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.

Filmography

• 2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood — Various Roles (archive footage)
• 2003Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' — Howard (archive footage)
• 2000Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America — Narrator
• 1984Going Hollywood: The '30s — (archive footage)
• 1957Armored Attack! — Dr. Kurin
• 1950The Furies — T. C. Jeffords
• 1949The Great Sinner — General Ostrovsky
• 1948Summer Holiday — Mr. Nat Miller
• 1948The Treasure of the Sierra Madre — Howard
• 1946Dragonwyck — Ephraim Wells
• 1946Duel in the Sun — The Sinkiller
• 1946Let There Be Light — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1945And Then There Were None — Edward Armstrong
• 1945Know Your Enemy: Japan — Narrator
• 1945War Comes to America — Narrator
• 1944Dragon Seed — Ling Tan
• 1944Know Your Ally: Britain — Narrator
• 1944Twenty Years After — (archive footage)
• 1944Why We Fight: The Battle of China — Abraham Lincoln
• 1943December 7th — Uncle Sam 'U.S.'
• 1943Edge of Darkness — Dr. Martin Stensgard
• 1943For God and Country — Narrator
• 1943Mission to Moscow — Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
• 1943Report from the Aleutians — Voices of officers (voice)
• 1943The North Star — Dr. Kurin
• 1943The Outlaw — Doc Holliday
• 1943The Voice That Thrilled the World — Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
• 1943War Department Report — Narrator (voice)
• 1943Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer — Narrator
• 1943Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain — Narrator
• 1943Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike — Narrator
• 1942Always in My Heart — MacKenzie Scott
• 1942In This Our Life — Bartender (uncredited)
• 1942Our Russian Front — Narrator
• 1942Safeguarding Military Information — General (uncredited)
• 1942Yankee Doodle Dandy — Jerry Cohan
• 1941All That Money Can Buy — Mr. Scratch
• 1941Swamp Water — Thursday Ragan
• 1941The Maltese Falcon — Captain Jacoby (uncredited)
• 1941The Shanghai Gesture — Sir Guy Charteris
• 1939The Light That Failed — Torpenhow
• 1938Of Human Hearts — Ethan Wilkins
• 1936Dodsworth — Sam Dodsworth
• 1936Rhodes of Africa — Cecil John Rhodes
• 1936Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
• 1935The Tunnel — President of the United States
• 1934Keep 'Em Rolling — Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh
• 1933Ann Vickers — Barney Dolphin
• 1933Gabriel Over the White House — Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States
• 1933Hell Below — Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN
• 1933Storm at Daybreak — Mayor Dushan Radovic
• 1933The Prizefighter and the Lady — Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")
• 1932American Madness — Thomas Dickson
• 1932Kongo — Flint
• 1932Law and Order — Frame 'Saint' Johnson
• 1932Night Court — Judge Andrew J. Moffett
• 1932Rain — Alfred Davidson
• 1932The Beast of the City — Captain James "Jim" Fitzpatrick aka Fighting Fitz
• 1932The Wet Parade — Pow Tarleton
• 1932The Woman from Monte Carlo — Captain Corlaix
• 1931A House Divided — Seth Law
• 1931How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon' — Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)
• 1931The Criminal Code — Mark Brady
• 1931The Ruling Voice — Jack Bannister
• 1931The Star Witness — District Attorney Whitlock
• 1930Abraham Lincoln — Abraham Lincoln
• 1930Behind the Make-Up — Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)
• 1930The Bad Man — Pancho Lopez
• 1930The Virtuous Sin — Gregory Platoff
• 1929Gentlemen of the Press — Wickland Snell
• 1929The Bishop's Candlesticks — The Convict
• 1929The Lady Lies — Robert Rossiter
• 1929The Virginian — Trampas
• 1929Two Americans — Abraham Lincoln

Appearances as themselves (15)

• 2022A Compassionate Spy — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2004Checking Out: Grand Hotel — Self (archive footage)
• 1997Bogart: The Untold Story — Self (archive footage)
• 1996Joan Crawford: Always the Star — Self (archive footage)
• 1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick — Self (archive footage)
• 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)
• 1970Brasileiros em Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 1963Anniversary — Himself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
• 1942Why We Fight: Prelude to War — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1935Hollywood Hobbies — Himself
• 1931Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston — Self
• 1931Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3) — Self
• 19301930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation" — Self
• 1930An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee — Self