Walter Huston(1883-1950)

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The Furies (1950)

For many years Walter Huston had two passions: his career as an engineer and his vocation for the stage. In 1909 he dedicated himself to the theatre, and made his debut on Broadway in 1924. In 1929 he journeyed to Hollywood, where his talent and ability made him one of the most respected actors in the industry. He won a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).

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Won 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 4 nominations total

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Phillips Holmes and Walter Huston in The Criminal Code (1930)

Constance Cummings and Walter Huston in The Criminal Code (1930)

Russell Hopton and Walter Huston in The Criminal Code (1930)

Phillips Holmes, Walter Huston, and DeWitt Jennings in The Criminal Code (1930)

Walter Huston and Bob Kortman in The Criminal Code (1930)

Walter Huston and John St. Polis in The Criminal Code (1930)

Walter Huston in The Criminal Code (1930)

Walter Huston and DeWitt Jennings in The Criminal Code (1930)

Arthur Hoyt and Walter Huston in The Criminal Code (1930)

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

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Howard

1948

Dodsworth

7.8

Sam Dodsworth

1936

All That Money Can Buy

7.6

Mr. Scratch

1941

Judith Anderson, Mischa Auer, June Duprez, Barry Fitzgerald, Richard Haydn, Louis Hayward, Walter Huston, C. Aubrey Smith, and Roland Young in And Then There Were None (1945)

And Then There Were None

7.4

Dr. Edward G. Armstrong

1945

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The Furies
- T. C. Jeffords
- 1950
The Great Sinner
- General Ostrovsky
- 1949
Summer Holiday
- Mr. Nat Miller
- 1948
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Howard
- 1948
Duel in the Sun
- The Sinkiller
- 1946
Dragonwyck
- Ephraim Wells
- 1946
And Then There Were None
- Dr. Edward G. Armstrong
- 1945
Know Your Ally: Britain
- Narrator
- Short
- 1944
Dragon Seed
- Ling Tan
- 1944
For God and Country
- Narrator (voice)
- Short
- 1943
December 7th
- Uncle Sam 'U.S.'
- 1943
The North Star
- Dr. Kurin
- 1943
Mission to Moscow
- Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
- 1943
Edge of Darkness
- Dr. Martin Stensgard
- 1943
The Outlaw
- Doc Holliday
- 1943

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Warner at War
- performer: "You're a Grand Old Flag" (uncredited)
- TV Movie
- 2008
Bragging Rites: The Carolina-Clemson Rivalry
- performer: "September Song"
- 2003
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
- performer: "September Song"
- 1988
That's Entertainment, Part II
- performer: "The Stanley Steamer"
- 1976
September Affair
- performer: "September Song"
- 1950
Summer Holiday
- performer: "Our Home Town", "Spring Isn't Everything", "The Stanley Steamer" (uncredited)
- 1948
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- performer: "Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms" (1808) (uncredited)
- 1948
Yankee Doodle Dandy
- performer: "At a Georgia Camp Meeting" (1897), "I Was Born in Virginia" (1906), "Keep Your Eyes Upon Me (Dancing Master)" (uncredited)
- 1942
Always in My Heart
- performer: "Always in My Heart", "Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight), adagio sostenuto", "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C Sharp Minor" ("Always in My Heart", uncredited)
- 1942
Keep 'Em Rolling
- performer: "Caisson Song" (1907) (uncredited)
- 1934

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Alternative name
- Mr. Walter Huston
Height
- 6′ (1.83 m)
Born
- April 5, 1883
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died
- April 7, 1950
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(aneurysm)
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Children
- John Huston
Parents
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Stage: Appeared (as "Marshall Pitt"; Broadway debut) in "Mr. Pitt" on Broadway. Written by Zona Gale. 39th Street Theatre: 22 Jan 1924-Apr 1924 (closing date unknown/87 performances). Cast: Marion Allen (as "Milly"), Florence Barrie (as "Winnie"), Parker Fennelly (as "Buck Carbury"), Adelaide Fitz-Allen (as "Mrs. Arrowsmith"), Minna Gombell (as "Barbara Ellsworth"), C. Henry Gordon, Borden Harriman (as "Jeffrey Pitt"), Marie Haynes (as "Mis' Henry Bates "), Emily Lorraine (as "Mis' Matt Barber"), Mildred Miller (as "Carrie"), Minnie Milne (as "Mis' Nick True"), Antoinette Perry, Florence Peterson (as "Bonny"), Catherine Sayre (as "Elsie"), Helen Sheridan (as "Mayme Carbury"), Laura Sherry (as "Mrs. Barden"), Frederick Webber, Ethel Wright. Produced by Brock Pemberton.
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Rose to stardom in the original Provincetown Players' production of Eugene O'Neill's "Desire Under the Elms", which debuted at the Greenwich Village Theater (7th Ave. near Christopher St., New York, NY) on November 11, 1924, before transferring to Broadway. To the end of his life, O'Neill - the only American playwright to win the Nobel Prize for Literature - maintained that Huston's performance as Ephraim Cabot in that play was the greatest performance by any actor in any of his works.

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Hell, I ain't paid to make good lines sound good. I'm paid to make bad lines sound good.

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