Henry B. Walthall was a respected stage actor who became a favorite of pioneering film director D.W. Griffith. Born in 1878 in Alabama, Walthall embarked on a law career but quit law school in 1898 to enlist in the US Army in order to fight in the Spanish-American War. Returning from the war he decided to take up an acting career instead of the law...See full bio »
(1908). Stage Play: The Great Divide. Drama. Written by William Vaughn Moody. Grand Opera House: (?) 1908- unknown (unknown performances/return engagement). Cast: W.J. Butler, Charles Gotthold, James Kirkwood, Henry Miller, Henry B. Walthall (as "Burt Williams"), Charles Wyngate.
See more »
[about getting the role of Holofernes in
Judith of Bethulia] I hadn't expected to play Holofernes because I wasn't the type physically. I stayed away from the studio, but [director D.W. Griffith] sent for me. I said, "I can't play the part; I'm too much of a shrimp". But he had tried out a lot of actors...
See more »
Trivia:
Dubbed the "Edwin Booth of the Screen."
See more »
Show all
Hide all
company.