
2002 The Laramie Project (TV movie) (writer: "Let's Dream in the Moonlight")
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
Show ShowCinematographer (1 title)
1914 The Life of General Villa (Battle of Torreon sequence)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1976 Nickelodeon (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
1973 The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1972 75 Years of Cinema Museum (documentary)
Himself
 
1966 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Raoul Walsh ou Le bon vieux temps (1966) … Himself
 
1941 Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2008 Murnau, Borzage and Fox (video documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2008 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation' (video documentary short)
Himself/John Wilkes Booth
 
1980 Hollywood
 
1956-1963 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
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Personal Details

Publicity Listings:

3 Biographical Movies  | 8 Print Biographies  | 26 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

A.E. Walsh | R.A. Walsh | Raoul A. Walsh

Height:

6' 0½" (1.84 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

You can really double anybody. If the action is good enough, it can be a monkey with top-hat and spats. See more »

Trivia:

D.W. Griffith had vowed to make a director of Walsh and sent him down to Mexico to make a documentary on the notorious Pancho Villa. Walsh rode with the revolutionary leader from Juarez to Mexico City, recording the journey on film. Walsh later confirmed a long-standing rumor--after a battle in which Villa took many federal soldiers prisoner... See more »

Trademark:

Although he directed in numerous "manly" genres, he is principally remembered as a master of crime dramas See more »

Nickname:

Uncle See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces