History Creator / WalterHuston

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Walter Thomas Huston (April 5, 1883 – April 7, 1950) was a respected Canadian-born American character actor who mostly played hard-working middle-class types such as Sam Dodsworth in ''Film/{{Dodsworth}}''. However, he was much more versatile than this suggests; to whit, his single most famous performance was his Oscar-winning turn in ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'', in which he seemed to channel WalterBrennan and defined the "grizzled old prospector" stereotype for generations to come. He's also well known for his role as the Devil in ''Film/TheDevilAndDanielWebster'' which Creator/ChristopherLee cited as an influence on his own villainous roles.

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* ''Series/WhyWeFight'' (1942-45, narrator)

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* ''Film/LetThereBeLight'' (1946, narrator)

* ''Film/AbrahamLincoln'' (1930), StarMakingRole in which he played Honest Abe

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Walter Huston (1884–1950) was a respected Canadian-born American character actor who mostly played hard-working middle-class types such as Sam Dodsworth in ''Film/{{Dodsworth}}''. However, he was much more versatile than this suggests; to whit, his single most famous performance was his Oscar-winning turn in ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'', in which he seemed to channel WalterBrennan and defined the "grizzled old prospector" stereotype for generations to come. He's also well known for his role as the Devil in ''Film/TheDevilAndDanielWebster'' which Creator/ChristopherLee cited as an influence on his own villainous roles.

Huston is probably better-known these days as ThePatriarch of ''the'' Hustons, including his son [[Creator/JohnHuston John]], and his grandchildren [[Creator/AnjelicaHuston Anjelica]], [[TonyHuston Tony]], and [[Creator/DannyHuston Danny]]. and his great-grandson Jack (Richard Harrow on ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire''). Walter, John and Anjelica have all won [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]]. His son John later became an actor himself and critics noted that his character parts largely channelled [[GenerationXerox the work of his father]].

* ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' (1941), cameo

* ''[[Film/EdgeOfDarkness1943 Edge of Darkness]]'' (1943)

* ''Series/WhyWeFight'' (1942-45), narrator

* ''Film/LetThereBeLight'' (1946), narrator

'''Walter Huston''' (1884–1950) was a respected Canadian-born American character actor who mostly played hard-working middle-class types such as Sam Dodsworth in ''Film/{{Dodsworth}}''. However, he was much more versatile than this suggests; to whit, his single most famous performance was his Oscar-winning turn in ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'', in which he seemed to channel WalterBrennan and defined the "grizzled old prospector" stereotype for generations to come. He's also well known for his role as the Devil in ''Film/TheDevilAndDanielWebster'' which Creator/ChristopherLee cited as an influence on his own villainous roles.

Huston is probably better-known these days as ThePatriarch of ''the'' Hustons, including his son [[Creator/JohnHuston John]], and his grandchildren [[Creator/AnjelicaHuston Anjelica]], [[TonyHuston Tony]], and [[DannyHuston Danny]]. and his great-grandson Jack (Richard Harrow on ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire''). Walter, John and Anjelica have all won [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]]. His son John later became an actor himself and critics noted that his character parts largely channelled [[GenerationXerox the work of his father]].

'''Walter Huston''' (1884–1950) was a respected Canadian-born character actor who mostly played hard-working middle-class types such as Sam Dodsworth in ''Film/{{Dodsworth}}''. However, he was much more versatile than this suggests; to whit, his single most famous performance was his Oscar-winning turn in ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'', in which he seemed to channel WalterBrennan and defined the "grizzled old prospector" stereotype for generations to come. He's also well known for his role as the Devil in ''Film/TheDevilAndDanielWebster'' which Creator/ChristopherLee cited as an influence on his own villainous roles.

'''Walter Huston''' (1884–1950) was a respected character actor who played mostly hard-working middle-class types such as Sam Dodsworth in ''Film/{{Dodsworth}}''. However, he was much more versatile than this suggests; to whit, his single most famous performance was his Oscar-winning turn in ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'', in which he seemed to channel WalterBrennan and defined the "grizzled old prospector" stereotype for generations to come. He's also well known for his role as the Devil in ''Film/TheDevilAndDanielWebster'' which Creator/ChristopherLee cited as an influence on his own villainous roles.

'''Walter Huston''' (1884-1950) was a respected character actor who played mostly hard-working middle-class types such as Sam Dodsworth in ''Film/{{Dodsworth}}''. However, he was much more versatile than this suggests; to whit, his single most famous performance was his Oscar-winning turn in ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'', in which he seemed to channel WalterBrennan and defined the "grizzled old prospector" stereotype for generations to come. He's also well known for his role as the Devil in ''Film/TheDevilAndDanielWebster'' which Creator/ChristopherLee cited as an influence on his own villainous roles.

On stage, he starred as Peter Stuyvesant in the original production of ''Theatre/KnickerbockerHoliday'', in which he introduced the classic "September Song".

Walter Huston (1884-1950) was a respected character actor who played mostly hard-working middle-class types such as Sam Dodsworth in ''Film/{{Dodsworth}}''. However, he was much more versatile than this suggests; to whit, his single most famous performance was his Oscar-winning turn in ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'', in which he seemed to channel WalterBrennan and defined the "grizzled old prospector" stereotype for generations to come. He's also well known for his role as the Devil in ''Film/TheDevilAndDanielWebster'' which Creator/ChristopherLee cited as an influence on his own villainous roles.

On stage, he starred in the original production of ''Theatre/KnickerbockerHoliday'' as Stuyvesant.

Huston is probably better-known these days as ThePatriarch of ''the'' Hustons, including his son [[Creator/JohnHuston John]], and his grandchildren [[Creator/AnjelicaHuston Anjelica]], [[TonyHuston Tony]], and [[DannyHuston Danny]]. and his great-grandson Jack (Richard Harrow on ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire''). Walter, John and Anjelica have [[BadassFamily all won Oscars]]. His son John later became an actor himself and critics noted that his character parts largely channelled [[GenerationXerox the work of his father]].

* ''Film/TheBattleOfSanPietro'' (1945), narrator

* ''Film/YankeeDoodleDandy''

* ''Film//TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'' (1948)

Huston is probably better-known these days as ThePatriarch of ''the'' Hustons, including his son [[Creator/JohnHuston John]], and his grandchildren [[Creator/AnjelicaHuston Anjelica]], [[TonyHuston Tony]], and [[DannyHuston Danny]]. Walter, John and Anjelica have [[BadassFamily all won Oscars]]. His son John later became an actor himself and critics noted that his character parts largely channelled [[GenerationXerox the work of his father]].

Walter Huston (1884-1950) was a respected character actor who played mostly hard-working middle-class types such as Sam Dodsworth in ''Film/{{Dodsworth}}''. However, he was much more versatile than this suggests; to whit, his single most famous performance was his Oscar-winning turn in ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'', in which he seemed to channel WalterBrennan and defined the "grizzled old prospector" stereotype for generations to come. On stage, he starred in the original production of ''Theatre/KnickerbockerHoliday'' as Stuyvesant.

Huston is probably better-known these days as the patriarch of ''the'' Hustons, including his son [[Creator/JohnHuston John]], and his grandchildren [[Creator/AnjelicaHuston Anjelica]], [[TonyHuston Tony]], and [[DannyHuston Danny]].